PC88 Made Easy
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to enter a character above the cursor. The characters that correspond to the
alphanumeric buttons are labeled under each button. If the character that appears is not
the one you want, press the button again. For example, pressing 1 once will choose an
ÒAÓ. Pressing it again will choose ÒBÓ, and one more time will choose ÒCÓ. Press the +/-
button on the alphanumeric pad to switch between upper and lower case characters.
Press 0 one or more times to enter the numerals 0 through 9. Press CLEAR (on the
alphanumeric keypad) to erase the selected character without moving any other
characters. To insert a space, press the ÒEÓ button in the Assignable Controllers section.
To delete a character press the ÒFÓ button, and to move the cursor instantly to the end
of the name in the display, press the ÒGÓ button.
In addition to letter and number characters there are numerous other characters you can
choose. For example, if you layered piano and strings, you might want to name your
Setup ÒPiano & StringsÓ. You can choose these characters by scrolling with the alpha
wheel or the + and - buttons. At the end of this document, is a list of all the characters
and the order in which they appear.
Once you have the name the way you want it, press Enter.
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The PC88 now j umps back to the Store dialog. The display will read ÒReplace Setup
127?Ó. You donÕt want to save over the preset Setup 127, since you will want to have it
available as a template to start from. So choose a different number. If you havenÕt saved
anything yet, you will find empty locations between 33 and 125 if you have a PC88 or
65 and 125 if you have a PC88MX. If you are on a blank location, the display will
change to say ÒSave Setup xx?Ó (xx is the number you have chosen).
Now press Enter. Congratulations - you have created and stored your first Setup!
A programming note: The steps above take the approach of editing all the parameters in
one zone, then going to the next zone and editing the parameters for that zone. But you
can also work by editing the same parameter for all zones, then going to the next
parameter and editing that for all zones. For instance, you could go to the MIDI
Transmit page and set the MIDI channel for each zone (by pressing the Zone Select
buttons, then go to the Program parameter and choose the programs in each zone. Either
way of working is j ust as valid - it all depends on how you want to work! All of the
tutorials here use the approach of setting all the parameters for one zone at a time, to
help minimize confusion. Just remember to always check the zone number in the display
so you are aware of which zone you are editing.
