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Programming your PC1
Basic Editing Concepts
Editing Short Cuts: Intuitive Entry
If you do a lot of editing, you'll spend a fair amount of time finding parameters and changing
values. The PC1 has quite a few parameters, and many of those parameters have long lists of
values. Intuitive entry can help speed up the editing process in several ways.
Short Cuts for Changing Parameter Values
You can use any continuous physical controller (Wheels, Pedals, Ribbons, Pressure, or Knobs A–
D on the PC1) to change the value of the current parameter very quickly. You can also use the
keyboard in some cases. Here are three quick examples.
Transposing Setup Zones
1.
Go to Setup edit mode if you aren't already there, and press Edit.
2.
Find the Transpose menu (it's fourth in the list). Press Enter.
3.
Press Enter again, and hold it down. Then play a note from the keyboard. The distance
of that note from C 4 (Middle C) sets the number of semitones of transposition. For
example, if you played E 4, you'd transpose the current zone up a third (four semitones).
Setting the Key Range of a Setup Zone
1.
Go to Setup edit mode if you aren't already there, and press Edit.
2.
Find the Key Range menu (it's third in the list). Press Enter.
3.
Press and hold Enter, then play a note on your keyboard. This sets the low key, since the
Low parameter becomes current when you press Enter.
4.
Select the Hi parameter.
5.
Press and hold Enter, then play another note, which sets the high key.
Short Cuts for Navigating the Controllers Menu
The Controllers menu contains over a hundred parameters. Scrolling through them one by one
can be time-consuming, so we've made it easier to get around.
Instant Parameter Selection
This technique works for all physical controllers, including mono pressure.
1.
Go to Setup edit mode if you aren't already there, and press Edit.
2.
Press and hold the Global button in the mode region.
3.
Move any controller on the PC1. This selects the Ctrl Num parameter for the
corresponding controller. For example, holding down the Global button and moving
Mod Wheel instantly selects Ctrl Num parameter for the Mod Wheel
Parallel Parameter Selection
Every physical controller shares a common set of basic parameters, organized into groups—the
same (or nearly the same) group of parameters for each controller. Suppose you're setting the
Ctrl Num parameters for Knobs A–D in the current zone of the setup you're editing. You don't
have to scroll through all Knob A parameters to get to the Ctrl Num parameter for Knob B.
Just press both cursor buttons together, and you'll jump directly to the Ctrl Num parameter for
Knob B.
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