User Guide

PC2 Made Easy

1. Layering Two or More Programs

To play two or more programs, you must create a Setup with a zone for each program,

and each zone set to a different MIDI channel.

As stated in the Tutorials Intro, there are two possible ways to do this Ð From Internal

Voices mode, using the Auto Split/Layer function, or from MIDI Setups mode. We

covered using the Auto Split/ Layer Function in the Basics section, but we will review it

here.

Starting from Internal Voices mode:

1. Press the Internal Voices button. Choose the Program you want for the first zone. You

can select it by using the alpha wheel, the + and - buttons, or the numeric keypad. (The

programs and their numbers are listed in Appendices A & B in the manual.) Or you can

use the Sound Select and Next/Previous Group buttons, as in the Basics & User

Interface section of this document.

2. Press Layer (the Zone 2 button). Notice that the Mode buttons change and MIDI

Setups is now lit instead of Internal Voices (since we now have 2 zones). Also notice

that the top of the display says Zone:2 auto, indicating that Auto Split/Layer is turned

on. Play the keyboard. You should hear both sounds together. Notice that the sustain

pedal works for both layers.

3. ThatÕs it! To save the Setup you have created, see Step 7 in the section below.

Remember that if you want to layer more than 2 zones, you will want to start from MIDI

Setups mode. Also remember that the Auto Split/Layer function does not work in KB3

Mode, since the buttons are used for a different purpose.

Starting from MIDI Setups mode:

1. Press the MIDI Setups button, then type 128, then press Enter on the numeric keypad.

In order to have different programs layered, each zone must be set to a different MIDI

channel. As mentioned in the Intro, Setup 128 is already designed as a good starting

point for creating a Setup. Notice that the zone 1 button is green indicating it is active.

Zone buttons 2-4 are orange, showing they are muted. The four zones are already

assigned to channels 1-4.

2. Press the Program button. Choose the Program you want for the first zone. You can

select it by using the alpha wheel, the + and - buttons, or the numeric keypad. (The

programs and their numbers are listed in Appendices A & B in the manual.) Or you can

use the Sound Select and Next/Previous Group buttons, as described at the beginning of

this document.

3. Step 2 will allow you to choose any program from the Internal Voice bank. But if you

have one of the ROM block options installed and want to choose a program from one of

those ROM blocks (or if you want to choose a KB3 program or user created program),

then you need to switch banks. There are three ways to do this.