PC88 Made Easy
from any of the VGM banks will have the same settings. (But the two Internal Voices
bank effects and the VGM bank effects can be entirely different).
Editing Shortcuts -
Following are few tricks to speed up editing of various parameters:
Setting Note Values:
For any parameter whose value is a note, hold Enter and strike the note on the keyboard
that you want and the parameter will switch to that note.
Turning a parameter Off or setting it to None:
Typing 0 and pressing Enter will change most parameters to a value of Off or None.
To quickly edit a specific controller:
Each physical controller (sliders, wheels, etc.) has a number of parameters, and there are
17 different physical controllers. All of those parameters are under the same menu, so
that is a lot of parameters to scroll through!! If you hold the Controllers button and move
a specific controller, the PC88 will j ump to the first parameter for that controller. For
example, hold Controllers and move Slider A. The display j umps to Slider A Ctrl Num.
Pressing the << and >> buttons simultaneously will j ump to the same parameter for the
next controller in the list. After following the previous example, press both those buttons
and you j ump to Slider B Ctrl Num.
Jumping to a specific channel in the MIDI Receive menu:
Holding MIDI Receive and pressing one of the 16 Sound Select buttons will j ump to that
numbered MIDI channel.
Switching Banks when calling up a Program (in Internal Voices mode or in the Program
Menu when editing a Setup):
Type the bank number, then the Ò+/-Ó button, then the program number, then press
Enter.
Using the Copy Function
As you go through the tutorials below, you will find examples of many different things
you can do on the PC88. When you start to create your own Setups, you may find that
you want two or more zones to have the same types of control oriented functions, with
each zone playing a different sound. One way to speed up the creation of your Setups is
