Kurzweil PC2 [57/170] The default setup and the clear setup

Programming Your PC2

The Setup Editor

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Before we begin with the details of setup editing, weÕll mention two useful setups that can help

you keep track of your editing efforts.

The Default Setup and the Clear Setup

Naturally you can edit any setup you want, changing values for any of the dozens of available

parameters. HereÕs something to consider, however: the factory setups often have complex

interactions between several parameters. Changing the value of one parameter can have a

greater impact than you anticipated. Consequently, weÕve made it easy for you to keep things

simple.

In the Internal setup bank are two template setups: 127 Clear Setup, and 128 Default Setup.

Setup 128 has a handful of typical controller assignments (Wheel 1, the Pitch Wheel, for

example, controls pitch bend just as you would expect it to). Setup 127 is completely ÒblankÓÑ

that is, it has no controller assignments whatsoever.

As you learn to edit setups, youÕre likely to Þnd it easier to keep track of things if you start with

one of these setups and make a few changes at a time. As you learn what kinds of features you

like in your setups, you can store them in the User bank, and use them as templates for further

editing.

In any case, the examples we provide in this section begin with Setup 128, and build from there.

In each example, weÕll refer to the setups we create using the names we suggest in the examples.

Entering the Setup Editor

1. Press the MIDI Setups button to enter MIDI Setups mode.

2. Select a setup by pressing one of the Setup Select buttons, or by using your favorite data

entry method.

3. Press any of the buttons in the Zone Parameters region of the front panel.

Creating Setups

If youÕve read Layering and Splitting on page 3-17, you know how to create layered setups using

the AutoSplit feature. Doing it this way, however, adds a lot of other features to the resulting

setup, and you may not want that. Sometimes itÕs better to start from scratch.

1. Start by selecting Setup 128.

2. Press the Zone 1 through Zone 4 buttons in turn. As you press each button, notice how the

bottom line of the display shows you the corresponding zone number.

YouÕll also notice that every zone already has a program assigned to it. ThatÕs Þne, because

you can always mute zones (or turn then off). In fact, all the zones are muted now (their

zone buttons are orange). You muted Zone 1 when you pressed its button, because it was

the current zone. LetÕs shut two of the zones off, to make the setup as simple as possible.

3. Press the MIDI Xmit button. YouÕre now in the Setup Editor.

4. Press the Zone 3 button. The display looks like this:

Zone:3-||||||||0:105

MIDI|Channel:|03