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Section 3: Recording sequences 39

active track to play through midi channel 5 on output jack 3, select 5C in

these fields. If you want the active track to be a "drums" track, this should

be set to 16, which is the midi channel the internal drums sound generator

normally receives its notes from (in this case the port selection - A, B, C, or

D - is only used for additionally triggering an external drum sound

generator). For more information on "drums" and "non-drums" tracks, see

section 3.4: "How to assign "drums" and "non-drums" tracks".

• The midi channel name field (right side of line 5): This is the 8 character

name for the currently selected midi output channel. This field has no

on-screen title, but is located directly to the right of the upper CH field.

This would commonly contain the name of the synthesizer which is being

played from the displayed midi channel, for Example, "5900_#2". There

are 64 names - one for each of the 64 output midi channels. If the selected

midi channel is assigned to the internal "drums" channels (16A, B, C, or D),

the assigned name for that channel is always "Drums" to indicate that the

selected track will play the internal drums.

NOTE: These 64 names are intended to be used is to identify the midi

devices which are externally connected - not the data contained in the

track . For this reason, they are not saved within sequence files or "ALL"

files. They are, however, retained in memory after power is removed and

are also saved within "parameter" files.

• The CH field (line 6):

This field allows a second midi output channel to be assigned to the active

track in addition to the one displayed in the upper CH field, so that the

active track may play into 2 midi channels simultaneously. If an additional

output channel is not desired, a "0" should be entered here to indicate that

no additional midi channel is assigned.

• The midi channel name field (right side of line 6): This field, located

directly to the right of the lower CH field, has the same function as the

upper midi channel name field, directly above, but in this case is used to

display the assigned name of the midi channel selected in the lower

CH field

(line 6). If a "0" has been entered in the lower CH field, indicating that no

additional midi channel has been selected for the active track, the name

"(Off)" will be displayed here.

• The VOL% field:

This is an overall output volume control for active track. It actually scales the

velocities of all notes which play from the track. However, unlike a normal

volume control, this setting actual adjusts the dynamics played. The range is

from 0 to 200%. Select 100 for normal velocity. It is also possible to adjust

the velocity values for a region of notes after recording. To learn more about

this, read

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