Startup
Basic Connections
2-3
Audio
The PC1 features balanced left and right analog audio outputs with
1
/
4
-inch jacks. For best results,
use balanced cables to connect to balanced, line-level inputs on your mixer or sound system.
It’s important to use shielded, twisted-pair cables. The cables should each have
1
/
4
-inch stereo (tip-
ring-sleeve) plugs on one end to connect to the PC1. The other end of each cable should have either
1
/
4
-inch stereo plugs or XLR plugs. Cables of this type provide balanced operation, which greatly
reduces many types of noise. Unbalanced cables or sound-system inputs won’t give you quite the
same audio quality.
For best performance, set the PC1’s Master Volume Slider to its maximum when adjusting mixer or
sound-system levels. Otherwise, if you adjust the PC1’s level by increasing the level of your sound
system, you’ll increase the noise level.
If you’re using a monaural sound system or running the PC1’s audio into a single mixer channel, we
recommend configuring the PC1 for mono output, in which case the PC1 sends the same combined
signal to the left and right sides of the analog outputs. See page 4-21 for information about using
mono audio output mode.
The PC1 has a headphone jack, which carries the same signal as the main outputs (that’s true
whether you’re using stereo
or
mono output). The headphone jack accepts a standard
1
/
4
-inch stereo
plug, and is compatible with nearly all types of headphones. Plugging into the headphone jack does
not
mute the other audio outputs.
You can also use the headphone jack as an unbalanced stereo line-level output. Just connect a stereo
cable from the headphone jack to a stereo input on your mixer or sound system. If you have only
unbalanced inputs to your sound system, you’ll get better audio quality using the headphone jack.
MIDI
The PC1 both transmits and accepts most standard (and several specialized) MIDI messages. In
other words, it can serve as both a MIDI master and a MIDI slave.
Using the PC1 as a MIDI Master
Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port of the PC1 to the MIDI In port of the device you want
to control--another MIDI musical instrument, or any device that accepts MIDI, such as a computer
with a MIDI interface or an integrated MIDI In port. This makes the PC1 a MIDI control device, and
you can use it to play other instruments, make recordings using sequencers, or send MIDI System
Exclusive (SysEx) messages for storing programs, setups, and effects settings externally. When the
PC1 is the MIDI master, you can configure it to control only its slaves, or to play its own sounds in
addition to controlling the slaves.
Using the PC1 as a MIDI Slave
Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port of the instrument or device that you’re using as the
MIDI master to the MIDI In port of the PC1. This makes the PC1 a MIDI slave, enabling you to play
its sounds from any MIDI instrument--keyboard, wind controller, drum pads, whatever--or to
control it via MIDI devices like dedicated sequencers or computers running sequencing applications.
The PC1 can receive 16 independent channels of MIDI information.
