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Setup Mode

The Setup Editor

Selecting The Desired Key (Root Note):

ShiftKey(ShiftKey,controllerdestination177)allowstheusertoselectthekey(rootnote)of

theShiftPatterntriggeredbyShiftKeyNumber.AShiftPatternisarelativepatternbasedona

rootnote.AllnotestriggeredbyaShiftPatternareshiftedfromtherootnote

bythevalueof

eachpatternstep(inhalf‐steps.)

WhenusingaShiftPatternwithShiftKeyNumberyoucanselectthekeywithoneormore

controllerssettotheShiftKeydestination.Youcanuseacontinuouscontrollersuchasaknobto

cyclethroughkeys,orswitches

settopredeterminedkeys.Forexample,ifyouareplayinga

songthatmovesbetween2or3keys,acoupleofsw i tchescouldbeprogrammedinorderto

sendtheappropriateShiftKeymessageforeachkeychange.Thatwayallthenotesyouare

triggeringwithaShift

KeyNumbercontrollerwillbeintheappropriatescale.Youcouldalso

createasetupforasongwithmultiplezones,eachwithitsownpre‐setkeyandappropriate

shiftpattern.Thatway,foreachchordchangeyoucouldmoveadifferentcontrollerthatwould

createthecorrectharmony.

Another

waytochooseakeyistosetShiftKeytoLastNotePlayedmode,inwhichthelastnote

playedinthezonewillsetthekey.Forexample,youcouldsetthezonebeingusedforShiftKey

NumbertohaveaKeyRangethatcoversonlyafew

ofthekeyboard’slowestoctaves.This

wouldallowyoutoplayrootnotebasslinesthatchangethekeythatShiftKeyNu mberplaysin,

leavingtheupperoctavesofthekeyboardopenforusebyotherzones.

IfShiftKeyissettoLastNotePlayedandnonote

isplayed,thedefaultkeyisC.Eachzonecan

haveadifferentShiftKey,soyoucanhavezonespreprogrammedwiththekeysyouwantto

use,orhavethemallinthesamekey,orjustchangethekeyinrealtimewhileyouare playing.

A Note About Octave Range:

WhenusingShift

KeyNumber,shiftpatternswithmorethan12stepsbegintriggeringnotesin

higheroctaves.Thisisdonebecauselongershiftpatternsuseupmoreofacontroller’srange,

andlimitthenumberofoctavesthatasinglecontrollercantrigger.Sincethelowestoctaveofa

programisoften

toolowtobemusicallyuseful,thePC3LEwillautomaticallystarttriggering

notesfromlongershiftpatternsinhigheroctaves.Thissavesroominthecontroller’srangeof

Shift Key Settings

Value Key (root note)

0-9 C

10-19 C#

20-29 D

30-39 D#

40-49 E

50-59 F

60-68 F#

69-78 G

79-88 G#

89-98 A

99-108 A#

109-118 B

119-127 Last Note Played

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