Using The Transport Buttons
The transport buttons may defined in the same manner as any of the
other programmable buttons in Template Edit Mode. However, they
are ideally suited to controlling sequencers or recording device.
Therefore, they can alternatively be assigned to transmit MIDI MMC
(MIDI Machine Control) commands.
Each one of the 40 Template memories can hold its own set of defini-
tions for these five buttons.
The details of assigning MMC to these buttons and the range of MMC
commands available is described in detail on pages 17 & 18.
Some sequencers (such as Cubase) Use other types of MIDI message
for remote control purposes such as MIDI CC messages. The TRANS-
PORT buttons can of course be configured to transmit these instead of
MMC in the normal way. Consult your sequencer documentation for full
details of the MIDI messages used for remote control purposes.
The Global Mode Menu
The menu in Global Mode is used to alter settings which apply to glob-
ally across all Templates. Also found here are various utilities and infor-
mation displays. When Global Mode is selected by pressing the GLOB-
AL button, page 1 of the Global menu is automatically selected. The
available menu pages are :
Memory Protect (Menu Page 1)
Sets the Memory Protect switch. This is a safety feature to prevent
Templates or Global settings being accidentally over-written. Setting
Memory Protect to On also prevents memories being over-written by
incoming System Exclusive Template dumps.
Memory Dump (Menu Page 2)
Selects either the currently selected Template, all Template data or KS
Synth Patch data to be saved in System Exclusive format. Use the
DATA / VALUE encode to select the type of dump to be sent. This fea-
ture is useful for creating libraries of X-StationTemplates / Synth
Patches or as a safety backup.
Transmission of the Sysex dump is initiated by pressing the WRITE but-
ton while this menu page is displayed.
Sysex editor / librarian programs can be downloaded from the internet
as shareware or freeware. Using such a program is recommended for
building a library of templates and synthesizer programs.
A System Exclusive dump can be replayed into the X-Station from a
sequencer or sysex librarian at any time. A single Template dump or
synth program will over-write the edit buffer of the currently selected
Template or synth program. The changes will not be permanent unless
the Template is then manually written to a memory following the proce-
dure detailed on pages 20 & 21.
In contrast, ‘All’ Template Sysex dumps always write directly into the X-
Stations memories. This can be prevented by setting Memory Protect
to On (see above).
Note that synthesizer programs will only be received when the X-
Station is in the synthesizer mode.
USB To MIDI Out (Menu Page 3)
Enables the X-Station to immediately re-transmit MIDI arriving from the
USB port to either or both of the MIDI OUT ports. This feature is useful
for some MIDI network configurations (see pages 8 & 9).
This setting applies across all Templates.
MIDI In To (Menu Page 4)
Enables the X-Station to immediately re-transmit MIDI arriving at the
MIDI IN port to the USB port or either of the MIDI OUT ports. This fea-
ture is useful for some MIDI network configurations (see page 10). Any
multiple combination of ports is possible. A ‘U’ shown on the display
indicates that MIDI data will be sent from the USB port, a ‘1’ that the
MIDI OUT (1) port will be used and a ‘2’ indicates that the MIDI OUT (2)
port will be used.
This setting applies across all Templates.
Global MIDI Channel (Menu Page 5)
In addition to selecting a new template using the DATA / VALUE knob,
Templates or Synth Patches may also be selected by sending a Bank
Select / Program Change command from another MIDI device to the X-
Station. See page 34 for full details on this.
In KS Synth Mode, The X-Station uses the Global MIDI Channel set-
ting as the MIDI receive / transmit channel.
Pot / Slider Override (Menu Page 6)
Allows the individual Pot / Slider Control settings for each knob or slid-
er (set in the Template Edit menu - see page 17) to be overridden.
Three options are available :
Off - Each knob or slider will behave according to its own settings as
stored in the Template.
Jump - Each knob or slider will immediately transmit MIDI when
moved.
This applies globally to all knobs and sliders in all Templates.
Pickup - Each knob and slider will only transmit MIDI once it has
passed through the position represented by the control’s data value as
stored in the Template.
This applies globally to all knobs and sliders in all Templates.
Display Timeout (Menu Page 7)
When many controls are adjusted (such as the LEVEL control in the
effects section) the display switches to show an updated value for peri-
od of time. The time period is set by this Timeout value option.
It has a default value of 64 which will give about 0.5 seconds of display
time before the display switches back to the previous screen. The
range of the control is 0 ( no timeout) to permanent whereby the display
does not switch back to a previous screen.
ADVANCED FEATURES
The Transport Buttons - The Global Mode Menu
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