Using and setting up Zones
Your InSpire-air keyboard can be programmed to control more than one device
at a time by splitting your keyboard into zones. Basically, this is like slicing up the
keyboard into as many as four sections. Each section will transmit on its own
MIDI channel.
Michael Says: “ MIDI zones are not used NEARLY as often as they could be,
because they seem complicated. Think of them as having 4
different keyboards on one set of keys. Remember, they can
be given ANY range or type of sound, simply by setting up
the MIDI device they are controlling.”
ZONE 1
ZONE 2
ZONE 3
ZONE 4
GRP A
GRP B
GRP C
GRP D
RANGE
A
NULL
NRPN PANIC
GLOB
CHAN
B
MUTE
LAY
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DEV. ID
VEL.CURVE
TRANS
CC
CHAN BANK LSB MSB
RECALL
ZONE
STORE
OCT
F P V
Assigning the Range of Each Zone
The Zone Range defines the upper and lower limits of each zone on the
keyboard. For example, you can set Zone 1 to include all the notes from the
lower end of the keyboard through middle C.
First of all, each note on the keyboard has a pitch designation and a position
or octave designation. The lowest key on the keyboard begins the first octave.
For example C is the lowest key on both the InSpire 5air and 6air. (The lowest
key is A on the 8 and 8PS). Each key in the first octave above that C has no
numeral assigned to it. The next C above, at the end of the first octave, is C1.
This also starts the second octave. This pattern continues up the keyboard,
with each note between the C's having the same octave designation as the C
below it.
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To set the lower limit for the zone, press the key
that is the lowest one you want to include in the
range. The note name and octave designation will
appear on the left side of the LCD. The other side
of the LCD will show dotted lines, indicating that
the upper limit has not been set.
Next, press the highest key you wish to be included in the zone. The pitch
designation for that key will display on the right side of your LCD screen.
The process to set the ranges for the other three zones is the same. To
choose a zone, use the +/- keys to scroll through the four zones. To finish the
Zone Range setting process, press the Zone Range button. It will go dark.
