PC88 Made Easy
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5. Returning Volume Levels to Full Values when Exiting a Setup
OK, so now you have created a Setup with the sliders set to control volume. LetÕs say
that you are performing a song and you have faded out one or more zones and you go to
a new Setup. You play the keyboard but donÕt hear the sounds on those zones!
Keep in mind that all controller information is channel specific. Once a MIDI channel
received a message for a controller (like Volume with a value of 0), that MIDI channel
stays at that same amount until it either gets a new value of that controller, or it gets the
Reset All Controllers message (this is Controller 123, and is sent when you press the
Panic button).
To avoid this problem, you can use Exit values.
1.
Call up the Setup you created in tutorial #4.
2.
Hold the Controllers button and move Slider A. If the display doesnÕt show Zone:1,
press the zone 1 button. Press the >> button 5 times. The display should now read
Zone:1 Slider A, Exit Value:None. Set the value to 127.
3.
Hold the Controllers button and move Slider B. Press the zone 2 button. Press the >>
button 5 times. The display should now read Zone:2 Slider B, Exit Value:None. Set the
value to 127.
4.
Resave your Setup by pressing the Store button. (You can save it back to the same
location.)
Now when you leave this Setup, the volume on channels 1 and 2 returns to the full
amount, no matter where you have moved the sliders.
Using Exit values is always a good idea when assigning volume to controllers, but it can
have many other uses as well. For example, it could be used to turn off the arpeggiator,
or return panning to center, etc.
