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5 Setups
d. Low Key
Carefully assigning parts and beats to different portions of the
keyboard can make the difference between good setups and
awesome ones.
In this screen, set the lowest keyboard note to which the beat will
respond. Any notes lower than the note you select here will be
ignored by this beat.
To select a note, turn the control knob or play a key. You can use
the [octave] buttons if your desired note is outside of the current
key range.
e. High Key
Set the highest keyboard note to which the beat will respond. Any
notes higher than the note you select here will be ignored by this
beat.
Remember that you can set these keys across the entire MIDI note
number range, not just the Micron’s 37 notes.
Remember that you can always use the [octave] buttons to adjust
the note range of the Micron’s keyboard.
f. Latch
Set the latch status of the beat to latched or not latched. The default
is not latched.
When latch is on, the beat will continue playing after you remove
your hands from the keys. If you play a key that is mapped to a
different latched beat, this beat will stop and the new one will play
instead. To stop the beat entirely, hit the [accomp] button or
switch to another mode.
Latching is especially useful when you have more parts than you
have hands, or if your parts don’t all fit within the Micron’s threeoctave
key range. If your bassline and pad parts are latched, you
can simply let them play on their own while you use both hands to
play the lead, and then return to them when it’s time for a chord
change.
Latching with the [latch] button is similar. If you hold down the
[latch] button and play an unlatched beat, it will become latched
as long as the button is activated.
Carving out a hole in the
keyboard range
Anarchist types will
inevitably wonder what
happens when you set the low
note higher than the high
note. In such cases, the notes
in between the two will be
silent, but all notes outside of
that range will play, resulting
in a hole in playing range.