TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters
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Global Controllers in Mono Mode
Global controllers are controllers sent on one channel that affect all other channels simultaneously.
They can be useful in reducing the number of MIDI events required to achieve particular effects,
and can thereby reduce the delays sometimes associated with overloading MIDI. Some guitar
controllers can transmit global controllers, and the TS-12 can respond to them.
In Mono mode (A or B) the
base channel minus one
becomes the MIDI channel for global
controllers (pitch bend, pressure, etc.). For example, if the base channel is channel 3, any
controllers received on channel 2 will be interpreted as global controllers and will affect all voices
being played. If the base channel is channel 1, channel 16 becomes the channel for global
controllers. Each track will also respond independently to controllers sent on its own channel.
For example, each guitar string on a MIDI guitar can send independent pitch bend, while the
“whammy bar” controller could be sent on the global channel to affect all voices.
VELS/XPOS — MIDI Transpose Enable Range: SEND, RECV, or BOTH
Controls whether track transpose will affect the transmission/reception of MIDI key numbers,
giving you more control over how the Track Parameter TRANSPOSE function will affect notes
played on a track.
XPOS also controls how the Track VELS setting will affect MIDI transmission/reception of
velocity, in accordance with the same rules that govern the Track TRANSPOSE parameter.
• SEND — Will transmit the transposed key numbers of a track, but notes received via incoming
MIDI will not be transposed. This setting is useful for sending transposed key numbers to an
external MIDI device, without affecting the pitch of notes received via incoming MIDI.
• RECV — The key number transmitted by the TS-12 will always be the same key that was
actually played on the TS-12 keyboard, but notes received via incoming MIDI will be
transposed. In this mode, the TS-12 will respond properly when transposed data sent to an
external sequencer is transmitted back to the TS-12.
• BOTH — Will transmit and receive the transposed key numbers of a track. Useful for sending
transposed key numbers to an external MIDI device, while also affecting the pitch of notes
received via incoming MIDI.
Setting Local Voices Affected MIDI Reception Affected MIDI Transmission Affected
SEND Yes No Yes
RECV Yes Yes No
BOTH Yes Yes Yes
XCTRL - External Controller Range: 000 to 127
Use XCTRL to assign an external MIDI Controller number to be both transmitted and received by
the TS-12. The number that is assigned here will be used as the MIDI Controller number that the
XCTRL Track parameter will transmit on.
Most controllers on a synthesizer—mod wheel, channel pressure, or breath controller for
example—have a MIDI controller number associated with them: this parameter can be set to
match the MIDI Controller number of any controller in your rig. Doing so will make a particular
external controller available as a modulator in any of your sounds.
One of the modulation sources that can be selected in the programming section is XCTRL. The
value of the XCTRL parameter is a MIDI controller number, ranging from 000 to 127. When the
Track XCTRL value is edited, parameters that have XCTRL assigned as a mod source will be
modulated, and the TS-12 will transmit the edited value(s) on the MIDI Controller number
assigned to this parameter. When the TS-12 receives MIDI Controller messages corresponding to
this controller number, they will be routed to all parameters that have been programmed with
XCTRL as a modulation source.
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