Kenton OSCar - Manual (Page 2)

2. PROGRAMME CHANGE
Disabled at power on. Transmit and receive programme (VOICE) changes.
Accessed in the same way as the Wheel option. Press and hold down [SPACE] and press key -9 on the
keyboard. The second LED from the left hand side will light up (while the [SPACE] button is depressed)
if programme changes are enabled.
The OSCAR has 36 voice programmes and therefore only transmits or receives the first 36 out of the full
128 MIDI programmes. The order of programme numbers on the OSCAR is -1 to -12 followed by 1 to
24.
3. KEY ON/OFF
Enabled at power on. Transmit and receive key-on and key-off signals.
Press and hold down [SPACE] button and press key -6 on the keyboard. The third LED from the left will
light up if keyboard signals are enabled. Notes received by the OSCAR outside the range of its keyboard
will be transposed by whole octaves so that they fall within the normal range.
4. SEQUENCER AND ARPEGGIATOR
Disabled at power on. Transmit sequencer output or arpeggiator output.
Press and hold down [SPACE] button and press key -4 on the keyboard. The fourth LED from the left
hand side will light up if sequencer/arpeggiator signals are enabled. Only applicable when the OSCAR is
the Master instrument. The transmitted signals are normal MIDI key on/off signals and can be received
by any MIDI Slave instrument. They are transmitted as well as keyboard signals if key on/off is enabled.
This provides a monophonic MIDI sequencer or arpeggiator for any MIDI Slave instrument. With the
keyboard signals enabled, the keyboard can be used to play live over the sequence when controlling a
polyphonic slave instrument.
The GATE TIME control can be used to alter the duration of the transmitted MIDI notes in the normal
way.
* N.B. If the sequencer is running, the arpeggiator is disabled.
5. OMNI MODE
Enabled at power on.
Press and hold down [SPACE] button and press key -2 on the keyboard. The fifth LED from left side will
light up in omni mode is selected.
In the omni mode the OSCAR will receive signals on any of the 16 MIDI channels. If omni mode is
switched off, signals will only be received through the MIDI channel selected in the OSCAR (see next
section). This option is only applicable when the OSCAR is the slave instrument as transmit signals are
not affected by it. Transmission is always on the internally selected MIDI channel.
It is unusual to be able to turn the omni mode on or off locally; it is usually only selectable remotely via a
special signal received through MIDI IN. (If this happens, the omni mode LED will show the remotely
selected state.) In certain circumstances it is useful if the omni mode option can be overridden manually.
6. CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT
At power on, set to Channel 1.
To change channel, press and hold down [SPACE] button and press keyboard key in the range I to 16 to
select the channel number required. MIDI signals are always transmitted on the channel selected. If the
omni mode is OFF, received MIDI signals will only be accepted if they are on the selected channel. If the
omni mode is ON, signals received on any of the 16 channels will be accepted. Note many MIDI
instruments can send a special signal to turn the omni mode OFF and if the transmit and receive