User Manual

Setup Mode
The Ribbon Configuration (RIBCFG) Page
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Position Mode (PosMode)
WhenyoutouchtheRibbon,thePC3Krespondsinoneoftwoways,dependingonthesettingof
thePosModeparameter.RelativemeansthatwhereveryoutouchtheRibbonbecomesthe“zero
point”forwhatevertheRibboniscontrolling;youwon’tnoticeanychangeinthesound until
youslideyour
finger.Relativemodetendstobethemostnaturalforperformance—justwiggle
yourfingeranywhereontheRibbontogetvibratoinmanyfactoryprogramsandsetups.You
getthesameeffectnomatterwhereyoudothewiggling.
AbsolutemeansthatthezeropointfortheRibbonisalwaysat
exactlythesamephysical
locationontheribbon.BydefaultthisisthecenteroftheRibbon,althoughyoucanusethe
Centerparametertoputthezeropointelsewhere.InAbsolutemode,justtouchingtheRibbon
affectsthesound(unlessyoutouchitatexactlythezeropoint).Every
movementyoumake
alongtheRibbonsendscontrolvaluesbasedonhowfaryouarefromthezeropoint.
Spring
WhenSpringisOn,theControllertowhichyou’veassignedtheRibbon“springs”backtoits
zeropointautomaticallywhenyouliftyourfingerofftheribbon.Thisisgenerallythebehavior
youwant.
WhenSpringisOff,theControllertowhichyou’veassignedtheRibbonsticksatitscurrent
valuewhenyouliftyourfingerofftheRibbon.Whilethiscanbeuseful,youshouldbecareful
withit.WhenSpringisOff,iftheRibbonisdoingsomethingwhenyouexitthesetup,it’ll
continuedoingthatwhenyoureturntothesetup.Thiscanbegoodor
bad.Ifyouwanttoset
SpringtoOffinasetup,butwanttobesureoftheinitialsoundofthesetup,gototheRIBBON
pageinthesetup,andforeachRibbonforwhichyou’vesetSpringtoOff,settheentryvalue
(Ent)parameterto
avalueof0(orwhateveryoulike).
Center
ThisdefinesthezeropointfortheRibbon(orforeachsectionontheRibbon)—thepointat
whichtheControllertowhichtheRibbonisassignedhasnoeffectonthesound.Youcanchoose
anypointbetween0and127 .Avalueof64putsthezeropointin
thephysicalcenterofthe 
Ribbon.Valuesof0and127placethezeropointatthesection’sextremeleftandextremeright.
NotethatsettingtheSpringparametertoOffdisablestheCenterparameterforthatribbon.
Thevalueyouchooseforthisparametercanhaveconsiderableeffect.Inmany
factorysetups,
forexample,theRibbonaffectspitch.Inthesesetups,changingthevalueoftheCenter
parameterwouldtransposethesetup.