Novation X-Station User Manual

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Modes And MenusThe X-Station has five modes of operation. Each mode is selected bypressing a button in the Main display of the front panel. The LED aboveeach button indicates which mode is currently active.Template Common ModeTemplate common mode is used when editing settings which apply tothe Template as a whole such as the Keyboard MIDI channel. Thismode is selected by pressing the TEMPLATE COMMON button. Seepage 15 for details.Template Edit ModeTemplate Edit Mode is used to edit / change how each individual pro-grammable control functions within a Template. This mode is selectedby pressing the TEMPLATE EDIT button. See page 16 for details.Global ModeGlobal mode is used to edit the various settings which apply across allTemplates. This mode is selected by pressing the GLOBAL button. Asecond press of the global button will display the KS synth specificglobal features. See pages 26 -27 and page 52 for details.Play ModePlay mode is used for used for normal performance. All control valueswill be seen when any controls are moved in Play Mode. This mode isselected by pressing the PLAY button. Play Mode is also automaticallyselected when the X-Station is switched on.KS Synth ModeIn this mode, the X-Station can be used as a Novation KS Synthesizer.This mode is selected by pressing the PLAY button once more whilealready in Play Mode. Pressing the PLAY button once more togglesback to Template Play Mode. KS Synth Mode is discussed in detail inThe KS Synthesizer chapter on pages 34 to 53.Using MenusAll operational modes except Play Mode allow various settings to bealtered from within menus. There is only one menu available in eachmode and they are all accessed in the same way using the controlsshown above.When Play Mode is initially accessed, the standard Template displayshows the Template’s name and location. For example :Novation 1V-StationIn all modes, the first menu page is automatically selected when themode is activated. In Template Edit Mode for example, the first menupage would be :Control Type:CCIn menus, the current value of a setting is always shown on the bottomline of the display, justified to the right. The value of a setting is alwaysedited by turning the DATA / VALUE encoder.Sometimes, a menu page will have several settings shown together onthe bottom display line. For example, in the sysex editing menu :SYSEX MESSAGE:F0 30 2A 20 4DHere there are five settings shown simultaneously. A cursor indicateswhich one is currently selected for editing with the DATA / VALUEencoder. The CURSOR LEFT / RIGHT buttons are used to move thecursor and select a different setting for editing.Entering TextWhen entering text, a cursor indicates the character in a name currentlyselected for editing. For example, when naming a control :Control Name:Filter CutoffThe DATA / VALUE encoder alters the character at the current cursorposition. The CURSOR LEFT / RIGHT buttons select a different charac-ter in the name for editing.While editing text, the five TRANSPORT buttons provide the followinguseful functions :REWIND button : Upper Case AlphasFAST FORWARD button : Lower Case AlphasSTOP button : 0 - 9 NumbersSTART button : Special CharsRECORD button : Replaces current characterwith a space characterA further press of the BANK / PAGE UP button allows the next menupage to be selected. In the Template Select & Global menus, once thelast menu page has been reached, the BANK / PAGE UP button willhave no further action. Similarly, the BANK / PAGE DOWN button re-selects the previous menu page.In the Template Edit menu, once the last menu page has been reached,pressing BANK / PAGE UP loops the menu around to the first pageagain.Note : The content of some menu pages will vary according to a set-ting’s value elsewhere. This particularly applies to the Template EditMode menu where the types of pages available will vary according tothe current value of the Control Type setting found on the first menupage.Each of the menu pages for the various operational modes will now bedescribed in detail.DETAILED OPERATIONModes And Menus - Using Menus - Entering Text• 16 •