Kurzweil PC3LE - Channel; Midibank

Setup Mode
The Setup Editor
7-7
Channel
TheChannelparameterdefinestheMIDItransmitchannelforthecurrentlyselectedzone.You
cansetittoanyofthe16MIDIchannels.Normally,youwillwanteachzoneonaseparateMIDI
channel.Thisisnecessaryifyouwanttocombinedifferentprogramsinthesetup.
Iftwozones
havethesameMIDIchannel(anddestination),buttheyhavedifferentprogram
settings,therewillbeconflicts:noMIDIdevice,includingthePC3LE,canrespondcorrectlyto
twodifferentsimultaneousProgramChangecommandsononechannel.Theresultwillbethat
onlyoneProgramChangewillberecognized,andeverynote
playedwillsounddouble(ifNote
Mapsareon).Thiscancreateoddandunpredictabletimingeffects,andwillreduceyour
polyphonyby50%.
Nevertheless,therewillbeoccasionswhen“stacking”zonesonthesameMIDIchannelmight
comeinhandy.SupposeyouwantaphysicalcontrolleronthePC3LEto
senddatafortwo
differentnumberedMIDIControllersonthesamechannel.Inthiscase,youmustcreatetwozones
assignedtothesamechannel,butwithdifferentcontrollerassignments.
Here’soneexample:ifareceivingsynthisusingController1formodulationdepthand
Controller#13formodulationspeed,
youcanincreaseboththedepthandthespeedwith
Knob A.StartbyassigningKnob AinZone1toMWheelandinZone2toMIDI13;thenassign
bothzonestothesameMIDIchannel.(Youmaywanttomakesu reyouaren’tsendingdoubled
notes.UsetheNote
MapparameterontheKEY/VELpagetosetonezone’sNoteMaptoLinear
andtheotherzone’sNoteMaptoOff.)
Anotherexample:createtwoormorezonesthatareidenticalexceptfortheirtransposition
settings.Nowyoucanplayparallelintervals(orchords)withsinglekeystrikes.
MidiBank
ThePC3LE’sprogramsaredividedinto17MIDIBanks,numbered0– 16.Program46inMIDI
Bank3forexample,is430LeadOboe.TheMIDIBankparameterdisplayswhichbankthe
currentprogramisassignedto,andautomaticallychangestomatchtheProgramvalueyouset.
YoucansendBankSelect
messagestoexternalMIDIdevicesaswell,bysettingtheDestination
parametertoadestinationincludingMIDIorUSB_MIDI,thenchangingMidiBank.Some
instrumentsmayhavemorebanksthanthePC3LE.BankswitchingviaMIDImakesiteasyfor
thePC3LEusertoselectsoundsonexternalinstruments,nomatter
howmanybankstheymight
have.
WhenyouchangethevalueoftheProgramparameter,thevalueofMidiBankautomatically
changescorrespondingly.IfyouwanttotransmitaMIDIBanknumberdifferentfromtheone
correspondingtothelocalprogram,selectthelocalprogramfirst,thenchangetheMIDIbank.
If
youselectanemptybank(likeBank53),thezonewillstillproducesoundonthePC3LE,
providedthatDestinationissettoadestinationincludingLocal.TheProgramparameterwill
displaywhateverinternalprogramyouset,butthebank numbertransmittedovertheMIDIOut
portwillbedifferent
fromtheinternalprogram’sbanknumber.
MIDI Program (MidiProg)
MidiProgdefineswhichprogramnumberistransmittedouttheMIDIOutportonthecurrent
zone’sMIDIchannel.
WhenyouchangethevalueoftheProgramparameter,thevalueofMIDIProgautomatically
changescorrespondingly.IfyouwanttotransmitaMIDIprogramchangenumberdifferent
fromtheonecorrespondingtothe
localprogram,selectthelocalprogramfirst,thenchangethe
MIDIprogram.