Oberheim MC 2000, Руководство по эксплуатации

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MC 2000
Expandable MIDI Master Controller
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1. GENERAL PRESENTATION
1.1. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
The MC 2000 is an expandable Master Keyboard equipped with 88 weighted keys with
hammer, with dynamic and aftertouch sensitivity. This sensitivity varies depending on the
response curve set in the patch. Thanks to the large system memory with which the
instrument is equipped, it is able to memorize no less than 256 patches, fully
programmable by the user and all recallable in real time.
The MC 2000 also offers a large number of functions allowing complete, professional
management of the MIDI protocol, and at the same time has an intuitive user interface
which simplifies the musician's relationship with the instrument. Prefitted to take an
optional internal
sound board , the MC 2000 can also be transformed into a real
independent
synthesizer
.
1.2. THE PATCH AND ZONE CONCEPT
A patch can be defined as a program containing all the information which presets the
instrument to provide a given type of performance. For example, as well as the key
velocity (dynamic) or Aftertouch response curves, a patch may contain MIDI channels and
relative ports with regard to the various zones, the Program Changes, the controls, the
exclusive systems and many other parameters which we will be examining in more detail
later.
The zone is a specific region of the keyboard, which can be set as we choose to include
the entire range of 88 keys or just one key, in which given parameters have been set. If a
different Program Change assigned to a specific MIDI channel, sent to one of the 4 MIDI
OUT ports (or to the sound board, if installed in the instrument), corresponds to each zone,
the zone is identified with a specific sound. In this case, if 8 zones are activated in the
selected patch, we have 8 different sounds distributed within the range of our keyboard.
Therefore the zone is a real program assigned to a portion of the keyboard (or to the whole
keyboard) and contained within a patch, which may contain up to 8 zones. In other words,
the zone can be considered as a
patch within a patch
.