User Guide

PC2 Made Easy
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will simply play the program you currently have called up (it will be sent on channel 1,
assuming you have not changed the default setting of the Internal Voices Setup). If you
are MIDI Setups Mode, then the information will be sent to various channels based on
how the zones are programmed in your Setup. For example, if you have a Setup with
two zones that are layered for channels 1 ands 2, all incoming information will be sent
on to the sound module part of the PC2 on both channels 1 and 2. But if you have a
Setup with a split, then the information would be sent on either channel 1 or channel 2,
depending on the note ranges you have set for the zones.
When using Remap, it is important to understand that in Internal Voices or MIDI Setups
Mode, ALL incoming MIDI information will be sent to the channel or channels assigned
in the current Setup. This means that you would not want to have a controller that has
its own Setup sending on more than one channel. For example, if your external controller
had Setup with 2 zones layered, then each channel being accessed on the PC2 would get
double note events. Indeed, the whole reason for having a Remap feature is so that some
one using an external controller which is limited to sending on one MIDI channel could
still play Setups on a PC2R (or a PC2 if you so choose).
If you are in MIDI Receive Mode, all data is remapped to whichever channel is currently
in the display.
The final setting for the MIDI In parameter is Auto. This is identical to Remap, with one
exception. With a setting of Auto, remapping will NOT occur when you are in MIDI
Receive Mode. Instead all incoming MIDI messages are sent to the appropriate MIDI
channels unchanged.
There is another feature of Remapping Ð certain incoming MIDI controller numbers will
be remapped, based on the settings within a PC2 Setup. This allows you to access the
special controller functions (for example the arpeggiator functions, Goto Setup, etc.) that
can be assigned in a PC2 Setup, by sending regular controller numbers from your external
controller. It also allows you to play the Preset Setups and have access to all the
functions programmed into them, by sending a standard set of controller messages.
For example, if you send MIDI controller #88 from your external controller when the PC2
is Internal Voices mode, it will turn on SW1, activating the Octave shift function (which
will transpose the notes down by an octave). Or if you are playing a Setup which has
slider A assigned to Volume in Zone 1, then MIDI controller #6 coming from your
external controller will be turned in to MIDI Controller #7 and sent on to the channel
assigned to that zone.
The controller numbers that are remapped are the ones that are assigned to the physical
controllers in the Setup #125, PC2R Control. Only these controllers are remapped Ð all
others are left unchanged. Following is the list of controllers that remap and the
parameters they remap to: