6. Advanced Setups
chord. Release the footswitch and play over that chord. Etc.
Hang Mode EXAMPLE 2:
1. Select Hang Mode.
2. Have Controller 1 playing a xylophone sound.
3. Have Controller 2 playing a vibe sound.
4. Set the Gate Time on Controller 1 and Controller 2 to “0.300 S”.
5. Assign Sustain footswitch 2 to “Sustain Controller 2”.
Playing with the Sustain 2 footswitch depressed will play vibes that
will sustain until you release the Sustain 2 footswitch.
Playing with the Sustain 2 footswitch released will play xylophone
sounds.
Layer (Double) Mode
- Both of the malletKAT PRO controllers are assigned to
each of the pads. Striking a pad will result in both of the
controllers being played simultaneously.
The most typical use of Double Mode is to have two complementary
sounds that are layered on top of each other to provide an
interesting new combination. Interesting combinations such as a
mallet instrument sound and a string sound, a tubular bell and a
piano sound, or an acoustic guitar and a horn stab, are great things
to experiment with. Often you will want one Controller to have a
longer Gate Time than the other or a different octave range. Try
pairing up sounds yourself and discover new combinations that work
for you.
Since the two sustain footswitches can be assigned to each of the two
Controllers separately, you can keep one of the two sounds short
while sustaining the other, for useful effects. Or, you can choose to
assign just one of the Sustain footswitches to assign Both Controller
1 and Controller 2.
Double Mode can be useful even if you are using only one sound. If you
put the same settings on Controller 2 except use the Transpose
setting to offset the doubled note, you can play in diads (2 note
chords) (or if you don’t transpose, but offset the Octave by one you
can double in octaves).
Split Mode
- The keyboard is split into two parts with Controller 1 being assigned to
the higher pitched pads and Controller 2 being assigned to the
lower pitched pads.
Generally, Split Mode is used to have two different sounds available
simultaneously on the malletKAT PRO keyboard.
The point where the keyboard is divided is called the Split Point. The
Split Point is selected by hitting the pad you want to split at,
immediately after selecting the Split Mode. For example, if you
want to set the Split Point at the E in the middle octave, the
procedure is:
Depress Edit Footswitch
Hit “Split” (the D of the middle octave)
Hit the E on the middle octave (to set the Split Point)
Release the Edit Footswitch
Using the two footswitches independently, you can sustain the two
sides of the Split independently.
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