Kurzweil PC3K8 - Program Change Formats; Extended Program Changes

MIDI Mode
Program Change Formats
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Program Change Formats
ThePC3KcanstoremoreprogramsthantheMIDIprogramchangespecificationcanhandle
(MIDIletsyousendprogramchangenumbersfrom0to127or1to128only).Sowe’vedesigned
asystemthatmakesprogramselectionmoreflexible.Thisistruewhetheryou’ reselecting
programsfromthePC3K’s
frontpanel,orviaMIDI.
ThePC3Kgivesyouthousandsofprogramchangenumberstoworkwith.Theseareorganized
into16banksof128each(thememorybanks).Aprogram’sobjectIDisitsprogramchange
number,asdiscussedinChapter5.Thismakesiteasytokeeptrackof
yourprograms.ThePC3K
canuseseveraldifferentformatsforinterpretingprogramchangecommands.Thevalueforthe
ProgChgModeparameterontheRECEIVEpagedetermineswhichformatisused,andtheone
youshouldselectdependsonyourMIDIsystem.
Ifyouexpectyou’llalwayschangeprogramsfromyourPC3K’sfront
panel,selectingprograms
isassimpleasenteringtheprogramchangenumber(theprogram’sobjectID)onthe
alphanumericpad,andpressingEnter.EvenprogramnumbersabovetheusualMIDIlimitof
127canbeselectedthisway.
Extended Program Changes
Ifyou’recontrollingyourPC3KfromaMIDIdevicethatcanhandletheMIDIController0or32
program‐changeformat,you’llhavethegreatestflexibilityifyousettheProgChgType
parametertoavalueofExtended.
Whenyou’reusingtheextendedprogramchangeformat,thendependingonthevalueof
the
BankSelectparameterontheRECEIVEpageinMIDImode,thePC3Kwillrespondtoeither
MIDIController0or32programchangecommandsforbankselection,andstandardprogram
changecommandsforprogramchangeswithinthecurrentbank.Differentvalueshavedifferent
results,asshowninthefollowingtable:
Program Change Type For Use With:
Extended Bank changes and Program changes. A bank has 128 ids. Note
that our system will recognize 16 banks, from 0 to 15. (2048 ids).
This is for connecting a PC2 or a generic MIDI device as a controller
device.
K2600 Bank changes and Program changes. A bank has 100 ids. Our
system will recognize in this case 21 banks, from 0 to 20. For
example, with MIDI out from a K2600 into the MIDI in of a PC3K, if
you scroll or enter a number in the K2600 you will see the same
numbers in the K2600 and in the PC3K if the programs exist.
QAccess Other PC3Ks (or K2600s, K2500s or K2000s) similarly set, when in
Quick Access mode
Program Change Command
Type
Value of
Message
Result
MIDI controller 0 or 32
(MC 0 or MC 32)
0 to 16 Selects memory bank zeros–900s
Standard (PCH)
0 to 127 Selects correspondingly numbered program in current
memory bank