User Manual

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Startup
PC3K Programs
Program Mode Display
TakeaminutetofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeProgrammodedisplay.Itgivesyousomehelpful
basicinformation,liketheMIDItransposition,whatMIDIchannelyou’ reon,andwhich
programiscurrentlyselected.
Info Box
There’saboxattheleftsideofthedisplay.Theinfobox,asit’scalled,displaysinformation
about
thecurrentprogram(there’salsoaninfoboxforSetupmode).
Soft buttons
OnmostPC3Kscreens,thebottomlineofthedisplayidentifiesthefunctionofeachofthe
buttonsbeneaththedisplay.Wecallthesebuttonssoftbuttons,becausetheydodifferentthings
dependingonwhat’scurrentlyshowingin
thedisplay.
InProgramandQuickAccessmodes,youcanchangeoctaveswiththeOctav ‐andOctav+
buttonsunderthedisplay.TheInfosoftbuttonshowsyourelevantdetailsaboutthecurrent
item.TheXpose‐/Xpose +buttonsareashortcutforquicktranspositioninsemitone(halfstep)
increments.Youcanuse
themtotransposetheentirePC3Kasmuchasthreeoctavesupor
down.Thetoplineofthedisplayshowsthecurrentamountoftransposition(Xpose).Pressboth
Xposebuttonssimultaneouslytoreturntranspositiontozero.
ThePanicbutton(oradoublepressofCancelandEnteratthebottom
ofthealphanumeric
keypad)sendsanAllNotesOffmessageandanAllControllersOffmessage—bothtothePC3K
andoverall16MIDIchannels.Youwon’tneeditoften,butit’snicetohave.
VAST Programs
A“normal”VASTprogramiswhatmostofthefactoryprogramsare.Theinfoboxcontains
detailsaboutthedifferentlayersineachprogram,usuallyindicatingthekeymapusedineach
layer.Thelineunderthekeymapnameindicatesthelayer’skeyboardrange.Inthiscase,only
thefirsttwodisplayed
layersextendacrosstheentirekeyboard(A 0toC8).The×symboltothe
rightofeachlayershowsthatthekeymapisastereokeymap.