Programming Your PC2
The Setup Editor
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Velocity Switching
You can use your keystrike velocity (how hard you play) to change sounds. This is how program
000 Stereo Grand
works: there are actually three sets of samples, one for soft, one for medium,
and one for loud.
1. Create a two-zone setup. Assign program
22 Soft E Piano
to Zone 1, and program
23 Hybrid E Piano
to Zone 2. Make Zone 1 current if it isnÕt already.
2. Press
Velocity
. Press
>
four times to select the Max parameter. Set its value to
80
. Note that
the Min value for Zone 1 is
1
. This is good.
3. Make Zone 2 current. Press
<
to select the Min parameter. Set its value to
81
. Note that the
Max value for Zone 2 is
127
. This is also good.
The soft piano plays at velocities from 1 to 80, and the Hybrid piano plays from 81 to 127. This
gives you a nice thunk when you play hard. You can create three- and four-zone setups to switch
between even more sounds.
Velocity Layering
Another use for the velocity parameters is to add a layer instead of switching between layers. To
do this, have one layer play at velocities from 1 to 127, and another at velocities from 100 to 127.
For the higher-velocity layer, use a program with a percussive attack, and possibly bring its
entry volume down for a more subtle mix (you can use the entry- and exit- value approach we
discussed on page 4-14, or you can simply set the Entry Volume parameter for that layer to
something less than
127
).
Switching Setups With a Pedal
This is great for performances, enabling you to switch setups while you hold the last chord of
the tune youÕre playing. For this example, youÕll need a switch pedal plugged into the Switch
Pedal 2 jack (any jack will do, but the Switch Pedal 1 jack is preset to provide sustain, which you
probably want to keep).
1. Create a setup with one or more zones.
2. Press and hold Controllers, and step on switch pedal 2 (the one connected to the Switch
Pedal 2 jack). This brings up the SwType (switch type) parameter for Switch Pedal 2 in
Zone 1. The default value of
Toggle
is OK. Make another zone current if you prefer; you
can use any zone.
3. Press > to select the On Ctrl parameter. Change the value to
GoToSetup
by pressing
1
,
4
,
1
,
Enter
. This is one of several special functions outside the range of the 128 MIDI
Controller messages. DonÕt confuse it with MIDI Controller messages.
4. Press
>
to select the On Value parameter. Set its value to match the setup ID of the setup
you want to select.
5. Save! If you press Switch Pedal 2 before you save, youÕll change setups, and your edits
will get erased.
You can use a value of Setup Inc (
1
,
3
,
9
,
Enter
) for On Ctrl, and a value of
127
(MIDI On) for On
Value to step up to the next setup ID. If you do this for a string of consecutively-numbered
setups, you can cruise through them without taking your hands off the keys. You might also use