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SINGLE, DUAL AND SPLIT keyboard modes
First, press MS1. (This switch has been assigned to SINGLE,
from now on abbreviated to MS1 = SINGLE.) The keyboard
is now in SINGLE mode. Notice the LED is now indicating
SINGLE. This means that only one MIDI bank is active. If
you play the KX88 keyboard, sound will come from only
one tone generator module. Notice that only one of the
readouts is lit. This indicates which MIDI bank A or B is
being sent. To switch banks, press a program select or bank
switch in the other bank. If you press the bank switch of
the bank that is not being sent, that bank will now become
active, with the same voice program number it had before.
If you press a program select switch in the bank that is not
being sent, that bank will become active, and the voice pro-
gram will change to the number you have just pressed.
If you press MS2, you will return to DUAL mode. (MS2 has
been preset to DUAL, ie. MS2 = DUAL) When you play the
keyboard, both tone generators will sound, since both MlDI
banks are active.
There is one more keyboard mode, SPLIT. Press MS3.
(MS3 = SPLIT) The LED will indicate SPLIT. In SPLIT
mode, notes played on or below the split point will be sent
on MIDI bank A, and notes played above the split point
will be sent on MIDI bank B. If you press MS3 again while
you are in SPLIT mode, the upper readout will show SP
and the lower readout will show the current split point.
C3 Touch the keyboard where you want the new split
point to be, and the new split point will be displayed. A
decimal point indicates a sharp. (#)
SWAP Press MS4. (MS4 = SWAP)
This will interchange MIDI banks A and B. Notice that the
voice program numbers in the readout have traded places.
Now, MIDI bank A is channel 2, and B is channel 1. If you
SWAP while in SPLIT mode, the sound that you were play-
ing on the lower part of the keyboard will interchange with
the sound you were playing in the upper part.
MIDI CHANNEL Press MS5. (MS5 = MIDI CH)
The readouts will show the MIDI channel number for banks
A and B. (Later, we will learn how to change the channels.)
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MONO/POLY Press TS1. (TS1 = MONO/POLY)
The TS1 LED indicator lights, and the sound generator is
now in MONO mode and will sound only the last note you
play. The TS1, 2 Toggle switches are of a different type
than the other front panel switches we have used so far.
TS1, 2 each have two functions, one when they are pressed
ON and one when they are pressed OFF. In this case, the
two assignments are TS1 = Mono, Poly.
PORTAMENTO ON/OFF, PORTAMENTO TIME,
LFO SPEED
Now press the other toggle switch, TS2.
(TS2 = Portamento ON, Portamento OFF) When the TS2
LED is on, portamento will apply to the keyboard. (Again,
all these settings can be applied to MIDI channels A and/or
B, as we will explain later on p. 14) If the portamento time
is too short, you will not be able to hear it. So, adjust the
portamento time. CS4 (continuous slider) has been assigned
to portamento time. (CS4 = portamento time) Move it up
and down to adjust the portamento time.
CS3 = LFO speed. Move it up and down to change the LFO
speed.
NOTE:
LFO speed is a voice parameter, and the KX88 is
sending System Exclusive messages (Yamaha ID
number) to change them. If you are using other
companies’ tone generator units, you will have to
change these parameters by assigning a Universal
Parameter. (see page 20.)
CS1 and CS2 have been assigned to VOLUME for
banks A and B. Move them and notice how the
volume of each tone generator changes.
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Let’s try the other controllers.
WI = Pitch Bender, W2 = Mod Wheel, After Touch = After
Touch, Breath Controller = Breath Controller, FC1 = Vol-
ume, FC2 = Foot Controller, FS1 = Sustain switch, and
FS2 = Portamento switch. All of these will affect the MIDI
tone generator or synthesizer in the normal way. For ex-
ample, if the DX7 function memory is set so that Foot
Controller Range is 99 and Foot Pitch is ON, then using the
FC2 connected to the KX88 will change the Pitch Modula-
tion of the DX7.
We have now finished our explanation of the way the KX88
has been set up at the factory. Before you go on to the next
chapter of this manual, spend some time becoming familiar
with the functions we have explained.
Summary of Contents for KX88
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