Descriptions of Parameters
Program Editor Parameters
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Initial Value (Init Value)
Sends MIDI Controller messages with the specified value when you select the program. For
example, if you want to hear the full Mod Wheel effect on a program as soon as you start
playing, set the init value of the Mod Wheel parameter to
127
.
Keep in mind that these initial values have an effect only under one or both of the following
conditions:
•
The program is defined at the factory to use one or more of the MIDI Controllers listed
below to modify the program in some way
•
The physical controller assignments for the internal setup use one or more of the same MIDI
Controllers to modify all programs in some way
You can set initial values for seven different MIDI Controllers:
You may be wondering why you can set initial values for
these
MIDI Controllers and not others.
It’s because most of the PC2R’s programs use at least one of these MIDI Controllers to do
something (a common example is MIDI 1, which on most keyboards is the message sent by the
Mod Wheel, and which controls vibrato or tremolo in many PC2R programs). Appendix B
contains a list of programs and which MIDI Controllers the physical controllers are assigned to
in each program.
Capture MIDI Vals?
This is a function, not a parameter. Press
Yes
to read the current values of the MIDI Controller
messages listed above (assuming you’re sending them from your MIDI source), and store them
as the values for the seven Initial Value parameters.
The Envelope Menu
There are three parameters in the Envelope menu. They control how the amplitude of each layer
develops over time.
Attack
How fast the layer ramps up to full volume.
Decay
How fast the layer fades to silence when you’re sustaining notes by holding the keys or using
the sustain pedal.
Release
How fast the layer fades to silence when you release notes by letting up the keys or releasing the
sustain pedal.
Mod Wheel (MIDI 1)
MIDI 12
Breath (MIDI 2)
MIDI 13
Data (MIDI 6)
MIDI 29
MIDI 9
