This section sets keyboard assignment and triggering behavior. The modes are as follows:
Normal- Operates as two single-layer polysynths with up to 16 voices each. The top manual and Upper MIDI channel play the Upper layer; the bottom manual and Lower MIDI channel play the Lower layer.
Single- Operates as a standard single-layer polysynth with up to 32 voices. Both manuals and their respective MIDI input channels play the Upper layer.
Note that when Single mode is selected, the Panel View Lower and Solo Layer buttons and panel text are disabled and dimmed. The Sequencer section Assign Lower button is also dimmed. (Because the sequencer will not be able to "play" the Lower layer.)Double- The Upper and Lower layer are stacked; that is, both the Upper and Lower layer play simultaneously from either manual via the Upper or Lower MIDI channel - like "Omni" mode, for you MIDI historians.
Alternate- Layer playback alternates between the Upper and Lower layers with each keystroke from either manual via the Upper or Lower MIDI channel. We're not sure why you'd want to do this, but hey, it's there, because technology.
Cherry P-10 adds an additional mode, not available on the original instrument:
Split/Set- The keyboard is split at a user-defined point with the Lower layer sounding below the split point, and the Upper layer sounding above the split point. Layers respond the same from either manual and the Lower or Upper MIDI channel.
To select the split point, choose Split mode by clicking the Split/Set button once, then click it again. The button LED begins flashing. Now either play the desired split point key on a MIDI/USB controller, or on a key of the onscreen keyboard. The button stops flashing and the split point is displayed in the number display. To change the split point, click the Split/Set point button again and repeat.
When Split mode is enabled, the split point may also be set by clicking on the LED display and selecting a MIDI note number from the popup list.