Programming Your PC2
The Program Editor
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The Current Layer
Notice the zone buttons. In the Program Editor, they represent the layers of the current program.
In Program
000
, there are three layers. When you enter the Program Editor, all the existing layers
in a program are active (green LEDs). Unlit LEDs indicate nonexistent layers.
Pressing a zone button makes the corresponding layer the
current
layer. The display shows the
number of the current layer. The current layer is the only one you can edit; to edit another layer,
make it the current layer. The
Previous Group
and
Next Group
buttons also change the current
layer
Now letÕs navigate through the Timbre menu. Press the left cursor button (
<
) repeatedly until
the display stops changing. The display looks like this:
Lyr:1||Keymap|L|>>
5|Piano|mp|Left
Keymaps
This shows you the
keymap
for the current layer. Every layer has a keymap assigned to it (
two
keymaps if the program uses stereo keymaps). The keymap is the most basic component of a
program; it determines (among other things) which samples or waveforms the program plays.
Change the keymap, and you have a different sound. If you wanted to make the current
program an organ, for example, youÕd change all the keymaps organ keymaps.
Program
000
uses stereo keymaps, so in each layer there are separate keymaps for the left and
right sides. Press the right cursor button (
>
), and youÕll see the keymap for the right side. Most
of the PC2Õs programs use
mono
keymaps, which means that only one of the keymap parameters
is active. If you look at the keymap parameters for a mono-sample program (like any of the
electric pianos) youÕll see parentheses around one of the parameter names. ThatÕs the
inactive
keymap; you canÕt change its value.
Program
000
is also a multi-velocity program; each layer represents a different keystrike
velocity. Press
Zone 1
,
Zone 2
, then
Zone 3
, and youÕll see that Layer 1 is the soft-strike piano
(mp), Layer 2 is medium (mf), and Layer 3 is hard (f). LetÕs listen to each layer separately.
Muting and Soloing Layers
Press the
Solo
button, and youÕre soloing the current layer (notice that its layer LED turns red,
and an asterisk appears in the display next to the layer number). Press
Zone 3
to solo Layer 3.
Now play a key softly; you should hear nothing. Keep playing louder, and eventually youÕll
hear the notes.
Press
Solo
again to deactivate soloing. Press
Zone 2
twice. The Þrst time you press it, Layer 2
becomes the current layer. The second time you press it, you mute Layer 2 (its LED turns
orange). Now start playing softly, and gradually play harder. YouÕll hear notes at Þrst, then
theyÕll drop out as your playing triggers muted layer, then youÕll hear notes again as you trigger
the loud layer.