Vega Ketron, Owner'S Manual

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U sing a MIDI pedal for the bass
The VEGA enables the connection of a MIDI pedal to control the manual bass line and to set the chords. The MIDI reception channel is to be set
for the bass part on the same transmission channel as the pedal, by proceeding as follows:
● Connect the MIDI pedal to MIDI In 2 (Keyboard).
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From the main page of the display press F6 MIDI .
● Select F2 Channel Receive .
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Find the Bass parameter using the /- push buttons and modify the receiving MIDI channel using the VALUE +/- push buttons
based on that of the pedal.
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Enable the Manual Bass mode on the Left Control menu using the F3 Manual Bass function.
● Enable the use of the pedalboard to play the bass timbre associated with the Style in use, calling up the F10 Bas To Pb function from the
Arrange Mode menu.
The pedal can also be used to add chords, however, when it is used alone it cannot play above the Major chords. To modify the tonality of the
chords use the optional pedal switches FS13 and FS6 or use a pedal with four switches for guitarists (Mod. 9AC101) that has a special method of
adding tonality variations. Proceed as follows to enable it:
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From the main page of the display press F4 Arrange Mode .
● Move onto page 23 using the PAGE + push button.
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Press F1 4Sw. Mode to set as On .
The MIDI parameters modified can be saved in a MIDI Set-up whereas the status of 4Sw. Mode can be saved in a Registration.
USING A MIDI PEDAL FOR THE CHORDS
Proceed as follows to control the chords from the pedal:
● In the ARRANGE MODE - Page 1 set F9 to Normal
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If the Start button is lit, the major chord relating to the note pressed on the pedal-board will be heard. The minor and 7 th chords can be
obtained by using a special 3 switches pedal or the Footswitch with 6 or 13 switches.
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If the Start button is not lit, the 2 Lower parts play in major tonality.
DYNAMICS
The bass dynamics can be controlled from the pedal using the Normal/Fixed function ( F9 in the Arrange Mode menu). If set to Fixed, the
dynamics becomes fixed and its value can be modified from 0 to 127 by acting on "Value".
Using a MIDI pedal for the bass