Operation Manual
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STYLES
The Styles can be accessed by pressing the Master Folder
Style button. The rst group of Styles displayed are the ROM
Styles (that reside within the machine).
To access the Disk Styles press the Exit button at this time.
Highlight the Style you wish to play and press Enter.
You will now see the Style screen with the following
information displayed.
You can press the Exit button to go back and display the
groups once more to select another File. Pressing the Exit
button once more will take you back to the root directory.
Once the Style is selected, the Split point is automatically moved to C3. Of course you can reassign this by
pressing the Split button (while the Style button is light), and changing the value with the Alpha Dial wheel.
Note that due to the extremely large Hard Disk and with the new quick fast Disk operation, KETRON decided
to eliminate the memory storage usually required to store a limited number of Styles or Patterns at any given
time. Now these Styles are stored in the Hard Disk and are instantly accessed and ready to go once they are
selected from within the Style Folder. With this new feature, over 999 Styles can now be stored per Folder and
accessed and used in real time instantly. With virtually no accessing time, the Styles are always there!! When
you Edit an existing ROM Style, the edited portion is also stored in the Hard Disk so you always retain your
original Style in ROM while your modied Style is now in the Hard Disk as a DIKS Style readily accessible.
There are some basic Style controls on the MIDJAY that are used to ease your performance as you
play live:
• Lock: This feature locks the Tempo of the current Style such that when you switch to another Style,
regardless of its programmed Tempo, the current Tempo is used for that Style as well. This is achieved by
pressing the “∧” Cursor key. The word “Lock” will appear above the current Tempo. To unlock this, simply
press the “∧” Cursor key again.
• Key Start: This function enables the Style to start playing
immediately a key to the left of the Split point is pressed
on an external controller. Turn this on by pressing the “<”
Cursor key. A “
*
” will appear to the left of “[ ]” denoting this
function is turned ON. Pressing the “<” Cursor key once
more will turn this OFF.
• Key Stop: This function enables the Style to stop playing
as soon as the chord played to the left of the Split point is
released. Combined with Key Start, a realistic effect of ‘breaks’ can be obtained for the arranger will only
play when a chord is played to the left of the Split point and stops playing immediately the chord/key is
released. Press the “>” Cursor key to turn this feature on. A “
*
” is displayed to the right of “[ ]” denoting this
feature is turned ON. By pressing the “>” Cursor key once more, it will be turned OFF.
• Hold: This holds the chords and notes played by the arranger after a chord has been played to the left of
the Split point. You can then select and play another chord without having to quickly ‘rush’ to it. Turn this
feature on by pressing the “∨” Cursor key. A “[H]” is displayed on the screen. To disable this, simply press
the “∨” Cursor key once more. Once turned OFF, if you play a chord and release the keys, the Drum tracks
will be heard but all the melodic notes will not be ‘held’/heard.