Transposing a Zone with a Button

1. Create a single zone Setup, (from the section on starting from MIDI Setups).

2. Hold the Controllers button and press the SW4 controller button (above the pitch bend wheel). The display now shows. Zone:1 Button SW4, On Ctrl: None. Press 145, then Enter to set the On Ctrl to Transpose Up. If you would prefer to transpose down, press 146, then Enter to select Transpose Down.

3. Press the >> button. Set the On Value for the number of semi-tones you want to transpose up (or down). For example, if you want to transpose up a minor 3rd, you would set it to 3.

4. Press the >> button. Move the alpha wheel 1 click clockwise to set the Off Ctrl to Transpose Down. (If you originally chose Transpose Down in step 2, then set Off Ctrl to Transpose Up.)

5. Press the >> button. Set the Off value to the same amount you chose for the On Value.

6. Name and Save your Setup. Now play the keyboard, then press the SW4 button and play the same notes again. You will hear the keyboard transposed in the direction and amount that you chose. Pressing the SW4 button will return the keyboard to no transposition.

Keep in mind that if you use this technique on a Setup with more than 1 zone, you will have to program each zone for the same transposition, if you want them all to transpose.

You may have noticed that there is also a button marked Transpose in the Zone Parameter section. If you simply want a zone to always be transposed by a specific amount (for example, to have one zone an octave higher than another zone), then it is much simpler to use the Transpose button instead of programming a controller. But if you need the ability to switch back and forth between transposition and no transposition, the method described above is the way to do it.

Also, you can combine the two methods. For example, you could create a Setup with one zone transposed up an octave from another zone using the Transpose button, then use controller method to move both zones by a minor 3rd.

As we mentioned in the Introduction, the SW1 button is labeled Octave Shift. This will shift the keyboard down one octave in Internal Voices Mode and in some Setups. However, it is important to note that this button is NOT specifically dedicated to doing an octave shift. We have simply assigned this button to Transpose Up or Down, with an On value of 12. In the case of the Internal Voices Setup, zones 1 & 2 transpose Down, while Zones 3 & 4 transpose up. Some other preset Setups also will transpose various zones up or down one octave. Setup #128, the Default Setup does NOT have this button assigned to transpose.

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