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Settings for the Entire FA

101

Performance

Functions

Editing

Sequencer

(Creating Songs)

Sampler Pads DAW

Appendix

Overview Performing Settings

Settings

Synchronization settings (Sync/Tempo)

Parameter Value Explanation

Tempo Assign

Source

SYSTEM, STUDIO

SET

When you switch studio sets, this

setting species whether to use the

current tempo (SYSTEM) or to use the

tempo that is stored in the studio set

(STUDIO SET).

Sync Mode

MASTER

The FA will be the synchronization

master. Choose this setting if you’re

using the FA on its own without

synchronizing it to another device, or

if you want the tempo of an external

MIDI device to synchronize with the

FA.

REMOTE

The FA will obey start, continue, stop,

and song position pointer messages

from another device, but the FA’s own

tempo setting is used as the playback

tempo.

SLAVE

The FA will be the synchronization

slave. Choose this setting if you want

the FA to synchronize to MIDI clock

messages received from an external

device.

Sync Output OFF, ON

Species whether clock, start,

continue, stop, and song position

pointer messages are transmitted

to another device (ON) or are not

transmitted (OFF).

Clock Source MIDI, USB

When the Sync Mode is “SLAVE,”

this setting species whether the FA

will synchronize to synchronization

messages from the MIDI IN connector

or from the USB port.

Click settings (Click)

Parameter Value Explanation

Click Mode

Species how the click will be sounded.

OFF No click is sounded.

PLAY-ONLY

The click sounds when a song is

playing.

REC-ONLY

The click sounds when a song is being

recorded.

PLAY&REC

The click sounds when a song is

playing or being recorded.

ALWAYS The click sounds at all times.

Click Level 0–10 Adjusts the click volume.

Click Sound

Selects the click sound.

TYPE1

Conventional metronome sound (rst

beat is a bell)

TYPE2 Click sound

TYPE3 Beep sound

TYPE4 Cowbell sound

Click Accent

Switch

OFF, ON Adds an accent to the click sound.

Click Output

Assign

MAIN, SUB

Species whether the click sound is

output from the MAIN OUTPUT jacks

(MAIN) or from the SUB OUT jack

(SUB).

MIDI settings (MIDI)

Parameter Value Explanation

Device ID 17–32

When transmitting and receiving

system exclusive messages, the device

ID numbers of both devices must

match.

Remote

Keyboard

Switch

OFF, ON

Turn this “ON” if you’re using an

external MIDI keyboard instead of the

FA’s keyboard. In this case, the MIDI

transmit channel of your external MIDI

keyboard does not matter. Normally,

this can be left at “OFF.”

* If you want to control the

arpeggiator from an external MIDI

device, turn this “ON.”

Studio Set

Control

Channel

1–16, OFF

Species the MIDI receive channel

on which MIDI messages (program

change/bank select) from an external

MIDI device will be received by the FA

to switch studio sets.

Choose “OFF” setting if you don’t

want studio sets to be switched from a

connected MIDI device.

USB-MIDI Thru OFF, ON

Species whether MIDI messages

received via the USB COMPUTER

port/MIDI IN connector will be

re-transmitted from the MIDI OUT

connector/USB COMPUTER port (ON)

or not be re-transmitted (OFF) (p. 102).

Transmit

Program

Change

OFF, ON

Species whether program change

messages will be transmitted (ON) or

not be transmitted (OFF).

Transmit Bank

Select

OFF, ON

Species whether bank select

messages will be transmitted (ON) or

not be transmitted (OFF).

Transmit

Active Sensing

OFF, ON

Species whether active sensing

messages will be transmitted (ON) or

not be transmitted (OFF).

Transmit Edit

Data

OFF, ON

Specify whether changes you make

in the settings of a studio set will

be transmitted as system exclusive

messages (ON), or will not be

transmitted (OFF).

Soft Through OFF, ON

If this is ON, MIDI messages that are

input from the MIDI IN connector are

re-transmitted without change from

the MIDI OUT connector.

Receive

Program

Change

OFF, ON

Species whether program change