Changing Metronome Sounds

Pete,

When you go to Options, Audio, Metronome, you will see the notes listed that the metronome is playing at, adjust one, and you will hear a difference when you close the tab.

NIkosan

But if I change the notes, I still get sounds from the piano sound - How do I change this to get something from the drums sounds?

Might be easier to switch the metronome to digital audio from the metronome toolbar. Just click the little speaker or MIDI icon to switch from one to the other. You will want the speaker button blue (on) for the digital audio metronome.

2. When in the Track View, if I change the patch from piano to sax to drums, etc. the metrnome (as well as what I play on the keyboard) produce the same sounds. In other words, if I choose piano sounds to be played as I play my keyboard, then the metrnome will sound like a piano.

In the track view, what do you have your MIDI track's OUTPUT set to? They keyboard? If so, why? I'm not understanding what you're attempting to do. it might not have anything to do with why your keyboard's Met output is piano, but I don't know and I need to understand more about your settings.

I just did some more testing based on what I know about the way you have things set up and i can't get my keyboard to give me anything but drum sound for Met on channel 10 output.

I'm shooting from the hip, but if you're using a 'bank' of sounds which you installed in the bank, then of course the program is going to play from that bank. If you're using a 'patch' it will also play that patch. What do you have set for the 'in' of the track? I also have all my MIDI set to play through my keyboard, and the metronome always plays the high hat or tambourine sound, whichever it is. But it's never loud enough, a problem experienced by almost everyone here. So it's better to use session drummer (if you have it) or the drum map (ditto) or some other drum device for timing while you play. It will be more audible. Greg

Pete - I just tried doing what you described and it seems to work fine for me. There must be some other setting that you've got set somewhere that is causing this. Right now I don't have any other suggestions, but I'll think about it today while I'm at Six Flags and then the Steven Curtis Chapman and Jeremy Camp concert tonight! I'll let you know if I can think of anything else to try.

- Maybe this is something to do with the Omni setting vs. selecting a midi channel?

That was my next question - why are you not using OMNI? If you are using individual channels, I believe you should have to set your keyboard up to send those specific channels with those specific patches. Try using OMNI and see what happens.

I have both a "multi" mode" and an "omni" mode on my Ensonix KS-32 synth (as well as other modes). I tried both, but with no success.

Do I need to set the channel to be used for each sound on my synth or (I th ought) is this selected in the MC Track View under "midi channel"?

I am completely befuddled by this now. Maby my KS-32 is too old and doesn't follow current midi standars?

Here are some excerpts from the KS-32 manual (which, as a newbie, I find very confusing:

The KS–32 has a fixed MIDI transmitting scheme, depending on the mode it is in. When in Sound Select Mode, the KS–32 always transmits on the Base Channel. When in Sequence Mode, the KS–32 always transmits on the individual track channel.

Base Channel MIDI Status
This screen determines the MIDI Status of the Base Channel. The four possible settings are:

° BOTH Keys, controllers, etc., will play locally and will be sent via MIDI on the selected MIDI channel. Incoming MIDI will play internal voices.
° LOCAL The Base Channel will only play internal voices, and will not send any data out MIDI. Incoming MIDI will play internal voices.
° MIDI Keys, controllers, etc., will be sent out via MIDI when the keyboard is played. Incoming MIDI will play internal voices. This is comparable to Local Off on some keyboards. Use this status when you want to play remote MIDI devices.
° *EXT* Same as MIDI except that incoming MIDI will not play internal voices. This is useful when using the KS–32 as a Master MIDI Controller with an external sequencer and a number of other MIDI sound modules.




Note: ° Press Select Seq/Preset. This puts the KS–32 in Sequence/Preset Select Mode.


MIDI Mode — MIDI In Mode
This parameter determines how MIDI information will be received by the KS–32. MIDI Mode has no effect on what MIDI information is sent.

There are five MIDI modes implemented in the KS–32:

° OMNI — In this mode the KS–32 will receive on any or all 16 MIDI channels. This mode is useful when you are only using a few instruments, and you are not concerned with setting up different channels for each device.
° POLY — In this mode the KS–32 will receive only on the Base MIDI channel. MIDI information on all other channels will be ignored.
° MULTI — An ENSONIQ innovation, MULTI mode is the key to unlocking the potential of the KS–32 as a multi-timbral receiver from an external MIDI sequencer. In MULTI mode, the 8 tracks of the current song or sequence can receive MIDI information independently and polyphonically on up to 8 different MIDI channels. You can easily create empty sequence templates for use in multi-channel reception; see Section 8 — Presets for details.

Different MIDI channels should be selected for each track that you want to receive. This can be accomplished on the Edit Track MIDI Channel screen (see Section 8 — Presets for more information).

In MULTI mode, independent of what sounds are selected on the front panel, the sounds you hear will depend entirely on what MIDI channel(s) the MIDI data is received on.

MONO Mode
MONO mode is particularly useful for driving the KS–32 from a guitar controller, or any other application where having up to eight independent, monophonic channels is desirable.

The KS–32 offers two types of MONO mode operation. In both types, the KS–32 will receive monophonically on eight consecutive MIDI channels starting with the Base Channel (the Base Channel through Base Channel +7). The difference has to do with how those MIDI channels are routed within the KS–32.

° MONO A — This is another ENSONIQ development intended to make using multi-channel controllers (like guitars) easier. All notes and controllers received will play whatever programs are selected for the note that is played, just as if the note was played from the keyboard. You have the advantage of multiple tracks, which will respond independently to controllers received on multiple channels, but you do not have to set up the programs for each track separately.
° MONO B — This is the more conventional type of MONO mode. It allows you to set up each track of the current song or sequence as a monophonic synthesizer. Each track can have a different program assigned to it. This is the only way to get a different sound on each string when using a MIDI guitar controller.

Global Controllers in MONO Mode
Global controllers are controllers sent on one channel that affect all other channels simultaneously. They can be useful in reducing the number of MIDI events required to get particular effects, and can thereby reduce the delays sometimes associated with overloading MIDI. Some guitar controllers can transmit global controllers, and the KS–32 can respond to them.

In MONO mode (A or B) the base channel minus one becomes the MIDI channel for global controllers (pitch bend, pressure, etc.). For example, if the base channel is channel 3, any controllers received on channel 2 will be interpreted as global controllers and will affect all voices being played. If the base channel is channel 1, channel 16 becomes the channel for global controllers. Each track will also respond independently to controllers sent on its own channel. For example, each guitar string on a MIDI guitar can send independent pitch bend, while the “whammy bar” controller could be sent on the global channel to affect all voices.

XCtrl - External Controller
Use XCtrl to assign external MIDI controllers to affect the KS–32.


Well, not sure what else to do. Thanks for any suggestions.

-- Pete

Pete - it very well sounds like you need to make sure your keyboard is set to the parameters that you want to use for this to work. It might not power up in the configuration which will yield the same results as our keyboards do.

It looks like you need the BASE CHANNEL MIDI STATUS to be set to MIDI/OMNI mode. It's possible that you'll need MIDI/MULTI mode, but I'm not sure. It looks like you definitely don't want MONO mode.

Does your manual say what the power on state is?

glad it's working out!