Introducing the PC88
MIDI Setups
1-6
PC
88
below, the display now shows the current zone and its program number on the top line of the
display, and the Þrst two Key Range parameters in the bottom of the display.
Press the
Solo
button. We can now work on the key range of Zone 1, without being confused by
other zones sounding.
The display tells us that the range of the zone is set to C-1 to G9, which is the entire MIDI range.
(For reference, C4 is middle C.) Push the right cursor button immediately under the display
(itÕs labelled
>>>
) once, so that the underline cursor on the display is under the ÒHiÓ value.
Turn the Alpha wheel counterclockwise until the ÒHiÓ note reads ÒB2Ó. Press the
Acoustic Bass
button in the Sound Select group, and (if necessary) press the
Previous Group
button until the
upper right of the display shows Ò0:013Ó. YouÕve chosen Internal Voice number 13. The result
is that you have an acoustic bass sound that plays from the bottom of the keyboard up to the
third B.
Press the
Zone 2
button to listen to and work on the second zone (still in Solo mode). LetÕs use a
different technique to set the key limits of this zone. With the cursor under the ÒHiÓ value, press
and hold the Enter button in the numeric keypad to the right of the Alpha wheel. While youÕre
holding it, play the note B4 (the B above the key marked ÒC4Ó). The display shows that the
note youÕve played has become the high limit of the zone. Use the
<<<
button to move the
cursor to the Low limit, press and hold
Enter
, and play C3 (an octave below C4). The low limit
is now deÞned as C3. This is another example of the ÒIntuitive entryÓ editing technique.
Now letÕs put a different program into this zone. Press the button labelled
Strings
and the
Previous Group
button (if necessary) until the display reads 0:006 in the top right corner.
You've chosen the Þrst internal string sound for this zone. Go to
Zone 3
, set the range from C5
(an octave above C4) to B6, and select
Digital E Piano
as the voice. If you want to see the name
of the program, and not just the number, press the
Program
button. This menu allows you to
select any of the programs by scrolling, pressing the sound select buttons, or by typing in
program numbers. For now, (if necessary) press the
Previous Group
button until the display
shows Program # 3, Digital EPiano. Note the asterisk (*) next to the Zone number; this tells you
that the current Zone is soloed.
Zone:3*|||||0:003|
003|Digital|EPiano
Now you have two octaves of electric piano, but itÕs pitched rather high. Press the
Transpose
button, and move the Alpha wheel counterclockwise until the display says ÒTransposition: -
12Ó. This brings the sound of the zone down an octave, without changing its position on the
keyboard.
Zone:3*|||||0:003|
Transposition:|-12
For
Zone 4
, use the top octave of the keyboard (C7-C8), and select your own instrument and
transposition. Now youÕve got a complete Setup. Just for fun, change the Hi limit of Zone 2
(the strings) to C8. Since zones can overlap freely, this will extend the string sound so that it acts
as a ÒpadÓ underneath the sounds in the upper two zones. Now press the
Solo
button to turn it
off, and listen to all four of your newly edited zones.
Zone:1||||||0:001|||
Low:C|-1|Hi:G|9|||||
Current
Zone
Bank & Program number
for current Zone
ValuePara- ValuePara-
meter meter
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