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Table of Contents
Kiwi-30 Features................................................................5
Kiwi 30 Flow Chart.............................................................6
Kiwi 30 Front Panel............................................................7
Kiwi 30 Parameter Edit Map..............................................8
Front Panel Des ription.....................................................9
Kiwi-30 BUTTONS....................................................................................................10
MIDI CHANNEL.........................................................................................................10
PARAMETER BUTTON.............................................................................................11
CARTRIDGE BUTTON..............................................................................................11
Kiwi-30 BUTTONS....................................................................................................12
WRITE BUTTON.......................................................................................................12
UP/DOWN BUTTONS...............................................................................................12
BUTTONS '1' to '8'.....................................................................................................13
Kiwi-30 Upgrade Notes...................................................14
Digital Os illators......................................................................................................14
Portamento...............................................................................................................14
Display......................................................................................................................15
Fa tory Presets.........................................................................................................15
Midi Re eived...........................................................................................................15
Midi Pani .................................................................................................................16
Note Hold..................................................................................................................16
Edit Buffer Compare.................................................................................................16
LFO Generators........................................................................................................17
Envelopes.................................................................................................................17
Write Prote t.............................................................................................................17
Master Tune..............................................................................................................17
Sequen er.......................................................................18
Sequen er Writing / Editing.....................................................................................19
C) Playing.................................................................................................................21
Arpeggiator......................................................................22
Chord Mode....................................................................23
Parameter Editing............................................................24
DCO Parameters.......................................................................................................24
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VCF Parameters........................................................................................................24
LFO Parameters........................................................................................................25
Modulation Matrix.....................................................................................................26
VCA Output Level.....................................................................................................27
VCA LFO Level..........................................................................................................27
VCA LFO Sele t........................................................................................................27
VCA ENV Sele t........................................................................................................27
VCA Dynami s..........................................................................................................27
Voi e Mode...............................................................................................................27
Voi e Mode Steal......................................................................................................27
Voi e Mode Sta ato................................................................................................28
Detune.......................................................................................................................28
Analogue Feel...........................................................................................................28
Seq One Shot...........................................................................................................28
Seq Key Down Play..................................................................................................28
Seq Auto Transpose.................................................................................................28
Seq Auto Trans Reset...............................................................................................28
Sequen e Complete.................................................................................................28
SEQ Step Timing......................................................................................................29
Pat h Clo k...............................................................................................................29
ARP Mode.................................................................................................................29
ARP Range................................................................................................................29
ARP Step Timing.......................................................................................................29
ENV ADSR................................................................................................................29
Chorus......................................................................................................................29
Global Parameters Edit...................................................30
Midi In Channel.........................................................................................................30
Midi Out Channel......................................................................................................30
Seq Midi Out Channel..............................................................................................30
Enable MidiCC..........................................................................................................30
Enable Midi Sysex....................................................................................................30
Enable Program Change..........................................................................................30
Midi Soft Through.....................................................................................................30
Midi Clo k Gen.........................................................................................................30
Master Clo k Sour e................................................................................................30
Master Clo k Rate....................................................................................................30
Master Fine Tune......................................................................................................30
Clo k Display............................................................................................................30
Guitar Mode..............................................................................................................31
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Tone Dump Importing.....................................................32
Setting up with External Devi es.....................................33
Using the PG-200............................................................34
Firmware Updates...........................................................35
Test Mode........................................................................36
Upgrade install................................................................37
Midi Data.........................................................................46
Continuous Controllers............................................................................................47
Real Time Commands..............................................................................................51
Midi Sysex Support.........................................................52
Midi Sysex Data........................................................................................................53
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Kiwi-30 Features
•1536 Tones in 3 sets of 512 an be stored and edited. It is also possible to temporarily edit any Tone.
•Tones an be edited using the front panel or midi.
•Tones are stored in Flash memory so no battery is required.
•Midi Through is onverted to Midi Out so Dumps an be saved and midi lo k generated.
•MidiCC & Sysex support for all parameters and Midi Sysex support for Tone Dump & Load. The Kiwi30 will support
full midi ontrol and editing in real time.
•Key Assign Modes are Poly Single, Poly Dual, Poly Triple, Unison & Solo
•Ea h Key Assign mode an have Sta ato/Legato, Steal/No Steal with five steal modes (Highest, Lowest, Oldest,
Newest, Quietest)
•Portamento in all modes
•DCO Key Assign Detune available in all key modes. In addition there is a 'Analog Feel' parameter that add an
adjustable small random frequen y to ea h note. Detune is best used with Poly Dual, Poly Triple or Unison keying
modes for greatest effe t
•Three independent envelope generators. These are traditional ADSR type. Ea h ENV Mod an sele t from ENV 1 - 3
and has an Inverted or Normal modes.
•Three independent Low Frequen y Os illators. These have 6 waveforms ea h
•Ea h LFO Mod an sele t from LFO 1-3. LFOs an be plus and minus base note or plus base note only.
•Internal Master Clo k with the range 5-299 BPM.
•Full Matrix mod system that an hannel any mod sour e to any mod destination.
•Polyphoni Aftertou h
•Guitar Mode where midi hannels 1-6 ontrol voi es individually.
CHORD MODE
•Any hord with up to 6 notes an be set and played from any key
ARPEGGIATOR
•The Arpeggiator is lo ked from the Master Clo k and an be independently divided to Half Note, Quarter Note, 1/8
Note, 1/8 Note Half Swing, 1/8 Note Full Swing, 1/8 Note Triplets, 1/16 Note, 1/16 Note Half Swing, 1/16 Note Full
Swing, 1/16 Note Triplets, 1/32 Note, 1/32 Note Triplets, 1/64 Note.
•Arp modes are Up, Down, Up and Down, Random, As Played and 1, 2, 3 or 4 o taves
•Arp an be Started, Stopped & Continued using Midi Commands
•Appeggiator will Output Midi Data
SEQUENCER
•8 separate 124 Max step Polyphoni sequen es an be reated and stored
•Sequen es an be edited
•The Sequen er is lo ked from the Master Clo k and an be independently divided to Half Note, Quarter Note, 1/8
Note, 1/8 Note Half Swing, 1/8 Note Full Swing, 1/8 Note Triplets, 1/16 Note, 1/16 Note Half Swing, 1/16 Note Full
Swing, 1/16 Note Triplets, 1/32 Note, 1/32 Note Triplets, 1/64 Note.
•Sequen er will Output Midi Data
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Kiwi 30 Flow Chart

Kiwi 30 Front Panel

Kiwi 30 Parameter Edit Map

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Front Panel Des ription
The Kiwi-30 front panel differs from the original MKS-30 and the Kiwi-30 Upgrade redefines many of the buttons on the
Roland MKS-30. Many of the buttons have been assigned new or multiple fun tions and others now operate differently.
The new layout an be seen on the front panel layout on the previous pages.
Be ause of the number of parameters in the Kiwi-30 ea h parameter has a three button addressing system that looks like
113. These refer to the First, Se ond and Third buttons needed to sele t a parameter. See the parameter edit table on the
previous page for details. An example would be 418 whi h is ENV2 Release Rate.
Most of the other buttons have also hanged use and fun tion and are des ribed next in more detail.
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Kiwi-30 BUTTONS
MIDI CHANNEL The Button Labeled “MIDI
CHANNEL” is used to sele t the
MODE of the Kiwi-30. The Kiwi-30
has six modes of operation. The
Mode the Kiwi-30 is urrently in is
shown on the left of the bottom line
of the display on the front panel (1 to
6).
A long press of the MODE B tton
will ret rn the synth to the TONE
Mode from any of the other
Modes.
The six modes are
1 - TONE Mode.
There are 3 SETs of 512 Tones
making a total of 1536 Tones in
memory. Pressing BANK will
in rement the urrent Set number
from 1->3 and then this will loop
ba k to 1. The left most LED digit
displays the urrent Set number.
Ea h Tone within a Set has a four
number identifi ation in the form
3:3:2:1. The First digit is the Set
number, the se ond is the Group
number, the third is the Bank and the
forth is the Tone. The lowest tone
number is 1:1:1:1 and the highest is
3:8:8:8. These are displayed from left
to right on the four front panel digits.
The UP & DOWN buttons will step to
the Next & Previous Tones. If Next is
pressed with Tone 3:8:8:8 showing
the next tone will step to 1:1:1:1.
The CARTRIDGE button is used to
set and lear a Chord. If notes are
playing when this button is pressed a
Chord will be set. If no notes are
being played when this button is
pressed then the Chord will be
leared.
5 - NAME EDIT
The Name of the urrently loaded
Tone an be edited using the
following keys.
Dynami s = Move LEFT to next letter
Parameter = Move RIGHT
Up/Down = Change letter
2 - ARP Mode
The 'CARTRIDGE' Button will start and
stop the ARP playing.
Tone Button '7' sets Arp Mode
Tone Button '8' sets Arp Range
3 - SEQ Mode
The 'CARTRIDGE' Button will start and
stop the Sequen e playing.
The TONE buttons '1-8' will load the
sequen e stored under that number
into the edit buffer.
Pressing the 'WRITE' button will enter
Seq Edit Mode. Details about Seq Edit
Mode an be found in the Sequen e
se tion of the manual.
4 - DUMP Mode
Five different dumps are available.
1) CURRENT TONE. Button '1'
followed by the 'WRITE' button will
dump the urrentl TONE.
NOTE - Any temporary edits will be
lost. Yo sho ld save any edited
tones or Seqs before starting any
d mps.
2) CURRENT GROUP. Tone Button '2'
followed by the 'WRITE' button will
dump the 64 tones in the urrent
Group. This is a large dump.
3) SEQ EDIT BUFFER. Button '3'
followed by the 'WRITE' button will
dump the SEQ EDIT BUFFER.
4) ALL SEQ. Button '4' followed by the
'WRITE' button will dump ALL 8
SEQUENCES. This is a large dump.
5) GLOBAL PARAMETERS. Button '5'
followed by the 'WRITE' button will
dump the GLOBAL PARAMETERS.
6 - CLOCK
The Internal Master Clo k rate an be
set using the UP & DOWN buttons.
The range is from 5 to 299 BPM. The
'DYNAMICS' button an be used to set
a TAP TIMER while in this mode.
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Kiwi-30 BUTTONS
PARAMETER BUTTON Parameter EDIT Mode
All Tone and Global parameters an
be edited while in this mode. This is
done by sele ting the 3 digit
parameter number from the
parameter table and editing the value
using the UP & DOWN buttons.
Holding down the UP or DOWN
buttons will s roll the value at a
faster rate. If you are editing using
midi or the PG200 the edits will also
show on the display.
CARTRIDGE BUTTON The 'CARTRIDGE' button has
different operations depending on
the mode the Kiwi-30 is urrently in.
While in TONE Mode the
'CARTRIDGE' button will a t as a
SET/CLEAR CHORD. If notes are
playing when this is pushed a Chord
will be set. If no notes are playing the
'CARTRIDGE' is pushed the Chord
will be leared.
While in ARP Mode the 'CARTRIDGE'
button will start and stop the ARP
playing. While the ARP is playing 'A'
will show on the display in Mode 1.
While in SEQ Mode the 'CARTRIDGE'
button will start and stop the SEQ
playing. While the SEQ is playing 'S'
will show on the display in Mode 1
and Seq Step will display in Mode 3.
The 'CARTRIDGE' button is used as
ABORT during SEQ EDIT, SEQ SAVE,
SEQ ERASE or SYSEX DUMP.
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Kiwi-30 BUTTONS
WRITE BUTTON The 'WRITE' button has different
operations depending on the mode
the Kiwi-30 is urrently in.
For writing a Tone to permanent
memory in normal play mode press
'WRITE' then enter the Set, Group,
Bank and Tone number (1111-3888).
The a tual write to memory is done
when the last digit is pressed.
A Tone an be easily opied from
one lo ation to another by sele ting
a different Tone number between the
load and the save.
If you are editing a sequen e then
the editing an be finished by
pressing the Write if you wish to save
the seq edit to permanent memory.
To save a sequen e press 'WRITE'
(while in Seq Edit Mode) followed by
Tone 1-8.
When the Kiwi-30 is in DUMP mode a
press of the 'WRITE' button is used to
start a dump after the dump type has
been sele ted using the '1-5' buttons.
The Kiwi-30 supports loading dumps
in from the following dump formats.
Roland MKS-30, Roland JX-8P, JX-10 &
MKS-70, Kiwi-30, Kiwi-8P, Kiwi-1000 &
Kiwi-106 dumps. These will not always
sound the same as they did on the
various other synths though as both
the hardware and tone pro essing is
not the same.
UP/DOWN BUTTONS The 'UP' and 'DOWN' buttons have
different operations depending on
the mode the Kiwi-30 is urrently in.
TONE MODE (Menu Level 1)
The 'UP' & 'DOWN' buttons will step
(and load) the urrent Tone up or
down. i.e. if Tone #1112 is playing
tone #1113 will load and sound if
'UP' is pressed.
ARP MODE (Menu Level 2)
The 'UP' & 'DOWN' button will edit
the ARP Step Timing if the
DYNAMICS button has been pressed
while in ARP Mode. Press the
DYNAMICS button again to exit this
mode.
SEQ EDIT MODE (Menu Level 3)
The 'UP' & 'DOWN' button will edit
the SEQ Step Timing if the
DYNAMICS button has been pressed
while in SEQ Mode. Press the
DYNAMICS button again to exit this
mode.
NAME EDIT MODE (Menu Level 5)
The 'UP' & 'DOWN' buttons will step
the letter being edited whi h will flash
on the display. The DYNAMICS button
will step the letter being edited to the
LEFT and PARAMETER button will
step the letter being edited to the
RIGHT.
CLOCK MODE (Menu Level 6)
The 'UP' & 'DOWN' buttons will step
the urrent CLOCK RATE. The range
is 5 to 299 BPM. Holding down the
button will s roll the value at a faster
rate.
PARAMETER EDIT MODE
The 'UP' & 'DOWN' buttons will step
the value of the sele ted Parameter.
Holding down the Up or Down button
will s roll the value at a faster rate.
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Kiwi-30 BUTTONS
BUTTONS '1' to '8' The buttons '1-8' have different
operations depending on the mode
the Kiwi-30 is urrently in.
TONE MODE (Men 1)
The '1-8' buttons are used to sele t a
Tone to Load. Tones have numbers
starting at 1111 and ending at 3888.
e.g. to load tone number 2251 press
SET until '2' shows on the display,
press '2' then '5' then '1' using the 1-8
buttons. Use the 'UP' & 'DOWN'
buttons or midi ommands to qui kly
step between Tones.
ARP MODE (Men 2)
The buttons 7 & 8 are used to set the
ARP Mode & Range. Ea h press of
the '7' or '8' button will y le through
the various options available.
The 'DYN' button is used to edit the
ARP lo k division. To hange the
ARP Step Timing press 'DYN',
hange the value using the 'UP' &
'DOWN' buttons then press the 'DYN'
button again to exit this mode and
return to ARP MODE.
Details on the button use while in
ARP Mode are found in the ARP
se tion of the manual.
SEQ MODE (Men 3)
The buttons '1-8' will load a sequen e
from memory to the seq edit buffer.
SEQ ERASE
The BANK (SET) button is used to
Erase or Clear a sequen e. While in
SEQ MODE press BANK followed by
the seq number '1-8' followed by a
long press of the WRITE button.
SEQ EDIT MODE
The buttons '1-5' are used to reate
and edit a sequen e. Details of
sequen e edit button use are in the
Sequen er se tion of the manual.
DUMP MODE (Men 4)
The '1-5' buttons are used to sele t a
dump type. The dump will not begin
until the 'WRITE' button is pressed.
PARAMETER EDIT MODE
The number buttons are used to
sele t the parameter to edit. e.g. the
number 112 will sele t the DCO1
Wave parameter. The parameter
numbers an be found on the edit
map and the parameter edit se tion of
the manual.
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Kiwi-30 Upgrade Notes
Digital Os illators The MKS-30 Synthesizer uses
programmable dividers from two
master os illators to generate the
pit h of the notes. While this does
reate a very stable pit h it does
reate some issues.
Be ause the dividers are being
reprogrammed every time the pit h
for that voi e hanges, the leading
edge of the DCO pulse is onstantly
hanging in relation to the other
DCOs in the same and the other
voi es. This is a 'feature' of the MKS-
30 hardware and annot be altered.
This is espe ially noti eable when
playing in Unison or one of the Poly
multiple voi e modes as more than
one voi e is playing the same pit h
but the start point of the voi e waves
will not be the same. The audible
result of this is that random notes
an sound 'thin' with mu h of the
bass portion missing at ertain start
point ombinations. Anything that
effe ts the pit h of a voi e (detune,
analogue feel, pit h bending, lfo
mod, Env mod, Portamento et ) will
hange the DCO wave voi e start
points and hange the sound.
Another 'feature' of this type of
os illator is with smooth hanges
between notes audible stepping
will in rease the higher the
frequen y. The reason for this is
the hange required in the divider
ratio gets smaller as the
frequen ies get higher with fewer
divider steps between notes. The
number of steps halves for ea h
o tave. The O tave sele t for
ea h voi e hanges the lo k
going to the dividers so the a tual
steps between frequen ies an
vary for any given frequen y.
As an example if you have 16' set,
the tune knob set to +12 and
playing high notes the stepping
will be worse than using 4', tune -
12 and playing lower notes. While
the output frequen y might be the
same the number being fed into
the divider hips is not the same
and therefore the stepping will not
be the same.
This will be audible on LFO, Bend,
portamento et and the higher the
frequen y and the faster the
hange the worse the problem.
This is a hardware problem and
annot be addressed.
Portamento Portamento is available in all playing
modes.
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Display The Kiwi-30 display provides
feedba k and instru tions that make
navigating the menu easier. On
normal play the display will show the
Tone Name on the top row.
The bottom row ontains status
information.
Menu Level 1
Example Display
TONE NAME
1 HCAS VOL 124
1 = Menu Level
H = Hold On
C = Chord Set
A = Arp Playing
S = Sequen e Playing
VOL is the Tone volume
Note H,C,A & S will only show if the
se tions are a tive.
Menu Level 2
Example Display
ARP MODE
2 UP 1OCT PLAY
2 = Menu Level
Mode an be Up, Down, U/D,
Random or As Played
Range an be 1-4 O ts
PLAY or STOP will show the
urrent ARP state
Menu Level 3
Example Display
SEQ MODE
3 PLAYING XXX
3 = Menu Level
STOPPED/PLAYING = Seq Mode
XXX = the urrent Step number
Menu Level 4
Example Display
MIDI DUMP <1-5>
4 SEL DUMP TYPE
4 = Menu Level
Sele t dump type 1-5 and press
WRITE to start the dump
Fa tory Presets The fa tory presets are loaded via
sysex files. The fa tory preset file is
available from Kiwite hni s upon
request and is in luded with the
updates.
A Fa tory restore of the Kiwi-30 is
done by holding the 'WRITE' and
the 'BANK/SET' buttons down
while powering on the synth.
This will wipe all Tones and
Seqs in the synth and replace
them with 'blank' Tones and
Erased Seqs. This will also
reset all the Global parameters
to there defa lt settings.
Midi Re eived Midi data re eived will flash the MIDI
Led if it is re ognized by the Kiwi-30.
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Kiwi-30 Upgrade Notes
Midi Pani A long press of the 'MIDI CHANNEL /
MENU' button will a t as a MIDI
PANIC and will an el any sounding
notes.
Note Hold The MKS-30 has no Note Hold
ex ept when using a hold pedal. In
the Kiwi-30 while in Menu Level 1 'H'
will show on the display when Hold
mode is on.
Edit Buffer Compare Whenever the edit buffer does not
mat h the saved Tone showing on
the display the right most de imal
points on the Set/Group display
will flash.
To retain these hanges when the
Tone is hanged or the Kiwi-30 is
powered off the Tone must be
written to memory. This is done
by pressing of the Write button.
This is followed by the Set
(optional), Group, Bank & Tone
numbers entered using
BANK/SET button and the buttons
1-8. The Tone is written to
memory on the last number press
whi h allows a Tone to be moved
and written to any lo ation in
memory.
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LFO Generators The Kiwi-30 has 3 independent
LFO generators. These ea h have
7 waveforms and an be free
running or syn 'd with the master
lo k with a divider. Ea h of the
LFOs have their own syn divider
with 16 possible divide ratios.
LFO 1 & 2 will ontinue to free run
when a new note is pressed after
all notes were lifted. LFO 3 will
restart its wave to a first note
played after all notes lifted.
When LFO's are running as syn 'd
they need 2-3 y les of the lo k
to orre tly measure the urrent
rate and generate a syn 'd rate.
Until this is measured the LFO will
not run orre tly. This an take a
few se onds with a slow master
lo k and/or long division times.
Ea h LFO an be Normal or Plus
mode. Normal will move the base
above and below the normal
parameter level and plus mode
will only move the base level up.
Ea h se tion of the Kiwi-30 that
uses LFO input an sele t from
one of the 3 LFOs.
The Mode alled FAST RANDOM
will generate a random output 256
times faster than the normal
RANDOM mode. This is a little
experimental and limited by the
MKS-30 hardware response time
but should allow the LFO to a t as
a pseudo noise sour e.
Modes are
1) Sine Wave
2) Triangle Wave
3) Saw Wave
4) Reverse Saw Wave
5) Square Wave
6) Random
7) Fast Random
Envelopes The Kiwi-30 has three independent
Envelope Generators. The
Envelopes generated are also
available as Matrix sour es.
Envelopes 1-3 are the traditional
ADSR type.
Write Prote t The WRITE PROTECT swit h on
the front panel of the MKS-30 must
be in the OFF position to write to
the Kiwi-30 memory.
If a WRITE is attempted with the
Write Prote t on an error
message will display.
Master Tune The MKS-30 front panel tune knob
has a limited range so we have
also put in a Global master fine
tune that has a slightly larger
range.
Both the front panel and the
Global master tune are added to
effe t the overall tune.
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Sequen er
The Kiwi-30 Upgrade ontains a
polyphoni 6 tra k sequen er that
has the apa ity of 124 step
automati playing.
The lo k for the Sequen er is
always the Master Clo k and this an
be divided by one of 13 different
ratios in luding swing options. The
Seq Clo k Divide parameter is 437
and an also be edited by pressing
the 'DYN' button while in SEQ MODE.
Note - If the Master lo k sour e is
set to the Midi Clo k and no midi
lo k is present the Sequen er will
not run.
1=Half Note
2=Quarter note
=8th note
4=8th note, half swing
5=8th note, full swing
6=8th note triplets
7=16th note
8=16th note, half swing
9=16th note, full swing
10=16th note triplets
11= 2nd note
12= 2nd note triplets
1 =64th note triplets
SEQ SELECT
While in SEQ MODE a Tone button '1-
8' an be used to sele t and load a
sequen e.
There are 8 Sequen e memories and
only one of these an be sele ted at
a time. If a new sequen e is loaded
while one is playing the playing one
will finish before the new one will take
effe t.
SEQ EDIT
A long press of the 'WRITE' button will
enter sequen e edit mode (see the
sequen e edit se tion)
SEQ STEP TIMING
Pressing button 'DYNAMICS' while in
SEQ MODE is a short ut to editing
parameter 437 Seq Step Timing. The
step timing is hanged using the 'UP'
and 'DOWN' button. Press
'DYNAMICS' again to exit this mode.
SEQ ERASE
To Erase a Sequen e press the
Button 'BANK/SET' while in SEQ
MODE. This will need to be followed
by the Sequen e number and the
'WRITE' button to perform the erase.
This button followed by a tone button
1-8 followed by the WRITE button will
blank a sequen e
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Sequen er Writing / Editing
The way to erase or blank a
sequen e is by doing the following.
While in SEQ MODE press the 'SET/
BANK' button. Next press the Tone
button '1-8' orresponding to the
sequen e you wish to lear. Follow
this with the 'WRITE' button whi h
will do the learing. At any stage
before the write pressing the 'CART'
button will an el the sequen e
lear and return you to SEQ MODE.
A sequen e lear is equivalent to
writing 124 Rests and setting the
length to 1.
To start editing or reating a
sequen e press 'WRITE' while in
SEQ MODE. If a seq ence
contains data when 'WRITE' is
pressed then any step(s) yo write
will overwrite all notes in the
existing step(s) already in the
seq ence. The 'DOWN' (ba kwards)
and 'UP' (forwards) buttons will allow
non destru tive stepping within a
sequen e. Any notes played will
always write the next step in the
sequen e. This way the sequen e
will auto lengthen as notes are
played.
e.g. if the existing sequen e is C, D,
E, F, G in 5 steps and you step to the
se ond step (D sounds) and play
the hord C E G the resulting
sequen e will now be C, D,
CEG( hord), F, G. You will have
overwritten the third step.
You an write the pit h by playing
the midi notes, and the rhythm by
pressing the Tie button and the Rest
button. Note levels are also saved.
This will allow notes to be a ented.
(1) Find the shortest time value in the
phrase you wish to write. Then
divide the longer time values by
that shortest one.
(e.g)
2) Long press the 'WRITE' button to
begin Seq write/edit.
(3) By playing the notes and using
the Tie button and Rest buttons,
write steps one after another.
Note - if more than 6 notes are used
in one step only the last 6 notes
used will play and be stored.
(4) If writing is omplete press the
'WRITE' button followed by a Tone
button (1-8) to Save the Sequen e
to permanent memory or the
'CART' Button to exit edit mode.
The next press of the 'CART'
button will start the sequen e
playing on the next lo k re eived.
If the Seq is not written to memory
the sequen e will be lost if the
Kiwi-30 is powered off or another
sequen e is loaded. Pressing the
'CART' button again will stop the
sequen e playing (refer to
Seq encer Playing in the next
se tion).
When a sequen e is playing the seq
urrent step show on the display
while in SEQ MODE.
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Sequen er Writing / Editing
Button use in detail while in
SEQ EDIT MODE
B tton '1' – Rest
When the Button '1' is pressed while
in edit mode a blank step will be
inserted at the next sequen e
step.
Note - this button an only be used if
no notes are being pressed. If
notes are pressed this button will
be ignored.
B tton '2' – Tie
When the Button '2' is pressed while
in edit mode a tied step will be
inserted at the urrent step.
Note - this button an only be used if
no notes are being pressed. If
notes are pressed this button will
be ignored.
Note – A tie an only follow a
sequen e step that ontains note
data. Therefore it annot be
pla ed after a rest or at the first
step in a sequen e. If these
onditions are not met the button
will be ignored.
B tton 'DOWN' – Step Back
When the 'DOWN' button is pressed
while in edit mode the sequen e
will step ba k one position if
possible and sound the step.
B tton 'UP' – Step Forward
When the 'UP' button is pressed while
in edit mode the sequen e will
step forward one position if
possible and sound the step.
B tton '3' – Set Length
When the Button '3' is pressed the
sequen e length will be set to the
urrent step.
e.g. if the sequen e is A,B,C,D,E in
five steps and you put the urrent
position to the 3rd step (Note C)
using the DOWN and UP buttons
and then press the '3' the
sequen e will now be A, B, C only.
B tton '4' – Insert Step
When the '4' button is pressed while in
edit mode and notes are being
played a step is inserted after the
urrent step that is being
displayed.
Note – if the sequen e is full (124
steps) the last step will be lost
when the '4' button is pressed.
Note – if no notes are being played a
blank step (Rest) will be inserted.
B tton '5' – Delete Step
When the '5' button is pressed while in
edit mode the sequen e step that
is showing on the display is
deleted and all steps after this
point are moved up one position.
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