Panel descriptions, Front panel – Roland AX-Synth User Manual
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Panel descriptions
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Front panel
A
PGM CHANGE INC & DEC buttons
These buttons are used to transmit program change
messages on the selected MIDI channel. They work in
a sequential fashion (incremental or decremental).
Program change numbers can also be entered
directly, however (see p. 28).
B
TX ON button
This button is used to enable (button lights) or disable
the transmission of MIDI messages. Pressing it while
holding down the
[SHIFT]
button allows you to use
the keys in the highest octave (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
and the keys in the lowest octave (TX MIDI CHAN-
NELS) for numeric entry of program change or MIDI
channel numbers.
C
TRANSPOSE button
Press this button to display the current transposition
interval. Holding it while pressing the OCTAVE/VARI-
ATION
[+]
/
[–]
buttons allows you to set the interval in
semi-tone steps.
D
V-LINK button
Press this button to activate the AX-Synth’s V-LINK
control function (see p. 33).
E
SHIFT button
Pressing this button allows you to select the second-
ary (hidden) function of some of the other buttons.
F
Display
This three-character display keeps you posted about
the selected Tone, mode or the parameter value you
set.
G
TONE buttons
These buttons are used to select the desired Tone
family, SuperNATURAL, SPECIAL or FAVORITE Tone
(the button you press lights blue).
H
VARIATION DEC/– & INC/+ buttons
These buttons allow you to select a Tone from the
active Tone family (see above) in a sequential fashion.
This function can also be assigned to the OCTAVE/
VARIATION
[+]
/
[–]
A third, usually faster, way to select Tones is by hold-
ing down
[SHIFT]
while using the keys in the highest
octave (NUMERIC KEYPAD).
I
FAVORITE A, B buttons
These buttons allow you to select the corresponding
bank of “favorite” Tones.
J
WRITE button
The
[WRITE]
button is used to assign the desired
Tones to the 16 memories of FAVORITE banks “A” and
“B” and to save all settings you change.
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