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Setup Mode

The Setup Editor

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valuesfortriggeringmoreusefuloctaves.SeethetablebelowforShiftPatternsteprangesand

theircorrespondingstartingoctave.

Selecting The Desired Octave Range:

Youadjustthestartingoctavemanually,usingtheOffsetparameteronthecorresponding

controller’ssetuppage.IntheOffsetfield,theadditionorsubtractionofthenumberofstepsin

your

currentshiftpatternwillraiseorlowerthestartingoctaveinrelationshiptothedefault

startingoctave.Forexample,inashiftpatternwith3steps,anOffsetvalueof9wouldcausea

controllervalueof0tomakeShiftKeyNumbertriggernotesinoctaveC3‐C‐4,

3octavesabove

thedefaultC0‐C1.Offsetvaluesthatarenotmultiplesofthenumberofcurrentshiftpattern

stepswillchangewhichstepthepatternbeginsonatcontrollervalue0,thusoffsettingthe

relationshipbetweenallofthecontroller’svaluesandcurrentshiftpattern’s steps.

Adjusting Controller Range:

WhenusingShift

KeyNumber,thenumberofstepsintheShiftPatternalsoaffectstherange of

valuesthatwillcauseacontrollertotriggerashiftpatternstep,andinturnaffecttheuseful

rangeofthephysicalcontroller.Withashiftpatternof12notes,the128differentnotesthat

the

PC3LEcantriggerareevenlyspacedovertherangeofthecontroller.Patternswithlessthan12

stepswilltriggernotesineveryoctaveoverashorterrangeofthecontroller.Forexample,ina

shiftpatternwith3steps,bydefaultthecontrollervalues0to2willtrigger

notesstartinginthe

lowestpossibleoctave,andcontrollervalues27to30willtriggernotesinthehighestpossible

fulloctave.Usingaknobforthiscontroller,onlyabout1/4thaturnofthe knobwouldbe

triggeringnotes.Thisdecreasedusefulrangemakesthecontrollerhardertouse

accurately.To

remedythis,youcanadjustacontrollersbehaviorbyusingtheScaleparameteronthe

correspondingcontroller’ssetuppage(seeScalebelow.)AdjusttheScalevaluetostretchthe

usefulvaluesofthecontrolleracrossit’swholephysicalrange.Ascalevalueoflessthan100%

willbehelpful

forpatternswithfewerthan12steps.Experimentbyadjustingthescalevalue

untilthehighestdesirednoteistriggeredatthetopofthecontroller’sphysicalrange.SeeScale

intheContinuousControllerParameterssectionofthischapterformoredetailsontheScale

parameter.Forshiftpatternswith

morethan12steps,youwillrunoutofcontrollervalues

beforeyourshiftpatterntriggersineveryoctave.Ifyouwanttobeabletoaccessallofthe

availableoctaves,youcanachievethisbysettingmultiplecontrollerstoShiftKeyNumber.

Next,usetheScaleandOffsetparameters

foreachcontroller,adjustingeachtotriggerthe

desiredrangeofoctaves.

Default Octave Shifting

Total # of Shift Pattern Steps Starting Octave

1-12 C0-C1

13-24 C1-C2

25-36 C2-C3

37-48 C3-C4

1 2 ... 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 ... 378 379

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