Descriptions of Parameters
Global Mode Parameters
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FX Chg Mode is Auto; FX Channel is 1–16
Program changes on the channel designated as the FX channel (or program changes in the setup
zone that uses the FX channel) change the current effect. This is true for front-panel program
changes as well as those received via MIDI. All other programs use the current effect, but retain
their own settings for wet/dry mix.
Setting the value of FX Channel to a specific channel is useful when you’re using the PC2R for
playback with a sequencer. This enables you to specify which channel controls the selection of
effects.
FX Chg Mode is Panel
In this case, the value of FX Channel is irrelevant. Program changes—either from the PC2R or
via an external MIDI source—never change the current effect (you must change the current
effect from the PX2’s front panel). The channel used by the program in the display adopts the
wet/dry mix of the current effect as soon you change the effect via the front panel (this is true
only in Internal Voices mode and KB3 mode; when you’re in MIDI Setups mode or MIDI
Receive mode, changing effects doesn’t change the wet/dry mix on the channel shown in the
display). The other channels don’t adopt the wet/dry mix of the current effect until you make a
program change.
MIDI Receive Mode
When you’re in MIDI Receive mode, program changes received via an external MIDI source
change the current effect (or not) according to the same rules describe above. The only difference
is that when the PC2R receives a program change via MIDI, the wet/dry mix settings for each
channel are determined by the wet/dry parameters in MIDI Receive mode.
There’s one exception to this rule. If the value of the FX Channel parameter isn’t
Current
, but
instead specifies a single channel, then selecting a program on that channel sets the effects
routing and wet/dry mix for that channel according to the settings for the program you
selected.
Stored Effects (Stored FX)
The value of this parameter is relevant only for those factory programs and setups to which
you’ve stored effects settings. For these programs and setups, you can quickly revert to using
the factory effect settings without erasing your user-defined settings (which is what happens
when you use one of the Restore Factory Effects functions in any Save dialog). This parameter
has two possible values:
Factory
When you select a program or setup, the PC2R applies the original factory settings to the
corresponding effect, even if you have stored your own effect settings with the program or setup
User
When you select a program or setup, the PC2R applies your user-defined settings (if any) to the
corresponding effect.
If you change the value of this parameter, you’ll need to reselect the current program to notice
the change in effect. This parameter works only when the value of FX Chg Mode is
Auto
. When
FX Chg Mode is
Panel
, the PC2R uses the factory settings for whatever effect you select from the
front panel.