User manual KURZWEIL PC2MADEEASY

[. . . ] THE PC2 MADE EASY A Step by Step Guide For PC2 Keyboard Models Includes 34 Different Tutorials Designed For Specific Applications Plus Programming Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts by David Fox Rev. B - 11/09/01 PC2 Made Easy Young Chang Distributors Young Chang America, Inc. PO Box 99995 Lakewood, WA 98499-0995 Tel: (253) 589-3200 Fax: (253) 984-0245 support@kurzweilmusicsystems. com www. kurzweilmusicsystems. com Young Chang Akki, Co. 708-1 Yoksam-Dong, Kangnam-Gu Seoul, Korea 135-080 Tel: 2-3451-3500 Fax: 2-3451-3596 Young Chang Canada Corp. [. . . ] The Slider is set to open the filter as you send higher MIDI values, but since the slider is all the way open, it cant be raised any higher. The basic parameter settings are initial amounts, and those amounts can then be modified by a MIDI controller (if the program is set up so that the controller will modify that parameter). Notice that the sound is stronger on the left side, since layer 1, which is panned to the left, is brighter. Now move Slider C up while playing the keyboard and notice that the sound moves more to the center. This is because as the filter is opened up and layer 2 gets brighter, it gains in volume. Press the Layer 1 button to make it active and then press the >> button. Resonance is a DSP function in which the amplitude of the frequencies surrounding the filter cutoff frequency are increased or decreased. Try changing the value of this parameter to hear the change in the sound. This works in the same way as we saw with Slider C you set the initial amount with the resonance parameter and then you can increase that amount with the slider. Since resonance is tied to the filter cutoff, you will also find a big change in the sound based on the relative settings of both parameters. This parameter controls the basic overall amplitude of the layer and can be very useful for balancing the volumes of different layers, particularly if they use different keymaps (which we will be exploring in a few more steps). Press the >> button again and you will see the first of several Initial Value parameters, this one for the mod wheel. Most programs typically have up to 7 different physical controllers, which can be used to alter the sound in one way or another. 45 PC2 Made Easy (Appendix C in the manual documents the controller assignments). These Initial Values allow you to have the controller be set to a specific amount when the program is first called up, so you can depend on the program always sounding a specific way. At any point after that you can move the controller and the program will respond accordingly. The initial value parameters include: Mod Wheel Breath (for the breath controller input) Data (Controller #6, which is the default for Slider C) Controller #9 (the default for the SW2 button) Controller #12, (the default for the SW3 button) Controller #13 (the default for Slider D) Controller #29 (the default for the SW5 button). Press the >> button until you get past the Controller #29 Initial Value and you will see Capture MIDI Vals?. If you press the Yes (Enter) button while on this parameter, all the Initial Value parameters will be set to the current position of the various controllers. This is great because you can play around with the sound, moving the controllers as you desire, and when you find something you like, just go to this parameter and instantly you can set the program to sound this way every time you call it up. (You could also press the << button numerous times to get to it this is just a shortcut). Press the << button and you will see the Lo and Hi note parameters. [. . . ] Press the >> button, then press the Zone button for the zone you want to paste into. To copy all the controller parameters from one controller to another: 1. Hold the Controllers button and move the controller that you want to copy, to bring up the first parameter for that particular controller. If you are not on the zone that has the controller parameters you want to copy, press the zone button for the correct zone. [. . . ]