Program Name Display; Key Range; Low, Hi; Note Map - Kurzweil PC88 Musician's Manual

Zone Parameters

Key Range

Program Name Display

The Þnal parameter under Program is PNameDisp, which determines how the program name
will be shown in the display when you select the Zone but like PNumDisp has no effect on
anything else, either the choice of program or the outgoing MIDI data.
If you set this to Internal Voices, the program name will show up as the name of the current
PC88 sound from the Internal Voices bank or (if there is one) the VGM board. A program for
which there is no internal sound (for example, in an empty bank) will be called ÒExternal ProgÓ.
If Dest (MIDI Transmit Menu) is set to MIDI, then the display will read ÒExternal Prog.Ó
Set it to General MIDI, and the PC88Õs display will show the General MIDI program list (the
VGM board does not have to be installed for this.) This is helpful if you are driving an external
General MIDI synth and would like to see those names displayed.
Set it to Off and the display says ÒExternal ProgÓ for all programs. Use this setting if you are
using neither the internal sounds nor a General MIDI synth, to avoid possible confusion.
Key Range
Parameter
Low:
Hi:

Note Map:

Low, Hi

There are three parameters under the Key Range button. The Þrst two, both of which appear on
the initial display, set the lower and upper note limits of the Zone. Use the cursor buttons to
move between the low and high settings. Intuitive entry is useful here: after youÕve chosen
which limit to set, press and hold Enter and hit the note you want.
The limits of MIDI are C-1 to G9. The normal 88-key range is A0 to C8.
You can create ÒnegativeÓ ranges by setting the high limit lower than the low limit. This results
in the Zone being active at the top and bottom of the keyboard, but being silent in the range
between the two limits. This lets you create a layer with a ÒholeÓ in the middle, which you can
then Þll with a different sound on another zone (either internal or on an external synth).
Note Map
Note Map lets you change the way notes are sent from the PC88, which can be useful in a
number of situations. The default setting is Linear: all notes go out as played. Moving
decrementally takes you to Off: no notes are sent, but controllers and other non-note data are.
Moving back up takes you through the ÒalternatingÓ maps, which weÕll skip over for just a
second.
After them comes Inverse, which turns the keyboard upside-down, with the highest key being
A 0 and the lowest C 9. Finally, if you set it to Constant (Const) all of the keys on the keyboard
will play the same note. The note defaults to C4, but you can change this with the Transpose
parameter.
5-6
C-1 to G9
C-1 to G9
Off, Linear, 1 of 2, 2 of 2, 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, 1 of 4, 2 of 4, 3 of 4,
4 of 4, Invrs, Const
Values
PC88