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101
Editing MIDI parameters
Editing Keyboard and Song parameters
The Keyboard and Song parts have the same and “Receive” and “Transmit” parameters, so we will discuss them
only once.
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Receive parameters
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RX Monitor
These indicator icons (1~16) light whenever the
DisCover 5 receives MIDI data on the corresponding
channel. This may help you decide which channel
you need to assign to a given part.
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Part
Use this parameter to select the part you want to
edit. If you press MIDI [Keyboard], the options are:
Upper, Lower, M.Drums. If you press MIDI [Song], the
options are Track 1~Track 16. Always select the Part
before changing the remaining parameters on this
page.
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Channel
(Off, 1~16, Off) Allows you to assign a MIDI receive
channel to the selected part. The default settings
usually work best, but you are most welcome to
change them. Select “Off” for a part that shouldn’t
receive MIDI data.
Note: Unless you have a very good reason to do other-
wise, we suggest you always select the same Transmit
and Receive channel numbers for a part.
Note: Assigning the same channel to two or more parts
is usually not a very good idea.
Note: For Song (SMF) parts, this also affects playback of
the Standard MIDI Files.
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Shift
(–48~48) This parameter allows you to transpose the
received note messages before sending them to the
DisCover 5’s tone generator. You could change the
pitch of the received MIDI note messages if you are
used to playing a song (that is being received via
MIDI) in another key than the one the data were pro-
grammed in. The maximum possible transposition is
four octaves up (48) or down (–48). Each step repre-
sents a semitone.
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Limit High/Limit Low
(C-~G9) “Limit High” and “Limit Low” allow you to
set the note range to be received. If not all note mes-
sages on the selected MIDI channel should be
received by the selected part, set the range to the
desired values. This may be necessary when control-
ling the DisCover 5 from a MIDI accordion that sends
the chord and bass notes on the same channel.
Note: The Low Limit cannot be set to a higher value
than the High Limit (and vice versa).
Note: Some instruments start at C–2 and end at G8
(instead of C–1 and G9). You may have to “add an
octave” to the value you see on the screen of your com-
puter or external sequencer.
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Data filters
The remaining three fields allow you to specify
whether the messages in question should be received
(ON) or not (OFF).
PC—Program Change and Bank Select (CC00, CC32)
messages. These messages are used to select Tones
and Drum Sets (as well as User Programs, see below).
“Bank Select” messages are in fact Control Change
messages, which were added when it became clear
that the maximum number of sounds selectable
using Program Change messages (128) was no longer
sufficient to access all sounds of a given instrument.
(The DisCover 5 boasts 1,422 sounds.)
Do not forget to send a Program Change message
after a Bank Select message because sending only
Bank Select messages does nothing whatsoever. The
correct order for sending these messages is (pay
attention to the CPT values):
1.1.0 Bank Select CC00 + value
1.1.1 Bank Select CC32 + value
1.1.2 Program Change
CC—These messages control parameters such as
modulation and pan. The function of a message is
determined by its control change (e.g. ID) number.
Here are some frequently used Control Changes that
can be filtered using this parameter: Modulation
(CC01), Volume (CC07), Expression (CC11), Pan(pot)
(CC10), Hold 1 (CC64), Reverb Send Level (CC91),
Chorus Send Level (CC93), RPN LSB, MSB (CC100/
101), Data Entry (CC06/38), NRPN LSB, MSB (CC98/
99).
Note: Though the DisCover 5’s keyboard does not gen-
erate Channel Aftertouch messages, the sound source
receives them (but they cannot be filtered).
PB—Allows you to specify whether or not Pitch Bend
messages should be received.