Zone Parameters
Controllers
5-12 PC88
The PC88Õs physical controllers include (in the order they appear in the menu):
• the pitch wheel, which is actually split into two controllers, one for movement up from the
center (Wheel 1 Up) and the other for movement down (Wheel 1 Dn)
• the second wheel, often referred to as the modulation wheel (Wheel 2)
• keyboard aftertouch, or Mono Pressure (MPressure)
• the four sliders (A, B, C, and D) in the Assignable Controllers section
• the four continuous control pedals (1, 2, 3, and 4)
• the three buttons (E, F, and G) in the Assignable Controllers section, and
• the two footswitch pedals (1 and 2).
Getting Around
As usual, the cursor buttons select the various parameters associated with the physical
controllers. You must scroll through all of the parameters for one physical controller before you
get to the parameters for the next physical controller. For example, if you are looking at Wheel
1 Up and you want to jump to Slider A, you have to scroll through the rest of Wheel 1 UpÕs
parameters, all of Wheel 1 DownÕs, all of Wheel 2Õs, and all of MPressureÕs before you get to
Slider A. The cursor buttons have an Òauto-repeatÓ function: hold one down and it keeps
scrolling. Each controller has either 6 or 7 parameters, so even with auto-repeat this can get
pretty tedious. Therefore, two special ways of accessing controller parameters are available.
One is Òjump selectionÓ: if you press both cursor buttons simultaneously, the display will jump
to the same parameter of the next controller. So if you are working on the scaling of Slider A, as
shown here:
Zone|1:|||Slider|A
Ctrl|Scale:|133%||
and you want to check the scaling of Slider B, press both cursor buttons (<<< and >>>) and
youÕll get Slider BÕs Scale setting:
Zone|1:|||Slider|B
Ctrl|Scale:|75%|||
The other quick method of getting around is a special Controllers Intuitive Entry mode: when
youÕre in Controllers mode, press and hold the Controllers button and then make a movement
of any kind with the physical controller you want to adjust. The display will change to show
the controller youÕve selected and its initial parameter (ÒCtrl NumÓ). Pressure can also be
selected this way: hold the Controllers button and play any note, adding a little extra weight at
the bottom of the downstroke.
To get back to the very beginning of the Controllers menu (Wheel 1 UpÕs number), just press
the Controllers button.
Intuitive Entry also works in the normal way when setting the value of a parameter: hold the
Enter key while you move any slider, wheel, or pedal, or play a note, and the value will change
accordingly. To quickly set a parameter to its default value (scale: 100%, offset: 0, curve: linear)
press the decrement (-) and increment (+) buttons simultaneously.
The Continuous Controllers
The continuous (physical) controllers are those that have a range of values: the two wheels, four sliders, and
four pedals, and also pressure. As the table above shows, all of them use the same parameters.
A word about pressure. Key Range in a Zone does not deÞne which notes will generate
pressure in that Zone. If pressure is enabled in a Zone, playing with aftertouch anywhere on the
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