Kurzweil PC3K Series - The Soft Buttons in MIDI Mode; Program Change (Prgchg); Reset Channels (Rsetch); Panic

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MIDI Mode
The Soft Buttons in MIDI Mode
The Soft Buttons in MIDI Mode
ThefirstthreesoftbuttonsselectthethreeMIDImodepages.ThePrgChgsoftbuttonletsyou
sendaprogramchangecommandonanyMIDIchannel.TheRsetChsoftbuttonletsyoureturn
allchannelparameterstotheirdefaultvalues.ThePanicsoftbuttonsendsanAllNotesOffand
an
AllControllersOffmessagestothePC3Kandonall16MIDIchannels.
Program Change (PrgChg)
Whenyoupressthissoftbutton,adialogappearsthatletsyousendprogramchangesoutthe
USBorMIDIOutport,butdoesnotchangeinternalprograms.TheChan/Layerbuttons,theUp/
Downcursorbuttons,andtheChan–andChan+softbuttonscanallbeusedtochangethe
channel
onwhichtheprogramchangecommand willbesent.TheLeft/Rightcursorbuttons,the
Plus/Minusbuttons,theAlphaWheelandtheProg–andProg+softbuttonscanallbeusedto
changetheprogramchangenumberthatwillbesent.Whenyou’vesetthechannelandthe
programchangenumber,press
theSendsoftbuttontosendtheprogramchangecommand.Or
presstheCancelsoftbuttonifyoudon’twanttosendit.Youcanchangethechannelandthe
programnumberasmanytimesasyouwantbeforeyoupressSend.Youalsocanusethe
alphanumericpadto
selectaprogramnumberdirectly.
Reset Channels (RsetCh)
Whenyoupressthissoftbutton,thePC3Kasksifyouwanttoresetallchannels.Ifyoupress
Yes,allsettingsontheCHANNELSpagewillreturntotheirdefaultvalues.Whentheproject’s
over,youcanresettheChannelstorestoretheaudioroutingtoeachindividualprogram
(a
valueofProg),ratherthanselectingeachchannel’spageandsettingthePairparameterbacktoa
valueofProg.PressNoifyoudecidenottoresetthechannels.
Panic
PanicsendsAllNotesOffandAllControllersOffmessagestothePC3KandallMIDIchannels.