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Index

126

Note Map

Note Processing Parameters

Note Src

Arpeggiator parameter

Note Vel

Arpeggiator parameter

Note#

NoteOrder

Arpeggiator parameter

Nt Xpose

NtHighKey

NtLowKey

NtVl Curv

NtVlCrvAm

NtVlOffst

NtVlScale

OverPlay

Arpeggiator Latch Mode

Panel Switch Parameters

Panic Button

Parameters

global

Pedals

Pgm BkLSB

Pgm BkMSB

Pitch Bend

PlayHold/SW1

120

Power Switch

Pressure

Program Change

Program Change Messages

editing

116

Program Change Parameters

Rave 1

Rave 2

RBN/Arp/Solo

119

Real Time Control of Arpeggia-

tor Parameters

Rear Panel

REL Bend

118

Reset

Resetting ExpressionMate

Restoring Defaults

Reverse Pitch Bend

Rhythm Editor

shortcut to

Rhythms

RhythmSel

Arpeggiator parameter

Ribbon

Mode

Ribbon Configuration

Spring

technique for playing

Ribbon Assignment Parameters

Ribbon Configuration Parame-

ters

ROM Rhythms

ROM Scales

ROM Setups

115

Saving Setups

Scale Editor

Scales

SclLen

Selecting Setups

Send Clock

Summary of Contents for ExpressionMate

Page 1: ...d Kurzweil ExpressionMate MIDIScope K2500 and K2000 are trademarks of Young Chang Co All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Product fe...

Page 2: ...hat is described in the user maintenance instructions Refer all other servicing to qualified service personnel 12 WARNING Do not place objects on the product s power supply cord or place the product i...

Page 3: ...Bracket 5 Placing and Connecting the Ribbon Controller 6 The Rear Panel 7 Power Switch 7 Breath Jack 7 SP1 CC Jack 7 SP2 Jack 7 MIDI Ports 7 Power Jack 7 Connecting Pedals 8 A Special Note About Switc...

Page 4: ...20 But It Still Doesn t Work 20 3 Editing and Creating Setups 21 The Controller Editor 21 Getting Around 22 Jump Selection 23 Intuitive Entry 23 Changing the Current Zone 24 Compare 24 Setting a Zone...

Page 5: ...ity Features 45 Continuous Controller Note Parameters 46 ROM Scales 47 About The Harmonic Scale 47 About The Arpeggiator Latch Scales 47 The MIDI Destination List 48 Special Function Controllers 52 Pi...

Page 6: ...ur 65 Latch Mode LatchMode 66 Latch Modes that use controller 49 67 Latch Modes that do not use controller 49 67 Latch Modes that Resync the Clock 67 Latch Modes that do not Resync the Clock 67 Ctlr 4...

Page 7: ...y Setups 90 Loading User Setups 91 MIDIScope 92 MIDIScope Overview 92 MIDIScope Detailed Operation Screens 93 Exiting a Global Editor or Utility 96 6 Messages Troubleshooting and Diagnostics 97 Warnin...

Page 8: ...107 Powering Up 107 A Sending MIDI Messages 109 Special Function Bytes 111 Data Format Codes 112 Using the MIDI String Editor 112 B ExpressionMate ROM Setups 115 Editing Program Change Messages 116 Pr...

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Page 11: ...ve wheels joysticks and pedals These let you add lots of expressive touches to your sounds including vibrato volume swells and pitch bends to name a few The ExpressionMate s Ribbon lets you do all of...

Page 12: ...the ExpressionMate to add Setup features previously available only to K2500 users such as velocity remapping and note mapping K2500 users will be interested to learn that the ability to play notes fr...

Page 13: ...als in case you need to ship the unit for any reason Quick Start We recommend that you read through this whole chapter at some point However if you want to start exploring your new instrument right aw...

Page 14: ...n external sound module turn Local Control Off on your keyboard Otherwise you will get double note events on some Setups 7 Set your MIDI instrument to General MIDI GM mode If your instrument is not GM...

Page 15: ...stand 2 Fit the ExpressionMate s left bracket holes onto the bracket s two left hand tabs Then lower the right end onto the remaining tab 3 Tighten the bracket s thumb screw so that it holds the Expre...

Page 16: ...on page 78 You can use the included adhesive backed foam strip which attaches to the bottom of the ribbon or the hook and loop fastener pads to hold the Ribbon in place However don t attach these to s...

Page 17: ...breath controller into this jack SP1 CC Jack Connect either a CC continuous control pedal or a switch pedal to this jack SP2 Jack Plug a switch pedal into this jack MIDI Ports Use these ports to conne...

Page 18: ...nufacturers If a pedal is plugged in when you turn the power on the ExpressionMate detects which kind of pedal it is If you hold down a switch pedal while the ExpressionMate powers up you will reverse...

Page 19: ...master controller Basic MIDI Hookup Connect the ExpressionMate s Main Out jack to the MIDI In jack of the device that you want to control such as a keyboard sound module or computer Then connect the o...

Page 20: ...g the ExpressionMate to several MIDI devices Main Out Main In Out In Thru In ExpressionMate Module Master Controller onfiguration ontroller 1 C 1 2 Sections ibbon R 3 C earn L Zones Edit Arpeggiator 1...

Page 21: ...nd type pedal is plugged in If nothing is plugged in O will be displayed C is the controller plugged into the Controller jack on the right side of the unit It will always read RBBN unless Kurzweil int...

Page 22: ...t a time set it to receive on channel 1 2 or 3 User Interface Basics The Front Panel The Display The display shows you what Setup you re playing what parameter you re editing or what options you can c...

Page 23: ...to Play mode Store Button When you re editing Setups you can press Store at any time to name and save the Setup you re working on If you re in Play mode pressing Store lets you rename or move the curr...

Page 24: ...ase the buttons and the ExpressionMate will send the following messages All Notes Off All Sound Off and Reset All Controllers messages on each channel of the Main Out port then the same for Aux Out po...

Page 25: ...l stay lighted until you press the button again to turn it off If the button s mode is Momentary the LED will stay lighted until you release the button Note that the LED will only show the button s mo...

Page 26: ...utton while in Play mode the screen will change to this SU 3 LS1 STEP1 Big Strum The top line now shows the Setup number on the left followed by the current List and the current Step within that List...

Page 27: ...rough the Factory Setups try out the Ribbon and the front panel buttons to hear what they do Many of the Factory Setups were programmed to send modulation and Pitch Bend messages among others Dependin...

Page 28: ...ctions at any time In other words if you press down on the left end and slide up and down the entire Ribbon with the other hand the Ribbon won t respond correctly 2 When there are three or more points...

Page 29: ...apart the other two sections won t work properly Getting Back to Play Mode If while exploring you get lost in the ExpressionMate s editing menus press the Exit button several times to get back to Play...

Page 30: ...s Make sure that the ExpressionMate the other instruments and your mixer and speakers or headphones are all plugged in and turned on Check the volume on the receiving instrument and on your mixer or s...

Page 31: ...tor Editor The Controller Editor section starts below the Arpeggiator Editor section starts in the Arpeggiator chapter on page 61 The Controller Editor While in Play mode press the Controller button a...

Page 32: ...nel If you hold a button down it keeps scrolling Each controller has several parameters so even scrolling can get pretty tedious For example if you are looking at RBN and you want to get to BRTH you h...

Page 33: ...such as 32 or 100 While you re in the Controller Editor you can also press and hold the Controller button then press the Global button to jump to the Fixed and Map controllers as well as note processi...

Page 34: ...one LEDs will ash to show that the original parameters are in effect Parameters can still be selected for review while comparing but they cannot be changed Push Global again to return to the edited Se...

Page 35: ...re s one example say your synth uses Modulation 01 to open a lter and Data 06 messages to increase the lter s resonance If you want to do both at the same time you could use a single CC pedal to send...

Page 36: ...se arrows divide the Ribbon into sections point to each section s center and show smaller divisions within the sections The arrows are especially helpful when Split is set to Three Sections though the...

Page 37: ...lute pressing on the left most end of the Ribbon will always set the Zone s volume to the same value Spring Sprg You can set each Ribbon to have a Spring so that when you lift your nger the Ribbon ret...

Page 38: ...s physical controllers with a lower case c and MIDI Controllers with an upper case C You can assign any physical controller in any Zone to transmit any MIDI Controller You can also adjust each control...

Page 39: ...controllers onfiguration ontroller 1 C 1 2 Sections ibbon R 3 C earn L Zones Edit Arpeggiator 1 3 2 3 Global Compare Section xit tore S E SW1 ate ist L tep S xpression Jump Param Panic Jump Value E M...

Page 40: ...RBN1 RBN2 and RBN3 in three section mode Destination None 0 127 Aux Destination None 0 39 43 127 Curve 0 12 see picture for shapes Curve Amount 0 8 Scale 300 to 300 Offset 127 to 127 Resolution 7 Bit...

Page 41: ...None Off On Current Exit Value None Off On Panel Switches 1 2 SW1 SW2 same as Pedals Virtual Controller Controller Editor Name Parameter Values Fixed controllers FIX1 FIX2 FIX3 Destination None 0 40...

Page 42: ...Special Functions To move through the list use the data knob and the and buttons or hold the Learn button and move any continuous controller Continuous Controller Parameters Thecontinuous physical co...

Page 43: ...ssages include Modulation 01 and Volume 07 plus others The ExpressionMate also has some Special Function Controllers which can send MIDI notes control the arpeggiator and do some other things Curve Cu...

Page 44: ...makes the controller action work in reverse You can use a controller to crossfade between two Zones by setting the scaling for one Zone positive and the other negative Or you could accomplish the same...

Page 45: ...inimum value of the controller will be 25 If it is 25 and scale is 100 the rst one fth of the controller s movement 25 127 about 1 5 will send value of 0 and the maximum value of the controller will b...

Page 46: ...steeper than normal If you use a negative scaling then you must use an offset or all of your Controller messages will end up as zeroes So to get true inverse scaling that is minus 100 with the full r...

Page 47: ...quite a bit of your bandwidth and sequencer memory Entry Entr and Exit Values Entry Value Entry Value lets you specify an initial value for a controller that will be sent whenever you select that Setu...

Page 48: ...n None means that no command is sent Ribbon Assignment Parameters This section explains how to change which messages the Ribbon sends To change how the Ribbon responds to nger movement see Controller...

Page 49: ...cription of the Note Controllers on page 54 for more information on playing notes from the ribbon and continuous controllers PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES DEFAULT DESTINATION MIDI Destination List None AU...

Page 50: ...ANGE OF VALUES DEFAULT DESTINATION MIDI Destination List None CURVE Curve List See Text None CURVE AMOUNT 0 8 0 SCALE 300 to 300 100 OFFSET 127 to 127 0 RESOLUTION 7 Bit 14 Bit 7 Bit ENTRY VALUE None...

Page 51: ...r the continuous controllers and can be accessed the same way It s typical to set the same Destination for both so that you can turn a Controller on or off You could also send two different messages F...

Page 52: ...he current state of the switch without changing it It is different than None which speci es that nothing is to be sent on entry and exit If a Panel Switch s Entry State is On the switch will light as...

Page 53: ...s but they can act in very similar ways The ExpressionMate s virtual controllers are Fixed Controllers FIX1 FIX2 and FIX3 MIDI Remap Controllers MAP1 MAP2 and MAP3 Fixed Controller FIX Parameters The...

Page 54: ...g Mod Wheel messages to Volume messages There are lots of other possibilities too The Source parameter lets you choose many of the Controllers found in the Destination list see page 48 The Special Fun...

Page 55: ...se Constant 1 of 2 2 of 2 1 of 3 2 of 3 3 of 3 1 of 4 2 of 4 3 of 4 4 of 4 The Keyrange parameters NtLowKey NtHighKey let you set the key range that will be processed by the Controller Editor function...

Page 56: ...it in real time Continuous Controller Note Transpose CCNoteXpo transposes CC notes up or down 3 octaves This parameter works in conjunction with controller 43 Note Offset see page 55 Remember that th...

Page 57: ...oleT W HDim H WDim Harmonic Harmon see description that follows Arpeggiator Latch Ascending ArLchA see description that follows Arpeggiator Latch Played ArLchP see description that follows About The H...

Page 58: ...t e g K2500 None Off No value is sent 0 BkSelM Bank Select MSB sends a Controller 0 Bank Select message 1 ModWhl Sends Modulation Mod Wheel messages 2 Breath Default assignment for breath controller 3...

Page 59: ...or full descriptions of these Special Functions see page 52 33 PBend Normal Pitch Bend 34 PBend Reverse Pitch Bend 35 PBend Pitch Bend up only 36 PBend Pitch Bend down only 37 ChnPrs Sends Channel Pre...

Page 60: ...e Duration Controller 54 ShfAmt Arpeggiator Shift Amount Controller 55 ShfLmt Arpeggiator Shift Limit Controller 56 ArpVel Arpeggiator Note Velocity Controller 57 62 Strng1 Strng6 For sending arbitrar...

Page 61: ...5 90 91 FX1 Dp Controls wet dry mix of FX1 92 FX2 Dp Controls wet dry mix of FX2 93 FX3 Dp Controls wet dry mix of FX3 94 FX4 Dp Controls wet dry mix of FX4 95 FX5 Dp Controls wet dry mix of FX5 96 Da...

Page 62: ...s pitch while values below 64 will lower the pitch Keep in mind with all the pitch bend controllers you must set the bend range on the receiving instrument not on the ExpressionMate Reverse Pitch Ben...

Page 63: ...rams on the receiving instrument You can also use Fixed controllers to link the Setup with a particular program on your synth so that choosing the Setup on the ExpressionMate brings up the same sound...

Page 64: ...ntroller to play your lights in time with the music creating a killer stage show You can also use scales other than the default chromatic scale You can even program your own scales see page 83 for inf...

Page 65: ...e notes to start on F4 and continue up to F5 In Zone 1 set SW1 s On and Off Destinations to NotOfs its On Value to 69 its Off Value to 64 and its Mode to Toggle Now pressing SW1 will send the NotOfs v...

Page 66: ...and Off Destinations to NoteSw its On Value to 127 its Off Value to 0 and its Mode to Toggle Now you can use that switch to enable or disable the playing of notes from the controller This parameter d...

Page 67: ...you can name and store your changes as a User Setup You can also exit without saving changes The Store Button If you want to name and store your work without leaving the editor press Store and you ll...

Page 68: ...tar next to the Setup name SU 3 Big Strum The star means that you re still using the edited Setup giving you a chance to play it and decide whether to keep the changes To erase any edits you ve made h...

Page 69: ...ou can use any value means that you must use a speci c value The On Value in some synths speci es the number of MIDI channels to respond to with one voice on each Do I Need All Those Controllers You d...

Page 70: ...rder on page 56 Assigning a Message to Multiple Controllers Sometimes you will want to assign the same Controller number to more than one physical controller For example you might want to control modu...

Page 71: ...o jump to Arpeggiator parameter 4 Enable SW Turn the data knob to set this On 3 Press the Arpeggiator button one or more times until the 1 light above the Arpeggiator button comes on Notice also Z1 on...

Page 72: ...te Duration Ctrl53 3 to 400 Latch Mode Keys1 Keys2 OverPlay Arpeggiation Add Auto1 Auto2 Auto3 Auto4 Toggle Key Transpose 1 Key Transpose 2 Key Transpose 3 Key Transpose 4 Note Order Played Reverse In...

Page 73: ...ot need to assign an Arpeggiator parameter to its speci c controller number in order for that parameter to respond to the controller For example If you assign Tempo to the ribbon pressing the ribbon w...

Page 74: ...nnel 2 on your sound source has a valid program assigned Now when you play the keyboard between C4 and C5 you hear the zone 1 arpeggiating while zone 2 plays single notes Next press the Controllers bu...

Page 75: ...essing in the Controller section so remember that key ranges and transposition in the Controller Editor affect the Arpeggiator s note input Beats Beats Sets the beat division the arpeggiation will be...

Page 76: ...all keys are let up or the latch controller is turned off then the clock won t start again until the next key is pressed But if the Latch Mode does NOT resync the clock then the clock begins when you...

Page 77: ...note limit applies to the actual notes that you play Latch Modes that use controller 49 Keys1 Keys2 Overplay Arpeggiation Add Auto3 Auto4 Toggle KeyXp1 KeyXp4 These modes can also be used without the...

Page 78: ...te when you let go of the keys If you then turn Ctlr 49 Off after having let go of the keys all arpeggiation stops This feature allows you to start arpeggiating by playing a chord step on a pedal assi...

Page 79: ...except the clock is never resynced OverPlay This mode requires Ctlr 49 in order to hear the arpeggiation When you play notes with Ctlr 49 turned Off they sound normal and are not arpeggiated When you...

Page 80: ...on off switch to the arpeggiator You can arpeggiate up to 16 notes Ctrl 49 will resync the clock If a Latch controller is connected and assigned turning it off will also stop notes that have been togg...

Page 81: ...p and down Up Dn Upwards and downwards arpeggiation with no repeat of top and bottom notes Up and Down Plus Up Dn Upwards and downwards arpeggiation with repeat of top and bottom notes Random Note Rnd...

Page 82: ...oard Shift Amount Shift Amt This sets the amount the Arpeggiator will transpose the pitch of its pattern Set to 0 it will arpeggiate only the pitches you play You can set it over a range of plus or mi...

Page 83: ...e Shift Limit It then starts the cycle over again but instead of starting with the rst original pitch it transposes that pitch by the interval it just calculated and continues from there The range of...

Page 84: ...can use as starting points for your own creations See page 84 for information on using the Rhythm Editor to do this The quickest way to the Rhythm Editor from the Arpeggiator by the way is to hold dow...

Page 85: ...hms Setup Lists Setup Map and MIDI Messages Global Utilities These include commands for reloading factory Setups saving Setups with MIDI System Exclusive dumps commonly called SysEx dumps and MIDIScop...

Page 86: ...and you ll see this screen GLOBAL SELECT EDIT UTILITY Press Edit then press Select to scroll through the list of objects When EDIT Globl Parms appears on the top line of the display press Edit to beg...

Page 87: ...l Pedal 1 functions are still available even when triggering the arpeggiator If you use a stereo plug tip ring and sleeve then an analog drum trigger is assumed connected between the tip and sleeve wi...

Page 88: ...er pair of events is seen Convergence to the tap tempo is fairly rapid the maximum adjustment per trigger is 50 either way The Drum Sync parameter value actually controls the duration of a dead time a...

Page 89: ...rument with only one MIDI In port You could also send messages from different instruments to just one track on a sequencer There are other possibilities too The ExpressionMate can merge all kinds of M...

Page 90: ...nternal MIDI data to the Main Out port which in turn sends everything to the module MainMgOpt and AuxMrgOpt These parameters let you choose whether the Main and Aux interfaces will merge Realtime mess...

Page 91: ...mapped controller Arp Clock This is where you set the source of the Arpeggiator s clock It can receive the clock over the Main or Aux MIDI In the default is the ExpressionMate s internal clock Send Cl...

Page 92: ...h of these parameters set to Ignore ZxNotesIn These parameters set the channel on which the zone receives MIDI note information ZxMCtlsIn These parameters set the channel on which the zone receives MI...

Page 93: ...ap and MIDI Messages MIDI Messages are discussed in Appendix A The remaining Global Objects are described in this chapter User Scales The ExpressionMate offers you 8 user editable scales in addition t...

Page 94: ...nterval you have chosen You can select from 0 to 24 two octaves in other words With no transposition 0 is C4 1 would be the half step above that C 4 Intervals can be put in any order in the I6 steps F...

Page 95: ...otes started by this step also in beats X XX Length speci es how long before the next step starts Duration speci es how long notes begun when this step starts will sound and can be either shorter or l...

Page 96: ...y display Global Toggle Length Duration This is a reminder that the Global button toggles between editing a step s length or duration The rst window is Beat Value 1 4 PREV NEXT You can adjust this wit...

Page 97: ...th of an 1 8th note Step 3 will play a 1 8th note with the duration of a 1 16th note Both steps 2 and 3 will stop their notes at the same time Ctlr53 scales the rhythm duration from 3 to 400 of the D...

Page 98: ...Iceblink Each of the 128 possible program changes 0 127 has an associated ExpressionMate Setup number or None To access them using an external MIDI device you send program changes to the port channel...

Page 99: ...correctly for both devices see SYS EX ID on page 82 for details on doing this Regardless of the device you are dumping to however make note of the ExpressionMate s SysEx ID because you will need it w...

Page 100: ...be in the system Speed is about 1 Setup per second When the save is completed you are returned to Play mode Cancelling a SysEx Dump If you need to cancel the dump for some reason press Exit Dumping w...

Page 101: ...from 50 to 60 This makes it a bit easier to just load those few setups and copy them to the lower numbers and then load another group Breaking things up like this allows you greater exibility if you w...

Page 102: ...ver processing overhead is increased somewhat so performance may suffer somewhat under heavy loading when the MIDIScope screen is active When you enter MIDIScope there will be a Signal Select screen w...

Page 103: ...age selections will be the initial defaults MIDI messages may come in faster than they can be displayed If more than one additional message has been received only the most recent message is displayed...

Page 104: ...e is received Thereafter messages except SysEx will be displayed as follows MIDIScope ACTIVE 1234 NO3 XXX XXX The two character mnemonic identi es the message type and the digit identi es the channel...

Page 105: ...es including SOX will appear If the message is shorter than 11 bytes EOX will appear as the last byte SysEx messages always use both display lines When the left soft button is pressed the current disp...

Page 106: ...s MIDIScope 96 Exiting a Global Editor or Utility You can leave a Global Editor or Utility at any time by pressing the Exit button then you can select another global object or press Exit again to retu...

Page 107: ...to page 105 for battery replacement steps Memory Failure MEMORY FAILURE IGNORE RELOAD If this message appears you have two choices Press Reload to continue to the Restore Defaults screen and con rm W...

Page 108: ...red because the message really means that there was insuf cient time for the ExpressionMate to recalculate its checksum which takes about 2 seconds before power was lost Diagnostics You can use the Di...

Page 109: ...Diagnostic lets you test the buttons Ribbon and any other controllers that are plugged into the ExpressionMate While on the Main Diagnostic Display screen press Controls and you ll see this screen BA...

Page 110: ...mbers should decrease like this 3 2 1 0 3 Turning the knob slowly should cause the numbers to change suddenly If the numbers icker when you do this the spinknob may soon need replacement SP1 CC Test C...

Page 111: ...a switch pedal into the SP2 Jack If the pedal is already plugged in pull it out and plug it in again The display should change to this SWITCH PEDAL PLUG INSERTED When you press down on the pedal the d...

Page 112: ...to low breath pressure If you unplug the breath controller the display should show this BREATH CONTROL PLUG REMOVED Ribbon Test If possible place the Ribbon so that as you face it its cable comes out...

Page 113: ...ack MIDI Test The MIDI test lets you check the ExpressionMate s MIDI ports You can also use the test to check your MIDI cables You need two MIDI cables to run this test Caution Do not connect the Expr...

Page 114: ...from Main Thru to Aux In and press The test will run for two seconds If it passes the bottom line will change to PASSED OK Press OK to return to the CPU Diagnostics display If any of the MIDI tests fa...

Page 115: ...30 wide by 10 deep Note Opening the ExpressionMate to replace the battery will not void the warranty as long as you don t replace or modify any of the other components inside of the ExpressionMate Rep...

Page 116: ...d about 1 4 then carefully tilt it back The cables inside the unit are short so you ll have to hold the cover up with one hand while you do the next few steps Replacing the Battery 6 See the gure belo...

Page 117: ...ear Panel of the unit with the screw holes in the ExpressionMate Top Cover You ll notice that the Rear Panel has two groups of three screw holes This is because the Top Cover is held in place by self...

Page 118: ...u see a Memory Failure message select Reload Then choose Yes If you backed up your setups on a sequencer play them back into the Main In port after you achieve normal operation with the factory defaul...

Page 119: ...t sent Ditto for Entry and Exit values if present even MIDI remap controllers Fields in the string may be constants or variables like the control value the channel number associated with the zone and...

Page 120: ...SED NOTHING IS SENT NUL EE NOT USED NOTHING IS SENT END EF END OF STRING SOX F0 START OF EXCLUSIVE variable number of data bytes EOX MTC F1 MIDI TIME CODE data SPP F2 SONG POSITION POINTER LSB positio...

Page 121: ...be sent by the ExpressionMate Song Position Pointer F2 is used to instruct a sequencer to fast forward or rewind to a speci c place in a performance The two data bytes identify the position See the MI...

Page 122: ...selects bits to be sent By using one or more of these together most any commonly used method to format controller data into SysEx messages may be speci ed Note that V7 and V8 send the same data the l...

Page 123: ...lly the strings are lled with END mnemonics If the string is shorter than 16 bytes it must be terminated with an END byte which is not sent If the rst byte is END then nothing is sent Strings may be p...

Page 124: ...Sending MIDI Messages 114...

Page 125: ...programs by sending Program Change messages Since GM does not support the bank controller no Bank Select messages are sent If your sound source is not GM compatible then you will probably want to dis...

Page 126: ...n change the value here by entering the number for a different program another guitar patch if you like or any other program of your choosing You can change the value with the data knob or the buttons...

Page 127: ...the conventions shown in the chart below Controller Function RBN1 Variable RBN2 Variable RBN3 Arpeggiator Tempo Breath Breath CCPD Foot SP1 Sustain SP2 Latch SW1 Latch SW2 Arpeggiator On Fix1 Program...

Page 128: ...g features to play a different sound every three keys Each ribbon section controls volume for each sound 7 GM VelRemap The velocity you play will determine what sound or blend you hear Ribbon section...

Page 129: ...s zone 1 to sustain and zone 2 and 3 to latch Map2 remaps pitch bend to zone 1 Map 3 remaps to pan 14 ChickenFrippin Section 1 controls Arp note duration Section 2 controls Modulation Section 3 contro...

Page 130: ...e key splits Map3 controls the note switch to enable notes to be played from the CCPD 25 MIDI Volume Sends volume on one channel up the rib bon 26 XG Snd Cntrl Sends channel based sound modifications...

Page 131: ...FX users SW sends note on C4 for live mode 30 K25 Bends The ribbon sends all three K2500 pitch bend controllers section 1 pitch bend section 2 aux bend 1 sect 3 aux bend 2 31 Data D Not Section 1 send...

Page 132: ...ExpressionMate ROM Setups Setup Descriptions 122...

Page 133: ...ages 82 with Fixed Controllers 43 with Switch Controllers 41 Bass Cym Org 118 Battery 97 Battery Replacement 105 Beats Arpeggiator parameter 65 Beladi 74 Big Strum 4 118 BLANK 121 BoomBeBoomBe 120 Bre...

Page 134: ...ator parameter 64 Error Messages 97 Exit 58 Exit Button 13 Exit values 37 Ext PgmCh 81 F FACT DEFAULT 121 FIX1 43 FIX2 43 FIX3 43 Fixed Controller Parameters 43 Flashing LEDs 4 Funk 1 74 Funk 2 74 G G...

Page 135: ...Setup 16 Loading Factory Setups 90 Local Control Off 4 9 Low Battery message 97 Low Key Arpeggiator parameter 64 M MainMgOpt 80 MainMrgTo 79 MAP1 44 MAP2 44 MAP3 44 Maqsum 74 Memory Failure message 9...

Page 136: ...re 53 Program Change 53 Program Change Messages editing 116 Program Change Parameters 81 R Rave 1 74 Rave 2 74 RBN Arp Solo 119 Real Time Control of Arpeggia tor Parameters 63 Rear Panel 7 REL Bend 11...

Page 137: ...wType 40 SheSellShell 118 Shift Amt Arpeggiator parameter 72 ShiftLimt Arpeggiator parameter 72 SloHeldArp 119 SP1 CC Jack 7 SP2 Jack 7 Special Function Controllers 52 Split 26 Sprg Ribbon parameter 2...

Page 138: ...Index 128 W Warning Messages 97 X XG Efx Cntrl 120 XG Snd Cntrl 120 Z ZnXpos 54 Zone Changing current 24 Zone Transpose 54 Zones stacking 25 ZxMCtlsIn 82 ZxNotesIn 82...

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