Creating a Patch

MATRIX CTRL (Patch Matrix Control)

This selects the parameters to be controlled by Matrix Control Source 1–4 and the Sens settings, as well as the specific Tones whose parameters you wish to control. Up to four destination parameters can be selected for each controller and controlled simultaneously.

*Parameters that can be set independently for each Tone are indicated by “#.”

Parameter

Value

Description

 

 

 

SOURCE1–4

OFF, CC01–31, CC33–95, BEND, AF-

Assign one of the following controllers to Control Source 1–4. If you wish

(Matrix Control

TER, SYS1–4, VELOCITY,

to use a controller that will apply to all Patches, or a controller that cannot

Source1–4)

KEYFOLLOW, TEMPO, LFO1, LFO2,

be directly selected here, select SYS-CTRL1–4, and then select the control-

 

PIT-ENV, TVF-ENV, TVA-ENV

ler using the Control Source 1–4 parameters (SYSTEM COMMON).

 

 

 

DESTINATION1–4

OFF, PITCH, CUTOFF, RESONANCE

Selects a parameter to be controlled.

(Matrix Control

LEV,EL PAN, DRY LEVEL, CHORUS

 

Destination 1–4)

SEND, REVERB SEND, LFO1/2 PCH

 

 

DEPTH, LFO1/2 TVF DEPTH, LFO1/

 

 

2 TVA DEPTH, LFO1 PAN DEPTH,

 

 

LFO1/2 RATE, PCH ENV A/D/R-

 

 

TIME, TVF ENV A/D/R-TIME, TVA

 

 

ENV A/D/R-TIME, TMT, FXM

 

 

DEPTH, MFX-CTRL1/4

 

 

 

 

SENS1–4

-63–+63

Adjusts the amount of change that occurs in response to controller chang-

(Matrix Control

 

es. Negative (-) values invert the change. For LFO rates, negative (-) values

Sens 1–4)

 

slow down the LFO, and positive (+) values speed it up.

 

 

 

TONE1–4#

OFF, ON, REV

Selects the Tone to which the two previous parameter settings are ap-

(Matrix Control

 

plied. “ON” turns signifies that the Tone is selected for control, “OFF”

Tone Control

 

that it’s not selected, and “REV (REVERSE)” that the change being ap-

Switch 1–4)

 

plied is inverted when applied to this Tone.

 

 

 

PATCH CONTROL SWITCH

These settings determine each Tone’s response to received Pitch Bend, Expression, Pan, Hold1, Damper, and Envelope Mode MIDI messages.

*Parameters that can be set independently for each Tone are indicated by “#.”

Parameter

Value

Description

 

 

 

RCV BENDER#

OFF, ON

If you want the Tone to respond to Pitch Bend messages, turn this parameter

(Tone Receive Bender Switch)

 

on. If not, turn it off.

RCV EXP#

OFF, ON

If you want the Tone to respond to Expression messages, turn this on. If not,

(Tone Receive Expression Switch)

 

turn it off.

 

 

 

RCV HOLD-1#

OFF, ON

Set this to ON if you wish the tone to respond to Hold1 messages—these mes-

(Tone Receive Hold 1 Switch)

 

sages cause sounds to continue playing when a sustain/damper pedal is

 

 

pressed. Set this to OFF when you don’t want the Tone to respond to Hold1

 

 

messages.

REDAMPER#

OFF, ON

If a Hold 1 message is received during the time between a note-off—when you

(Tone Redamper Switch)

 

release the key—and the time at which the note actually disappears, any cur-

 

 

rently sounding notes will be sustained if Redamper is set to ON. To take ad-

 

 

vantage of this feature, you must also turn on the Tone Receive Hold 1 setting.

 

 

 

RCV PAN MODE#

CONTINUOUS,

CONTINUOUS: Pan messages are responded to immediately, instantly

(Tone Receive Pan Mode)

KEY-ON

changing the stereo position of the Tone.

 

 

KEY-ON:The stereo location of the Tone is changed only when the next note

 

 

is played. If a Pan message is received while a note is sounding, its stereo lo-

 

 

cation will not change.

ENV MODE#

NO-SUS, SUSTAIN

When a loop-type waveform is selected, it normally continues to sound as

(Tone Envelope Mode)

 

long as a key is pressed. If you want a note to decay naturally even when the

 

 

key remains pressed, set this to “NO-SUS.”

 

 

* If a one-shot type Wave is selected, it will not sustain even if this parameter is set

 

 

to “SUSTAIN.”

 

 

 

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Kenwood XV-2020 owner manual Matrix Ctrl Patch Matrix Control, Patch Control Switch

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