This is where you edit the configuration of the unit. This is kind of like where you tell it the context in which it is being used.
Let me give you an example. Say the unit has PF01 dialed up, which is a performance with eight voices that looks like this:
Channel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voice | I01 | I02 | I03 | I04 | I05 | I06 | I07 | I08 |
Also, the program change table has A21 in entry 21, and you send program change 21 to the unit on channel 1. If the program change switch is set to com, then the unit will switch to single mode and dial up voice A21. But if the program change switch is set to ind, then all of the instruments slots in the performance which are set to channel 1 will change to A21, so the performance above will look like this:
Channel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voice | A21 | A21 | A21 | I04 | I05 | I06 | I07 | I08 |
The editor can be used to automatically send program change messages as you
edit the different voices and performances on the unit, which is pretty handy.
This setting is absolutely necessary if you want to store patches in the unit
from the editor because it needs to send a program change message so it can
store the item in the right place. If you want this to take effect, then you
should set this setting to com or ind. I highly recommend it.
If you're changing patches on the TX81Z, and no matter what patch you change to,
it looks "edited" (i.e. the "P" in "PLAY SINGLE" is lowercase), then you have
combine mode turned off, and the current set of function settings is being
applied to every voice to change to. It's an odd little feature, and I have
no idea what it's good for, so I keep it on all the time.
Note Switch
This is used if you want to use two TX81Zs in conjunction with each other.
You set one of them to even and set the other to odd, load up
both of them with the same patches and set them both to the same MIDI channel,
and they will more or less operate like a single TX81Z with 16 note polyphony
with one unit playing the even numbered notes and the other unit playing the
odd numbered notes ("numbered" referring to the MIDI note number). I have
never tried this, so I can't say how well it works.
Pitch Bend Switch
This allows you to set up a single global channel for pitch bend messages or
control change messages, or turn either of these classes of messages off. This
can be useful if you want these message to affect all of the instruments in a
performance, even if they are on different channels.
Control Change SwitchCombine Mode
Combine mode is a weird little thing that allows you to preserve "function
settings" across multiple voices as you change programs. The functions it
affects are:
AT -> BC
This will cause aftertouch messages to act like breath controller messages so
you can use aftertouch with the unit.
System Exclusive
This setting allows the unit to be modified by sysex messages. The editor
needs this turned on to operate on the unit. If you turn this off here,
communication between the editor and the unit will be cut off, and you'll have
to reactivate it on the unit.
Memory Protect
When this is on, the unit won't let you store voices or performances. None of
the other settings are affected, though.
Startup Message
This is the message that is briefly displayed when you turn the unit on.