Global Parameters
Musician’s Guide
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the Device IDs must agree or the PC88 will ignore it. If you want to make sure the Setup can be
sent back into
any
PC88, set the Device ID to 127 before you dump it.
Transmit Buttons
Xmit Buttons
lets you transmit every button press on a PC88 as a MIDI System Exclusive
command. This allows you to have a sequencer memorize all of your moves when
programming or playing the instrument, for playback later.
Transmit Reverb Sysex
This parameter lets you transmit your current PC88 effects settings to a sequencer whenever
you select a Setup. Since
Xmit Rvb Sysex
can create a large amount of MIDI data, however, it
should normally be set to
Off
.
When Xmit Rvb Sysex is set to
On
, the PC88 will send SysEx messages describing its current
effects settings whenever you select a Setup. This means that when you subsequently transmit
from the sequencer to the PC88, the effects settings youÕve saved will be used instead of the
PC88Õs defaults.
Memory Available
The PC88 has a generous amount of on-board memory, but itÕs not inexhaustible. If you Þnd
that youÕre storing huge numbers of Setups and wonder how long you can keep it up, check the
Mem avail
parameter from time to time. The value when it comes from the factory is 183k; once
you get below 5k, itÕs time to think about deleting some unnecessary Setups. If you donÕt want
to get rid of the Setups entirely, use
Dump all Setups
(described below) to send your Setups
out over the MIDI cable as System Exclusive data. You can also dump individual Setups; see
ÒDumping a SetupÓ in Chapter 5.
By the way, the PC88Õs memory is battery-backed. See Chapter 1 for information on this.
Reset PC88
If you press
Enter
, the display will ask ÒAre You Sure?Ó, which gives you an important
opportunity to think about what youÕre doing. This is a ÒhardÓ reset: all of the parameters on
the PC88 are set to their initial factory state, which includes all Setups and Effects. If you arenÕt
concerned about losing any and all work youÕve done on the instrumentÕs parameters (or if you
want
to start from scratch), then press
Enter
again and the instrument resets. Or, press
Cancel
if
youÕve had a change of heart.
There is also a ÒsoftÓ reset function, which is much kinder, and only serves to shut the PC88 up
without changing any memorized parameters: itÕs the equivalent of turning the power off and
on again, but itÕs gentler on the power supply. Soft reset is accomplished by pressing, in the
numeric keypad, the
+/-
,
0
, and
Clear
buttons simultaneously. In most circumstances, if your
MIDI setup starts getting weird and not responding the way you want, try the
Panic
button
Þrst, then press
Internal Voices
(to limit the amount of MIDI data being sent), and use the soft
reset only if those donÕt work.
Dump all Setups
Press
Enter
and all of the Setups in memory are sent out over the MIDI cable as System
Exclusive data. This allows you to store your entire PC88Õs memory into an external device like
a sequencer or computer Þles in one operation. To restore the memory, simply play back the
System Exclusive Þle into the PC88 (Þrst making sure the Device IDs are correct).
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