Samson Graphite 25 owner manual Zones Mode, Editing Zones

Zones Mode

The keyboard can be divided into three zones, sometimes referred to as layers or splits. Each zone has its own active key range, program number, MSB, LSB, Channel, Port, Octave, and Transpose settings. The zones can be separated or overlapped. This allows you to layer or split the key- board between sounds to expand your performance. Zone 1 is always active. Zones 2–3 can be activated or disabled in Zone Mode. The display shows the parameters of the selected zone. The factory default is Zone 1.

Press the ZONE button to enter Zone Mode. The corresponding indicator will light up. Press the PAGE button to select a zone. The On/Off status appears after the zone number. Press the DATA+ button to engage the zone, and DATA– button to disable the zone. When a zone is activated, the zone number will appear under the Zone tag in the third row of the display. For each zone (1–3), the factory default MIDI Out port is 1–3, respectively. Press the MAIN button to return to Performance Mode.

If zones are activated and overlapped, keys played in the overlap section will send messages to multiple outputs and more than one voice can be produced. The PITCH BEND wheel, MODULA- TION wheel, pedal and keyboard aftertouch are applied to all activated zones.

Note: In Performance Mode, the operation of the OCTAVE +/– and TRANSPOSE +/– buttons only affect Zone 1, even if multiple zones are activated.

Editing Zones

After selecting a zone, press the ENTER button to edit the zone. Press the PAGE ◀ / ▶ buttons to cycle through the available parameters. Use the DATA +/– buttons or numerical keys to change the value of a parameter. Press both DATA +/– buttons simultaneously to return to the original value. When you have completed editing the zones, press the ENTER button or the ENTER key on the keyboard to save your changes.

Zone settings are nonvolatile, and will be saved even when the power is turned off. You can re- cover the default Zone settings with the PRESET function. Press the MAIN or ZONE button to exit Zone Mode and return to Performance Mode. To cancel your changes, before pressing Enter, press the MAIN or ZONE button to return to Performance Mode.

Note: Zones are saved to the current active Preset.

Note: In Performance Mode, changing the program number, MSB, LSB, Port and Channel only affect Zone 1. Enter Zone Mode to adjust the parameters of the other active zones.

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