Zones


 

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For M-Audio controllers that include a Zone feature, it is possible to set up the zones using the Keyboard window, shown above.

 

A red zone indicates which zone is selected. If a zone is on, it takes on a more opaque colour. In the above example, Zones 1, 2, and 3 are all on, while Zone 4 is off. The above example is actually Preset 6 (B4 preset) from the factory settings of the Keystation Pro 88.

 

To select which Zone to edit, click on the area of any zone. It is possible to re-size a zone by clicking at either end of a zone and dragging it to a different key. The size of the zone's bar indicates the Zone range. This means that in the above example, if only Zone 3 was set to ON, while all the other zones are set to OFF, most of the keyboard would not play anything.

 

Note: It is not possible to re-size Zones in the ROM device bank of a device with a Zone feature. This is because zones in a ROM bank, as with controllers in a ROM bank can not be edited.

 

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The individual Zone parameters can be further edited by editing the 'Zone Information' in the Editor.

 

The Zone buttons at the bottom of the Editor allow you to select a different Zone to edit. This will also change the selected zone in the keyboard window. It is then possible to set the zone range by specifying the key by name if you wish. You can also set further parameters such as the Program, Bank LSB, and Bank MSB that should be assigned to a Zone. The Program, Bank LSB and Bank MSB settings allow you to control different sounds with different Zones.

 

Also the pitch of a Zone can be transposed up or down by a maximum of 12 semitones (1 octave). For further pitch changes, you can also set the octave shift up or down by up to 10 octaves.