Step by Step instructions for layering and assigning volume sliders sliders to each tone:
Ok so lets say you want 4 tones to layer in a stage setting. and you want the first 4 sliders to control individual volumes for each tone , without impacting the other tones. Here is how you do it for 4 tones: Concert Grand, soft pad, warm strings, and oboe ( oboe is a nice touch to fold in for quiet background spiritual music, which is what i do in church
Pick your stage setting, in this case 0-0
the first zone , (zone 1) is piano
add zone two by hitting + button on left side of board .(This is below zone/part/ step/track) . then turn it on by holding down both + and - buttons.
select pads in the part section, just above it. scroll to soft pad. you now have 2 sounds , piano on zone 1 , soft pads on zone 2.
add zone 3 by hitting + button. turn on by hitting + and - button. scroll to warm strings
add zone 4 by hitting + BUTTON .turn on by hitting both + and - buttons scroll to brass/oboe.
so you have your layers.
now hit Edit/ stage setting/ common edit/scroll to slider one /target/ hit +/- button on right until you come to 7 (volume). set lower value to zero, upper to 128.
exit, go to slider 2/target/ volume (7). set your volume levels the same way
exit go to slider 3/target /volume (7)
exit go to slider 4/target /volume (7).
so now you have 4 layers and they are controlled with sliders, but you want slider one to control only zone 1, slider 2 to control zone 2, etc.
here is what you do.
exit out . make sure you are in zone 1. (remember you change zones by hitting + or - button on the LEFT. go to stage setting/zone edit/controller edit.
scroll down to slider 1. there is on/off. hit+ button on right to turn it on.
go to slider 2. hit off. Slider 3, off Slider 4 off.
go back to zone 2 (left + button.
Slider 1 off
slider 2 on
slider 3 off
slider 4 off.
go to zone 3. slider 1 off
slider 2 off
slider 3 on
slider 4 off
zone 4
slider 1 off
slider 2 off
slider 3 off
slider 4 on.
there you have it 4 layers controlled by their own sliders.
Be sure to hit write. it will ask where to save it. pick whatever stage setting you dont want and save it to that. hit yes, when it asks you again. setting saved . you can name it here also.
hope this helps
Good luck . it was very confusing to me, I hope I have shed some light and not made it worse.lol