Waldorf microQ Keyboard User Manual

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Basic Operation – Selecting ProgramsWaldorf microQ User´s Manual 30Additional Switching Banks in the microQ KeyboardAs described before the microQ’s sound program memory consists of several banks, named "A" to "C".Each of these banks contains 100 Sounds, giving you a total of 300 sounds. The bank D contains 20Drum Maps.☞ To switch between program banks in the microQ Keyboard:1. Press and hold the Multi/Sound button.2. Use the 4 leftmost numerical buttons to select the desired bank. These buttons are alsolabelled Bank A to Bank D. The program number will be retained when you change thebank. E.g. if program A025 was selected before, pressing the Bank C button will selectprogram no. C025. Take account that the Drum Map Bank D contains only 20 programs.3. Release the Multi/Sound button again.Category SearchThe microQ offers a special function to enable easy searches for sounds of similar categories. If you’researching for pad sounds, only these sounds will be displayed as you scan the storage banks with thered dial. To accomplish this each sound contains 4 extra digits in the sound name to define its soundcategory. Further details about how to change a sound’s category are described in the chapter„Storing Programs“ on page 37.☞ Searching for a special sound categroy:1. Hold down the Shift button2. Chose a category with the red dial. The following message shows up on the display:[Sel. Category:Pad ]3. Release the Shift button4. Use the red dial to scroll through the patches of the selected category With the category search function activated, the microQ scans its entire storage bank for onlythose type of sounds. This can lead to short waiting periods.☞ Switching off Category Search:1. Hold down the Shift button.2. Turn the red dial clockwise until the display shows:[Sel. Category:----]3. Release the Shift button. Category Search doesn’t change any program numbers. It only filters out all patches notbelonging to the selected category. Scrolling through patches with this function is much fasterbecause only patches belonging to the selected category are visible.