Jump Editing; Assignable Controllers, Buttons, And Wheels - Kurzweil PC88 Musician's Manual

Jump Editing

While weÕre on the subject of moving around the Controllers menu quickly, thereÕs one more
technique to discuss. If you want to adjust the same parameter (for example, Scale) in different
physical controllers, thereÕs another way to get where you want to go without scrolling the
entire list. If you press both cursor buttons simultaneously, the display will jump to the same
parameter for the next controller on the list. So if you are working on the offset for Slider A, as
shown here:
Zone:2||Slider|A|
Ctrl|Scale:|25|%|
and you want to see what the offset on Slider B is set to, simultaneously press both cursor
buttons (<<< and >>>) and the offset for Slider B shows on the display:
Zone:2||Slider|B|
Ctrl|Scale:|110|%
Repeated double-pressings will take you through all of the physical controllers. What happens
when you get to the end? It stops Ñ but you can go immediately to the beginning of the list
(Wheel 1 Up) by simply pressing the Controllers button.

Assignable Controllers, Buttons, and Wheels

The sliders underneath the zone buttons (labelled A, B, C, and D); the three buttons to the right
of the sliders (labelled E, F, and G); and the two wheels at the far left of the keyboard are all
assignable to different MIDI (and PC88) functions, just like the Pedals and Switch Pedals. The
buttons can be conÞgured as momentary (they only stay on when they are being pressed) or
toggle (they alternate between two different states each time you press). They contain red
LEDÕs whose action conforms to their current conÞguration: the LED in a momentary only
lights while you hold it, while the LED in a toggle will alternate on and off with each press.
The Þrst wheel, which is most commonly used for pitchbend, can have different effects
depending on which way you push it: up from the center resting place, or down. The second
wheel has one continuous effect over its whole range.
The sliders, buttons, and wheels are all assignable on a per-zone basis, so not only can they do
different things in different setups, they may also do different things within a setup. For
example, a slider may send out Controller #7 (MIDI Volume) to one zoneÕs MIDI channel, and
at the same time send Controller #10 (Pan) to another zoneÕs MIDI channel. Much more on this
in Chapter 5.
Like the pedals, there are default settings for the assignable controllers that come with the
factory Setups.
Controller
Wheel 1 Up
Wheel 1 Down
Wheel 2
Slider A
Slider B
Musician's Guide
Default Setting
Pitchbend up (values above 64)
Pitchbend down (values below 64)
Controller #1 (Modulation)
Controller #91 (Reverb Depth)
Controller #93 (Effects Depth)
Setup, Connections, and Controls
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