Fatar SL-161, SL-61 User Guide

SECTION 1.

Introduction:

Why and how do we use MIDI Controllers? What are Zones? Uses and Applications.

Congratulations on your new purchase of
In this manual we will explain the concepts and techniques of using Master MIDI Controllers
to greatly expand your flexibility, creativity, control and productivity in your live or studio
keyboard setup. Whether you are using one multi-timbral sound module or a rack full of them,
this

Master Controller Keyboard and all

tly expand your professional and creative abilities.
The concept of a controller is to centralize your accessibility to your MIDI modules. It gives

you a central point of control over your slave modules in a given setup.

Have you ever tried to line up patches in your sound modules so that when you selected a
patch on your keyboard your other sound modules called up the right patch? Ever tried to
locate a patch position to write over a sound that you hopefully won't need later? Tired of
bending down to squint and see the display and program a module at the bottom of your rack?

All of these scenarios are greatly reduced when using a Master Controller.
The concept of ZONES, SPLITS and LAYERS is as follows:

A ZONE

consists

parameter messages that are communicated to your slave module(s), this reduces the need to
write and store patches on your module. These parameters may consist of the following infor­mation: patch number, volume setting, velocity curve, transposition value, pedal enable,
wheels enable,
tion

is

sent
two (2) completely independent zones, meaning each zone can transmit all of its own infor­mation on any given MIDI channel. The range of notes in each zone can be setup to be adja­cent

to

another

ZONE

starts)

introduce

of a specified range of keys on your keyboard. That range of

etc....

When

a patch

to

your modules instantly. The Studio

ZONES

or assigned

the

concept

range of

of

LAYERS

notes

to

overlap each

and SPLITS.

the

the

is

selected

( one

SL-161/SL-61

other Studio Logic Controllers by

other

Studio Logic Master Controller by

on your Master Controller all of

Logic

ZONE

ends, going up

or

any

SL-161/SL-61

Master Controller by

the

part

of each

keyboard,

other's

FATAR

will

notes

is

this

FATAR

as

ranges.

FATAR.

grea-

assigned

informa-

has

another

Thus we

A

SPLIT

is

when

one

ZONE'S

range of

ple

would

be

Bass in

be

any amount of consecutive

two

or more

LAYERS
and modules have to offer. Let's say we have a big pop ballad that needs your special touch?
We

want
re keyboard's range of
patch:
with the release rate up slightly. If one or more patches are not in the same octave as the
others
to line it up properly with the others. Something sounds a little mushy when playing Piano
parts
riment with disabling
deep, rich, rather large and musically useful sounding patch to use on your ballad.
Are you beginning to see the possibilities here? Please step inside the manual and we'll take

you through the simple yet versatile features of the Studio Logic 610 Master Controller by

FATAR.

ZONE'S

are

the

to

create

(1)

dark rich Electric Piano, (2)

it's

easy

using

the

the

left

hand and Piano in

range of

way we can build

a "Pad

to

fix.

SUSTAIN PEDAL?

notes

Piano"

notes.

Using

Go

to

that

the

SUSTAIN PEDAL

notes

ends

and another

the

notes

regardless of where another

overlap we call

fat

lush

patches

sound

to

cover

the

two

slow

ZONE'S

Try

transpose feature and move

going

to

for

this a LAYER.

using

the

ZONES,

attack

the

ZONE

that

zone.

ZONE'S

right hand.

the

song. Assign each

assign each of them

for

Within

A ZONE'S

ZONE'S

full

potential

the

"non Piano" sound and

moments you should have

begins. A simple

range of

notes

of

ZONE

to

to

it

up or down 12

notes

begin.

what

your

cover

the

play a different

String Pad

exam-

can

When

synths

enti-

steps

expe-

a

THE KEYBOARD

THE WHEELS

THE ZONES

SECTION 2.

Features:

A

guided

The

version

has a very dynamic yet quick response to it. The velocity sensitive action can be modified with

several

key

The PITCH and MODULATION WHEELS are the standard style, however, they are made with a

new rubberized

sation during performing and programming for a more musical response.

The

to

manual,

ZONES consists of:

1. ZONE ENABLE/DISABLE BUTTON: Located on the front panel above the keyboard itself.

These are used
independently of each other. In other words, you can have any combination of ZONES on or

off

tour

through

Studio

Logic

of

the

classic

VELOCITY

action

of

the

SL-161/SL-61

has

any range

at

the

any

of

ZONES

point

the

Studio

161/61

has a

61

key

FATAR

action.

CURVE

response

SL-161/SL-61

will

transmit

texture.

to

They have been designed

(2)

two

independent

keys across

are

turn

by accessing these

the

the

the

heart

of

ZONES

SL-161/SL-61's

Logic

161/61's

FATAR

It

is

an extremely

settings

channel

creating

on and

ZONE

Controls and Features,

semi-weighted

that

will

AFTERTOUCH

to

ZONES

with

keyboard.

musically

off

in

PERFORMANCE

switches.

piano

musical

be discussed

give

the

each

As

discussed

useful

action.

feeling

on

player a more

of

them

Layers and

later

all

ZONES.

in

mode.

piano

in

capable

the

It

is a new,

style

this

manual.

solid

of

being

introduction

Splits.

Each

Each

switch

improved

action

The

tactile

assigned

to

of

the

functions

that

61

sen-

this

(2)

While

in

EDIT mode,

editing,

you

2.

the

3.

can
sound

4. PROGRAM CHANGE: Patch selection can be made for each ZONE while in the EDIT mode.
Each ZONE can be set to select (send) patch changes 1 to 128 (some manufacturers use a numbe­ring scheme 0 to 127, so you may need to add (1) to each patchtt to achieve the desired results).

5.

(keys)
points can overlap thus creating LAYERS.

6 .TRANSPOSE: Each ZONE can be set to transpose its key range up or down 24 semitones. In
other words, up or down 2 octaves from the synth module's original setting.

7 .SUSTAIN PEDAL ENABLE / DISABLE SELECT: You can set each ZONE to respond or not
respond

8. WHEELS ENABLE / DISABLE SELECT: You can set each ZONE to respond or not respond to
PITCH and MODULATION WHEEL information. This is done in the EDIT mode for each ZONE.

only

select

MIDI

CHANNEL

16

MIDI

BANK

SELECT:

initiate

module

SPLIT or

for

to

each

or select

KEY

each

sustain

the

ZONE BUTTONS

one

ZONE

at a time

ZONE

SWITCH

SELECT:

channels

After

you

are accessing. More on

NOTE

ZONE.

pedal

While

available.

selecting a MIDI

BANK

Changes. The commands are

RANGE:

The

ZONES

information.

are used

can be selected and

for

editing.

in

EDIT mode each

Only one

This

MIDI

channel

edit

function

are

completely

This

BANK

is

done

to

select

the

ZONE

channel

can be

to

transmit

SELECT

allows

independent

in

the

the

desired

buttons

can be

transmitted

on,

different

later

in

you

to

select

EDIT mode

ZONE

now

set

and

while

depending

this

manual.

the

of

each

for

to

toggle

to

transmit

at a time

in

range

other

each

be

edited.

on and

EDIT

on

the

of

active

and

ZONE.

While

off

on any

per

ZONE.

mode,

external

notes

their

split

as

of

you

9. AFTERTOUCH ENABLE / DISABLE SELECT: You can set each ZONE to respond or not respond

CHANNEL AFTERTOUCH information. This is done in the EDIT mode for each ZONE.

10.

SHAPE:

velocity
There are 8 preset velocity curves to choose from that vary the dynamic response of the key­board. Again, these settings are specific to each ZONE and are accessed while in the EDIT
mode.

Velocity

information

curve

from

settings

the

keyboard

specific

will

to

each

be

transmitted

ZONE.

These

to

setting

the

will

receiving

alter

MIDI

the

way

channel.

GLOBAL

the dynamic response of the entire keyboard across all (2) ZONES. There are 8 global settings
to choose from. Again, these setting are accessed while in the EDIT mode.

VELOCITY

CURVE:

This

VELOCITY

CURVE

setting

is a global

one, meaning

it

affects

SUSTAIN

SUSTAIN

VOLUME

dard
POWER

plied

MEMORY

powered down. All programmed settings are transmitted when the unit is powered up. There
is no need to store edited information, simply exiting the edit mode causes the information
to be stored.

PEDAL:

PEDAL

PEDAL:

VOLUME

POWER

PEDAL

INPUT:

SUPPLY

STORAGE:

The

input.

The

The

Studio

The

Studio

input.

Studio

input.

The

Studio

Logic

VP-26

Logic

Logic

Logic

SL-161/SL-61

by Fatar

SL-161/SL-61

SL-161/SL-61

SL-161/SL-61

has a connection

is

recommended.

has a connection

has a

will

connection

remember

jack

on

the

rear panel for

jack

on

the

rear panel for a stan-

jack

on

the

rear

panel

all

of

your preset information when

for

the

a

sup-

SECTIONS.

POWER INPUT

POWER SWITCH

SUSTAIN PEDAL

Rear Panel Connections and Features:
Powering up. Connecting Pedals and hooking up with your other gear.

The

Studio

Logic

SL-161/SL-61

INPUT.

The

AC

adapter

minimum current of 200 mA.

The

Studio Logic

SUPPLY

INPUT.

board all preset data is transmitted out through the MIDI OUT connections.

The

Studio Logic

This jack

SUSTAIN
pedal is presently connected to the keyboard, regardless of polarity (e.g. PS100 or VFP1). Note:
SUSTAIN

PEDALS.
PEDAL

SL-161/SL-61

There

SL-161/SL-61

will

function

must

has a connection jack on

POWER

SUPPLY

has

its

POWER

is

also a red

has a connection jack on
properly

Upon

powering up

be

plugged

LED

with

in

supplied

SWITCH
to

indicate

either

the

Studio Logic

prior

to

the

rear

panel for

with

this

unit

is a positive

located on

the

the

type of "normally closed" or "normally open"

powering up

the

back

unit

is on.

rear

panel for a SUSTAIN

SL-161/SL-61

will

to

properly

the

AC

POWER

tip

panel next

Upon

powering up

recognize whichever type

sense

polarity.

SUPPLY

9V

DC

to

the

POWER

the

PEDAL

with

key-

input.

of

a

VOLUME PEDAL

The
input
ge

the

Studio

Logic

SL-161/SL-61

that

uses a stereo or balanced jack

volume

equally

has a connection jack on

across

all

four

(e.g.

ZONES

simultaneously.

the

VP-26

rear

panel for a standard

by Fatar).

This

volume

VOLUME

control

will

PEDAL

chan-

MIDI OUT CONNECTIONS

MIDI OUT
Master Controller to your various MIDI sound sources. Using a standard 5 pin DIN MIDI cable,
connect the Studio Logic MIDI OUT to your MIDI input jack on your synthesizer, sound modu­le or other MIDI equipped keyboard. You may use the THRU (daisy chain) feature on your MIDI
gear to connect to other MIDI modules if you like. Avoid daisy chaining more than 2 modu­les, if possible, to reduce the possibility of MIDI log jam or timing delays. The Studio Logic
SL-161/SL-61
to help reduce the possibility of timing delays when connecting to multiple MIDI sound modu­les.
MIDI OUT connections on this keyboard.

Connections: The

conveniently

When

connecting multiple

MIDI OUT

is

supplied with

two

devices

jacks

are

where you

parallel (identical)

to

your

SL-161/SL-61

connect

MIDI OUT

allocate

your

Studio

jacks on

them equally

Logic

the

rear panel

across

SL-161/SL-61

the

two

ZONE SELECT

SECTION 4.

Description of Front Panel Controls and Features:
What are they, what do they do and how do I use them?

Located on
the
The LED indicators will be lit up when its corresponding zone is active or selected for editing.

three

the

top

keyboard

panel

ZONES

there

are

the

(2)

ZONE

buttons

while in play mode and (2)

for

the

selecting

(1)

enabling and disabling of

the

ZONES

while in

EDIT

MODE.

In PLAY mode any combination of ZONES may be on or off at any point in time. However, in

EDIT

mode

the

ZONE

switches may only

at a time

mode.
sponding ZONE BUTTONS.

Please note that you may only press a zone button and disable or^nable a zone while no notes
are depressed on the keyboard or while the sustain pedal is being depressed.

may

You

are

be

edited

able

and

to

jump from

therefore

ZONE

be

only

to

used

one

ZONE

to

select

ZONE

light may

while in

one

ZONE

at a time.

be

lit

at a time

edit

mode by depressing

Only

one

while in

the

ZONE

EDIT

corre-