User Guide

PC2 Made Easy
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Chg Setups - This parameter determines when a change from one Setup to the next will
happen. In Immediate mode (the default), the setup changes as soon as you call it up
from any of the various methods. In Keys Up mode, the change wonÕt happen until you
let go of all the keys.
Tuning - You can tune the PC2 up or down one semi-tone, in one cent increments. This
can be useful if you are playing along with a recording, or playing with other acoustic
instruments that canÕt be easily retuned.
Recv Trans - This allows you to transpose the instrument globally, for all MIDI
channels. (Using the Transpose function in the zone parameters will only affect
individual zones in a Setup, or if changed in Internal Voices mode, would affect any
program you play on the keyboard, but not any information coming in the MIDI In port.)
All Notes Off - If you set this to Ignore, the PC2 will ignore the MIDI All Notes Off
message. Some instruments and sequencers (notably older Roland instruments) will send
this message when no notes are being held, even if the sustain pedal is still held. If you
are hooked to a Roland sequencer and find that the PC2 doesnÕt seem to sustain, set this
parameter to Ignore and the problem will go away.
General MIDI - Turn this parameter On if you want the PC2 to function as a GM
instrument (you need the ROM-1 Expansion board for this).
MIDI In Ð This parameter is useful if you have second controller that you want to use
along with the PC2.
The default value is Normal. In this case, incoming MIDI data is unchanged. Any MIDI
information coming in will be sent on to the sound module part of the instrument
unchanged, and the PC2 will respond to the data, unless you have turned a MIDI
channel off and the data is being sent on that channel. All data will also be sent to the
MIDI Thru port unchanged (this assumes you have the Thru/Out switch on the rear
panel of the PC2 set to Thru).
If it is set to Merge, then all incoming information is merged with the data you are
creating on the PC2 itself and sent to the MIDI Out port along. (The PC2 will also
respond to the incoming information if the channel is turned on). Incoming data is also
sent to the MIDI Thru port, the same as when this parameter is set to Normal. The main
application for using a setting of Merge would be if you had an additional controller and
wanted both the PC2 and that second controller to be able to play a third MIDI
instrument simultaneously.
The Remap setting is the most complicated option. In general, this setting is mostly
needed for PC2R owners (and is in fact the default for the PC2R is Auto, discussed
below, which is a variation of Remap). If for some reason, you have another controller
that you want to use to play the PC2 and will not be using the PC2 itself as a controller,
this setting will give you the possibilities. If you have no need for this feature, you may
wish to skip reading the rest of this section, since it is complicated, and you will not be
using it.
With this setting, then the PC2 processes incoming data as if it were generated by the
PC2 itself. The MIDI channel of the incoming data is ignored. Instead the incoming
information is ÒrechannelizedÓ and sent on to the sound module part of the PC2, based
on what you currently have called up on the PC2. If you are in Internal Voices Mode, it