Using The Arpeggiator With A Sequencer Or External Controller; Using The Pc1 To Control External Slaves; Sending Bank-Select And Program-Change Messages - Kurzweil PC1 - MUSICIANS GUIDE REV B Manual

Programming your PC1

Using the PC1 to Control External Slaves

Using the Arpeggiator with a Sequencer or External Controller

If you are sequencing and you use a setup with arpeggiation, the PC1 sends the actual notes
generated by the arpeggiator to the sequencer. When you play back the sequence, it simply sends
back those notes and does not activate the arpeggiator.
But if, for some reason, you need to have the sequencer or other MIDI source send notes to the
arpeggiator itself, you must use the Remap function. To do this, press the Global button, then
press the Right cursor button until you see the MIDI In parameter. If you set this to Remap, then
all incoming MIDI note messages will be treated as if you played those notes on the keyboard of
the PC1 itself.
The MIDI channel info on the incoming data is ignored; The PC1 simply takes the note numbers
(and controller messages) and sends them to each zone based on the note range settings for that
zone. It's the same as playing that note on the keyboard itself. So you probably wouldn't want to
send more than one channel of MIDI information from your source, since the note messages will
get mixed together.

Using the PC1 to Control External Slaves

Anything you play or transmit from the PC1 can control an external keyboard or module in
addition to―or instead of―the PC1's internal sounds. There is really only one parameter you
need to set.
1. Start with Setup 128 Default Setup. Press the Edit button and then press the Enter button
to enter the MIDI Xmit menu , then set the channel to the channel number that you
wish to use to control your external slave.
Press the Right cursor button. Set the Dest parameter to MIDI.
2.
3. Edit any other parameters you need to control your slave (such as setting the bank and
program change, controller settings, etc.).
When you set the Program parameter for zones assigned to MIDI only, the Program parameter
will display External Program, since―of course―the PC1 doesn't know the names of the
programs on your external slave. But you will always see the program and bank numbers.
If you want to make a setup that layers PC1 sounds with external sounds, the simplest way to is
to set some zones to MIDI (to play the external slave) and other zones to Local (to play the PC1).
It's possible to have a zone set to Local+MIDI (and in fact the default does just that). In this case,
one zone can play both the PC1 and external slave.

Sending Bank-Select and Program-Change Messages

This feature is useful when you're using the PC1 to control other instruments or a sequencer, in
which case you'll be sending lots of program-change messages via MIDI. Since many instruments
contain multiple banks or programs, you'll also be sending bank-select messages.
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