User manual KURZWEIL PC1 MUSICIANS GUIDE REV B

[. . . ] Kurzweil PC1 Musician's Guide ©2005 All rights reserved. All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Product features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Part Number: 910401 Rev. B CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. IMPORTANT SAFETY & INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS WARNING: When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following: 1. Read all of the Safety and Installation Instructions and Explanation of Graphic Symbols before using the product. [. . . ] You don't have to scroll through all Knob A parameters to get to the Ctrl Num parameter for Knob B. Just press both cursor buttons together, and you'll jump directly to the Ctrl Num parameter for Knob B. 4-6 Programming your PC1 Basic Editing Concepts This works for any parameter in the Controllers menu; press the cursor buttons at the same time, and you jump to the corresponding parameter for the next controller in the menu. Setting the Controller Values of a Setup Zone When a parameter has a long list of values, using a continuous controller to change the value like the following can be faster than using the Alpha Wheel. Go to Setup edit mode if you aren't already there, and press Edit. Press and hold Enter, and move one of the continuous controllers on your PC1 (this is the intuitive entry part of the procedure). You'll see the value of the Ctrl Num parameter change. This technique is convenient for moving quickly from one end of the list to the other. You can then release the Enter button and use the Alpha Wheel to scroll through the list more precisely. More About SysEx Dumps SysEx IDs If all you're doing is dumping objects from your PC1 to a sequencer and loading them back, you won't have to worry about the PC1's SysEx ID. Just make sure that you don't change it after dumping objects, because you won't be able to reload them if the PC1's SysEx ID is different from the one contained in the incoming messages. The SysEx ID for the PC1 is defined by the Device ID parameter in the Global menu. Dumping the Entire Memory 1. Make sure that you have a MIDI connection from the PC1's MIDI Out port to the MIDI In port of your external device. Press the Global button, then press the Right cursor button until you see 3. Start recording on your external device, and press Enter on the PC1. The LED in the User bank button blinks and the display shows you the object being dumped. The PC1 shows which objects it's dumping, then returns to the Prompt when finished. 4-7 Programming your PC1 The Program Editor The Program Editor If you press Edit while in Program mode, you enter the Program Editor, where you can make changes to a wide variety of parameters that affect individual programs. Program Editing Basics You'll remember from Basic Editing Concepts on page 4-1 that the general procedure for editing involves three steps: entering an edit mode (in this case the Program Editor), finding a parameter then changing its value, and storing your changes--either replacing the current program, or creating a new one, renaming it as well if desired. Timbre The PC1 offers a quick way to change the timbre of the program just by moving controllers which are assigned to timbral parameters, instead of directly editing parameters like cut-off frequency, resonance, LFO rate, and so forth. The Timbre Menu is shown like this. Controller Value The timbre of each program is edited by five physical controllers: Knob C, Knob D, Mod Wheel, SW2 and SW4. Appendix C, "Programs and Controller Assignments", describes the timbral parameters and the corresponding controllers which are already programmed for all programs of the PC1. For example, in Program 080 Solar Lead, Knob C (which by default sends MIDI 6) controls Low Pass Filter cut-off frequency. If you turn Knob C either way, you can hear the brightness of the sound change. If you enter Controller Value parameters in the program editor, they are visually represented on the LCD. And, just by moving one of those controllers, you can select it and change its value. 1. 3. Select Program 080 Solar Lead Press Edit, then Enter to get to Controller Value in the Timbre menu, the controller value for Mod wheel is displayed. Turn Knob C to the right slowly, then Knob C is instantly selected and the current controller value is seen in real-time. Once the controller value is saved in the program editor, when you select the Program again, the PC1 sets the saved value as a starting point. [. . . ] Press Yes to execute a hard reset; the PC1 will restart with the new operating system and/or setups. 3. 4. 5. Installing a New Boot Block If the file you are loading is a boot block file with the letter b as the fourth letter in the filename, follow instructions in Setting Up For a Software Upgrade on page A-4, then continue: 1. Scroll to and select by pressing Enter. Start playing the MIDI file from the sequencer. While loading, the bottom line of the PC1's display will show a message . If the display continues to show after starting the sequencer, stop and restart the sequence. [. . . ]