Programming Your PC2R
Using the PC2R with Other Gear
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2. Press the Menu button, then find the Arpeggiator menu and press Enter.
3. Find the Vel Mode parameter, and set its value to Pressure. Now when you hold notes
and apply pressure, the volume of each arpeggiated note is controlled by how much
pressure you apply.
Using the Arpeggiator with a Sequencer or External Controller
If you are sequencing and you use a setup with arpeggiation, the PC2R sends the actual notes
generated by the arpeggiator to the sequencer. When you play back the sequence, it simply
sends back those notes and does not activate the arpeggiator.
But if, for some reason, you need to have the sequencer or other MIDI source send notes to the
arpeggiator itself, you must use the Remap function. To do this, press the Global button, then
press the Right cursor button until you see the MIDI In parameter. If you set this to Remap, then
all incoming MIDI note messages will be treated as if you played those notes on the keyboard of
the PC2R itself.
The MIDI channel info on the incoming data is ignored; The PC2R simply takes the note
numbers (and controller messages) and sends them to each zone based on the note range
settings for that zone. It’s the same as playing that note on the MIDI source itself. So you
probably wouldn’t want to send more than one channel of MIDI information from your source,
since the note messages will get mixed together.
Using the PC2R with Other Gear
If your system consists of a MIDI source and a PC2R alone, you probably don’t need to read this
section. If you’re using a sequencer, you should read Using MIDI Receive Mode; if you’re using
the PC2R to control additional instruments, read The PC2R as MIDI Master.
Using MIDI Receive Mode
MIDI Receive mode is extremely convenient for multi-timbral playback or MIDI recordings.
Each channel has an independent set of parameters for adjusting program assignment, volume
and pan, effects routing, and effects wet/dry mix.
Any time the PC2R is receiving multi-channel MIDI information from an external source, MIDI
Receive mode gives you the most control.
The PC2R as MIDI Master
The PC2R‘s MIDI Out port (as well as its MIDI Thru port) transmits part or all of the MIDI
information the PC2R receives at its MIDI In port. If you connect an Out or Thru port of the
PC2R to the MIDI In of another MIDI instrument, you can control that instrument via the PC2R.
When the PC2R is in Internal Voices mode or KB3 mode, this usually means sending the same
program changes, note information, and controller information to both instruments. In MIDI
Setups mode, however, the PC2R can remap a single channel of incoming MIDI information,
and transmit four independent channels of MIDI information to the slave instrument. (The
PC2R can also do this in the other performance modes, if you want.)
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