Global Parameters
Musician’s Guide
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(which is explained in Chapter 7), and they can also be modiÞed by incoming MIDI Controller
commands. Sometimes you donÕt want the Effects to change every time you switch Voices or
Setups, because it can cause a discontinuity in the sound. The
Efx Chg Mode
parameter lets
you decide under what circumstances the Effects will change. The choices are:
Panel
Ñ will not change when Setups or Internal Voices are changed, but will respond to front
panel and MIDI Controller commands on any channel.
Prog
Ñ changes when Internal Voices change, and responds to front panel and MIDI, but not
Setup changes.
Setup
Ñ will change when Setups change, and will respond to front panel and MIDI, but not
Internal Voice changes.
All
Ñ responds to everything; the default setting.
Change Setups
Chg Setups
is a very useful parameter for live performance. It determines when a newly-
selected Setup will take effect. It has two modes:
In
Immed
mode, when a new Setup is selected, the display changes immediately to show the
new Setup, and the next note played will reßect the change. Notes being held by Kurzweil
instruments continue to sound with the old voices; gear from other manufacturers may cut off
voices when they receive program changes.
In
Keys Up
mode, the change will not occur until the PC88 is in a Òno keys downÓ condition.
So if you hold any note, or even if you play sufÞciently legato so that thereÕs never a moment at
which no keys are being played, the change will be delayed. While this is happening, the light
on the Select button of the new Setup will blink. As soon as you lift all of your Þngers off, the
change goes into effect, the light comes on steadily, and all notes played after that will be in the
new Setup. The Sustain pedal wonÕt do anything to delay the Setup change; however, any
notes
from Internal Voices being held by the Sustain pedal will continue to sound with their original
voice through a Setup change, until you release the pedal.
Setup Change Channel
Setup chg chan
lets you use an external MIDI device to change the PC88Õs Setups. You can
always use external MIDI Program Change commands to change a voice on a channel or in a
Zone, but this command lets you change the entire Setup at once. Choose an unused MIDI
channel on which you would like to send Program Changes to the PC88 for changing Setups. If
you donÕt want external Program Changes to change the Setups, select
None
(the default).
MIDI In
MIDI In
modiÞes the MIDI data as it is received in the following ways.
Normal
(the default) means the incoming MIDI data is unchanged.
Remap
takes the incoming notes and treats them as if they were being produced by the PC88Õs
keyboard: they get split into four different Zones according to their note numbers, and sent out
the appropriate channels. Any notes that lie in two overlapping Zones will be sent out on
both
ZonesÕ MIDI channels. Channel numbers on incoming notes are ignored. Non-note information
(controllers, pitchbend, etc.) will be sent out on
all
active channels: for example, if the four
Zones of a Setup are transmitting on channels 2, 5, 9, and 12, any Pitchbend information
coming into the PC88 on any channel will be regurgitated on channels 2, 5, 9, and 12
simultaneously.
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