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Setup Mode
The Setup Editor
Selecting The Desired Key (Root Note):
ShiftKey(ShiftKey,controllerdestination177)allowstheusertoselectthekey(rootnote)of
theShiftPatterntriggeredbyShiftKeyNumber.AShiftPatternisarelativepatternbasedona
rootnote.AllnotestriggeredbyaShiftPatternareshiftedfromtherootnote
bythevalueof
eachpatternstep(inhalf‐steps.)
WhenusingaShiftPatternwithShiftKeyNumberyoucanselectthekeywithoneormore
controllerssettotheShiftKeydestination.Youcanuseacontinuouscontrollersuchasaknobto
cyclethroughkeys,orswitches
settopredeterminedkeys.Forexample,ifyouareplayinga
songthatmovesbetween2or3keys,acoupleofsw i tchescouldbeprogrammedinorderto
sendtheappropriateShiftKeymessageforeachkeychange.Thatwayallthenotesyouare
triggeringwithaShift
KeyNumbercontrollerwillbeintheappropriatescale.Youcouldalso
createasetupforasongwithmultiplezones,eachwithitsownpre‐setkeyandappropriate
shiftpattern.Thatway,foreachchordchangeyoucouldmoveadifferentcontrollerthatwould
createthecorrectharmony.
Another
waytochooseakeyistosetShiftKeytoLastNotePlayedmode,inwhichthelastnote
playedinthezonewillsetthekey.Forexample,youcouldsetthezonebeingusedforShiftKey
NumbertohaveaKeyRangethatcoversonlyafew
ofthekeyboard’slowestoctaves.This
wouldallowyoutoplayrootnotebasslinesthatchangethekeythatShiftKeyNu mberplaysin,
leavingtheupperoctavesofthekeyboardopenforusebyotherzones.
IfShiftKeyissettoLastNotePlayedandnonote
isplayed,thedefaultkeyisC.Eachzonecan
haveadifferentShiftKey,soyoucanhavezonespreprogrammedwiththekeysyouwantto
use,orhavethemallinthesamekey,orjustchangethekeyinrealtimewhileyouare playing.
A Note About Octave Range:
WhenusingShift
KeyNumber,shiftpatternswithmorethan12stepsbegintriggeringnotesin
higheroctaves.Thisisdonebecauselongershiftpatternsuseupmoreofacontroller’srange,
andlimitthenumberofoctavesthatasinglecontrollercantrigger.Sincethelowestoctaveofa
programisoften
toolowtobemusicallyuseful,thePC3LEwillautomaticallystarttriggering
notesfromlongershiftpatternsinhigheroctaves.Thissavesroominthecontroller’srangeof
Shift Key Settings
Value Key (root note)
0-9 C
10-19 C#
20-29 D
30-39 D#
40-49 E
50-59 F
60-68 F#
69-78 G
79-88 G#
89-98 A
99-108 A#
109-118 B
119-127 Last Note Played