Chapter 7 Setup Mode - Kurzweil PC3LE Musician's Manual

Chapter 7
Setup Mode
In Setup mode, the PC3LE can take on the identity of 16 distinct instruments and 16 distinct
MIDI transmitters, each of which can use the setup's physical controller assignments (or any
subset of those controller assignments). For example, you can create a setup that is split into 16
different keyboard regions (called zones). Each zone can play its own program, while also
transmitting on its own MIDI channel. Each zone can also have an independent arpeggiator and
one riff. You can also record the output of a setup to Song mode.
Selecting setups in Setup mode is much like selecting programs in Program mode—just use one
of the normal data entry methods to scroll through the list of setups. There are, however, some
important differences between a program and a setup. A program plays on a single keyboard
zone and on a single MIDI channel. A setup enables you to use up to 16 keyboard (or MIDI
controller) zones, each of which can have its own program, MIDI channel, and control
assignments. The parameters you define for each setup affect programs only while you are in
Setup mode. An exception to this is the control setup, which we discuss on page 7‐69.
Press the Setup mode button to enter Setup mode, you'll see a list of setups with the currently
selected setup highlighted in the middle of the list. Select a setup by scrolling through the list
with the Alpha Wheel, cursor buttons, or ‐/+ buttons, or enter a setup's ID# with the
alphanumeric pad and press the Enter button.
When you move a physical controller (knob, switch, pad, etc.,) that has been assigned to a
control destination, the info box on the left‐hand side of the main Setup mode page briefly
displays the corresponding Program and controller assignment for the last moved controller
(see Controllers (CTRLS) Page on page 7‐10 to learn more.) Press the Info soft button to see a list
of all of the controller assignments for all zones of the current setup. On the Info page, use the
Alpha Wheel, cursor buttons, or ‐ / + buttons to scroll through the list.
You can transpose the entire setup up or down by octaves with the two Octav soft buttons.
When you transpose a setup, the split points between zones remain in place; each program is
transposed within its respective zone. Use the two Xpose buttons to transpose the setup up or
down by half steps.
The Panic soft button sends All Notes Off and Reset All Controllers messages to all zones, and
stops all arpeggiators and riffs.
When you select a setup in Setup mode, the PC3LE sends a number of MIDI messages, on each
of the MIDI channels used by the setup. Some of these include: Program Change commands,
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