Zone Parameters
Storing a Setup
5-20 PC88
time and you get ÒCÓ. Press it yet again, and it brings us back to ÒAÓ. The number Ò2Ó button is
responsible for the letters D, E, and F, and so on.
To change the case of a letter, from UPPER to lower or the other way around, use the Ò+/-Ó
button. To get numbers into a name, use the Ò0Ó button: press it repeatedly to scroll through the
digits 0 through 9. The Clear button makes the current letter a space. To insert a space, press the
ÒEÓ button in the Assignable Controllers section. To delete a letter press the ÒFÓ button, and to
move the cursor instantly to the end of the name in the display, press ÒGÓ.
Cancel works the same way with letters as it does with numerical parameter values: use it if
you want to start over or forget the whole thing.
The PC88Õs preset voices and Setups in ROM can never be erased. You can, however, save over
them into RAM with the same number. If you subsequently delete the program in RAM, the
preset ROM program will again be stored at that number.
Dumping a Setup
From the Store function, press the right cursor button (>>>) twice and you will come to ÒDump
setupÉ?Ó. This allows you to transmit the parameters that make up this Setup over MIDI
System Exclusive to another PC88, or to a sequencer (if it is capable of recording Sysex
messages) or other MIDI storage device, so that they can be recalled at another time. If you are
using complex Setups, itÕs always a good idea to have them stored externally so you can load
them back into the PC88 should something go wrong with the memory (or if you have to do a
hard reset). You can change which Setup you are dumping by turning the Alpha wheel or
entering a number on the keypad.
Loading a Setup back into the PC88 is simply a matter of playing it from the storage device into
the PC88Õs MIDI In jack. However, the Device ID of the PC88 (which is set from the Global
menu) must be set to the same number both when dumping and reloading the Setup for this to
work. The same is true when going from one PC88 to another: they must have the same Device
ID. You can avoid problems by setting the Device ID to Ò127Ó. In MIDI-speak, this means
Òbroadcast to all unitsÓ, so any PC88 on the MIDI cable will receive the Setup data. (You might
not want to do this if you have multiple PC88s that youÕre trying to keep different from each
other.)
You canÕt dump an empty Setup Ñ if you try, the display will say ÒNot FoundÓ. Press either
cursor button or any Parameter button to get out of here.
There is also a function for dumping all Setups Ñ itÕs on the Global menu.
Deleting a Setup
The last item on the Store menu is Delete. This comes in handy when you are designing and
storing lots and lots of fancy Setups. It erases a Setup from memory without replacing it with
another Setup, thus freeing up more space to store other Setups in other locations. (You can
check the free memory in the PC88 at any time, using the ÒMem AvailÓ option on the Global
menu.) From the Store function, press the right cursor button (>>>) three times. The display
says ÒDelete setupÉ?Ó. If the number is wrong, change it with the alpha wheel or numeric
keypad. If the Setup is empty, the display will say ÒNot FoundÓ and nothing will happen. Press
the left cursor button or any Parameter button to bail out.
The factory-programmed Setups in the Þrst 32 locations (64 if you have a VGM board) cannot
be deleted, although they can be written over. You can Store any Setup in any of those locations,
but if you then Delete it, the factory Setup that was originally in that location will reappear.
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