User Guide

PC2 Made Easy

If you know exactly which program you want, then the fastest way is to type the bank

number, followed by the Ò+/-Ó button, followed by the program number, then Enter.

(The bank numbers were listed at the beginning of this document.)

If you want to scroll through the programs in a bank, you can press the Internal, User,

Exp1, or Exp2 buttons to switch to that bank, then use the alpha wheel to scroll through

the programs in that bank. This method canÕt be used to select a KB3 program Ð you

must use one of the other two methods if you want to switch from an Internal Voices

program to the one of the KB3 banks, or vice versa. (But you could use it to switch

between Internal and User KB3 programs.)

Another way to switch banks is to press the << button to get to the Bank parameter.

Use the alpha wheel to choose the bank you want. Then press the >> button to get back

to the Program parameter.

4. Now that you have chosen your first sound, you will choose your layered sound.

Press the Zone 2 button. The Zone 2 button turns green, showing that it is active.

5. Repeat steps 2 or 3 to assign a program for your second layer. DonÕt try and select a

KB3 program for this zone Ð remember that KB3 program can only be called up on a

single MIDI channel, by default channel 1 (and in this Setup zone 1 is assigned to

channel 1). Play the keyboard. You should hear both sounds together. Notice that the

sustain pedal works for both layers.

6. If you want to add a third or fourth layer, just repeat steps 4 and 5

7. ThatÕs it! Now all you have to do is Name and Store your Setup. Press Store. The

display says ÒSave Setup 129?Ó. (If you had previously created a Setup, it will pick the

first empty number above that.) Press the >> button so that the display says ÒRename

Setup 129?Ó. Press Enter. Now you are in the naming routine.

You will see an underline cursor under the first character (ÒDÓ). Press the <<< or >>>

soft buttons to move the cursor. Press a button on the numeric keypad one or more times

to enter a character above the cursor. The characters that correspond to the

alphanumeric buttons are labeled under each button. If the character that appears is not

the one you want, press the button again. For example, pressing 1 once will choose an

ÒAÓ. Pressing it again will choose ÒBÓ, and one more time will choose ÒCÓ. Press the +/-

button on the alphanumeric pad to switch between upper and lower case characters.

Press 0 one or more times to enter the numerals 0 through 9. Press CLEAR (on the

alphanumeric keypad) to erase the selected character without moving any other

characters. To insert a space, press the ÒSW1Ó button in the Assignable Controllers

section. To delete a character press the ÒSW2Ó button, and to move the cursor instantly

to the end of the name in the display, press the ÒSW3Ó button.

In addition to letter and number characters there are numerous other characters you can

choose. For example, if you layered piano and strings, you might want to name your

Setup ÒPiano & StringsÓ. You can choose these characters by scrolling with the alpha

wheel or the + and - buttons. At the end of this document is a list of all the characters

and the order in which they appear.