pedal travel if it's sed e.g. for crescendo.
Bit resol tion is ser adj stable in a similar way as pdate rate described above, by
sing command #96x, where "x" is desired bit resol tion. For example #967 makes
the pot inp t 7-bits wide (128 levels), this is defa lt mode of operation. For
example #963 sets it to 3-bit resol tion, allowing for only 8 levels (and 8 possible
MIDI messages sent) per f ll pot rotation.
It's adj stable per single inp t, so yo can set every analog inp t in the system
individ ally To change resol tion of the inp t, t rn the potentiometer connected to
that inp t, and then enter #96 from the keypad, followed by n mber of bits yo
want to set. If this potentiometer was previo sly set to very low resol tion, like 1 or
2 bits, yo have to t rn the pot almost f ll rotation to select it for EDIT operations.
To start any pot for any kind of config ration (event, channel, resol tion) it m st
first make some action, and when yo have only so little levels, it takes m ch more
rotation to cross next valid level and indicate to MBBS board "hi, I'm the last sed
pot, any setting changes apply to me now!"
Bit resol tion is available only with the following boards: POT12 v1.2 and higher,
PDS, BBS24 and BBSP v1.0 and higher.
5 MI I settings and special functions
All settings are accessible from any keyboard connected to MBBS. Last contact pin
of MBBS sho ld be connected to momentary switch. This is the entry to EDIT mode
and allows changing all settings of entire set. Detailed proced res for all settings
are described later in this chapter. To make the settings more ergonomic and easier,
there's optional n meric keypad available, similar to phone keypad. It is connected
the same way as any keyboard scanner with 4-wire cable, and works like act al
keyboard, meaning it is possible to play notes with it. B t the advantage is the „#”
key, which d plicates the EDIT b tton.
To change any settings in EDIT mode, yo m st enter new val e of given
parameter. To do so, se lowest 10 keys of the keyboard as n meric entry. Lowest
key is digit „0”, while 10th key is digit „9”. This becomes obvio s with mentioned
n meric keypad. As a general r le, any change to a controller (keyboard, or
potentiometer) req ires selecting this controller first before making change.
For example, if yo want to change MIDI channel of certain potentiometer, move it
eno gh to generate some action (see 4.2.), and go into MIDI channel settings
mode. Or to change the split point – first play any note on the keyboard to be split,
and enter split-point change mode.
In this chapter, describing how to set all parameters, whenever „#” sign is
mentioned, it means the "EDIT" key, connected to last pin shown in the layo t
section, or the „#” or "*" key on n meric keypad if one is present in the system.
All three have exactly the same f nction. N meric entries are provided with the
ass mption that n meric keypad is sed, b t the same can be achieved with lowest
10 keys of any keyboard. It helps to add a sticker over those keys with n mbers
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