Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters TS-10 Musician’s Manual
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Note: When a Sequence or Song Track is selected, SEND will automatically be set to TRACK. Sequence
and Song Tracks always transmit on their Track MIDI Channel.
MODE Range: OMNI, POLY, MULTI, MONO-A, or MONO-B
This parameter determines how MIDI information will be received by the TS-10. MODE has no
effect on what MIDI information is transmitted.
There are five MIDI modes implemented in the TS-10:
• OMNI — In this mode, the TS-10 will receive on any or all of the 16 MIDI channels. This mode
is useful when you are only using a few instruments, and you are not concerned with setting
up different channels for each device.
• POLY — In this mode, the TS-10 will receive only on the Base MIDI channel. MIDI
information on all other channels will be ignored.
• MULTI — An ENSONIQ innovation, MULTI mode is the key to unlocking the potential of the
TS-10
as a multi-timbral receiver from an external MIDI sequencer. In MULTI mode, the 12
Tracks of the current song or sequence can receive MIDI information independently and
polyphonically on up to 12 different MIDI channels. The Preset Tracks will not receive
incoming MIDI in MULTI mode.
In MULTI mode, different MIDI channels must be selected for each Sequence Track that you
want to receive via MIDI. This can be accomplished on the Track MIDI page. If more than
one Sequence Track is set to the same MIDI channel, only the lowest numbered track will
receive via MIDI.
In MULTI mode, independent of what tracks are stacked or selected on the front panel, the
sounds you hear will depend entirely on what MIDI channel(s) the MIDI data is received on.
About Mono Mode
Mono mode is particularly useful for driving the TS-10 from a guitar controller, or any other
application where having up to twelve independent, monophonic channels is desirable. The
TS-10 offers two types of Mono mode operation. In both types, the TS-10 will receive
monophonically on twelve consecutive MIDI channels (the Base channel through Base channel
+11). The difference has to do with how those MIDI channels are routed within the TS-10.
• MONO-A — This is another ENSONIQ development intended to make using multi-channel
controllers like guitars easier. All notes and controllers received via MIDI will play whatever
sounds are selected or stacked on the front panel, just as if the notes were played from the
keyboard. You have the advantage of multiple tracks which will respond independently to
controllers received on multiple channels, but you do not have to set up the sounds for each
track separately.
• MONO-B — This is the more conventional type of Mono mode. It allows you to set up each
track of the current song or sequence as a monophonic synthesizer. Each track can have a
different sound assigned to it. This is how you get a different sound on each string when
using a MIDI guitar controller.
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