Introducing the PC88
MIDI Setups
Musician’s Guide
1-5
MIDI Setups
WeÕve been dealing with one instrument so far, but the PC88 lets us play with four at a time.
Multiple instrument setups are called, logically enough, ÒMIDI SetupsÓ, or just ÒSetupsÓ. You
get to them by pressing the button marked (you guessed it)
MIDI Setups
. Do it now. It blinks,
awaiting your selection of a Setup.
In the
Sound/Setup Select
section, press the Button numbered
16
, and press the
Previous
Group
button until the top line of the display reads "S016 Volume Sliders." This Setup consists
of four ÒzonesÓ, each with its own instrument. You know that four zones are playing, because
all four of the Zone buttons to the left of the display (right under the heading
Zone Select &
Assignable Controllers
) are showing green lights. All of the zones in this setup cover the entire
keyboard, so any note you play will sound four different instruments simultaneously.
Additionally, each of the four zones has an assignable slider programmed to send MIDI
Volume commands on its channel. As is common practice (but not required), Sliders A, B, C,
and D are controllers for zones 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
The light in each of the Zone buttons can show three colors: green, orange, or red, or it can be
off. Green means ÒactiveÓ; orange means ÒmutedÓ; red means ÒsoloedÓ; and dark means ÒoffÓ
or inactive. ThereÕs one more mode for a zone, and thatÕs ÒcurrentÓ. The current zone is the one
whose parameters are showing in the display. Since you've just selected the setup, the current
zone is indicated by a number 1 through 4 on the second line of the display just before the name
of the program assigned to that zone. Any zone, regardless of whether it is on or off, can be the
current one. The PC88Õs display shows you the following right now:
Look at the display and see if Zone 1 is current. If is isn't, press the
Zone 1
button.
Press the
Zone 1
button (again). Its light changes to orange. The zone is now muted, and the
next time you play a note, a portion of the sound wonÕt be audible. Press the
Zone 1
button
again to make it active (green). To mute any other zone, press its button once to make it current,
then again to mute.
To mute all but one zone, press the
Solo
button to the right of the Zone buttons. It glows red.
The current zoneÕs button also turns red, showing itÕs being soloed. Even if the zone was
muted, soloing it turns it on. (However, if the zone were off Ñ dark Ñ soloing wouldn't bring
it to life.) To solo a different zone, press its button to make it current. To turn off the Solo
function, press
Solo
again.
LetÕs edit the Setup. For this tutorial, keep all the sliders up, so you will be able to hear the
zones as you work on them. In the
Zone Parameters
section, select
Key Range
. As shown
S016|Volume|Sliders|
A16|1:Stage|Piano|||
Setup ID
number
Setup
name
Current Zone’s number
Setup
group & button
& Program name
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