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6. I’m trying to add a timbre to be played by the keyboard only, to a
4 GE Combi. I can’t get it to sound anywhere along the keyboard.
However, if I raise the zone of the drums (playing on channel
01G) to overlap the zone timbre 5 is set to, stray drum notes will
also sound on that timbre.
There are several things you must make sure of to make a timbre sound
from the keyboard (in Combi Mode):
(1) (3.1-1a) [Menu]-[Prm1]->Track Status -> set to ON.
(2) Same place: set the timbre to which MIDI channel you want it to
respond to. If you want it to be played by the keyboard, set it to "Gch"
(Global Channel).
(3) I doubt this is the problem, but I mention it for completeness: make
sure the timbre key zone is set to the range you want:
(3.3-1a) [Menu]-[KeyZ]-[Key] -> set to full range, i.e C-1 to G9.
However, based on what you have described, it seems the KARMA
Function already has control of the Global Channel (drums on 01G, as
you have mentioned.) In other words, you already set it up so that the
Drums are playing on the Global Channel. In MIDI, different
instruments and tracks need separate channels. The keyboard also plays
on the Global Channel, so how can they BOTH play on the same MIDI
channel?
Change the channel of the drums to something else that is unused, say
“06”. Because of the KARMA function, you need to do this in 2 places:
(3.1-1a) [Menu]-[Prm1]-[MIDI]->MIDI Channel -> change drums to “06”.
(6.1-2) [Menu]-[KARM]-[MIDI I/O]-> change the Module doing the drums
to Output Channel 06.
Just remember that the keyboard is always on the Global Channel. So if
you want to use the Global Channel for the keyboard, configure your
KARMA modules to use Channels 02-05 (for example).
7. I’m building a Combi, and when I add programs, they don’t have
any IFX or MFX settings.
When you “select” a Program for a Timbre, this brings the Program into
the Combi, but it does not bring in any FX settings related to the
Program. The FX settings for the Combi are completely separate, and are
not affected by simply selecting Programs and placing them in Timbres.