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When MUTE mode is active, no messages will be transmitted. To turn on MUTE, enter
KEYBOARD MULTI FUNCTION mode by pressing EDIT, and then press the MUTE key
on the keyboard. The LED will show
“on” to confirm that
MUTE mode is engaged. To turn
it off, re-enter KEYBOARD MULTI FUNCTION mode by pressing EDIT, and then press
the MUTE key on the keyboard. At that point, the LED will display
“off” to confirm that
MUTE mode is disengaged.
6.13 SNAP SHOT
It’s possible for the controls on the
606606 to become out of sync with an instrument it is
controlling. This can happen when you control multiple different instruments, one after
another, and move the SLIDER, PEDAL, WHEELS and/or KNOBS. You may find that the
physical position of the control doesn’t match the value of the parameter that you’re
controlling, and when you move that control, the parameter will jump to the current value
with possible unexpected affects on the audio. SNAP SHOT allows you to force your
target MIDI instrument into sync with the 606606
controls by sending a “picture” of all the
current controller positions and states at once.
To perform a SNAP SHOT, enter KEYBOARD MULTI FUNCTION mode by pressing EDIT,
and then press the SNAP SHOT key on the keyboard. The LED will show
“don” to confirm
that the SNAP SHOT has been sent.
6.14 UPLOAD & DOWNLOAD
When you’ve configured your keyboard the way you like, you can save those settings via
a System Exclusive Upload. System Exclusive, or SysEx, consists of a string of data
describing the MIDI device that generated it, and this data can be recorded to a SysEx
compatible sequencer for storage and Download back to the keyboard later on.
(A sequencer is a software or hardware MIDI recorder. Once MIDI data is captured, the
sequencer allows you to edit and play back the MIDI events in a sequence.)
When you’re ready to capture SysEx data from the
606606, you should make sure that
SysEx data is not being filtered out by your sequencing software. You may need to consult
the manual for your sequencer in order to find out if there are MIDI filters that could
impede SysEx reception.
To Upload the SysEx data from the 606606, first start your sequencer recording. Then
press the EDIT button to enter KEYBOARD MULTI-FUNCTION mode, and hit the
UPLOAD key in order to transmit the data.
The display should read “SEu”, signifying the
keyboard is performing the System Exclusive Upload. When it is complete, the display will
return to its original state.