Dave Smith Instruments MOPHO KEYBOARD User Manual

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MIDI Out Select: Out, Thru—

MIDI Out can be switched to MIDI Thru to

daisychain multiple MIDI devices.

Poly Chain: Off, Out 1, Out 4, Out 5, Out 8, Out 12, Out 16

—Used to expand the

polyphony via the Poly Chain output and one or more DSI synths—Mopho,
Tetra, or Prophet. See Using Poly Chain on page 38 for more information.

Local Control: Off, On—

When on (the default), the keyboard and front panel

controls directly affect Mopho. When off, the controls are transmitted via MIDI
but do not directly affect the “local” synth (that is, Mopho). This is primarily
useful for avoiding MIDI data loops that can occur with some external
sequencers.

Audio Out: Stereo, Mono—

Mopho defaults to stereo operation. When set to

Mono, this parameter defeats all pan settings and modulation, effectively
making each of the outputs a mono output.

PotMode: Relative, Passthru, Jump—

The rotary controls on Mopho’s front

panel are a mixture of “endless” rotary encoders and potentiometers or “pots.”
The pots are identifiable by their lined knobs and the fact that they have about
330°of travel. There are three pot modes to determine how the synth reacts when
the programmable parameters are edited. (Master volume is not programmable,
so these modes don’t apply.)

When set to Relative, changes are relative to the stored setting. In Relative
mode, the full value range is not available until either the minimum or maximum
value and the respective lower or upper limit of the pot’s travel is reached.

For example, the Resonance parameter has a value range of 0 to 127. Let’s say
the physical position of the Resonance pot is the equivalent of a value of 100. If
you switch to a program that has a stored Resonance setting of 63 and turn the
pot all the way up, it will only go to 90. To get to the maximum value of 127,
you first have to turn down until the value is at the other extreme and the pot is
at the limit of its travel (in this case, 0 and fully counter-clockwise,
respectively).

In Passthru mode, turning the pot has no effect until after the edited value equals
the preset value (that is, until the edited value “passes through” the stored
value).

Jump mode uses an absolute value based upon the position of the pot when
edited: turn a pot and the value jumps immediately from the stored value to the
edited value.

Sustain: Norm +, Norm -, Arp +, Arp

- —A momentary footswitch connected to

Mopho’s Sustain input can be used either as a sustain pedal or to latch the

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