User Guide

PC2 Made Easy
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Now you have a single zone setup that only sends data out of the MIDI Out port -
which gives you the same thing as turning Local Control Off and playing in Internal
Voices mode.
There are several reasons why you may want to use this second method. First of all,
Local Control resets back to On each time you power up the PC2. The second reason is
that you can edit this Setup to assign the controllers to specific values you might want to
use when sequencing.
The final reason has to do with selecting programs. Typically the best way to choose the
individual programs you want for each track is to choose them in your sequencer. If you
have a patch list for the PC2, you can call up the programs by name, otherwise you can
put the program and bank change messages in the track.
However some people like to call up the sounds on the instrument itself. The MIDI
Receive button can be used to call up different programs on different MIDI channels. But
the way the PC2 is designed, when you turn Local Control Off globally, it wonÕt send
the program changes internally to the MIDI Channel, even in the MIDI Receive menu. So
what happens is that when you go to the MIDI Receive button and call up a sound for a
specific channel, the sound doesnÕt actually change to the new sound!
Since with the second method, Local Control is not turned off globally, when you go to
the MIDI Receive button, you will be able to change the programs for individual
channels. So whenever you want to sequence, just call up this Setup.
Calling up Programs and sending initial setup info to each track.
Unlike some instruments by other manufacturers, the PC2 does not allow you to save
multi-timbral configurations (such as a ÒCombiÓ or ÒPerformanceÓ). Instead, you will
need to put program and bank changes, along with any other initial information such as
volume (controller #7) and pan (controller #10) settings into the tracks in your
sequencer. This way, once you call up a sequence and start playing it, the correct
programs and other settings will be immediately set for each channel. If you have a
patch list (also called an instrument definition file) for the PC2, you can call up
programs by name instead of number. We have a FreeMIDI Patch List and Cakewalk
Instrument Definition file for the PC2 available on our FTP site, at
ftp://ftp.youngchang.com/pub/Kurzweil/Pro_Products/Other_Pro_Products/Inform
ation/
If you need another format for a patch list, you should contact the manufacturer of that
sequencer. Or you can make one yourself by typing in the program names and number in
the format they require. When setting up the patch lists for banks, you only need to send
controller #32 (the LSB Bank Controller) with values between 0 and 7. (the bank values
are documented in the intro tutorial.) If your sequencer always sends both controller #0
(the MSB) plus #32, send a value of 0 for controller #0, along with the appropriate value
for controller #32.