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XBASE 999 Operating Manual
Midi Tracks (16)
By pressing
(Shift/Cancel)
+
(Step 16)
you are entering the Midi
Tracks. With these you can create up to 4 different midi tracks in a
16
th
grid in order to play external midi devices like synthesizers or
samplers. You can either use them on 4 different channels to play up
to 4 different monophonic sound devices or use them on one channel
to play polyphonic chords on one external synthesizer.
After selecting an empty track the display shows the following:
Sta
ChO1
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
C 5 Trk1
On first selection of Midi Tracks, you are automatically in Write Mode
on track 1.
Press the desired steps on which a midi note is to be played.
The step LED and the corresponding LED at the edit encoders 1..16
lights up.
Also in the LCD display the steps are displayed:
Sta
ChO1
_xxx_xxx_xxx_xxx
C 5 Trk1
By the individual
(encoders)
1..16 that correspond to the step
buttons 1..16 you can control the note pitch of the selected step.
Right next to the 16
th
step row the display shows the current note
pitch and octave in alphanumerical fashion, and the bar shows the
note (the height resembles the 12 halftones) within an octave. The
possible range goes from C1 to D#6, this is a bit more than 5 octaves.
Sta
ChO1
_xxx xxx xxx_xxx
F#3 Trk1
If you move the cursor across the bars you can display the
programmed note of a step at any time. The bar display is only a
