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EXTERNAL

CONTROL

ASSIGNMENT

The

SPX900

allows

two

different

parameters

of

a

selected

effect

to

be

controlled

by

optional

foot

controllers

(Yamaha

FC7)

connected

to

the

front

-panel

EXT

CTRL/FOOT

VOL1

and

2

jacks.

The

EXT

CTRL

ASSIGN

key

is

used

to

assign

the

desired

effect

parameters

to

the

foot

controllers

used,

and

to

set

the

required

control

range.

External

control

assignments

made

for

an

effect

program

can'

be

stored

in

the

user

memory

area

(51

—

99)

along

with

the

effect

(using

the

STORE

function

described

above),

so

that

the

assignments

made

are

recalled

whenever

that

memory

location

is

selected.

1.

Select

the

desired

effect

program.

2.

Select

the

parameter

to

be

assigned

to

an

external

foot

controller

(PARAM,

LEVEL,

EQ

or

INT

PARAM

parameters

can

be

assigned).

SCROLL

C==)

)

A

BACK

PARAM

LEVEL

REV1

HALL

EQ

t:7

D

;

"r

APAM

C=IZ)

EXT

CTRL

ASSIGN

TRG.

LEVEL=

0

3.

Press

the

EXT

CTRL

ASSIGN

key.

The

name

of

the

selected

effect

program

will

remain

on

the

upper

line

of

the

LCD,

and

one

of

the

following parameters

will

appear

on

the

lower

line:

SCROLL

C=.D

C=7.7.7

A

BACK

PARAM

LEVEL

REV1

HALL

C=D

FV0L1

REV

TIME

EQ

INT

PARAM

EXT

CTRL

In

the

actual

display,

"XXXXXXXX"

will

be

the

name

of

the

default

parameter

for

the

selected

effect

program.

The

EXT

CTRL

ASSIGN

key

can

be

used

to

scroll

forward

through

the

above

parameters,

and

the

SCROLL

BACK

key

can

be

used

to

scroll

backwards.

4.

To

assign

the

selected

parameter

to

the

EXT

CTRL/FOOT

VOL1

or

EXT

CTRL/FOOT

VOL2

controller,

use

the

EXT

CTRL

ASSIGN

or

SCROLL

BACK

key

to

call

the

"FVOL1

XXXXXXXX"

or

"FVOL2

XXXXXXXX"

parameter.

1

A

SCROLL

BACK

PARAM

LEVEL

REV1

HALL

FV0L2

BALANCE

-

)

EXT

CTRL

INT

EQ

PARAM

AS

,M

5.

Press

either

the

parameter

6,

or

key

and

the

parameter

you

called

within

the

selected

effect

program

will

be

assigned

to

the

foot

controller

indicated

on

the

display

(FVOL1

or

FVOL2).

A

SCROLL

BACK

PARAM

LEVEL

REV1

HALL

C:=7.D

CZ=

FV0L2

TRG.

LEVEL

INT

EXT

CTRL

EQ

PARAM

ASSIGN

6.

Use

the

"MIN"

and

"MAX"

parameters

for

the

appropriate

controller

to

set

the

control

range.

If

the

parameter

to

be

controlled

has

a

range

of

0

to

100%,

for

example,

setting

the

MIN

parameter

to

20

and

the

MAX

parameter

to

80

will

allow

the

foot

controller

to

vary

the

selected

parameter

from

20%

to

80%

of

its

total

range.

NOTE:

Either

or

both

controllers

may

be

assigned.

When

both

controllers

are

used,

each

can

be

assigned

a

different

parameter

within

the

selected

effect

program.

NOTE.

External

control

assignments

will

be

lost

if

a

different

memory

location

is

selected

without

first

storing

the

assigned

effect

program

into

one

of

the

user

memory

locations

(51

—

99)

using

the

STORE

function.

TE.

MIDI

control

change

messages

received

via

the

MIDI

IN

connector

can

also

be

used

to

control

assigned

parameters.

See

"MIDI

CTRL

ASSIGN"

on

page

29.

CAUTION!

When

setting

the

range

and

storing

it

in

the

program,

always

make

sure

the

preset

values

for

the

assigned

parameters

are

included

within

the

set

range.

When

setting

the

range,

confirm

the

values

for

MIN

and

MAX

with

the

controller,

and

always

make

sure

the

preset

values

are

inside

the

externally

set

values.

If

the

preset

values

are

outside

the

specified

range,

there

may

be

no

response

to

the

controller

when

a

recall

operation

is

carried

out.

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