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Startup—the Details

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Digital

FordigitalaudiooutputfromthePC3K,connecta75‐OhmcoaxialcablefromthePC3K’sRCA

DigitalOutjacktotheAESorS/PDIFinputofthereceivingdevice.YoumayneedanRCA‐to‐

XLRadaptertoconnectwiththereceivingdevice.Ifthereceivingdevicereceivesonly

optical

signals,you’llneedaconverteraswell.ThePC3K’sMasterPage(presstheMastermodebutton)

letsyouselectarangeofusefulsampleratesforthedigitaloutput.

TheRCAjacklabeledʺSyncInʺallowsyoutosynchronizethePC3KʹsS/PDIFDigitalAudio

outputsampleratetoan

externalS/PDIFsource.Althoughnoaudiosignalisreceivedbythe 

ʺSyncInʺjack,itsclockisreceivedandmaybeusedtosettheoutputsamplerate.Fordetails,

seetheMasterModeOUTPUTpageparameterDigitalOutput(Dig.Out) on page 11‐10.NOTE:

SyncInisNOTaʺWordClock

ʺinput.OnlyavalidS/PDIFsignalisrecognized.

Connecting MIDI

ThesimplestMIDIconfigurationusesasingle5‐pinMIDIcable:eitherfromtheMIDIOutport

ofyourPC3KtotheMIDIInportofanotherinstrument,orfromtheMIDIOutportofanother

MIDIcontrollertotheMIDIInportofthePC3K.Thereareallsortsof

possibleconfigurations,

includingadditionalsynths,personalcomputers,MIDIeffectsprocessors,andMIDIpatchbays.

Dependingonyoursystem,youmaywanttousethePC3K ’sMIDIThruporttopassMIDI

informationfromaMIDIcontrollertothePC3Kandontothenextdeviceinyoursystem.You

can

alsoconnectMIDIdevicestothePC3K’sMIDIOutport,whichcansendchannelizedMIDI

informationfromthekeyboardorthroughthePC3KfromyourMIDIcontroller.

TheMIDIThruportcanbeconfiguredtoserveasanadditionalMIDIOutbyslidingthenearby

switchtotheOutposition.

You

canalsousethePC3K’sUSBporttosendandreceiveMIDI.BydefaultthePC3Kwillshow

upasaUSBMIDIdevice.IfyouchooseUSBTemporaryDrivefromStoragemode,thePC3K

willtemporarily(whileonthatStorage modepage)becomea“virtualstoragedevice”andUSB

MIDI

willbedisabled.Differenthostprogramsonyourcomputermayindicatevariouserrorsas

theUSBMIDIdeviceisnolongerpresent.LeavingStoragemodewillrestoreUSBMIDI

functionality.

USBMIDIand5‐pinMIDIcanbeusedatthesametime;theMIDIsignalswillbecombinedinto

single16‐channelMIDIstream.