Setup Mode
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Chapter 7
Setup Mode
In Setup mode, the PC3 can take on the identity of 16 distinct instruments and 16 distinct MIDI
transmitters, each of which can use the setup’s physical controller assignments (or any subset of
those controller assignments). For example, you can create a setup that is split into 16 different
keyboard regions (called zones). Each zone can play its own program, while also transmitting
on its own MIDI channel. Each zone can also have an independent arpeggiator and one riff.
Selecting setups in Setup mode is much like selecting programs in Program mode—just use one
of the normal data entry methods to scroll through the list of setups. There are, however, some
important differences between a program and a setup. A program plays on a single keyboard
zone and on a single MIDI channel. A setup enables you to use up to 16 keyboard (or MIDI
controller) zones, each of which can have its own program, MIDI channel, and control
assignments. The parameters you define for each setup affect programs only while you are in
Setup mode. An exception to this is the control setup, which we discuss on page 7-2.
Press the Setup mode button to enter Setup mode. You’ll see a list of setups, which you can
select with any data entry method.
The info box on the left-hand side of the main Setup mode page displays the zones and
corresponding programs used in the current setup. If there are more than four zones in the
current setup, you can view the other zones by holding down the Enter button and scrolling
through the current setup’s zones with the Chan/Layer buttons.
You can transpose the entire setup up or down by octaves with the two Octav soft buttons.
When you transpose a setup, the split points between zones remain in place; each program is
transposed within its respective zone.
The Panic soft button sends All Notes Off and Reset All Controllers messages to all zones, and
stops all arpeggiators and riffs.
When you select a setup in Setup mode, the PC3 sends a number of MIDI messages, on each of
the MIDI channels used by the setup. Some of these include: Program Change commands, MIDI
Bank Select messages, Pan and Volume messages, and entry values for physical controllers
(entry values are the values that take effect as soon as you select the setup; there are also
controller exit values, which are the values of the controllers when you leave the setup—either
by selecting another setup or by exiting Setup mode). The values of all these messages depend
on the parameters you define in the Setup Editor.
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