ALESIS K2661 - Manual (Page 48)

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Program Mode
KB3 Program Structure
can change the effects in real time by pressing the buttons (or by sending the appropriate MIDI
Controller values from your MIDI controller).
In normal operational modes, using the Mute buttons to change a program’s KB3 effects doesn’t
affect the program; the effects return to their programmed settings the next time you select the
program. If, however, you’re in an editor when you change the effects, you’re actually editing
the program. If you like the changes, you can save the program with the new KB3 effects
settings. If you don’t like the changes, you can exit without saving, and the program will revert
to its previous settings.
The Mute buttons also send MIDI Controller information to the K2661’s MIDI Out port. See
Column 2 of Table 6-3 to check which Controller numbers the buttons send.
Of course, you can change the programmed settings for the KB3-mode buttons. For each of the
buttons, there’s a corresponding parameter in the Program Editor.
MIDI Control of KB3 Programs
When you’re playing a KB3 program from an external MIDI source, there are two things to keep
in mind:
• Certain MIDI Controller numbers always control specific KB3 features
• The value of the LocalKbdCh parameter affects how KB3 programs respond to MIDI
Controller messages
Controller Numbers
Table 6-3 lists the MIDI Controller numbers that control KB3 features. The first column lists
the Controller numbers that KB3 programs always respond to (the K2661 also sends these
Controller numbers to its MIDI Out port when you’re using the local keyboard channel—we’ll
say more about that on page 6-7). KB3 programs also respond to the Controller numbers in the
second column; these are the Controller numbers that the Voce™ MIDI Drawbar Controller uses
to control common tone wheel organ features. Whatever kind of external MIDI source you’re
using, you can use the MIDI controller numbers in either the second or third column to control
the corresponding KB3 feature in the first column. For example, to control Drawbar 1, you can
send either MIDI 6 or MIDI 12.
Effect
Category
Button Name
Corresponding
Page and
Parameter
Comments
1 Rotary Fast / Slow MISC: SpeedCtl
2
Vibrato
On / Off MISC: VibChorCtl
3 Chorus / Vibrato MISC: VibChorSel Disabled if Button 2 is off
4 Depth 1 / 2 / 3 MISC: VibChorSel Disabled if Button 2 is off
5
Percussion
On / Off PERC: Percussion
6 Volume Loud / Soft PERC: Volume Disabled if Button 5 is off
7 Decay Fast / Slow PERC: Decay Disabled if Button 5 is off
8 Pitch High / Low PERC: Harmonic Disabled if Button 5 is off
Table 6-2 KB3 Mode Buttons and Corresponding Parameters