User Guide

PC2 Made Easy

2. Splitting Two or More Programs

As with tutorial #1, there are two possible ways to create a Setup with a split 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 described at the beginning of

this document.

2. Press Split (the Zone 3 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:3 auto, indicating that Auto Split/Layer is turned

on. Play the keyboard. You should hear the two sounds split across the keyboard.

3. Notice that if you press the sustain pedal when playing both sides of the split, both

sides sustain. Although this might be fine in some circumstances, often you wonÕt want

this. For example, if you create a piano and bass split, you will probably want the piano

part to sustain, but not the bass.

Hold the Controllers button and step on the sustain pedal. The display jumps to show

Zone:3 SwitchPdl1, On Ctrl: 64 Sustain. Press 0, then Enter to set it to None. Now play

the keyboard and notice how the sound in zone 1 will sustain but the sound in zone 3

does not.

4. If you would like to change where the keyboard is split, you can easily do this. Press

the Split and Split Layer buttons simultaneously. The display changes to show you the

AutoSplit Key, which is currently G#3. The easiest way to change the key is to hold the

Enter button and strike the note that you want on the keyboard. This will be the top

note of the left side of the keyboard. You can also use the wheel or + and Ð buttons to

change the value.

5. Go through steps 7 and 8 in tutorial #1 to name and save your Setup.

Starting from MIDI Setups mode:

1. Go through steps 1-3 (in the section on starting from MIDI Setups) in tutorial #1.

2. Press the Key Range button. The display will show the key range for zone 1, from C-1

to G9. (C4 is middle C on the keyboard.) You are going to make zone 1 be the right side

of the split, so you need to change the lowest note for this zone. The cursor is already

under the Low Note parameter. So, simply press and hold the Enter button, then strike

the key on the keyboard that you want to be the lowest note for the right side of the

split. The display will change to show that note.

3. Go through steps 4 and 5 in tutorial #1 to create the second part of your split.