System Configuration
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Kyra Manual
of MIDI bandwidth, especially when the Arpeggiator is in
Chord Mode. The options allow you to configure Kyra to
send the notes via DIN MIDI or USB (but not both).
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You can overwhelm DIN MIDI quite easily with Arp
note transmissions, especially in Chord Mode. This
will result in poor timing and/or lost notes.
Transmit Automation
The
Transmit Automation
setting configures the front
panel controls related to Patch parameters to transmit
MIDI SysEx messages when they are changed. These mes-
sages can control another Kyra, or more usefully, they can
be recorded by a DAW for control automation. To save
MIDI bandwidth, switch this off if it isn't used. The option
allows Kyra to send the automation messages via DIN MIDI
or USB.
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The best way to perform automation is to use MIDI
CC (Continuous Controller) messages routed via the
Mod Matrix. These CCs can come from your DAW or
master keyboard’s assignable controls.
Bulk Send/Receive Bank
The Bulk Send/Receive Bank option configures which of
Kyra‘s Patch banks will be sent
and
received by manual
MIDI SysEx messages. Be sure to have this set correctly
when sending bulk Patch dumps to Kyra; an incorrect
setting could result in a whole bank of valuable Patches
being overwritten. It is also good practice to set this value
to OFF when not in use. This ensures any generic manual
SysEx banks sent to the system will be ignored (although a
specific bank SysEx dump can still be done - but they can
only come from an Editor/Librarian application and not
another Kyra). This value is not stored when system is
powered down and will default to OFF each time the sys-
tem starts.
You can send ROM Banks. If a Bank is received via MIDI
when a ROM Bank is selected in Bulk send/receive bank, it
will be ignored. To copy a Bank to ROM, send it to a RAM
Bank first and then copy it to the required ROM Bank using
the Copy Patch Bank page.