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Master controller that you are using to drive the MATRIX-12 has a limited MIDI
implementation, the MATRIX-12 can still perform a number of control functions
from the receiving end.
Getting Started
Connect the MIDI IN of the MATRIX-12 to the MIDI OUT of the Master controller.
Your Master instrument needs the ability to transmit MIDI Notes (Notes, Velocity
and Release Velocity) and Controllers (Pitch-Bend, Vibrato, Volume Pedal,
Sustain Pedal, Pressure/After-Touch and Patch Changes). Consult the Owner's
Manual of the Master to determine what Controllers it can transmit and what
Controller Numbers it is using. These settings should be matched on the MATRIX-
12 unless you are instructed in the examples to change them.
It is not critical that all Controllers are transmitted by the Master. Some MIDI
synthesizers do not transmit nor respond to Volume Pedal, Velocity or Pressure,
as examples. It is not important that your Master have these features but will add
greatly to the usefulness of your MIDI system if it does.
Also, the Master need not have the ability to Split or Double (Layer) its keyboard.
These functions can be done on the MATRIX-12 through the use of its ZONEs.
As a simple starting point, change ZONE 1 Page 2 to enableM/P/ IN. All other
parameters are optional.
EXAMPLES
MATRIX-12 as a Simple SLAVE
Referring to the connection outlined above, playing the Master controller will play
the same notes on the MATRIX-12 with a "doubling" or layered effect. If the Patch
that you have selected on the MATRIX-12 employs Pitch-Bend, Vibrato, Volume
and Sustain Pedals, Velocity/Release Velocity, or Pressure, these Controllers will
be active assuming that your Master is transmitting them.
EXAMPLE #2
MATRIX-12 as a SPLIT SLAVE
In this example, we will set up the MATRIX-12 to play two different sound Patches
in a Split Keyboard arrangement. Each part of the Split will be a 6-Voice. This
split will play from the Master controller even if it does not have a
Split capability of its own.
1. Select your Patches
• Go to the PROGRAMMER section.
Press the Voice Bank Select button so that VOICES 1-6 are selected.
• Press all six PATCH EDIT buttons beneath the Programmer Display.
Use the Keypad to select the SINGLE Patch that you want to play on
the Lower part of the Keyboard.
• Press the Voice Bank Select button so that VOICES 7-12 are selected.
Use the Keypad to select the SINGLE Patch that you want to play on
the Upper part of the Keyboard.
2. Assign the Voices
• Press the VASSIGN button in the SINGLE/MULTI PATCH PAGE
SELECT Section. Assign Voices 1 -6 to ZONE 1. Assign Voices 7-12
\oZONE2.
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