4. Editing
BREATH CONTROLLER TRAINING
(screen “10”)
The response of the breath controller may be set at this screen by
`Training’ the breath controller. Your first step is to adjust the
trimpots on the BC2 itself - see p.64. To Train the breath controller,
strike any pad one more time and release the Edit footswitch. The
malletKAT PRO will sound a continuous beep. You should respond
by blowing through the breath controller and then hitting a pad
(while still blowing). The malletKAT PRO will again sound a
continuous beep. You should now hit a pad again without blowing.
The breath controller is now trained and the malletKAT PRO will
return to PLAY mode.
BEEPER MODE
(screen “11”)
The beeper may be “Enabled” or “Disabled” at this screen using the
INCREMENT/DECREMENT pads.
DISPLAY VIEW ANGLE
(screen “12”)
The “Viewing Angle” of the display may be selected at this screen
using the INCREMENT/DECREMENT pads.
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT ID
(screen “13”)
The “Individual Instrument ID” for the malletKAT PRO can be
assigned at this screen. This setting is used to allow external
devices to selectively send data dump information to the
malletKAT PRO. This number is really useful if you have more
than one malletKAT PRO. If not, leave it set to Universal ID.
Data dump information that is meant for a malletKAT PRO with a
different ID than assigned at this screen will not be accepted by the
malletKAT PRO (except if set at Universal ID, which accepts all).
DEBOUNCE COUNT
(screen “14”)
The time that the malletKAT PRO spends `debouncing’ the pads is
selected at this screen. The number is selected using the
INCREMENT/DECREMENT pads. A larger number will increase
the debounce time.
Debounce time is the time immediately after a hit has been recognized,
where the malletKAT PRO ignores the signal from the pad as that
signal settles down. Too short of a Debounce time may result in
notes double triggering on one hit. Too long of a Debounce time may
result in fast double strokes being missed. Standard setting for
debounce is “4”.
DAMPEN MODE THRESHOLD
(screen “15”)
This setting is used to adjust the dampening characteristics of the
malletKAT PRO when played in DAMPEN MODE. The Dampen
Threshold is a measure of how much pressure is required to get
dampening to occur. Raising this value decreases the likelihood of
dampening, lowering it makes dampening easier.
Some playing techniques result in idle mallets lightly resting on a pad.
If the Dampen Threshold is low, the light pressure of the resting
mallet may dampen the last note that was played on the pad.
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