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11.) The Common-menu
11.) The Common-
Menu
The Common-Menu is important for the Sequencer-Multi-Mode as well as for the Performance-Mode.
Whenever you want to make sound changes in real-time, you first have to go through the different functions
of this menu. But don’t bother - you won’t have to step through hundreds of different pages just to change
one little parameter. It’s as easy as this:
You will find the following parameters in the Common-Menu:
1.) Assignment of the footswitch-control function
2.) Assignment of the MIDI controllers such as Modulation, Pitch bend, etc. to the different sound parameters,
so that you can control your sounds directly from your MIDI keyboard by using its wheels (or the joystick
- depending on which model you currently use).
3.) Assign of the „Free MIDI controller“ to one sound parameter.
4.) Selection of a performance play mode and adjustment of the performance volume.
The Common-Menu will be activated as follows:
Function
User action/
(Keys/Dials)
Display-Message
Selection of edit level.
Press "EDIT/OK"-key.
\Edit/Function
Selection of "Edit-Common" menu.
Use one of the two Alpha-dials for
the selection.
\Edit/Function
|1>\Edit\Common
Confirm selection.
Press "EDIT/OK"-key.
\Edit\Common
|1>\FootCtrl:\67
The Common-Menu offers you the following parameters:
|1>
\\Edit\Common
|1>\FootCtrl:\50
The footswitch, which may be connected to your TECHNOX, can be routed to a
MIDI controller. Here you can select the controller number, which shall be
controlled by the footswitch. If this controller number is identical to the MIDI
controller that you have defined as a free controller (see below), it’s possible to
route the footswitch to several TECHNOX parameters by using its modulation
matrix.
<2>
\\Edit\Common
<2>\FootOn:\\\\2
It’s only possible to connect real ‘switches’ to TECHNOX, and no other pedals
like volume controls. In this menu you determine which value will be sent when
the footswitch is pressed.
<3>
\\Edit\Common
<3>\FootOff:\\\0
Here in this menu the appropriate value for „footswitch depressed“ may be
entered.
<4>
\\Edit\Common
<4>\FootTog:\\On
In this menu you can decide if the connected footswitch behaves like a regular
„switch“ or not (Toggle mode). If the value is set to „On“, the TECHNOX will
toggle between the values for „FootOn“ and „FootOff“ each time the footswitch is
pressed; if set to „Off“, the footswitch behaves like a regular „pedal“.
<5>
\\Edit\Common
<5>\FreeCtrl:\50
Your TECHNOX already makes use of the most common MIDI controllers for its
modulation matrix. In this menu you can enter a „free“ MIDI controller number
for controlling a sound parameter. Many MIDI keyboards offer the possibility of
sending out different MIDI controllers other than just modulation or volume.
You’d best have a look at the manual of your MIDI keyboard to find out if it is
capable of generating such MIDI data (for example with a joystick).
On the following menu pages you find the parameters of the controller matrix.Here you can select if, e.g.
the filter cutoff of one of TECHNOX’ instruments can be controlled by your mod wheel. But there are
some things to take care about when modulating part parameters:
Each part may be controlled individually by the modulation matrix. Some parameters offer even a positive
or negative control of this parameter. So, by using the same MIDI controller, a change of the controller
value may affect different parts in different ways. Take for example a Layer-2-performance that uses two
parts simultaneously. If you set the volume control for the first part to a positive value and the volume
control for the second part to a negative value, a cross-fade effect between the two sounds can be achieved
when you route your MIDI controller to volume control of both parts.
So you see that it’s worth having a closer look at the functions of the modulation matrix.
footpedal-control
free-controller-
selection
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