Playing Your PC2R
Layering and Splitting
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sounds in the layers or splits, and create combinations of layers and splits. We’ll show you how
to do it, then we’ll explain what’s going on.
Using AutoSplit for Quick Layers and Splits
We’re going to start with piano, layer it with strings, add a split with bass, then layer the bass
with drums.
1. Press
Internal Voices
, then turn the Alpha wheel until you see Program
000
Stereo Grand
.
(Or press
Internal Voices
then press
Group
, then press the
Left
cursor button or turn the
Alpha Wheel until you see
Piano|1
, then press
Enter
.)
2. Press
Layer
(in the Performance region—also labeled
Zone 2
).
3. Turn the Alpha Wheel until you see Program
065
Slow Strings
. Now you have piano and
strings layered across the entire keyboard.
4. Press
Split
(
Zone 3
).
5. Turn the Alpha Wheel until you see Program
104
Round and Wound
. Now you have a
bass from the bottom of the keyboard up to G
#
3, and layered piano and strings from A 3
up.
6. Press
Split Layer
(
Zone 4
).
7. Turn the Alpha Wheel until you see Program
112
Studio Drums 1+2
. That’s it: bass
layered with drums in the lower part of the keyboard, and piano layered with strings in
the upper part.
How AutoSplit Works
We’ll go through the same procedure again, explaining what’s going on with each step. If you
want to follow along, start by pressing
Internal Voices
to return to Internal Voices mode. Notice
the four zone buttons: Zone 1 is active (the LED in the
Zone 1
button is green), while Zones 2–4
are muted (amber LEDs).
1. Press
Layer
(
Zone 2
). The first thing to notice is that you’re in the Setup Editor. That’s
because you now have two active zones, and as you know, you can’t have more than one
zone in Internal Voices mode (because Internal Voices mode is based on the internal setup,
which has only one zone.) Consequently the PC2R automatically switches to the Setup
Editor so that it can activate Zone 2. Notice that the LED for Zone 2 is green, confirming
that Zone 2 is active.
As soon as you press
Layer
, Zone 2 becomes active, and whatever program is assigned to
Zone 2 gets layered with the piano. Zone 2 is now the
current
zone, which we know from
the information in the top line of the display (whichever zone number you see is the
current zone). Incidentally, the word
auto
means that the AutoSplit feature is on (if it
weren’t, none of this would work).
2. Use the Alpha Wheel to select Program
065
Slow Strings
. In Step 1 we created the layer
by activating Zone 2; now we’ve assigned a program to it.
3. Press
Split
(
Zone 3
). The PC2R automatically splits the keyboard at a predetermined point
(it’s called the AutoSplit Key, and by default it’s G
#
3, although you can change it).
Zones 1 and 2 play above the AutoSplit Key. Zone 3 becomes active (and becomes the