4. EDITING.
Now that you have toured through some of the Setups that were pre-
programmed into your Factory Setups, you are ready to learn how to
adjust (edit) the settings in these Setups to your personal taste and
style (and save them as your own User Setups). We will tell you
how
to edit in this chapter. Chapters 5 and 6 tell what and why
you’ll want to edit.
But, before we proceed, we should explain the two Controllers in your
malletKAT PRO. You thought you bought one instrument; actually
you bought two! You actually have two separate instruments
(Controller 1 and Controller 2) in one box. That is one of the benefits
of an electronic keyboard.
An acoustic mallet instrument always makes the same type of sound
(unless you change your type of mallets). To be able to play with
more than one voice you place a marimba next to your vibes and
switch between the two instruments. Your malletKAT PRO With
Sounds has two completely independent Controllers that allow you
to play two different voices at once - on the same keyboard! These
two Controllers can be assigned to any sounds you want - to
vibraphone and bass guitar for example. Then by choosing between
Split, Double, and Hang modes you can choose how to place them on
your keyboard.
Actually, a lot of the time you will have your malletKAT keyboard all
play in one voice (select HANG MODE and then Controller 1 will
be over the entire keyboard). So, Controller 1 will generally be the
settings you will want to change when you are editing.
GENERAL EDITING CONCEPTS:
The malletKAT PRO With Sounds has no buttons or knobs for changing
settings (other than the Volume buttons). All changes in the
malletKAT PRO’s settings are done with the Playing Pads. That is
why the Pads have names like Setup, Octave, and Channel, etc.
below them. You make all of your changes without having to put
your mallets down! Any changes you make in the Factory Setups
are temporary. If you leave an edited Factory Setup and come back
to it, it will have returned to its original settings.
The malletKAT PRO With Sounds has two main operating modes:
PLAY MODE and EDIT MODE.
You are in PLAY MODE when you are not depressing the EDIT
footswitch. In PLAY MODE, your pads play sounds.
You are in EDIT MODE whenever you are depressing the EDIT
footswitch. In EDIT MODE, your pads all perform the Editing
functions that are written below the pads themselves. Editing is
simply making changes to your settings.
HOW TO EDIT:
The process of Editing goes like this:
• Depress
the EDIT footswitch.
•
Hit Controller # (1 or 2). (Skip if correct Controller already selected.)
•
Hit a Setting Pad to select a setting. (C natural pads or “white keys”)
•
Hit one or more of the Value Pads. (# and flat pads)
• Release EDIT
footswitch.
That’s it! Get into EDIT MODE with the EDIT footswitch, select a
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