User Guide

PC2 Made Easy
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If you are starting with the KB3 Setup, then you will be starting with a Setup in which
Zone 1 has a KB3 program assigned. If you decide to add a KB3 program to a different
Setup and program the controllers yourself, then you should make sure that you put the
KB3 program in Zone 1 of the Setup. Here is why:
While some of the KB3 oriented functions that can be controlled by a physical controller
are actual KB3 parameters, others are actually controlling the Effects Processor (These
are Leslie Slow/Fast, Vibrato/Chorus On/Off and Vibrato/Chorus Select).
Because the Effects are Global to the Setup, only one zone can send controller info to the
effects processor for real time control. The MIDI Channel which controls the effects
processor is determined by the settings of the FX Chg Mode and FX Channel parameters
(see page 5-25 in the manual). By default, they are set to Auto and Current, and you
probably want to leave them set that way. If they are set to those values then the MIDI
channel assigned to Zone 1 is what is controlling the effects. Therefore, you want to
assign the pedals or buttons that will control the Leslie and Vib/Chor parameters to
Zone 1, EVEN IF THE KB3 PROGRAM IS ASSIGNED TO A DIFFERENT ZONE. Any
pedals or other controllers which you are using to control the regular KB3 parameters
should be assigned to the zone that has the KB3 program in it, but the effects control
must be done from Zone 1.