45
Using the PCR-A30 as a MIDI keyboard
Table of operating modes
You can switch modes at any time, as shown below.
You are returned to Play mode once a setting or a process has been completed within the other
modes. If you want to return to Play mode without completing a setting or operation, press the
button for the current mode (i.e., the button that is lit). Alternatively, press the
[CANCEL]
button. The setting you were in the process of making will be discarded.
Mode
Switching modes
Explanation
PLAY mode
When you turn on the power, the PCR-A30 will
start up in PLAY mode.
Transmit MIDI messages
by playing the keyboard or
operating the controllers.
MIDI Channel
mode (MIDI CH)
Press the
[MIDI CH]
button.
Set the transmit channel
(current channel p. 46) for
the keyboard and bender
lever.
Program Change
mode (PROGRAM
CHANGE)
Press the
[PROGRAM
CHANGE]
button.
Transmit program change
messages on the current
channel.
Bank mode
(BANK)
Simultaneously press the
[PROGRAM CHANGE]
button and
[MIDI CH]
but-
ton.
Transmit bank select mes-
sages (MSB, LSB) on the
current channel.
Panic mode (PANIC)
Simultaneously press the
[PROGRAM CHANGE]
button and the
[EDIT]
but-
ton.
Stop
“stuck”
notes or oth-
er problems with the
sound on a connected
MIDI sound module.
Memory mode
(MEMORY)
Press the
[MEMORY]
button.
Recall a memory set from
internal memory into the
current memory (p. 76).
Snapshot mode
(SNAPSHOT)
Simultaneously press the
[MEMORY]
button and the
[MIDI CH]
button.
Transmit the current val-
ues of all controllers ([R1–
R8], [S1–S8]) at once.
Edit mode (EDIT)
Press the
[EDIT]
button.
Assign MIDI messages to
the controllers, transmit/
receive bulk data, or make
system settings.
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