User Guide

PC2 Made Easy

12. Transposing a Zone with a Button

LetÕs say that you need to be able to play a song in two different keys (maybe you have

two different singers for your band) and you have only learned how to play the song in

one key. You can use a button to transpose the keyboard so that you can play the same

notes but hear it transposed to a different key.

1. Create a single zone Setup, following tutorial #1 (from the section on starting from

MIDI Setups).

2. Hold the Controllers button and press the SW4 controller button (above the pitch

bend wheel). The display now shows. Zone:1 Button SW4, On Ctrl: None. Press 145,

then Enter to set the On Ctrl to Transpose Up. If you would prefer to transpose down,

press 146, then Enter to select Transpose Down.

3. Press the >> button. Set the On Value for the number of semi-tones you want to

transpose up (or down). For example, if you want to transpose up a minor 3rd, you

would set it to 3.

4. Press the >> button. Move the alpha wheel 1 click clockwise to set the Off Ctrl to

Transpose Down. (If you originally chose Transpose Down in step 2, then set Off Ctrl to

Transpose Up.)

5. Press the >> button. Set the Off value to the same amount you chose for the On

Value.

6. Name and Save your Setup. Now play the keyboard, then press the SW4 button and

play the same notes again. You will hear the keyboard transposed in the direction and

amount that you chose. Pressing the SW4 button will return the keyboard to no

transposition.

Keep in mind that if you use this technique on a Setup with more than 1 zone, you will

have to program each zone for the same transposition, if you want them all to

transpose.

You may have noticed that there is also a button marked Transpose in the Zone

Parameter section. If you simply want a zone to always be transposed by a specific

amount (for example, to have one zone an octave higher than another zone), then it is

much simpler to use the Transpose button instead of programming a controller. But if

you need the ability to switch back and forth between transposition and no

transposition, the method described above is the way to do it.

Also, you can combine the two methods. For example, you could create a Setup with one

zone transposed up an octave from another zone using the Transpose button, then use

controller method to move both zones by a minor 3rd.

As we mentioned in the Introduction, the SW1 button is labeled Octave Shift. This will

shift the keyboard down one octave in Internal Voices Mode and in some Setups.

However, it is important to note that this button is NOT specifically dedicated to doing

an octave shift. We have simply assigned this button to Transpose Up or Down, with an

On value of 12. In the case of the Internal Voices Setup, zones 1 & 2 transpose Down,