Th i s FUNCTI ON al l o ws you t o enabl e o r di sab l e t h e AFTERTOUCH f or each ZONE. For an ex am-
ple, i f you want t o disable t he AFTERTOUCH for zone 3: Whi l e in t he EDI T mode select ZONE 3
for edi t i ng t hen press UP/ DOWN but t ons t o scroll t o and sel ect t he AFTERTOUCH f unct ion. .
Then p r ess OFF k ey whi ch cor r esp o n ds t o E f l at o n t he numer i cal k ey p ad. Af t er t hat , al l t he
ot her ZONES will be affected by t he AFTERTOUCH whil e ZONE no. 3 will be excluded. 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 f or t hi s mi ght be as f ol lows: Ref er t o t he pat ch set up f rom t he precedi ng exam-
ple in t he WHEELS section above. I n your lead pat ch in t he right hand you may be using
AFTERTOUCH f or vol ume swel l s or vi brat o modul at i on . Wh i l e doi ng t h i s you may f i nd t h at unde-
si rabl e vi brat o messages are bei ng sent t o your sust ai n i ng chords i n t he l ower ZONES i n t hi s
pat ch. Use t he AFTERTOUCH di sabl e f eat ure i n t hese l ower ZONES t o el iminat e af t ert ouch mes-
sages from your l ead perfor mance bei ng sent t o your sust ai ni ng chords.
Th i s f un ct i o n al l ows t he u ser t o ch an ge t h e dy n ami c cu r ves wh i ch con t r o l t h e v el oc i t y r esp o n -
ses for each of t he f our ZONES. Thi s FUNCTI ON al lows 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 s e 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 adj ust t he keyboard's react i on t o your speci fi c t ouch. The St udi o Logic SL- 760's SHAPE
FUNCTI ON o f f er s y o u 8 d i f f e r e n t p r e se t c u r v e s t o se l e c t f r o m , 4 p o s i t i v e a n d 4 n e g at i v e. Eac h
ZONE can h av e i t s o wn SHAPE set t i ng .
To sel ect a speci f i c SHAPE f or a ZONE f ol l ow t he nor mal EDI T o per at i on. Ent er EDI T mode,
sel ect a desi red ZONE f or 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 SHAPEusing the UP/ DOWNbuttons and finally select 1,2,3 or 4 for SHAPEselection.
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 er w i l l se l ec t a n i n v e r t e d v e r s i o n o r NEGATI VE SH APE
of that curve. By negative shape we mean that the curve has an opposite affect with respect
to the touch. Therefore, a light touch bringsabout a high response and viceversa. ThisSHAPE
FUNCTI ON i s u se f u l w h e n y o u h a v e t w o d i f f er e n t c u r v e s ( o n e + a n d o n e - ) o n t w o ZONES, as
this resultsin a velocity crossfade effect. As one sound getslower the other gets louder. SHAPE
(-) 1 corresponds to the inverted SHAPE1, and so on.
SHA PE n o . 1 h a s a l i n e ar r e sp o n s e, w h i c h i s c o mp a t i b l e w i t h mo s t o f t h e MI DI 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.
SHA PE n o . 2 h a s a l e ss s en s i t i v e r e sp o n s e, so 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 et t i n g i s u s e-
ful to gain a wider dynamic response. Try this SHAPEon a Piano or Electric Piano whileplaying
a bal l ad or sof t er pi ece of musi c f or a more expressi ve f eel t o t he keyb oard. You may al so 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 i s al so 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.
SHA PE n o . 3 h a s a mo r e se n si t i v e r e sp 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 sm i t
higher velocities with a lighter t ouch. This SHAPE may be useful t o you if you are playi ng a
Ro c k Pi a n o o r Ho n k y - t o n k Bl u es s t y l e a n d n e ed t o b e h e ar d o v e r a l o u d b an d . Th i s SH APE s ca -
les the relative velocities up.
SHA PE n o . 4 h a s a n ev e n mo r e s e n si t i v e r e sp o n s e t h a n SHA PE n o . 3 . Us ef u l f o r r e mo v i n g so m e
or al l of t he dynamic response t o t he keyboard. Use i t when you want t o t ri gger Samples, Loops
or Sound FX easi l y so t hat they play at their maximum volume wi t hout having t o hi t t he key
as hard.
The VELOCI TY i s si mi l ar i n f un ct i on and ap p l i cat i on t o t he SHAPE f eat u r e i n t hat t h ey a r e b o t h
dynami c response set t i ngs f or t he keyboard and t he MI DI vel oci t y i nf ormat i on t hat i s t ran-
smi t t ed. The di f f erence i s t hat t he VELOCI TY paramet er i s a GLOBAL set t i ng. Whi l e i n EDI T
mode when yo u sel ect VELOCI TY, t he LED's f or al l 3 ZONES l i ght up si mul t aneousl y i ndi cat i ng
you are changi ng a GLOBAL set t i ng coveri ng all t hree ZONES. Whi l e i n t he previous sect i on you
coul d sel ect a dynamic curve for each ZONE, now you have 8 di f ferent curves t hat aff ect t he
response of t he ent i re keyboard. Thi s VELOCI TY paramet er can hel p adapt your Cont rol ler
Keyboard t o your MI DI modul es and t o your speci f i c t ouch and f eel pref erences so as t o gi ve
you t he most expressi ve cont rol avai l abl e.
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 s e 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 se l e c t y o u r VEL OCI T Y s e t t i n g . Ex i t EDI 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 cont iguous combination of not es in between t he highest
and l owest not e o n t he keybo ard and compl et el y i n dependent and di f f erent for each zone. You
can ovel ap any amount of not es from ZONE t o ZONE.
Used t o TRANSPOSE t he r ange of keys on a ZONE up or down a speci f i c amount of h al f st eps
from middle C. Normally the "4" ZONES have a TRANSPOSEvalue of "0". This means that the
mi ddl e C cor responds t o t he cent ral middl e " C" on t he Grand St af f . ( provi di ng t he st ored 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 exi t t he EDI T mode. Let ' s say you 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 EDITmode. You
can TRANSPOSE a maxi mum of +/ - 24 semi t ones ( or t wo oct aves) by ent eri ng a posi t i ve or
negat i ve number up t o 24 ( + or -) . Posi t i ve val ues are ent ered by depressi ng t he desired num-
ber keys and negat i ve val ues are ent ered by f i rst hi t t i ng t he ( - ) key t hen t he desi red number
key( s) .
Th i s FUNCTI ON al l o ws y o u t o e nabl e o r di sabl e t h e SUSTAI N PEDAL f o r each zo n e. For an exam-
ple, if you want t o disabl e t he SUSTAIN PEDAL for ZONE 2: Whi le in t he EDI T MODE press
UP/ DOWN agai n t o sel ect t he SUSTAI N f unct i on. Now t hat SUSTAI N i s sel ect ed ( LED swi t ched
on) , press t he ZONE #2 but t on t o sel ect ZONE 2 or edi t i ng and t hen OFF key whi ch corresponds
to "Eflat" on the numerical keypad. After that, all the other ZONESwill be affected by the
SUSTAI N PEDA L , wh i l e ZONE n o . 2 w i l l b e e x c l u d ed . To r e g a i n SUSTAI N PEDA L c o n t r o l o n t h e
excl uded ZONE, sel ect EDI T, SUSTAI N and t hen press ON.
An obvi ous appl i cat i on f or 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 KEYBOARDthat is set to a Bass patch. In addition, now use the other
ZONES t o pl ay a Pi ano o r Pad/ St r i ng so u n d l ayer l eavi ng t h e SUSTAI N PEDAL f u nct i o n al f o r
them.
Hopeful ly you are st art i ng t o see even more of t he possibi l i t ies now becomi ng avail abl e t o you
usi ng a St udi o Logi c Mast er Cont rol ler. Wi t h j ust a bi t 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 for your own musi cal needs.
Th i s FUNCTI ON al l ows t he u ser t o di sab l e or en ab l e t h e t wo WHEELS f or each of t he f ou r ZONES.
Agai n, as an example, i f you want ed t o di sabl e t he t wo WHEELS f or ZONE 1: ent er t he EDI T
mode, select ZONE1 for editing (pressing ZONE 1 button), now use the UP/ DOWN buttons to
scrol l t o t he WHEELS paramet 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 ( correspondi ng t o mi ddl e Eb on t he keyboard. ) 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 al l t he ot her ZONES wil l be af fect ed by t he
WH EEL S w h i l e ZONE 1 w i l l b e e x c l u d e d . To r e v e r se t h i s ed i t f o l l o w t h e s a me i n s t r u c t i o n s a s
above but inst ead select t he ON but t on on t he keyboard ( correspondi ng t o mi ddl e Db on t he
keyboard. )
A possi bl e appl i cat i on f or t hi s f eat ur e woul d be t o have a ZONE or ZONES assi gned t o t he l ower
part of t he keyboard set t o sust aini ng or " Pad" sounds, wi t h t he t op ends of t hese ZONES
endi ng somewhere i n t he mi ddl e of t he keyboard, l eavi ng room for a spl i t above i t .
Perhaps you can t ranspose t he lower 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 WHEELSfor this ZONEor ZONES.
Now use remai ni ng ZONES t o creat e a l ayer using t he upper unused remai ni ng not es on t he
keyboard. Assign t hi s ZONE or ZONES t o a l ead pat ch or pat ches, di sabl e t he SUSTAI N PEDAL
for these ZONES but leave the WHEELS enabled.
Now you can perform and hold down chords in t he lower part of t he keyboard using and hol-
di ng down t he SUSTAI N PEDAL t o " l at ch" t he sust ai ned chords.
Now, 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 SUSTAINand "latch" again on the next chord and continue playing two handed leads over
the new chord.
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