Viscount Maestro – Grande – Sinfonia
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3. THE KEYBOARD MODES
3.1. DESCRIPTION
You can associate the 1ST, 2ND and MANUAL BASS parts to the keyboard
range in different ways. You can divide it into zones (split mode) or you can overlay the
parts on the same keys (layer mode); the PROG.SPLIT button, placed on the left of the
accompaniment control section (STYLE CONTROL KEYS), makes this possible.
The PROG.SPLIT key allows to switch between these two modes: the LED key
will light up when the SPLIT mode is activated, while it will be off when the LAYER
mode is selected. Pressing and holding this key allows to have access to the keyboard
modes programming
pop-up window.
3.2. PROGRAMMING THE KEYBOARD MODES
The
pop-up window you can see pressing and holding the PROG.SPLIT button
allows you to set all the keyboard modes programming features. The first voice (
Split
Sections) sets the split point between the 1ST and 2ND parts, the former associated to
the right zone, the latter to the left zone of the keyboard. The second voice (
Split Bass)
sets the MANUAL BASS part split point, which is obviously associated to the left zone.
Through the
Read Keyboard option it is possible to perform this setting, directly
pressing the key defining the keyboard split, after having activated the option with the
related function button (F1 or F6).
The MANUAL BASS split may overlap with the 2ND part split, or even the with
the 1ST; in this case, acting on the
Bass Mode field, you can decide whether the bass
has to be played overlaid to the other parts (OVERLAP), or if the other parts have to be
canceled and replaced (REPLACE). The bass part, moreover, is monophonic and then
you can specify the bass notes priority: setting
Priority to LAST, the instrument will
always take the latest note played on the bass split; setting
Priority to LEFT, the
instrument will play in any case the lowest note.
