7-2
Setup Mode
The Control Setup
The Control Setup
In addition to zone splitting and layering, Setup mode is a powerful way to take advantage of 
the PC3’s programmable sliders, ribbon controllers, and assignable buttons. In order to provide 
some of the same flexibility for Program mode, we created the control setup, which defines the 
controller assignments for programs in Program mode.
The default control setup is 126 Internal Voices, but you can choose any control setup you want. 
To do this, go to the MIDI-mode TRANSMIT page and use any normal data entry method to 
change the ControlSetup parameter. When you reenter Program mode, all programs will now 
respond to many of the controller assignments defined in Zone 1 of the control setup (Zones 2–
16 are not relevant in Program mode, because a program can occupy only one MIDI channel).
Once you save changes to the control setup, those changes will affect all programs when you are 
in Program mode. You may want to program several different control setups, and switch among 
them for different applications.
 Control Setup–Setup 
Editor Page, Zone 1
Parameters Affecting 
Program Mode
 Parameters Not Affecting 
Program Mode
CH/PROG Arpeggiator, Destination, 
BankMode
LocalPrg, Channel, MIDIBank, 
MIDIProg, Status, EntryProgChg
KEY/VEL All
PAN/VOL ExitVolume, ExitPan EntryVolume, EntryPan
BEND AuxBend1Up, 
AuxBend1Up, 
AuxBend2Rng
BendRangeUp(ST), 
BendRangeUp(ct), 
BendRangeDown(ST), 
BendRangeDown(ct), 
COMMON Tempo, ArpSync Clock source, ArpGlobal, Aux FX 
channel, Mutes, KB3 channel
ARPZON All
RIBCFG All
Continuous Controller 
assignment pages 
(SLIDER, SLID/2, 
CPEDAL, RIBBON, 
WHEEL, PRESS)
Dest, Scale, Add, Curv Ent, Exit
Switch Controller 
assignment pages (FT 
SW1, FT SW2, FT SW3, 
ARP SW, SWITCH, 
SWPRG1, SWPRG2, 
SWPRG3, SWPRG4, 
SWPRG5, SWPRG6, 
SWPRG7, SWPRG8)
Type, OnControl, OnValue, 
OffControl, OffValue, 
EntryState
ExitState
RIFF1, RIFF2 All
FX, AUXFX1, AUXFX2, 
MASTFX
All
Table 7-1 Control Setup Parameters Affecting Program Mode