The GM Part key opens a window on which you may control the 16 tracks called parts and the relevant 16 Midi channels used during reception and transmission from the GM sound module built into your instrument.
Info: Any changes made on this page must be saved in the current Midi Set up. To do this press SAVE on the panel and then SAVE on the Pop up that appears at the centre of the display. Press RESTORE on the Pop Up menu to restore the factory settings or CANCEL to escape from save.
When you select the CHAN and RX key (they turn yellow), the 16 parts used by the GM sound module appear at the centre of the display with each part indicating the number of the Midi reception channel. To modify, simply select the part and change the value with Dial.
When you select the CHAN and TX keys, the 16 parts used by the sound module GM appear at the centre of the display indicating the number of the Midi transmission channel. Here again to modify the part, simply select it and change the value with the Dial.
- SHIFT : Shows the tone transposition applied to each part of the sound module.
Transposition during reception may be independent from transposition applied during transmission. Here again, the RX and TX keys allow you to display the transposition values for each part during reception and transmission respectively. To change the values, simply select the part and modify the value with the Dial.
- STATUS : Provides access to the display page with the status of all the parts of the GM module.
When it is on Internal/Midi Out, the part uses the internal sound generator and is connected to the Midi Out port. This means that if the Player (or an external Midi keyboard connected and tuned to the reception channel of the part) is playing the part, it will be transmitted both to the internal generator and to an external generator connected to the Midi Out of the instrument. If the status is Internal Only, the part does not transmit messages to the Midi Out port so that the external units connected to the Midi Out will not play. If the status is Midi Out Only, the internal generator is disconnected from the part and this will play only via the external sound generator connected to the Midi Out.
Here again, to edit the status of each part, simply select the part and change the value with the Dial.
- FILTER : Allows you to apply a data filter to each part.
By default PART 1 appears at the centre of the display but you may select each of the 15 parts with the Dial. Use the virtual key ALL PARTS to select all 16 parts of the module together; the filters that are enabled will function on all 16 parts.
At the top of the display you will find boxes corresponding to the filters that may be applied to the part selected (or to all the parts if you have enabled the All Parts option). Here again you may display and apply data filters to each track independently both during transmission and reception. To enable a filter simply touch the filter you require highlighting it in yellow.
When you enable the RX key all the filters during reception are displayed, while if you enable the TX key all the filters during transmission are displayed. When a Midi data or control filter is applied during reception, the SD9 is not enabled to receive from the Midi In port when the data or control transits the track channel containing the filter. If however the control is in the Midi File you are playing, it will be transmitted to the Midi Out and transmitted to the external units. On the other hand, if the filter is an output but not input filter, the control may be transmitted to a specific channel via an external device connected to the Midi In of the SD9 but may not be transmitted to an external module via the Midi Out of the SD9.
Supposing for example that you have selected Part1, the RX key and the Program Change data (the following keys on the displays will be highlighted in yellow: Program Change, Part1, RX and obviously Filter), the sound changes that may be transmitted from an external master or an external sequencer will not affect part 1, namely the first track. If however the changes are on the Midifile you are playing on a Player of the SD9 these will affect the track of the Midifile and may be transmitted to a sound module connected to the Midi Out of the SD9.