Programming Your PC2
Using the Arpeggiator
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Editing the Internal Setup
You can edit the internal setup and store your changes, thereby changing the zone parameters
for every program. As an example, weÕll transpose the internal setup up an octave.
1. Make sure youÕre in Internal Voices mode. If youÕre not, press
Internal Voices
twice.
2. Press
Transpose
. The display looks like this:
Zone:1|auto||||0:000
Transposition:|0
The top line shows the current zone, along with the bank number and program ID. The
second line shows the Transposition parameter and its current value. In this case, the
AutoSplit feature is on, as indicated by the word
auto
.
Note that the performance mode changes to MIDI Setups. ThatÕs because the zone
parameters are normally for editing setups; editing the internal setup is a special case.
3. Change the value of the Transposition parameter to
12
with any data entry method. If you
play a note, youÕll hear the transposition.
4. Press
Store
. The display prompts you with
Save|setup|NNN?
(NNN is the lowest
available setup ID.)
5. Instead of answering
Yes
or
No
as you would when editing a setup, press the
Internal
Voices
button. The display now says
Save|to|Internal|Voices?
6. Press
Yes
, and the display says
Internal|setup|saved!
After a few seconds, the
display changes and prompts you to select a setup. Press
Internal Voices
twice to return
to Internal Voices mode.
7. Select a few different programs, and youÕll notice that theyÕre all an octave higher when
you play them. If the PC2 is receiving MIDI information from an external source, those
notes continue to play without transposition.
Using the Arpeggiator
The arpeggiator takes input from the PC2Õs keyboard (or via MIDI) and turns it into a constant
rhythmic pattern. You can control the speed and nature of the pattern in real time. The
arpeggiator resembles what were called ÒsequencersÓ on old analog synthsÑplaying a Þnite
series of notes repeatedly, with changes in the series controlled by the notes you play. The
arpeggiator can affect both the PC2 and external MIDI instruments. The notes produced by the
arpeggiator in a given zone go to all of that zoneÕs destinations: local, MIDI, or both.
The concept behind the PC2Õs arpeggiator is fairly simple, although the options are extensive.
You might think of it as a Ònote processor,Ó generating complex output from relatively modest
input. You can select any number of notes for the input, and tell the arpeggiator to recognize and
remember them. This is called ÒlatchingÓ the notes. The arpeggiator then processes them by
playing them repeatedly, and/or transposing them up and down the keyboard. You have
control over several processing parameters: tempo, velocity, order, duration, transposition, and
whether the intervals between notes are Þlled chromatically. You can also tell the arpeggiator
how to deal with new information coming from the keyboard. The settings you deÞne in the
arpeggiator menu apply to all zones for which arpeggiation is activated; you can program each
zone individually to respond to or ignore the setupÕs arpeggiation values.
