ENSONIQ KT-76, Musician'S Manual

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Section 2 — System•MIDI Parameters
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System•MIDI
page 9 MIDI TrkName/MIDI Loop
MIDI TrkName=OFF MIDI Loop = OFF
MIDI TrkName
Range: OFF or ON
This parameter determines if preset and sequencer tracks that have a MIDI status of MIDI or
*EXT* will show the sound name (as do tracks with a LOCAL or BOTH status) or show “MIDI
CHAN ##” instead of the sound name.
• OFF — When a track’s status is set to MIDI or *EXT* (
{EDIT_TRACK}
page 5), any displays
that would normally show the track’s sound name will show “MIDI CHAN ##” instead of
the name. This is helpful when using the KT as a MIDI master controller, or when
sequencing remote MIDI devices, as it shows you at a glance which tracks are playing only
over MIDI, and on which MIDI channels.
• ON — The track’s sound name will always appear on the display, no matter what the track’s
status may be.
MIDI Loop
Range: OFF or ON
The MIDI Loop parameter controls whether or not the Track Vol parameter (Edit Track page 1),
will transmit via MIDI. It only affects tracks that have their MIDI Status set to MIDI. It is
normally OFF, but in a MIDI loop setup, it should be ON.
• OFF — This is the default setting. When changes are made to the Track Vol parameter (on
tracks with Status=MIDI), the KT will transmit MIDI volume (controller 7) messages that
combine the Track Vol setting with the current setting of the volume pedal.
• ON — The KT will not transmit changes made to the Track Vol parameter on tracks with
Status=MIDI. Volume pedal changes will be transmitted directly and are unaffected by the
Vol setting.
When MIDI Loop=OFF, then the Vol parameter (Edit Track page 1) is combined (multiplied) with
the volume pedal setting to create a composite volume, which is then transmitted to external
sound modules as MIDI controller 7. In a MIDI loop situation with a computer, this is
undesirable, because lowering the Vol parameter value will send controller messages that are
indistinguishable from volume pedal messages. When this information is echoed by the
computer, the KT receives it as volume pedal, lowering the volume on that track even further.
Eventually this causes the volume to spiral down to zero, which in turn causes the track to be
silenced, even though the displayed track Vol setting is greater than zero. Setting MIDI
Loop=ON will prevent this problem from occurring.
Note that the volume pedal is only active if CV-Pedal=VOL #7 on System•MIDI page 3, and that
volume pedal changes will always be transmitted as MIDI volume (controller 7).