User Guide

PC2 Made Easy
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11. Switching Banks & Programs with a Pedal
A limitation of the Goto Program function described in the previous tutorial is that it
only sends a program change message, and not the bank controller. So what if you want
to switch between programs in two different banks. The following tutorial provides a
solution for this.
1. Create a multiple zone Setup, following tutorial #1 (from the section on starting from
MIDI Setups). For the purposes of this tutorial, we will assume you will use zone 1 as
the zone that will switch programs. For zone 1, choose a program in the Internal Voices
Bank 0.
2. Hold the Controllers button and step on the pedal connected to the Switch Pedal 2
jack. If you are not on zone 1, press the Zone 1 button. The display will now read Zone:1
SwitchPdl 2, On Ctrl: 66 Sosten. Press 32, then Enter. The On Controller parameter is
now set to controller #32, the bank controller.
(Unlike the previous tutorial, we will not change the Switch Type parameter, so it will
remain at its default of Momentary.)
3. Press the >> button. Decide which program you want to switch to, making sure that it
is in a different bank than the program you previously chose for zone 1. Enter the bank
number of the bank your new program is in (the bank numbers were documented at the
beginning of this document, but you might want to try #6 Internal 2 and #1 User). The
On Value is now set to the bank number.
4. Press the >> button. Press, 138, then Enter. The Off Controller parameter is now set
to Goto Program.
5. Press the >> button. Enter the number of the program you want to switch to. The Off
Value is now set to that program number.
6. Next, hold the Controllers button and press the SW4 button. Press 32, then Enter. The
On Controller parameter is now set to controller #32, the bank controller.
7. Press the >> button. Press 0, then Enter. The On Value now sends bank 0.
8. Press the >> button three times and set the Entry State parameter to On. (The Exit
State parameter should already be set to Off, but if you want to double check this, press
the >> button once more.)
9. Now press the Program button, then the >> button twice to get to the Bank Mode
parameter. Set this to None.
10. Name and Save your Setup. Step on the pedal and release it. Zone 1 should switch
to the sound you have chosen.
So what is happening? When you step on the pedal it sends the bank change command;
when you let go, it sends the program change command, allowing you to switch to any
program from any bank.