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Main Features and Operation
Volume and Keyboard Octave Controls - Arpeggiator Section
VOLUME Knob
This control adjusts the overall output volume on both the Left and
Right master audio outputs on the rear panel and the Headphone out-
put also on the rear panel. Using a mixing desk as a comparison, this
control can be thought of as the channel volume fader.
Keyboard OCTAVE Buttons
These buttons allow the K-Station’s two octave keyboard to be shifted
up or down by a whole octave. The entire MIDI note range of C-2 to
G8 can be accessed.
To return to a mid position where the A above middle C on the key-
board is 440Hz. Press BOTH the Up and Down Octave buttons simul-
taneously.
Note : When set to the highest octave setting, the top notes on the
keyboard beyond G8 will not trigger the K-Station or transmit MIDI
Note messages because they will be outside of the note range defined
by the MIDI specification.
The Keyboard octave setting is memorized along with all of the other
sound information when a Program is written to memory.
The K-Station includes an Arpeggiator which breaks down chords into
single notes and plays them one at a time. For example, if a ‘C’ triad
chord is held, the notes C, E and G will play one by one in sequence.
Which Arpeggiator pattern is used and how the sequence of notes are
played is determined by settings of the functions located in the
Arpeggiator Menu. See Page 38 in the Advanced Features chapter
for more details on these.
TEMPO Knob
This controls the speed at which the Arpeggiator plays back its notes.
When turned fully anticlockwise, the Arpeggiator will step through a
sequence at 64 beats per minute. Clockwise movement increases
speed. The maximum speed available is 191 b.p.m.
When the Global MIDI Clock Source value (see Page 35) is set to
INT, this knob also controls the tempo of any synchronized Chorus,
Delay, Panning or EQ effects. See Pages 28, 29-30, 31 & 32 for details
on how to synchronise these.
When MIDI Clock Source is set to EXT, the tempo of any synchro-
nized Arpeggiator, Chorus, Delay, Panning or EQ will be controlled by
the tempo of the external sequencer instead of the TEMPO knob which
will have no effect on the speed.
If this knob appears to have no effect on the tempo, the reason is prob-
ably due to MIDI Clock Source being set to EXT or that the external
sequencer is currently stopped (stopped sequencers do not usually
transmit MIDI Clock messages).
ON / OFF Button
This activates / deactivates the Arpeggiator. While the Arpeggiator is
activated, the LED to the left of the button will be lit.
Pressing and holding this ON/OFF button for longer than 1 second will
cause the Arpeggiator to Latch . When latched, the Arpeggiator
sequence will continue to play even after notes have been released.
Once all notes on the keyboard have been released, the next chord to
be played on the keyboard will clear the existing latch memory and
only the newly played chord will be Arpeggiated.
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