Kurzweil PC3LE Musician's Manual page 217

Master Mode
MIDI Receive (RECV)
Local Keyboard Channel (LocalKbdCh)
The Local Keyboard Channel enables an external MIDI device to function as if it is the PC3LE's
keyboard and physical controllers. This allows one MIDI channel of an external MIDI device to
control multiple MIDI channels of the PC3LE, even if the external MIDI device only transmits on
one channel.
In Setup Mode, when the LocalKbdCh parameter is set to match the channel on which the
external MIDI device is transmitting, the setup will play on the external MIDI device as it does
on the PC3LE's keyboard. See the Continuous Controller Messages From External MIDI
Devices on page 9‐22 section below for details on receiving continuous controller messages from
an external MIDI device when a Local Keyboard Channel is set. Also, in Setup Mode, when the
LocalKbdCh parameter is set to match the channel on which the external MIDI device is
transmitting, external MIDI received by a Zone is sent to the destination set with each Zones'
CH/PROG page Destination parameter (see Destination on page 7‐6 for details.) In this case, if a
Zone is sending the external MIDI to the USB or MIDI Out ports, the MIDI messages will be
remapped to the channel of the Zone, and any note transposition set for the Zone will be
applied.
In Setup Mode, when the LocalKbdCh parameter is set to None, an external MIDI device will
play a single Program. The played program will be on a Zone of the current Setup that has a
Channel parameter (on the Setup Editor CH/PROG page) which matches the channel on which
the external MIDI device is transmitting. (If no Zone's Channel parameter matches, the external
device will play the program that was last used by that channel in Program or Setup Mode.) When the
Program of a Setup Zone is played from an external MIDI controller with the LocalKbdCh
parameter set to None, Setup MIDI parameters (most noticeably key range and transposition)
will not be applied. (See Input Channel on page 7‐8 for details on applying these parameters
when playing a single zone from an external MIDI device.) Also, in Setup Mode, when Local
Keyboard Channel is set to None, external MIDI sent to any channel is output from the MIDI
Thru port, but not from the MIDI Out port or USB port.
The Local Keyboard Channel parameter also affects how external MIDI devices interact with
Program Mode. In Program Mode, when the LocalKbdCh parameter is set to match the channel
on which the external MIDI device is transmitting, the external MIDI device will play the
Program on the channel currently selected on the Program Mode main page. (The Program Mode
main page shows the current channel on the right of the top line.) Also, in this case, external MIDI
received by a Program is sent to the destination set by the Destination parameter on the Master
Mode MIDI Transmit page (see Destination on page 9‐12 for details.)
In Program Mode, when the LocalKbdCh parameter is set to None, an external MIDI device
will trigger the program on the channel that it is transmitting, no matter which channel is
currently selected on the Program Mode main page. In this case, external MIDI sent to any
channel is output from the MIDI Thru port, but not from the MIDI Out port or USB port.
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