Fwd: [A6] newbie keyboard split question

[Mike Schultz]

Sorry, I meant to post this to the list.  Pesky reply-to.
Mike
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> From: Mike Schultz <mschultz at magma.ca>
> Date: February 6, 2006 5:37:10 AM EST (CA)
> To: Christina Chatfield <cchatfield at berklee.net>
> Subject: Re: [A6] newbie keyboard split question
>
> Hi Christina.
> I'm not sure exactly what your computer setup is or the program  
> you're referring to.  It sounds like you are using some kind of  
> sequencer program that has MIDI echo enabled.  Further, it sounds  
> to me like you are in MIX mode and your keyboard is set to to MIDI  
> or LOCMID rather than LOCAL, under the GLOBAL page.  I am guessing,  
> based loosely on some keywords in your description.
>
> I would suggest studying how MIX mode works in the absence of any  
> midi rig before trying to integrate it with a computer.  Set the  
> keyboard to LOCAL in the global parameters page and make yourself a  
> simple MIX using one sound on channel 1.  Spend some time in the  
> KBD page to see how you enable/disable and assign the keyboard  
> range for each sound.  Add a sound on channel two and repeat.  Make  
> sure no other MIX channels are enabled (including 9 -16).  You need  
> a firm grasp of how MIX mode is set up before advancing to MIDI.
>
> There are some quirks in the MIX mode when you are using MIDI, and  
> the keyboard as a controller, but I'm not sure you are quite at  
> that point yet.  I will stop there, since, as I say, I am just  
> guessing at your situation.  You can email me off list if you still  
> need help figuring this out.
> Good luck,
> mike
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> On Feb 6, 2006, at 2:24 AM, Christina Chatfield wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I just recently bought an A6, and I am confused about the keyboard  
>> split settings on it. Even when I normalize the A6 with a program  
>> on my computer, it defaults to a split keyboard. I looked in the  
>> manual and saw how to split it, but I didn't see anything about  
>> "de-splitting" if you will. I made sure the keyboard wasn't mapped  
>> in such a way that it was making a split, yet it was still there,  
>> playing this horrible organ of death sound randomly in the upper  
>> octaves. Also, certain notes won't play when I'm playing on the  
>> keyboard, but are triggered just fine with MIDI... I'm not sure  
>> how to get rid of these things! Any help would be greatly  
>> appreciated, and I apologize if this is a really stupid  
>> question...but I've tried researching it and can't seem to figure  
>> it out!!
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>> Christina
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