User Manual

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Song Mode and the Song Editor

Song Editor: The COMMON Page

FX Track

ThePC3KusesthechannelofthetrackspecifiedforFXTr ack astheAuxFXchannel.

DrumTrack

Anyofthesong’strackscanbedefinedasDrumTrackssothattheirNoteeventsdonotget

transposedwhenatranspositionisappliedwhenusingthetrackasariffinasetup(see

Riffs on page 7‐55andTranspose/RootNote on page 7‐57.)Withtracksdesignatedasdrumtracks,

youcan

transposeawholesongthatisbeingusedasariff,butthedrumtrackswillcontinueto

playthecorrectsoundsthattheyplayedintheoriginalkey.Otherwise,thedrumsoundswould

changewitheachtransposition.

Usethecursorbuttonstoselectatracknumber.Youcanaccess8

tracksatonce,eithertracks1‐8

or9‐16.UsetheChan/Layerbuttonstotheleftofthedisplaytoselectoneofthetracks1‐8

(viewedinthetoprightcornerofthepage)inordertoaccesstracks1‐8,orselectoneofthe

tracks

9‐16toaccesstracks9‐16.WiththedesiredtracknumberselectedintheDrumTrkfield,

usetheAlphaWheelor‐/+buttonstotogglebetweenD,todesignatethetrackasadrumtrack,

or“‐”todesignatethetrackasanon‐drumtrack.

TheDrumTracks’

settingsdonothaveanyeffectoneditsmadeontheTRACKpageintheSong

Editor.AnytracksdefinedasDrumTracksare transposedwhenatranspositionisappliedto

thesetracksfromtheTRACKpage.

MidiDst

TheMIDIdataoneachtrackhasadestinationassignmentselectablewiththeTrackDest

parameter.Therearefourpossibleindicators:

L=Local.Thetrack’sMIDIdatawillbetransmittedlocallyonly,tothePC3K’sinternalsound

generator.Noneofthetrack’sMIDIdatawillbesenttotheUSBor

MIDIOutport.

M=MIDI.Thetrack’sMIDIdatawillbetransmittedonlytothe MIDIOut.

U=USBMIDI.Thetrack’sMIDIdatawillbetransmittedonlytotheUSBport.

–––=None.

PairsandgroupsoftheabovelettersindicatethatMIDIisbeingsenttoeachletter’s



correspondingdestination.