User Manual

Program Mode
The Program Mode Page
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Chapter 6
Program Mode
ProgramsarethePC3K’s performance‐levelsoundobjects.They’represetsoundsequivalentto
thepatches,presets,voices,ormultisthatyoufindonothersynths.
ProgrammodeistheheartofthePC3K,whereyouselectprogramsforperformanceand
editing.ThePC3Kispackedwithgreatsounds,butit’salso
asynthesizeroftrulyamazingdepth
andflexibility.Whenyou’rereadytostarttweakingsounds,theProgramEditoristheplaceto
start.
ThePC3Kofferstwonewpowerfuleditingfeatures:CascadeModeandDynamicVA S T.
• CascadeModeletsyourouteanylayerofaprogramintotheDSPof
anyotherlayer.Anyof
the32layersofaprogramcangointoany otherlayer.
• DynamicVA S T letsyou“wire”yourownalgorithms.YoucancombinedifferentDSP
functionsinanyorderyoulike,includingparallelandserialconfigurations.
The Program Mode Page
ThetoplineoftheProgrammodeentry‐levelpageshowsyourmodelocation,thecurrentMIDI
transposition,theMIDIbanknameandMIDIprogramnumberofthehighlightedprogram,and
thecurrentMIDIchannel.
Selecting Programs
WhenyouareinProgrammode,therearethreebasicwaystoselectaPC3Kprogram:
•PressoneoftheBankbuttons(abovetheslidersontheleftsideofthefrontpanel)toselecta
bank,thenpressaCategorybuttonandaProgrambuttontochoosewithinthebank.
The
CategoryandProgrambuttonsareonthefrontpanel,betweenthescreenandthealpha
wheel.(SeeProgramandCategoryButtons on page 3‐4formoredetails.)
•Typetheprogram’sID(number)onthealphanumericbuttonpad,thenpressEnter.Ifyou
makeamistake,pressClear,thenstartover.
•Scrollthrough
thelistusingtheAlphaWheel,thePlusorMinusbuttonundertheAlpha
Wheel,orthecursorbuttons(thearrowbuttonstotherightofthedisplay).