Creating A Setup From An Internal Voice - Kurzweil PC88 Musician's Manual

Setups and Zones

Creating a Setup from an Internal Voice

Creating a Setup from an Internal Voice
There are two ways to create a Setup. One is to take an existing Setup and modify it. The other
is to build one up from an Internal Voice. An Internal Voice, as you may have Þgured out by
now, is in most respects a Setup with Zones 2, 3, and 4 turned off. Remember that the
controllers on Zone 1 will by default have the assignments that they had in Internal Voices
mode (slider A: Ctl 91, slider B: Ctl 93, etc.) Adding Zones to an Internal Voice will turn it into a
Setup. LetÕs try it.
Press Internal Voices and then Classical Piano . Press the Zone 2 button, and the display will
show a program number for the Zone but the name will be ÒZone OffÓ. Go to Zone Parameters
and press MIDI Transmit . The MIDI Channel is ÒOffÓ. Use the alpha wheel to set the MIDI
Channel to Ò2Ó. The Zone 2 button glows orange, indicating the Zone is now active, but muted.
Press it to make it active. Press the Program button and then, on the numeric keypad, 1 , 3 ,
Enter . This will bring the Acoustic Bass sound into Zone 2. (Or, if you have the VGM board, try
1 , +/- , 3 , 5 , Enter . This will put the Fretless Bass sound from Bank 1 Ñ the General MIDI bank Ñ
into the Zone.)
LetÕs split this keyboard. Press Key Range under Zone Parameters . The display shows the
range C-1 to G 9, which is the entire MIDI range (128 notes). WeÕll leave the low limit where it
is, but weÕll set the upper limit so that the bass sound only plays on the bottom 2-1/2 octaves of
the keyboard. Press the right cursor button( >>> ) so that the underline cursor is underneath the
ÒGÓ in the display. Press the Enter button and hold it, and play E3 (below C4) on the keyboard.
Now play the keyboard. From the bottom of the keyboard to two octaves and a Þfth higher, you
will hear the bass sound and the piano sound. Above that, you will hear only the piano sound.
To limit the low range of the piano sound, press Zone 1 to make it current. Use the left cursor
button to bring the underline below the ÒCÓ in the display. Again press and hold Enter , and
play C3 (just below E3) on the keyboard. The notes at the bottom of the keyboard now belong
only to the bass. The piano starts in at the third ÒCÓ, and the bass stops above the third ÒEÓ.
WeÕve created two Zones with different instruments, which overlap for a short interval on the
keyboard.
LetÕs save the entire SetupÑall two Zones. Press Store (also under Zone Parameters ) and the
display says ÒSave Setup 33?Ó (or 65 if you have the VGM board). This is the lowest-numbered
Setup location that does not currently have a Setup in it. Press the right cursor button ( >>> ) and
the display changes to ÒRename Setup 33?Ó. Press Enter on the numeric keypad, and you can
now create a name for the Setup before you save it. (If you donÕt, the Setup will be named
ÒSetup 33Ó.) To change the letters in the name, Þrst select which letter to change with the cursor
keys, and then change each letter with the Alpha wheel. Press Enter when youÕre done, and the
display again asks ÒSave Setup 33?Ó. Press Enter , and the new Setup, with its new name, is
stored as Setup 33. ThereÕs more about saving and naming in the next chapter.
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