Th i s FUN CTI ON a l l o w s y o u t o e n ab l e o r d i sa b l e t h e A FTERTOUCH f o r e ac h ZONE. Fo r an e x am -
ple, if you want t o di sable t he AFTERTOUCH f or zone 3: Whi le i n t he EDI T mode select ZONE 3
for edit ing t hen press UP/ DOWN butt ons t o scroll t o and select the AFTERTOUCH funct i on..
Th e n p r e ss OFF k e y w h i ch c o r r e sp o n d s t o E f l at o n t h e n u me r i c a l k ey p a d . A f t e r t h at , a l l t h e
ot her ZONES will be affect ed by t he AFTERTOUCH whi le ZONE no. 3 will be excl uded. To regai n
AFTERTOUCH cont rol on t he excl uded ZONE, sel ect EDI T, AFTERTOUCH and t hen press ON.
An appl i cat i on for t hi s might be as f ol l ows: Ref er t o t he pat ch set up from t he pr ecedi ng exam-
ple in the WHEELS secti on above. I n your lead pat ch in the right hand you may be using
AFTERTOUCH for vol ume swel l s or vi brat o modul at i on. Whi l e doi ng t h i s you may f i nd t hat unde-
si rabl e vi brat o messages are bei ng sent t o your sust ai ni ng chords i n t he l ower ZONES i n t hi s
patch. Use t he AFTERTOUCH di sable feat ure i n t hese l ower ZONES t o el imi nate aft ert ouch mes-
sages f rom your l ead perf ormance bei ng sent t o your sust ai ni ng chords.
Th i s f u n c t i o n a l l o w s t h e u s er t o c h a n ge t h e d y n a mi c c u r v e s w h i c h c o n t r o l t h e v e l o c i t y r e s p o n -
ses f or each of t he f our ZONES. Thi s FUNCTI ON al l ows you t o adapt your Mast er Keyboard
Co n t r o l l e r t o t h e d y n a m i c r e s p o n se o f y o u r e x p a n d e r o r e x t e r n a l MI DI d e v i c e . I t a l s o a l l o w s
you t o adjust t he keyboard's react i on t o your specif ic touch. The Studio Logic SL-760's SHAPE
FU NCTI ON o f f e r s y o u 8 d i f f e r e n t p r e s e t c u r v e s t o s e l e c t f r o m , 4 p o s i t i v e a n d 4 n e g a t i v e . Ea c h
ZONE c an h av e i t s o w n SH APE s et t i n g .
To sel ect a speci f i c SHAPE f or a ZONE f ol l ow t he normal EDI T operat i on. Ent er EDI T mode,
sel ect a desi red ZONE for edi t i ng by hi t t i ng i t s correspondi ng ZONE swi t ch. Now sel ect edi t
function SHAPE using the UP/ DOWN buttons and finally select 1,2,3 or 4 for SHAPE selection.
Se l e c t i n g a ( - ) b e f o r e h i t t i n g t h e n u m b e r w i l l s e l e c t a n i n v e r t e d v e r s i o n o r N EGATI V E SH A P E
of that curve. By negative shape we mean that the curve has an opposite affect with respect
to the touch. Therefore, a light touch brings about a high response and vice versa. This SHAPE
FU NCTI ON i s u s e f u l w h e n y o u h a v e t w o d i f f e r e n t c u r v e s ( o n e + a n d o n e - ) o n t w o ZONES, a s
this results in a velocity crossfade effect. As one sound gets lower the other gets louder. SHAPE
(-) 1 corresponds to the inverted SHAPE 1, and so on.
SH A P E n o . 1 h a s a l i n e a r r e s p o n s e , w h i c h i s c o m p a t i b l e w i t h m o s t o f t h e MI D I d e v i c e s p r e -
sent on t he market . Thi s i s t he def aul t set t i ng f or each of t he ( 3) ZONES.
SH A P E n o . 2 h a s a l e s s s e n s i t i v e r e s p o n s e , s o i t r e q u i r e s a s t r o n g e r t o u c h . Th i s s e t t i n g i s u s e -
ful to gain a wider dynamic response. Try this SHAPE on a Piano or Electric Piano while playing
a bal lad or sof t er pi ece of musi c for a more expressi ve feel t o the keyboard. You may also l i ke
this setting while using the SL-760 to program Hi Hats or Drums into a sequencer, it makes it
easier t o " pump" a part or vary t he accent s. I t is also usef ul when t he i nput MI DI devi ce i s
too sensitive and you want to lower the relative velocities being transmitted.
SH A P E n o . 3 h a s a m o r e s e n s i t i v e r e s p o n s e t h a n Sh a p e n o . 1 . Yo u w i l l b e a b l e t o t r a n s m i t
higher veloci ties with a lighter touch. This SHAPE may be useful t o you if you are playing a
Ro c k Pi a n o o r H o n k y - t o n k B l u e s s t y l e a n d n e e d t o b e h e a r d o v e r a l o u d b a n d . Th i s SH A PE s c a -
les the relative velocities up.
SH A P E n o . 4 h a s a n e v e n m o r e s e n s i t i v e r e s p o n s e t h a n SH A P E n o . 3 . Us e f u l f o r r e m o v i n g s o m e
or all of t he dynamic response t o t he keyboard. Use it when you want t o t ri gger Samples, Loops
or Sound FX easily so t hat they play at thei r maximum volume wit hout having t o hit t he key
as hard.
Th e VELOCI TY i s s i mi l ar i n f u n ct i o n a n d a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e SHAPE f e a t u r e i n t h a t t h ey a r e b o t h
dynami c response set t ings for t he keyboard and t he MI DI vel oci t y i nf ormat ion t hat i s t ran-
smi t t ed. The di f f erence i s t h at t he VELOCI TY paramet er i s a GLOBAL set t i ng. Whi l e i n EDI T
mode when you sel ect VELOCI TY, t he LED's for al l 3 ZONES light up si mul t aneousl y indi cat ing
you are changing a GLOBAL set t ing coveri ng all t hree ZONES. Whi le in t he previous sect ion you
coul d sel ect a dynamic curve for each ZONE, now you have 8 di f ferent curves that af fect t he
response of t he ent i re keyboard. Thi s VELOCI TY paramet er can hel p adapt your Cont rol l er
Keyboard t o your MI DI modul es and t o your speci f ic t ouch and feel pref erences so as t o gi ve
you the most expressi ve cont rol available.
To sel ect a VELOCI TY curve ent er t he EDI T mode, use t he UP/ DOWN but t ons t o sel ect VELO-
CI TY, t h e n c h o se 1 t h r o u g h 8 o n t h e 1 0 k e y k e y p a d t o s e l e c t y o u r VEL OCI TY s e t t i n g . Ex i t ED I T
mode to play and audition each of these curves.
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same key t wi ce) or t he ent i re lengt h of t he KEYBOARD by hi t t i ng t he l owest and t hen t he
highest key. The range can be any contiguous combinat ion of notes in between t he hi ghest
and lowest not e on t he keyboard and compl et el y independent and di f f erent for each zone. You
can ovelap any amount of not es f rom ZONE t o ZONE.
Used t o TRANSPOSE t he range of keys on a ZONE up or down a speci f i c amount of hal f st eps
from middle C. Normally the "4" ZONES have a TRANSPOSE value of "0". This means that the
mi ddl e C corresponds t o t he cent ral mi ddl e "C" on t he Grand St af f . ( pr ovi di ng t he st or ed pat ch
in your synthesizer module is set to the same value).
Let ' s say you want t o t ranspose and rai se t he t one of a ZONE by 4 semi t ones. Ent er EDI T
mode, select the desired ZONE to be edited, select the TRANSPOSE function using the
UP/ DOWN keys. Now h i t 4 on t he numer i cal keypad and ex i t t he EDI T mode. Let ' s say y ou wan-
ted to lower the tone by an octave. Follow the same procedure as above but instead of hit-
ting (4) on the 10 key keypad, first hit the minus key then enter 12 and exit EDIT mode. You
can TRANSPOSE a maxi mum of +/ - 24 semit ones (or t wo oct aves) by ent eri ng a posit ive or
negat i ve number up to 24 ( + or -) . Posi t i ve val ues are ent ered by depressi ng t he desi red num-
ber keys and negat i ve values are entered by fi rst hi t t i ng t he (- ) key t hen t he desired number
key( s).
Th i s FUNCTI ON a l l o w s y o u t o e n a b l e o r d i sa b l e t h e SUSTAI N PEDAL f o r e a ch z o n e. Fo r a n e x am -
ple, i f you want to di sable t he SUSTAI N PEDAL for ZONE 2: Whi le i n t he EDI T MODE press
UP/ DOWN agai n t o sel ect t h e SUSTAI N f un ct i on . Now t h at SUSTAI N i s sel ect ed ( LED swi t ched
on), press t he ZONE #2 but t on t o select ZONE 2 or edit i ng and t hen OFF key which corresponds
to "E flat" on the numerical keypad. After that, all the other ZONES will be affected by the
SU STA I N P EDA L , w h i l e Z ONE n o . 2 w i l l b e e x c l u d e d . To r e g a i n SU STA I N P EDA L c o n t r o l o n t h e
excl uded ZONE, sel ect EDIT, SUSTAI N and then press ON.
An obvi ous appl i cat i on for t hi s FUNCTI ON woul d be t o di sabl e t he Sust ai n Pedal on a ZONE set
to the lower end of the KEYBOARD that is set to a Bass patch. In addition, now use the other
ZONES t o p l a y a Pi a n o o r Pad / St r i n g so u n d l ay e r l e a v i n g t h e SUSTAI N PEDA L f u n c t i o n a l f o r
them.
Hopefully you are start i ng t o see even more of t he possi bi li t ies now becoming available t o you
usi ng a St udio Logic Mast er Cont roller. Wit h j ust a bit of creat i ve t hought on your part you
shoul d be comi ng up wi t h i nt erest i ng and usef ul pat ches f or your own musi cal needs.
Th i s FUNCTI ON a l l o ws t h e u se r t o d i sa b l e o r e n ab l e t h e t wo WH EELS f o r e a ch o f t h e f o u r ZONES.
Agai n, as an example, if you want ed t o disable the t wo WHEELS for ZONE 1: ent er t he EDI T
mode, select ZONE 1 for editing (pressing ZONE 1 button), now use the UP/ DOWN buttons to
scrol l t o t he WHEELS par amet er sel ect i on ( maki ng sure i t s correspondi ng LED i s l i t ,) t hen
sel ect t he OFF key ( cor respondi ng t o mi ddl e Eb on t he keyboar d. ) Now exi t t he EDI T mode by
depressing t he ENTER/ EDI T but t on. Wi t h t hi s edi t all t he ot her ZONES wi ll be affect ed by t he
WH EE L S w h i l e ZO NE 1 w i l l b e e x c l u d e d . T o r e v e r se t h i s e d i t f o l l o w t h e s a m e i n s t r u c t i o n s a s
above but i nst ead select the ON but t on on t he keyboard (correspondi ng t o middl e Db on t he
keyboard. )
A possi bl e appl i cat i on for t hi s f eat ure woul d be t o have a ZONE or ZONES assi gned t o t he l ower
part of the keyboard set t o sustaini ng or "Pad" sounds, wi t h the t op ends of these ZONES
endi ng somewhere i n t he middl e of t he keyboard, l eavi ng room for a spl it above i t .
Perhaps you can t ranspose t he l ower ZONES up an oct ave so t hat you woul d pl ay chords on
the lower part of the keyboard but sounding in the middle range closer to middle "C". Leave
the SUSTAIN PEDAL enabled but disable the WHEELS for this ZONE or ZONES.
Now use remai ni ng ZONES t o creat e a layer using the upper unused remai ni ng notes on t he
keyboard. Assi gn t hi s ZONE or ZONES t o a lead pat ch or pat ches, di sabl e t he SUSTAI N PEDAL
for t hese ZONES but leave t he WHEELS enabled.
Now you can perform and hol d down chords i n t he l ower part of t he keyboard using and hol-
ding down the SUSTAI N PEDAL t o "latch" t he sust ained chords.
No w, using both hands to play lead over the top, using the right hand to play melody and the
left to use the PITCH and MODULATION WHEELS, Release the SUSTAIN pedal to change chords
then SUSTAIN and "latch" again on the next chord and continue playing two handed leads over
the new chord.
TRAN SPOSE
SU STAI N
WHEELS
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