KENTON PLUGSTATION USERS MANUAL
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1-2 channels, and perhaps leave channels 9-10 relatively dry, and perhaps if your mixer allows, a delay
offset to thicken up the sound.
USE WITH A HARDWARE SEQUENCER OR CONTROLLER DEVICE (SUCH AS THE KENTON
CONTROL FREAK)
PLUGSTATION as stand alone tone module host, may also be used with hardware (or indeed software)
sequencer applications. You do not have to own an SW1000XG for this to work. For example you could
connect the MIDI out of your hardware or software sequencer device to the MIDI input on PLUGSTATION,
and control all of the boards from the sequencer. This type of use, with for example a Yamaha QY series
hardware sequencer provides an ideal solution for the live gigging guy. Yamaha’s QY700 for example can
store setup information as part of a MIDI file. So using appropriate software such as XGWorks, you could set
up the editing parameters for the PLG cards you have installed, as well as the song information, and XG
information required by the QY unit. As with all Yamaha PLG hosting devices, which support XG, you must
be careful to send the PLG card setup information AFTER the XG RESET command, or the PLG cards in
PLUGSTATION will all be reset and will not sound.
An example setup is shown below.
Obviously your hardware sequencer may not have the ability to control the PLG cards in PLUGSTATION,
but as long as it can load and transmit MIDI file data, then setup information can be sent to correctly
configure the PLG cards. If you have already setup voices, and do not require any extensive offset editing of
the sounds, then just sending a program change to the performance memory that you wish to use will be
enough to recall your set-up.
NOTE: IF YOU HAVE INSTALLED A PLG150XG, THE PERFORMANCE MODE WILL NOT RECALL
SETTINGS FOR ALL 16 PARTS. IN THIS CASE A MIDI FILE WITH APPROPRIATE SETUP
INFORMATION AND SONG DATA FOR PLG150XG AND OTHER BOARDS INSTALLED WILL BE
REQUIRED.
CONNECTING TO THE KENTON CONTROL FREAK
The KENTON Control Freak offers a range of presets available for download from the KENTON website for
controlling the functionality of PLUGSTATION. It can remotely control the output levels for each of the 8 Y-
BOARD outputs; assign MIDI channels for PLG cards, and many other great functions. To connect a
controller keyboard and the CONTROL FREAK up to PLUGSTATION at the same time, one should use the
fact that the CONTROL FREAK MIDI OUT is also a soft MIDI THRU. This means that note data for example
being sent from the keyboard, is passed along with any controller or SYSEX data you may be sending from
the CONTROL FREAK onwards to the PLUGSTATION. This again is very useful for live situations, or
indeed for the home, where it provides a superb tactile control system for many of PLUGSTATION’s
functions.
An example of a typical set-up can be seen in the diagram below.
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