Section 1 — Controls and Architecture
Playing Instruments
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Note:
Instruments can be played from an external MIDI controller, without being selected, when
Edit/System•MIDI, MIDI IN MODE=MULTI or MONO-B see Section 2 — System•MIDI for
details.
Tip:
When TRANSMIT ON = INST CHAN, on the Edit/System•MIDI page, editing the VOLUME
value will transmit MIDI Volume messages (Controller #7) on the selected Instrument•Sequence
Track’s MIDI OUT CHANNEL (on the Edit/Instrument page).
Tip:
To adjust the volume of each loaded Instrument without selecting them, first select one
instrument, and then use the Left/Right Arrow buttons to view the volumes of the other
Instruments that are loaded.
• Try selecting different instruments. Try “double-clicking” to stack instruments. Click once on
a selected or stacked instrument to deselect it.
• Pressing the Load button again returns you to viewing disk files (LOAD flashing). You can
also press Cancel•No to toggle back and forth between looking at disk files (LOAD flashing)
and looking at instruments in the internal memory (LOAD indicator lit but not flashing).
Keyboard Range (How Instruments Share the Keyboard in Load Mode)
Whenever the ASR-10 is in Load Mode (which is the normal performance mode) you are not
limited to one instrument on the keyboard at a time (or two, or three for that matter). Each
instrument has a Keyboard Range, which is the section of the keyboard that it will occupy when
selected.
The range of an instrument can be as much as the full 127 keys of the MIDI Specification (for
playing the ASR-10 from an external controller via MIDI) or as little as a single key. Up to eight
instruments can inhabit the keyboard in a way that might be termed a “Pile o’ Instruments.”
Imagine four pieces of paper, each a different size, piled on top of each other:
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3
1
2
In the picture above, sheet #2 is on top of the pile — all of it is showing. The other three sheets
are partially covered up. Now suppose we could magically bring sheet #3 up to the top of the
pile. The pile would look like this: