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then press the SPLIT key on the keyboard. The LED will show
“on” to confirm that SPLIT
mode is engaged. To turn it off, re-enter KEYBOARD MULTI FUNCTION mode by
pressing EDIT, and then press the SPLIT key on the keyboard. At that point, the LED will
display
“off” to confirm that SPLIT mode is disengaged.
When SPLIT is first activated, MIDI channels 1 and 2 are used for the left and right sides
of the split respectively. You can define which MIDI channels are being sent by entering
KEYBOARD MULTI-FUNCTION mode to set a new MIDI channel (Press EDIT, then
CHANNEL, then enter the desired channel number using the numeric keys). When SPLIT
mode is active, you will set the MIDI channel for the right side of the split. When SPLIT
mode is off, you will set the MIDI channel for the left side of the split (which follows the
Global MIDI Channel).
Note that the SPLIT and DUAL functions cannot be used simultaneously. Engaging SPLIT
mode will turn off the DUAL function. Additionally, if new MIDI channels have been set in
SPLIT mode, those channels will be used in DUAL mode, and vice versa.
6.11 SPLIT POINT
When SPLIT is first ac
tivated, the keyboard is divided just below “middle C”, or C3, on the
keyboard. However, you may want to change the place where the keyboard is split in
order to better suit your playing.
To select a new Split Point, enter the KEYBOARD MULTI-FUNCTION mode by pressing
EDIT and then follow these steps:
1. Press the SPLIT POINT key on the keyboard. The LED will display CHO, asking
you to “choose” the
place you want the keyboard to divide.
2. Just play the key on the keyboard that you want as the first note on the right side
of the split. (The key just to the left of the note you chose will be the last note of the
left side of the split.) The LED will display
“don” (done) to confirm that the new
Split
Point has been set.
6.12 MUTE
There are times when you might want to move a controller on the 606606 and not send
out any MIDI messages. For example, you might turn up the SLIDER in order to control
volume on one virtual instrument, then change MIDI channels in order to fade in the
volume on an external MIDI module, but the problem is that the SLIDER is already up. If
you move the slider at this point, the volume on the external MIDI module will jump to the
current volume value instead of fading in gradually. The MUTE function can help in this
situation by muting the
keyboard’s MIDI output
so you can reset the SLIDER position.
