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Playing Your PC2R
Muting and Soloing
Zone-Button LEDs
The tri-colored LED in each zone button indicates the zone’s status for the current setup:
Off
Empty zone—that is, a zone that has its MIDI Channel parameter set to
Off
. When a
zone’s LED is off (unlit), the zone does not produce sound, even though it has a
program assigned to it.
Red
Soloed zone. Only one zone can be soloed at a time. When a zone is soloed,
only
that
zone plays and generates notes and controller messages. Other zones, if they’re not
empty, still generate program changes and entry/exit controller values, but don’t play
note or respond to controllers.
Green
Active zone. As long as no other zone is soloed, an active zone responds to note
information— as well as controller information, program changes, and entry/exit
controller values. If another zone is soloed, an active zone is “backgrounded”—its
status LED remains green, but it doesn’t respond to note or controller information.
Amber
Muted zone. Muted zones don’t respond to note or controller information, but they
do respond to program changes and entry/exit controller values.
The following table shows how a zone’s status affects the data generated by the zone.
When you’re in MIDI Setups mode, the bottom line in the display indicates the current
zone—that is, the one that will be affected by any editing you do to the setup. In the following
example, Zone 1 is the current zone, as indicated by the numeral just to the left of the colon:
S002|Unison Line|
A02|1:Big Brass|
Press any zone button once to make that zone the current zone. Assuming the zone is active (it’s
active if the LED in its zone button is green), pressing its zone button once mutes the zone,
turning its LED amber. Press its zone button again to reactivate the zone, turning its LED green.
Press the
Solo
button to solo the current zone. The LED in the
Solo
button lights up, and the
soloed zone’s LED also turns red. The other zone’s LEDs don’t change color, but if they’re active
(green LED), they stop generating note and Controller data, becoming backgrounded.
While the
Solo
button is on, you can press any zone button to solo the corresponding zone. You
can solo a zone even if it’s muted. Press the
Solo
button again to turn its LED off, and any
backgrounded zones become active again. Muted zones stay muted.
LED Color
Zone
Status
Data Generated by Zone
Notes
Controllers
Program
Changes
Entry and
Exit Values
Red
Soloed
✔
✔
✔
✔
Green (no others are red)
Active
✔
✔
✔
✔
Green (another is red)
Backgrounded
✔
✔
Amber
Muted
✔
✔
(Off)
Empty
