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Setup Mode

The Setup Editor

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Channel

TheChannelparameterdefinestheMIDItransmitchannelforthecurrentlyselectedzone.You

cansetittoanyofthe16MIDIchannels.Normally,youwillwanteachzoneonaseparateMIDI

channel.Thisisnecessaryifyouwanttocombinedifferentprogramsinthesetup.

Iftwozones

havethesameMIDIchannel(anddestination),buttheyhavedifferentprogram

settings,therewillbeconflicts:noMIDIdevice,includingthePC3LE,canrespondcorrectlyto

twodifferentsimultaneousProgramChangecommandsononechannel.Theresultwillbethat

onlyoneProgramChangewillberecognized,andeverynote

playedwillsounddouble(ifNote

Mapsareon).Thiscancreateoddandunpredictabletimingeffects,andwillreduceyour

polyphonyby50%.

Nevertheless,therewillbeoccasionswhen“stacking”zonesonthesameMIDIchannelmight

comeinhandy.SupposeyouwantaphysicalcontrolleronthePC3LEto

senddatafortwo

differentnumberedMIDIControllersonthesamechannel.Inthiscase,youmustcreatetwozones

assignedtothesamechannel,butwithdifferentcontrollerassignments.

Here’soneexample:ifareceivingsynthisusingController1formodulationdepthand

Controller#13formodulationspeed,

youcanincreaseboththedepthandthespeedwith

Knob A.StartbyassigningKnob AinZone1toMWheelandinZone2toMIDI13;thenassign

bothzonestothesameMIDIchannel.(Youmaywanttomakesu reyouaren’tsendingdoubled

notes.UsetheNote

MapparameterontheKEY/VELpagetosetonezone’sNoteMaptoLinear

andtheotherzone’sNoteMaptoOff.)

Anotherexample:createtwoormorezonesthatareidenticalexceptfortheirtransposition

settings.Nowyoucanplayparallelintervals(orchords)withsinglekeystrikes.

MidiBank

ThePC3LE’sprogramsaredividedinto17MIDIBanks,numbered0– 16.Program46inMIDI

Bank3forexample,is430LeadOboe.TheMIDIBankparameterdisplayswhichbankthe

currentprogramisassignedto,andautomaticallychangestomatchtheProgramvalueyouset.

YoucansendBankSelect

messagestoexternalMIDIdevicesaswell,bysettingtheDestination

parametertoadestinationincludingMIDIorUSB_MIDI,thenchangingMidiBank.Some

instrumentsmayhavemorebanksthanthePC3LE.BankswitchingviaMIDImakesiteasyfor

thePC3LEusertoselectsoundsonexternalinstruments,nomatter

howmanybankstheymight

have.

WhenyouchangethevalueoftheProgramparameter,thevalueofMidiBankautomatically

changescorrespondingly.IfyouwanttotransmitaMIDIBanknumberdifferentfromtheone

correspondingtothelocalprogram,selectthelocalprogramfirst,thenchangetheMIDIbank.

If

youselectanemptybank(likeBank53),thezonewillstillproducesoundonthePC3LE,

providedthatDestinationissettoadestinationincludingLocal.TheProgramparameterwill

displaywhateverinternalprogramyouset,butthebank numbertransmittedovertheMIDIOut

portwillbedifferent

fromtheinternalprogram’sbanknumber.

MIDI Program (MidiProg)

MidiProgdefineswhichprogramnumberistransmittedouttheMIDIOutportonthecurrent

zone’sMIDIchannel.

WhenyouchangethevalueoftheProgramparameter,thevalueofMIDIProgautomatically

changescorrespondingly.IfyouwanttotransmitaMIDIprogramchangenumberdifferent

fromtheonecorrespondingtothe

localprogram,selectthelocalprogramfirst,thenchangethe

MIDIprogram.

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