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SELECTING THE KEYBOARD MODE
MIDI: Part 5
In a Mix, the QS6.1Õs keyboard may be set up in several ways using the Keyboard
Mode parameter found on Page 6 of Global Edit Mode. You need to determine which
way is best for your application. The Keyboard Mode parameter determines how the
keyboard will function with regard to MIDI:
¥ OUT 01 Ð OUT 16. Use this mode if youÕll be sequencing parts for other MIDI
devices in addition to the QS6.1. Select OUT 01, and the keyboard will send on
only MIDI channel 1 (or channel 2 if you select OUT 02, and so on). In this case
the sequencer must be used to set the MIDI channel of each track you want to
record.
Note: With this mode selected you will not hear the QS6.1 unless your sequencer
echoes the MIDI data back to the QS6.1Õs MIDI IN. (This is also one way of
verifying that the sequencer is set to receive properly.) ÒLocalÓ control of the
QS6.1 is turned OFF with this mode selected, so if things get disconnected
somehow you wonÕt be able to play anything from the QS6.1Õs keyboard. For
example, this could happen if you accidentally select the ÒdesktopÓ on your
computer, temporarily disabling the sequencing application.
So be sure to set up your sequencer to ÒechoÓ the MIDI data back to the QS6.1.
You can then set up the QS6.1 to pass the Òauto-channelizedÓ data along to other
MIDI devices by setting its MIDI Out Mode to Thru (Global Edit mode, page 16).
If the sequencing software is set up correctly, youÕll be able to play on a different
MIDI channel with each new track you record.
¥ NORMAL. Use this mode if the Mix is split or layered and sending on many
MIDI channels at once, and the sequencer will be able to record all channels at
one time. Good for capturing live performances in Mix mode.
This will only work if you have MIDI Out enabled for every MIDI channel within
the Mix which you would like the sequencer to record. The MIDI Out parameter
is on page 2 of the KEYBOARD/MIDI function in Mix Edit Mode. Once youÕre in
Mix Edit Mode, select the MIDI channel for which you would like to set this up
by pressing its [SELECT] button ([0] - [9] for channels 1-10, [00] - [50] for
channels 11-16).
¥ CH SOLO. Use this mode if youÕre sequencing with the QS6.1 alone (no external
MIDI modules). The keyboard only sends on one MIDI channel at a time, and
you change the channel on the QS6.1 for each separate track on the sequencer.
Naturally, this only works in Mix Mode, because Program Mode is kind of
already in Channel Solo mode by default.
This mode is automatically selected by the QS6.1 when the General MIDI
function is set to ON.
Note: In NORMAL or CH SOLO mode, the QS6.1 sounds are internally played from
the QS6.1 keyboard, so any echo features of the sequencer should be turned off.
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