Kurzweil PC88 Musician's Manual page 24

Setup, Connections, and Controls
Front Panel Controls
through long lists of parameters to Þnd the one you want to adjust. In the third, you can
instantly select a MIDI Receive channel to audition and edit. (WeÕll refer to the more
conventional way of getting around the instrument as ÒDirect EntryÓ.)
Value setting
The Òvalue settingÓ mode of Intuitive Entry lets you use any physical controller (including the
keyboard) to adjust a parameter shown on the display. Press and hold down the Enter button
(on the numeric keypad) and move any controller or play a note. The value of the parameter
will change to reßect the position of the controller or the number of the note.
HereÕs an example. Press Transpose. With Direct Entry, you would move the Alpha wheel to set
the value of this parameter. Press and hold Enter, and move one of the four controller sliders Ñ
it doesnÕt matter which. Watch the Transpose value in the display change. The slider covers the
entire range from -127 to 127.
HereÕs another. Press Key Range (under Zone Parameters) to look at the key range of the
current zone. Hold down the Enter button, and play a note. That note is now the low limit of
the range. Press the right cursor (>>>) button, press and hold Enter again, and play another
note. This sets the high limit. And one more example. Press Controllers. The display says
ÒWheel 1 Up/Ctrl Num: Pitch UpÓ. Moving the Alpha wheel clockwise will scroll you through
a dozen or so assorted functions, while moving it counter-clockwise will scroll down through
128 MIDI controllers. Getting to something at the the other end of the list can be pretty time-
consuming, so thereÕs an alternative: press and hold Enter, grab a slider, and shove it to the
bottom of its range. YouÕre now at the beginning of the list: ÒNoneÓ. If youÕd like to be
somewhere else in the list, move the slider accordingly.
At all times, the Alpha Wheel and + and Ð buttons are active, so if Intuitive Entry doesnÕt get
you exactly where you want to go, you can make Þne adjustments with them. Any continuous
foot pedals can be used to perform Intuitive Entry, and so can the modulation and pitch wheels.
Parameter Selecting
The second way to use Intuitive Entry is used only when assigning physical controllers.
Normally, when you press the Controllers button, the display shows ÒWheel 1 UpÓ, and you
can now assign a MIDI command to the upper half of the pitch wheel. If you want to adjust a
different physical controller, you have to use the cursor buttons to scroll through the entire
menu of parameters for each controller: a half-dozen or so parameters for 17 physical
controllers.
You can speed up the process by holding down the cursor button and letting it auto-repeat, but
thereÕs an even faster way: press and hold the Controllers button, and while youÕre holding,
move the physical controller you want to work on. The display will jump to the Þrst parameter
for that controller. This works with all of the programmable sliders, buttons, wheels, pedals,
and switch pedals, and it also works with keyboard pressure: hold the Controllers button, and
press hard on any note. The display will jump to ÒMPressureÓ (mono pressure), and you can set
its assignment.
MIDI Receive
The third Intuitive Entry mode is used when setting the MIDI Receive channels. Setting these
channels is important when using the PC88 with a sequencer, and a complete explanation is in
Chapter 8. To choose a channel quickly, either to inspect, audition, or edit, press and hold the
MIDI Receive button, and then one of the numbered Voice buttons. The display will jump to
the channel corresponding to the number of the Voice button.
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