Programming Your Pc1; In This Chapter; Basic Editing Concepts; Overview - Kurzweil PC1 - MUSICIANS GUIDE REV B Manual

Chapter 4

Programming Your PC1

In This Chapter

Chapter 4 shows you how to program your PC1. The overview introduces a few important
features and concepts, while the following sections provide more detail.
Basic Editing Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Program Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setup Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Common Editing Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Using the Arpeggiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Using the PC1 to Control External Slaves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working with an External Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Trouble Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29

Basic Editing Concepts

So far we've explained the PC1 primarily from a performance standpoint, covering the
fundamentals of selecting programs and setups, and applying real-time controls and effects.
There's much more to the PC1, however-you can modify existing programs, setups, and effects
in countless ways, or create completely new ones. We call this editing, and there are a few
concepts that apply to editing in general, whether you're working on programs, setups, or effects.

Overview

Editing consists of changing the value of one or more parameters. A parameter defines one
particular component of a program or setup (or the PC1 itself). These parameters are organized
into menus-groups of related parameters. There are separate menus for programs, setups, and
more. There's also a set of global parameters affecting the entire PC1.
For example, in every MIDI setup, each zone has a parameter called MIDI Channel. This
parameter's value determines the channel on which the PC1 transmits (and possibly receives)
MIDI information. Every parameter has a default value set at the factory.

Beginning to Edit

If you want to change the value of any parameter, there are three basic steps:

Entering an edit mode

Finding a parameter and changing its value

Naming and storing (saving)
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