Chapter 4
—Parts
To access the Parameters described on this page (unless otherwise noted):
press the Params 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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4.
T
u
r
n the
V
alue knob
f
r
om 000 to 127 to ad
j
ust the pa
r
t
’
s Exp
r
ession, o
r
t
r
ansmit
M
I
D
I
Cont
r
olle
r
#11 values to the
M
R
-
R
ack. See
“
T
o Enable o
r
Disable a Pa
r
t
’
s
R
eception o
f
Pitch Bend
M
essages
”
late
r
in this chapte
r
.
T
his pa
r
amete
r
also
r
esponds to an N
R
PN
L
SB value o
f
034. See
“
Using
R
PNs and
N
R
PNs to Edit Pa
r
t Pa
r
amete
r
s
”
at the end o
f
this chapte
r
.
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s display will
r
e
f
lect Exp
r
ession changes made via
M
I
D
I
j
ust as i
f
you
’
d
made them
f
r
om the
f
r
ont panel.
When this parameter is edited on a Part that uses a Drum Kit, all of the Sounds in the
Drum Kit are affected simultaneously by the changes you make.
To Invert a Part’s Response to Volume and Expression Values
T
he
V
ol/
M
ixPola
r
ity pa
r
amete
r
r
eve
r
ses the manne
r
in which a Pa
r
t will
r
espond to
V
olume
and Exp
r
ession settings.
W
hen set to +Pos, the Pa
r
t will
r
espond no
r
mally
:
highe
r
V
olume
and Exp
r
ession values will
r
esult in g
r
eate
r
loudness.
W
hen it
’
s set to -Neg, highe
r
V
olume
and Exp
r
ession values will lowe
r
the level o
f
the Pa
r
t
’
s Sound.
1.
Use the Select Pa
r
t buttons to choose the Pa
r
t whose
r
elative loudness you
’
d like to
ad
j
ust.
2.
P
r
ess the Pa
r
ams button.
3.
T
u
r
n the Pa
r
amete
r
knob until the display shows
“V
ol/
M
ixPola
r
ity=.
”
4.
T
u
r
n the
V
alue knob to set the Pa
r
t
’
s
V
olume/
M
ix pola
r
ity as you p
r
e
f
e
r
.
When this parameter is edited on a Part that uses a Drum Kit, all of the Sounds in the
Drum Kit are affected simultaneously by the changes you make.
A dj ust ing a P ar t ’ s St er e o Posit ioning
M
R
-
R
ack Sounds a
r
e p
r
og
r
ammed to appea
r
in speci
f
ic places in the le
f
t/
r
ight ste
r
eo
f
ield.
By ad
j
usting a Pa
r
t
’
s pan setting, you can o
ff
set the ste
r
eo placement o
f
any Sound it uses.
A
value o
f
Cente
r
00 will leave the Sound panned as it was p
r
og
r
ammed.
L
owe
r
values will
shi
f
t it to the le
f
t, and highe
r
values will move it to the
r
ight.
A
Pa
r
t Pan value o
f
L
e
f
t -64
shi
f
ts a Sound ha
r
d le
f
t, while +63 shi
f
ts it ha
r
d
r
ight.
64
Left
63
Right
00
Center
I
f
components within the Sound a
r
e panned di
ff
e
r
ently, thei
r
r
elative positions will be
maintained as the Pa
r
t Pan value shi
f
ts the Sound in eithe
r
di
r
ection.
To Set a Part’s Panning
1.
Use the Select Pa
r
t buttons to choose the Pa
r
t whose ste
r
eo panning you
’
d like to
ad
j
ust.