User Manual

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MIDI Mode
The RECEIVE Page
Local Keyboard Channel (LocalKbdCh)
TheLocalKeyboardChannelenablesanexternalMIDIdevicetofunctionasifitisthePC3K’s
keyboardandphysicalcontrollers.ThisallowsoneMIDIchannelofanexternalMIDIdeviceto
controlmultipleMIDIchannelsofthePC3K,eveniftheexternalMIDIdeviceonlytransmitson
onechannel.
In
SetupMode,whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettomatchthechannelonwhichthe
externalMIDIdeviceistransmitting,thesetupwillplayontheexternalMIDIdeviceasitdoes
onthePC3K’skeyboard.SeetheContinuousControllerMessagesFromExternalMIDI
Devices on page 10‐11sectionbelowfordetails
onreceivingcontinuouscontrollermessages
fromanexternalMIDIdevicewhenaLocalKeyboardChannelisset.Also,inSetupMode,
whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettomatchthechannelonwhichtheexternalMIDIdevice
istransmitting,externalMIDIreceivedbyaZoneissenttothedestination
setwitheachZones’
CH/PROGpageDestinationparameter(seeDestination on page 7‐5fordetails.)Inthiscase,ifa
ZoneissendingtheexternalMIDItotheUSBorMIDIOutports,theMIDImessageswillbe
remappedtothechanneloftheZone,andanynotetranspositionsetforthe
Zonewillbe
applied.
InSetupMode,whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettoNone,anexternalMIDIdevicewill
playasingleProgram.TheplayedprogramwillbeonaZoneofthecurrentSetupthathasa
Channelparameter(ontheSetupEditorCH/PROGpage)whichmatchesthe
channelonwhich
theexternalMIDIdeviceistransmitting.(IfnoZone’sChannelparametermatches,theexternal
devicewillplaytheprogramthatwaslastusedbythatchannelinProgramorSetupMode.)Whenthe
ProgramofaSetupZoneisplayedfromanexternalMIDIcontrollerwiththeLocalKbdCh

parametersettoNone,SetupMIDIparameters(mostnoticeablykeyrangeandtransposition)
willnotbeapplied.(SeeInputChannel on page 7‐6fordetailsonapplyingtheseparameters
whenplayingasinglezonefromanexternalMIDIdevice.)Also,inSetupMode,whenLocal
KeyboardChannelissettoNone,
externalMIDIsenttoanychannelisoutputfromtheMIDI
Thruport,butnotfromtheMIDIOutportorUSBport.
TheLocalKeyboardChannelparameteralsoaffectshowexternalMIDIdevicesinteractwith
ProgramMode.InProgramMode,whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettomatchthechannel

onwhichtheexternalMIDIdeviceistransmitting,theexternalMIDIdevicewillplaythe
ProgramonthechannelcurrentlyselectedontheProgramModemainpage.(TheProgramMode
mainpageshowsthecurrentchannelontherightofthetopline.)Also,inthiscase,externalMIDI
received
byaProgramissenttothedestinationsetbytheDestinationparameterontheMIDI
ModeTransmitpage(seeDestination on page 10‐2fordetails.)
InProgramMode,whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettoNone,anexternalMIDIdevice
willtriggertheprogramonthechannelthatitistransmitting,
nomatterwhichchannelis
currentlyselectedontheProgramModemainpage.Inthiscase,externalMIDIsenttoany
channelisoutputfromtheMIDIThruport,butnotfromtheMIDIOutportorUSBport.