Rodgers W-5000, User Manual

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Chapter 6
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VOICING AND CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Your W-5000 contains a number of controllers; physical controls that you use to play and manipulate sound.
In this chapter we'll tell you how you can change the settings for these controllers and even assign different
functions to them if you like. We'll also discuss how you can edit (change the basic character of) the
instrument's Synth sounds. Before we begin with Controller and Voicing settings, however, let's look at a
more basic setting.
KEYBOARDS
These are your primary controllers! With a simple setting or two, you can achieve a variety of results.
The keyboard sensitivity settings allow you to have your keyboards respond in different ways. There are
three settings to choose from (each representing a different response). To try out these settings, follow the
instructions below.
Ê Press the [UTILITY] button.
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Press the [NEXT] button until the words 'Upper Sens' appear in the LCD.
Ì Use the [+]/[-] buttons to select one of the three sensitivity settings for the Upper keyboard: High,
Norm or Low.
Í Press the [NEXT] button (as necessary) to select 'Lower Sens' and then select an appropriate setting
for the Lower keyboard.
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Press [NEXT] (as necessary) to select 'Pedal Sens' and then select a setting for the Pedalboard.
These settings allow you to set the instrument to match your general playing style. (These settings are stored
as part of the Global data.)
Select 'Low' if you normally play hard. Choose the 'High' setting if you tend to play more softly. In addition,
the Pedal sensitivity values allow for a certain minimum velocity. To provide finer control over sensitivity,
or to set a layer or keyboard to a constant (fixed) velocity, use the [VOICING] button (explained later in this
chapter). The [VOICING] button's control of sensitivity is adjustable for each layer and can be stored under
a General Preset.