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the

Keyboard.

Bank

Select button

to

select

the

of

the

Keyboard.

SINGLE

to

play

two

of

the

Split

will

even

if it

does

MULTI

from

so

beneath

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so

Patch

Patches

the

factory.

that

VOICES 1 -6

the

that

VOICES

that

different

be a 6-Voice.

sound

not

have

Patches

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a

M93through

are

selected.

Programmer

you

want

7-12

you

want

Display.

to

play

on

are

selected.

to

play

on

99

2.

Assign

•

Press

SELECT

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the

Voices

the

V.

ASSIGN

Section.

for

MULTI

button

in

the

SINGLE/MULTI

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PATCH

as

you

Mode

functions.

PATCH

remember,

is

written

PAGE

in

grey

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3.

Define

•

Press

Section.

PATCH

Select

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•

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SELECT

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Play

notes

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of

the

playing

from

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ZONE 2 =72

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the

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the

ZONE

ZONE,

Mode

ZONE

MODE

LIMITS

CHANNEL

2:

Enable

the

ZONE

Section.

up

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LIMITS

on

your

Master

MATRIX-12

the

upper.

Number

TO

of

127.

1

-6

to

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button

as

you

1.

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in

the

SINGLE/MULTI

remember,

functions.

1.

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up

ZONE 1 as

=

s

MIDI

IN

button

again

in

the

Select

ZONE

to

and

notice

playing

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from

the

ZONE 2 shifts

2.

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s

that

its

the

tower

Left-LIMIT

the

Split

Voices

is

written

7-12

to

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in

grey

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PAGE

follows:

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0TO59

OMNI

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the

exception

60

T0127

keyboard

part

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of

the

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Point.

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PATCH PAGE

of:

been

split

keyboard

of

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ZONE 1 = 0 TO

2.

SELECT

for

MULTI

with

one

and

the

71

other

and

Option

The

sound

Patches

Upper

keyboard

the

Master.

ZONE1:

ZONE

100

Matrix-12

can

area

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switch

2:

Owner's

be

reversed

and

the

Upper

the

LIMITSoi

LIMITS

Manual

so

that

the

Patch

plays

the

ZONES:

=

Lower

Patch

from

the

60

T0127

0TO59

plays

from

Lower

keyboard

the

area

of

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