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Chapter 2: Playing the DG8
DG8 REFERENCE MANUAL 47
Page 2: Local Control
It is possible to use the DG8 as a MIDI controller in a MIDI system without playing
its own internal or card sounds by turning Local Control off. In this situation, the
DG8’s keyboard becomes a MIDI transmitter only and does not affect the voices.
This feature is particularly useful when playing the DG8 with a sequencer. The
sequencer controls the DG8 while the DG8’s keyboard can be used to play another
MIDI instrument. Just be sure that the sequencer (or any device controlling the DG8)
is not “echoing” MIDI notes from the DG8’s keyboard back into the DG8 (unless
that’s what you want to do).
When this display is shown, pressing the
▲ and ▼ arrows turns Local Control ON (the
default setting: the keyboard plays the DG8 normally) or
OFF (the DG8’s keyboard
plays to
MIDI OUT only).
Page 3: AUX Pedal Assignment
This page allows you to determine how the rear panel
FOOT PEDAL AUX jack responds
to a pedal input, either modulation – rotating speaker for the
ELECTRIC ORGAN Bank –
or volume control. This means that you can tell the DG8 that if a pedal is plugged
into the
AUX jack, it be either a modulation pedal or a volume control pedal.
When this display is shown, pressing the ▲ and ▼ arrows toggles between
Modulation and Volume. The default setting is Volume.
Page 4: Keyboard Scaling
This function is a sensitivity control for the DG8’s velocity response. This function
tells the DG8 how to respond to changes in how hard or how soft you play the keys.
When this page is displayed, you will have a choice of values between
00 and 99
with the default setting at 50. It’s harder to play loudly and easy to play softly when
Keyboard Scaling is set to
00.
At the other extreme, a setting of 99 makes it very easy to play loudly and difficult to
play softly.
Use the
▲ and ▼ arrows to scroll through the range until the desired scaling value is
displayed. Pressing
▲ and ▼ together resets the display to the default value of 50.
Page 5: Bass Sustain
When using the sustain pedal in Split mode, it is usually not desirable to have the
left-hand bass sustain when the pedal is stepped on. This parameter defaults to
OFF
so that only the sound on the upper key range sustains. Use the ▲ and ▼ arrows to
turn this function
ON if you want the Bass Programs to sustain with the pedal.
Page 6: Sustain Catching
There may be circumstances where the DG8’s Sustain Pedal Catching function is not
especially useful for what you’re playing. Use the
▲ and ▼ arrows on this page to
turn the Sustain Catching feature of the DG8
ON or OFF. For details on what this
function does, see the description on the next page. Its default setting is
ON.