Rhodes Chroma Polaris

Hello David,

so I did my gig with the Chroma, but I was experienced, that "Lower 
Function, Interface, 1 -> Off" does not switchoff the keyboard only, but 
also the the sliders!� Apparently the sliders are considered as a 
separate controller.

Florian


Am 11.02.19 um 00:32 schrieb 'David Clarke' ac151@... 
[chromapolaris]:
>
> > I want to set my Chroma Polaris to local off. The keyboard should send
> > MIDI-events, but the synth section should react only on events from the
> > MIDI-input...
> Relative to the manual reference, LF_interface Controls
> 1) Whether the main instrument/link instrument/sequencer should 
> receive 'local' keyboard events
> 2) Whether main instrument/link instrument/sequencer events should go 
> out the Chroma port
> 3) Whether MIDI In messages go to the main instrument/link 
> instrument/sequencer instrument
> 4) Whether main instrument/link instrument/sequencer events should go 
> out the MIDI port
> Local Off effectively means 'disconnecting the local keyboard' from 
> the local sound generating hardware so:
> If you want MIDI messages to be sent, then you want group 4 on.
> If you want MIDI messages to be received (to allow events for the 
> local synth to be played), then you want group 3 on.
> If you DO NOT want the keyboard to directly 'play' the local synth, 
> then you want group 1 off.
> (Unless you have�something connected to the Chroma port, you don't 
> care about group 2).
> So - if you want Local Off you generally would want:
> Lower Function, Interface 1, 2, 3 OFF
> Lower Function, Interface 4, 5, 6 OFF
> Lower Function, Interface 7, 8, 9 ON
> Lower Function, Interface 10, 11, 12 ON
> > \u2026 . I also did not want
> > to try it, and then find me with an unusable synth.
> Generally speaking, anything you change in the standard selections can 
> be 'undone' (e.g., you won't end up with an unusable synth).
> Note - if you turn local off, then if you want the Polaris' keyboard 
> to 'play' the Polaris, something external will need to echo back the 
> MIDI traffic.
> David Clarke
>