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stayed in the same group - you are still in Group B but are now on the #2 Sound Select
button.
So whatÕs so great about all of this anyway? Lets say that you are creating several
Setups of your own and you need to switch between them quickly in a performance. You
can save them all within the same group, saving them between Setups #65-80 (a PC88
has preset Setups from 1-32 and a PC88MX has preset Setups from 1-64). Once you go
to MIDI Setups mode, you can use the Next Group buttons to get to Group E. Now, you
can switch between any of your Setups (up to 16) with just a single button press by
using the Sound Select buttons!
There is an IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE between MIDI Setups mode and Internal Voices
mode. When you are in MIDI Setups mode, pressing the Sound Select buttons will
always call up the appropriate Setup within the currently Selected Group - the group
wonÕt change unless you press the Previous or Next Group buttons, or use the Data
Entry section to go to a Setup in a different Group. But when you are in Internal Voices
mode, each Sound Select Button remembers whichever group it was last on.
1. Press the Internal Voices button.
2. Press the Sound Select #1 Button. Press the Previous Group button until the top line
of the display says 1: Internal Voice A01.
3. Press the Sound Select #2 Button. Press the Previous or Next Group Button until the
display says 1: Internal Voice B02.
4. Press the Sound Select #1 Button again. Notice that it goes back to Group A. If you go
back to Sound Select #2, you will see it jumps back to Group B.
This feature is useful because it allows you to choose your favorite program out of a
group and be able to call it up with a single button press when in Internal Voices mode.
This is remembered even after you turn the PC88 off.
Data Entry -
This section is very simple and should be familiar to anyone who has used other
electronic instruments as well as automated teller machines (ATMs). The alpha wheel
allows you to scroll through values quickly. The Ò+Ó and Ò-Ó buttons let you increment
or decrement by single values, and the numeric keypad lets you enter a specific value. It
is also used for naming Setups. You always need to press the Enter button when using
the numeric keypad to register the value (except when using the naming function, as
described in Tutorial number 1).
Zone Parameters -
Almost all of the editing features of the PC88 are accessed through this section. Under
each button is a series of parameters, which you access using the << and >> buttons
under the display. You then use the Data Entry section to change the value of the
currently displayed parameter.
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