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Mixer/Tuning: Sub Scale

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Mixer/Tuning: Sub Scale

You can assign a different scale (a sub-scale) to the Keyboard

tracks, the Upper tracks or all tracks. This will allow, for exam-

ple, to play a solo with a particular Quarter Tone tuning, while

the backing tracks play in the Equal tuning.

This page is where you can program the sub-scale for the

selected tracks; a different sub-scale can be associated to each

Performance or STS. Track selection is general, and can be done

with the “Scale Mode” parameter of the Global > Mode Prefer-

ences > Style page (see page 252).

The remaining tracks will use the basic scale set in the Global

> Tuning > Scale page (see “Main Scale” on page 257). This is

the “standard” scale of the instrument.

With the “Quarter Tone” button not pressed

With the “Quarter Tone” button pressed

Note: Quarter Tone selection can be received via MIDI (i.e., from

an external sequencer or controller). Conversely, selection of Quar-

ter Tone settings can be sent by the Pa900 to an external MIDI

recorder as System Exclusive data.

Scale

Selected scale. See “Scales” on page 356 for a list of the available

scales. When selecting the User scale, the keyboard diagram

becomes active, letting you program a custom scale (see “How to

create a custom scale by fine-tuning each note of the User scale”

below).

Key

This parameter is needed by some scales to set the preferred

key (see

“Scales” on page 356).

Quarter Tone

Press the Quarter Tone button in the display to make the key-

board diagram active. In the display, touch any note you want to

lower a quarter tone, making a big dot appear on the note dia-

gram. Touch the note again to make the dot disappear.

Touch one of the four SC Preset buttons to recall the corre-

sponding preset, and touch any note you want to lower a quarter

tone down, making a big dot appear on the detuned note in the

diagram. Touch the note again to make the dot disappear.

Scale alteration made in this page is momentary and is not

memorised. It is only meant to allow for fast scale alteration

while playing.

To make realtime changes faster, you can also assign the Quarter

Tone function to the footswitch or an Assignable Switch (see

below “How to use the Quarter Tone function with a footswitch

or Assignable Switch” for more information).

The use of SC Presets allows for immediate recall of previously

programmed Quarter Tone scales (see below “How to use the

Quarter Tone function with the SC Presets” for more informa-

tion).

SC Preset buttons

These buttons only appear when the “Quarter Tone” parameter is

checked. Use these buttons to recall the corresponding custom

scale presets. See “How to use the Quarter Tone function with

the SC Presets” below for information on how to use them.

Keyboard diagram

When “Quarter Tone” is checked, this diagram allows for lower-

ing each note of a quarter tone. When a User scale is selected, it

allows you to fine-tune each note’s pitch.

Scale lock icon

When locked, Scale parameters remain unchanged when select-

ing a different Performance or STS.

For more information on parameter locks, see “General Con-

trols: Lock” on page 249.

How to create a custom scale by fine-tuning

each note of the User scale

When the User scale is selected, the keyboard diagram becomes

active. You can then change each note tuning in cents of a semi-

tone (within a range of ±99 cents, referred to Equal tuning). This

way, you can create a custom scale, that you can save to a Perfor-

mance or STS.

After having selected the User scale, touch a note in the key-

board diagram, and use VALUE DIAL to adjust the selected note

tuning in cents.

Fine tuning values

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