CHAPTER III: THE FUNCTION MODE

The FUNCTION mode permits access to four groups of functions: tuning functions, MIDI functions, memory management functions, and performance functions. In this chapter we’ll describe each of these functions; what they do and how they are programmed.

1.Accessing the FUNCTION Mode

2.Entering Function Data

The FUNCTION mode is called by pressing the FUNCTION button. Individual parameters to be programmed are then called by pressing the appropriate voice button. Note that when the FUNCTION mode is active, pressing a voice button calls the corresponding FUNCTION parameter. These functions are printed in brown below each voice button. Note also that there are two exceptions: the PITCH B (Pitch Bend) MODE SET and KEY SHIFT KEY SET buttons are NOT included among the voice buttons. These function buttons are located immediately above the DATA ENTRY -1 and +1 buttons. When the FUNCTION mode is called, the LCD should look something like this.

The display will read “F M.Tune= 0”, indicating that the FUNCTION mode is active, plus the name of the selected function and its current data. In the example above, the MASTER TUNE function is called (press the 1 button), and the data is currently set at 0.

Once the desired function has been selected, its value can be altered using either the linear DATA ENTRY slider located to the left of the panel, or the adjacent -1 /+1 buttons.

Moving the DATA ENTRY slider away from you increases the value of the selected parameter, and moving the control towards you decreases the data value. Pressing the -1 button decreases the value of the selected parameter by one (decrements), and pressing the +1 button increases the value by one (increments). While the DATA entry slider is valuable for quickly approaching the desired value with parameters that have a large data range, the +1 and -1 buttons permit precise step-wise location of a specific value. The switches are also easier to use with parameters that only have two values, i.e. ON (1) or OFF (0). In some cases you will be required to answer YES or NO to prompts which will appear on the LCD display. The -1 /+1 buttons are also used for this purpose.

3.The Performance Parameters

“Performance parameters” are programmable parameters which pertain mainly to real-time performance effects, such as how the pitch bend and modulation wheels affect the sound. After a function is selected using the corresponding button, it can be incremented with further pressing of the same button.

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