
Chapter 3
—Personalizing Your System
To access the Parameters described on this page (unless otherwise noted):
Press the System button
,
turn the Parameter knob to locate the parameter
,
and then turn the Value knob to change the parameter's setting
.
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you can inst
r
uct a Pa
r
t
—
and its Sound
—
to use the global Pitch Bend settings instead o
f
those o
r
iginally p
r
og
r
ammed into the Sound.
(
See
“
Cont
r
olling a Pa
r
t
’
s Pitch Bend
R
esponse
”
in
C
h
a
p
t
er
4
f
o
r
details.
)
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack o
ff
e
r
s th
r
ee pa
r
amete
r
s
f
o
r
cont
r
olling the global Pitch Bend
r
ange
:
•
Pitch Bend Up
•
Pitch Bend Down
•
PitchBend
M
ode
Global Pitch Bend Up and Down
Both Pitch Bend Up and Pitch Bend Down have thei
r
own individual settings, and eithe
r
can
be set to
r
aise o
r
lowe
r
the pitch o
f
any Pa
r
t Sound whose Pitch Bend Up o
r
Down Pa
r
t
pa
r
amete
r
is set to
“
Sys.
”
To Determine the Global Pitch Bend Up Range
1.
P
r
ess System.
2.
T
u
r
n the Pa
r
amete
r
knob until the display shows
“
Pitch Bend Up=.
”
T
he global Pitch Bend Up pa
r
amete
r
can be set to
:
•
1-12dn o
r
1-12up
—
the pitch o
f
Pa
r
t Sounds whose Pitch Bend Up=Sys will be
lowe
r
ed o
r
r
aised by the numbe
r
o
f
equal-tempe
r
semitones set he
r
e when a Pitch
Bend
W
heel is pushed all the way
f
o
r
wa
r
d
•
O
ff—
any Pa
r
t Sounds whose Pitch Bend Up=Sys will igno
r
e
M
I
D
I
messages
r
eceived
f
r
om a Pitch Bend
W
heel pushed
f
o
r
wa
r
d
3.
Use the
V
alue knob to set the Pitch Bend Up value you desi
r
e.
To Determine the Global Pitch Bend Down Range
1.
P
r
ess System.
2.
T
u
r
n the Pa
r
amete
r
knob until the display shows
“
Pitch Bend Down=.
”
T
he global Pitch Bend Down pa
r
amete
r
can be set to
:
•
1-12dn o
r
1-12up
—
the pitch o
f
Pa
r
t Sounds whose Pitch Bend Down=Sys will be
lowe
r
ed o
r
r
aised by the numbe
r
o
f
equal-tempe
r
semitones set he
r
e when a Pitch
Bend
W
heel is pulled all the way back
•
O
ff—
any Pa
r
t Sounds whose Pitch Bend Up=Sys will igno
r
e
M
I
D
I
messages
r
eceived
f
r
om a Pitch Bend
W
heel pulled back
3.
Use the
V
alue knob to set the Pitch Bend Down value you desi
r
e.
Setting the Global Pitch Bend Mode
T
he PitchBend
M
ode pa
r
amete
r
unlocks a powe
r
f
ul
f
eatu
r
e that allows you to decide which
notes will be a
ff
ected by Pitch Bend messages when Pa
r
t Sounds use the global Pitch Bend.
(
See
“
Cont
r
olling a Pa
r
t
’
s Pitch Bend
R
esponse
”
in
C
h
a
p
t
er
4
f
o
r
details.
)
I
t can be set to one
o
f
th
r
ee values
:
•
No
r
mal
—
Pitch Bend messages will a
ff
ect all notes cu
rr
ently sounding.
•
Held
—
Pitch Bend messages will a
ff
ect only those notes sounding
f
r
om keys which a
r
e
being physically held down.
Notes held with the sustain pedal o
r
in thei
r
r
elease stage will
r
emain at thei
r
o
r
iginal
pitch.
T
his
f
eatu
r
e can be used to c
r
eate guita
r
-style pitch bends o
r
to
“
paint
”
with
pitch, leaving di
ff
e
r
ent notes sustaining at di
ff
e
r
ent pitches.
•
P
r
og
—
the global Pitch Bend will not alte
r
the No
r
mal/Held settings p
r
og
r
ammed into