Found a feature I didn't know about: relative mode on board the PX5S

[dc2k]

In the data editor, some of of you might be familiar with "relative mode"

For those who don't, there is an S button at the top of every zone and hex layer when editing a hex tone.

If you right-click that button you can choose "relative mode". The default is "absolute mode"

Then press the button above each zone or hex layer to turn sync on for those zones/layers.

The buttons light up.

 

In absolute mode when zones or hex layers are synced, if you change one value for one zone/layer, then the other zone/layer changes to the same value.

In relative mode, you are able to adjust a setting for say hex layer 1 and the setting for any other layer you have sync turned on for changes relatively:

 

So say filter is set to 10 for layer 1 and 20 for layer 2.

In relative mode, if you change 10 to 15 for layer 1, layer 2 will change to 25.

In the default absolute mode, both would have changed to 15.

 

It's a nice feature and I wished it was on the keyboard itself.

 

Found out today it is for the hex layers:

 

If you are changing the settings of a hex tone on the board, and you are in the layer edit menus, well you probably know you can press the zone- button until you reach 'ALL'.

This means you can adjust a particular parameter for all the layers instead of doing it individually for each layer.

 

Here's the relevant part:

 

If you use knob 2 to adjust any parameter for all the hex layers, it will adjust them all absolutely to the same value.

However if you the yes/+ no/- buttons over on the right, it will adjust the values on each layer relatively to what the were when you started.

 

Very handy to know and I have not seen this mentioned anywhere. 

 

Now I'm wondering if there is any way to keep relative mode for when you are playing live and want to adjust say the filter for a hex tone on the fly using one of the controls where all the layers have a different filter value. Anyone know?

[Brad Saucier]

Good tip dc2k!!  That is not in the manuals.  

 

As far as I know, the slider assignments always adjust values relatively as offsets of the pre-programmed value.  The exceptions are in the DSP effects.  Those are absolute.  

[dc2k]

Good tip dc2k!!  That is not in the manuals.  

 

As far as I know, the slider assignments always adjust values relatively as offsets of the pre-programmed value.  The exceptions are in the DSP effects.  Those are absolute.  

Thanks Brad.

 

Do you mean even for say all the cut-off values on the individual hex layers in a hex tone?

Say for example all the hex layers in a hex tone are set to a different cut-off value and then slider 1 is set to cut-off.

Do you think slider 1 will adjust them to the same value absolutely or to different values relative to what they were?

[Brad Saucier]

Yes.  From what I can tell, each layer adjust relative to the slider position.  Not absolutely.   I'll try to confirm this when I get to my PX-5s.