USB Audio Interface/ MIDI Keybroad Controller PC-80 Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- Important Notes
- Contents
- Contents of the package
- Names of things and what they do
- Setup
- Operation
- Appendix
- Using the PC-80 as a MIDI controller keyboard
- Basic connection example and signal flow
- The PC-80’s basic operating modes
- Transmitting various MIDI messages from the PC-80
- Setting the MIDI transmit channel
- Selecting sounds—Transmitting Program Change and Bank Select Massages
- Starting/stopping playback data—Transmitting a Start/Stop/Continue message
- Transmitting messages to an external MIDI sound module
- Setting the split points
- Using the VALUE encoder to transmit values for a specified parameter
- Using the PC-80 as a MIDI interface
- Using the PC-80 as an audio interface
- System settings for the PC-80
- PC-80 driver settings
- Troubleshooting
- Driver-related problems (Windows)
- Can’t record or play back audio or MIDI/No sound
- Noise or pops are heard when recording/playing on your computer
- Noise or distortion occurs when the PC-80 is not connected to your computer
- The sound is too weak
- Problems with the PC-80 Software Synthesizer
- Won’t start up
- The menu does not appear correctly (can’t select it)
- No sound
- Sound is too loud/too soft
- Clicks, pops, or noise occurs in the sound
- Sounds you play from the keyboard are delayed
- Can’t control sounds or parameters from the PC-80
- Can’t play back song data/Playback is incorrect
- Can’t use the PC-80 software synthesizer from other software
- Uninstalling the PC-80 software synthesizer
- MIDI implementation
- Main specifications
- Index
- Using the PC-80 as a MIDI controller keyboard
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Using the PC-80 as a MIDI controller keyboard
You can transmit a
Start message
(FAh) or
Stop message
(FCh) to an external sequencer to
make it start or stop playing its sequence data.
By transmitting a
Continue message
(FBh) you can make the sequencer resume playing the
sequence data from the point where it was last stopped.
• You’ll use Controller mode to transmit Start messages and Stop messages.
• You will use
Utility mode
to transmit
Continue messages
(p. 61).
Starting/stopping playback data—Transmitting a Start/Stop/Continue message
What is Controller mode?
In this mode, the MIDI CH button, PGM CHANGE button, and VALUE encoder will perform
different functions than when in Play mode (the normal condition).
To enter Controller mode
Simultaneously press the MIDI CH button and PGM CHANGE button; the MIDI CH button and
PGM CHANGE button will light, and you will be in Controller mode.
When you once again press the MIDI CH button and PGM CHANGE button simultaneously, the
PGM CHANGE button will go out, and you will return to Play mode (the normal condition).
* Controller mode works only from Play mode. It is not available from Utility mode.
MIDI CH button PGM CHANGE button VALUE encoder
Controller mode Transmits a Start message Transmits a Stop message Transmits the specified parameter
Play mode
(the normal condi-
tion)
Specifies the MIDI transmit
channel
Specifies a Program Change
Specifies the MIDI transmit
channel or transmits a Program
message
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