Do I Need All Those Pedals; Multiple Controllers - Kurzweil PC88 Musician's Manual

Setup Decrement
Goto Setup
(once you go to another Setup, this SetupÕs parameters are no longer operative)
Sequence Start
Sequence Stop
(Start and Stop will usually be on the same button, as On and Off Ctrls)
Sequence Continue
Transpose Up
Transpose Down

Do I Need All Those Pedals?

ItÕs important to realize that you donÕt have to have an actual pedal plugged into every Pedal
and Switch Pedal jack in order to take advantage of all of them. Entry and Exit Values can be
assigned to a Zone and a physical controller even if the controller isnÕt there, and they will
behave as if the controller were in fact plugged in. So if you want a speciÞc group of Controller
commands to be sent out whenever you choose a Setup, and you know theyÕre not going to
change while youÕre playing, you can assign them to physical controllers that arenÕt in use.

Multiple Controllers

Sometimes it can come in handy to assign the same Controller to more than one physical
controller. For example, you might want to be able to control modulation depth both with
Wheel 2 and pressure. The PC88 has no restrictions on assigning multiple controllers to a
particular MIDI message. For live performers, a useful trick is to assign Goto Setup to the three
buttons (E, F, and G) each with its own value. This lets you choose from among three Setups
(more if you want to include the Switch pedals in the fun) to jump to, at any one time.
Remember though, since going to another Setup turns off all of the old SetupÕs parameters,
youÕll have to include GotoÕs in the Setups youÕre going to, or you may not be able to get back!
HereÕs an example. YouÕre playing a tune in which you want to use four Setups, numbers 1, 12,
14, and 82. HereÕs how you would program the buttons to be able to move among the four
Setups at will:
Copying Parameters
Very often, two or more Zones in a Setup will be very similar Ñ perhaps all of the MIDI
parameters will be identical, but you want to use a different instrument sound on a certain
portion of the keyboard. Since there are so many parameters that deÞne a Zone, it can be
difÞcult making sure theyÕre all the same in two different Zones. For that reason, a Copy
function has been included.
Leave the Controllers mode (itÕs a special case, which weÕll talk about in a moment) by pressing
any of the other buttons on the top row of Zone Parameters. Select a Zone from the current
Musician's Guide
x
Ö
x
x
x
Ö
Ö
Button E
Setup 1 12
Setup 12 1
Setup 14 1
Setup 82 1
x
x
x
x
x
Ö
Ö
Goto Setup values
Button F Button G
14
14
12
12
Zone Parameters
Copying Parameters
82
82
82
14
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