Setup Mode

To edit the control setup, press the Edit button while the CtlSetup parameter is highlighted on the MIDI-mode TRANSMIT page. This brings you to the Setup Editor, which is described in the following sections. The following table shows which control-setup parameters affect controller assignments in Program mode.

Control Setup–Setup Editor

Parameters Affecting

Parameters Not Affecting

Page, Zone 1

Program Mode

Program Mode

 

 

 

CH/PROG

ZoneArpeg, Destination,

LocalPrg, Out, Channel, MIDIBank,

 

MIDIBankMode

MIDIProg, Status, EntryProgChg

 

 

 

KEY/VEL

VelScale, VelOffset,

LoKey/HiKey, Transpose, NoteMap,

 

VelCurve

LoVel/HiVel

 

 

 

PAN/VOL

None

 

 

 

 

BEND

All

 

 

 

 

COMMON

Sync

 

 

 

 

ARPEG

All

 

 

 

 

RIBCFG

All

 

 

 

 

Continuous Controller assignment

Dest, Scale, Add, Curv

Ent and Exit

pages (SLIDER, SLID/2, CPEDAL,

 

 

RIBBON, WHEEL, PRESS)

 

 

 

 

 

Switch Controller assignment pages

SwType, Dest, On, Off

Ent and Exit

(FOOTSW, SWITCH)

 

 

 

 

 

KDFX, FXMOD2, FXMOD3,

None

 

FXMOD4, FXLFO, FXASR, FXFUN

 

 

 

 

 

Table 7-1 Control Setup Parameters Affecting Program Mode

Physical controller destinations, their curves and states, and the Arpeggiator parameters all define controller assignments for programs in Program mode. The other parameters have no effect; this keeps Program mode relatively simple. Program mode lets you change values for transposition, MIDI channels, and programs independently of the control setup.

Once you save changes to the control setup, those changes will affect all programs when you are in Program mode. For example, programming the Large Ribbon in the control setup to have three sections will mean that in every program in Program mode, you will have a three-section Large Ribbon.

You may want to program several different control setups, and switch among them for different applications. Suppose, for example, that you’re recording a song, but you don’t want to record aftertouch. You can create a setup with pressure turned off in Zone 1 (on the PRESS page in the Setup Editor, set the value of the Press parameter to Off for Zone 1). Now whenever you want to record without aftertouch, just select this setup as the control setup.

Zone-status LEDs in Setup Mode

Take a minute to scroll through some of the factory setups. As you change setups, you’ll notice that the LEDs in the eight buttons above the programmable sliders go on and off and change color. These LEDs indicate the status of each of the zones in the setup. You may also see the Solo button go on. This means that the setup is configured to have only one zone playing when you select it.

In Setup mode, each of the eight zone-status LEDs will always be in one of four states:

Off

Empty zone—that is, a zone that has no program or MIDI channel associated with it.

 

For example, if you select a setup and only four status LEDs light up (regardless of

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Alesis K2661 specifications Zone-status LEDs in Setup Mode, Control Setup Parameters Affecting Program Mode