Section 12 — The MIDI Connection
8 ENSONIQ KT Musician’s Manual
Using the KT with a MIDI Guitar Controller
The KT makes an ideal voice module to use with any MIDI guitar controller that can send in
MONO mode. MONO mode (MIDI mode 4) allows a guitar controller to send the notes played
by each string on a different MIDI channel. This has the advantage of letting each string send
pitch bends independently, allowing the guitarist to bend some notes, while holding others.
Some earlier guitar synths do not support MONO mode. You will have to consult the manual of
your particular model to see if it does. If you have a guitar synth that only sends in POLY mode
(i.e., sends all six strings on the same MIDI channel) you should use the KT in POLY mode (or
OMNI mode) and set the guitar controller to send on the MIDI channel that is selected as the Base
Channel on System•MIDI page 4.
For MIDI guitar controllers that do support MONO mode, the KT provides two types of MONO
mode reception. The first is MONO A mode, which is a simple and straightforward way of using
MONO mode without getting involved with tracks or other complications:
1. Connect the MIDI Out of the guitar controller (or its MIDI converter) to the MIDI In of the
KT.
2. Set your guitar controller to send in MONO mode on channels 1-6 (some models have an
easy shortcut for getting into this state).
3. On System•MIDI page 4, set the Base MIDI Channel to “Base Channel= 01.”
4. On System•MIDI page 6, set the MIDI mode parameter to “MIDI Mode=MONO A.” This
sets up the KT to respond monophonically to eight consecutive MIDI channels, starting from
the Base Channel. However, you will probably need only six MIDI channels, since most
guitar controllers only have six strings (see Section 2 — System•MIDI Parameters for a more
complete description of MONO mode).
You can now select sounds or presets on the KT, either from the front panel or from MIDI
program changes, and the guitar controller will play those sounds exactly as if they were played
from the keyboard.
If you are a little more adventurous, and would like the flexibility to put a different sound
program on every string of the guitar, you can use MONO B mode, in which each track of the
current sequence receives monophonically on its own MIDI channel, and can receive program
changes independently. Where MONO A is like POLY mode with monophonic reception,
MONO B is just like MULTI mode, except that each track is monophonic.
1. On System•MIDI page 6, set the MIDI mode to “MIDI Mode= MONO B.” Each of the eight
tracks of the current Preset will now receive monophonically on its own MIDI channel.
2. Create a new Preset. You might want to name it “MONO-B IN,” or something similar, to
indicate that it is specially set up for this type of reception.
3. Select each of the first six tracks, defining them and putting the current sound on them. You
can leave tracks 7 and 8 undefined.
4. Press {EDIT_TRACK}, followed by the lower {4} button. Here you select the MIDI channels
for the different tracks. Select each track (by pressing its {SEQUENCER/PRESET_TRACK}
button) and edit it accordingly. Unlike MONO A, in this mode the consecutive MIDI channel
assignments are not automatic. You must manually set the tracks to six consecutive MIDI
channels.
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