User Guide

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Playing Your PC2R
EQ
EQ
The PC2R comes with its own three-band equalization (EQ), or tone controls. The EQ is global,
which means that there is only one setting that is used all of the time regardless of which
program or setup you’re playing. Its purpose is to adjust the PC2R for individual listening
situations.
Changing the EQ
1. Press the Global button, and the EQ parameters appear in the display (the EQ settings are
at the top of the list of global parameters):
EQ:|Low|||Mid|||High
||||+0dB||+0dB||+0dB
Each band starts at 0 dB when you turn on your PC2R (this is called flat equalization).
2. Use the cursor buttons to position the cursor under the frequency range that you want to
adjust.
3. Turn the Alpha Wheel to adjust the level from -12 dB to +12 dB.
4. Press Cancel to return to the previous mode. The EQ settings remain in place until you
change them again or turn off the PC2R.
Using the Controllers on Your MIDI Source
You can use the four knobs in the Performance region to control twelve different functions (three
groups of four functions, depending in the color of the Shift LED). You can also use the physical
controllers on your MIDI source for the same purpose. The MIDI Controller messages that the
PC2R receives affect both the PC2R, and any MIDI instruments connected to the PC2R’s MIDI
Out or MIDI Thru ports. The MIDI Controller messages that the PC2R remaps and transmits via
MIDI vary depending on your performance mode.
In every mode but MIDI Receive mode, incoming MIDI information usually gets remapped and
then transmitted to four zones—each of which can use a different MIDI channel (the exception
occurs when the MIDI In parameter in the Global menu has a value of Normal, in which case
incoming MIDI information is processed as it’s received.)
Because of this remapping, you can make any physical controller on your MIDI source behave
like any of the knobs on the PC2R. To do this, program the controller on your MIDI source so
that it sends the MIDI Controller message that corresponds to the knob on the PC2R (the table
on page B-11 lists the MIDI Controller messages that correspond to the knobs). Here’s an
example.
When you move Red Knob B on the PC2R (that is, when the Shift LED is red and you move
Knob B), each zone of the current setup generates a MIDI Controller message (or not),
depending on the value of the Ctrl Num parameter for Red Knob B in each setup zone. In
Setup 001, for example, Zones 1 and 2 send no message, and Zones 3 and 4 send MIDI 1, which
controls vibrato depth in those zones.
Chances are that when you move the Mod Wheel on your MIDI source, you’ll change vibrato
depth in Zones 3 and 4 just as if you’d moved Red Knob B on the PC2R. That’s because most
MIDI instruments are programmed so that the Mod Wheel sends MIDI 1. (If you were in
Internal Voices mode or KB3 mode, moving the Mod Wheel on your MIDI source would affect