Encoders, Select and Page
The top row of Channel buttons are the Select buttons 1 - 8.
The Select buttons are user assignable, and pressing them can result in transmitting a MIDI command. But they also have an important function relating to the operation of the 5 rotary encoders.
Select a channel by pressing a Select button. This makes the LCD indicate the names and values of 5 rotary encoders associated with that channel.
For a given selected channel, the user can also press 1 of 8 Page buttons above the LCD. Each button selects a different “Page” of rotary encoders associated with that channel.
Since there are 5 encoders, times 8 pages, that means each channel can have 40 independently named and assigned “virtual” encoders.
The encoders are also bank switchable. For each bank there are 40 times 8 or 320 virtual encoders.
Since there are four banks, the
(Please note: If an already selected Page button is pressed, the LED will turn off and the LCD will blank. In the release version, the LCD will show the Bank name and possibly additional information. Press any Page button to restore the LCD.)
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