User manual KURZWEIL PC2 MUSICIANS GUIDE REV A

[. . . ] Kurzweil is a product line of Young Chang Co. ; Kurzweil and PC2 are trademarks of Young Chang Co. All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Product features and specications are subject to change without notice. Part Number: 910345 Rev. A CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN 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 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. 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. [. . . ] Press the right cursor button (>), and youll see the keymap for the right side. Most of the PC2s programs use mono keymaps, which means that only one of the keymap parameters is active. If you look at the keymap parameters for a mono-sample program (like any of the electric pianos) youll see parentheses around one of the parameter names. Program 000 is also a multi-velocity program; each layer represents a different keystrike velocity. Press Zone 1, Zone 2, then Zone 3, and youll see that Layer 1 is the soft-strike piano (mp), Layer 2 is medium (mf), and Layer 3 is hard (f). Lets listen to each layer separately. Muting and Soloing Layers Press the Solo button, and youre soloing the current layer (notice that its layer LED turns red, and an asterisk appears in the display next to the layer number). The second time you press it, you mute Layer 2 (its LED turns orange). Youll hear notes at rst, then theyll drop out as your playing triggers muted layer, then youll hear notes again as you trigger the loud layer. 4-11 Programming Your PC2 The Setup Editor Exiting the Program Editor There are several ways to get out: Press Cancel Press Store to begin the Save dialog; when youve nished saving, the PC2 returns to Internal Voices mode, in the User bank of programs Select a performance mode, program, or setup by pressing a mode-selection button followed by either a sound-source button or a Sound/Setup Select button Select a performance mode by pressing a mode-selection button twice Storing Effects If the value of the FX Chg Mode parameter is Auto (which is the default), the Effects region acts as part of Program Editing mode. If you change the effect assigned to FX-A or FX-B, or if you edit one of those effects, or if you change any of the values for the Wet/Dry mix, you can store those changes in one of two ways: Replace the effect settings in the current program Save the program and the new effect settings to a new program ID See The Effects Editor on page 4-21 to learn how to edit effects. Beyond the Basics Now that youve had an introduction to program editing, its time to experiment. If youre interested in a particular editing task, theres a good chance youll nd it in Common Editing Tasks on page 4-25. To learn about the specics of each parameter, see Program Editor Parameters on page 5-1. The Setup Editor The Setup Editor lets you make changes to setups, then store the modied setups in the User setup bank. The PC2 comes from the factory with 34 setups, all in the Internal bank. The User bank is empty, so the rst time you go into the Setup Editor, youll be editing one of the setups in the Internal setup bank. The PC2 wont let you store setups in the Internal bank, but you can store them anywhere in the User bank, either replacing the setup you started with, or assigning it a different setup ID. In this section, well use a number of practical examples to help you learn your way around the Setup Editor. All the setup editing youll do involves these basic steps: Selecting a setup Entering the Setup Editor Changing the values of one or more parameters Storing (saving) the setup You should already know how to select a setup. you should also be familiar with the three basic steps of editing: navigation, data entry, and storing. See Basic Editing Concepts on page 4-1 if you need to refresh your memory. 4-12 Programming Your PC2 The Setup Editor Before we begin with the details of setup editing, well mention two useful setups that can help you keep track of your editing efforts. The Default Setup and the Clear Setup Naturally you can edit any setup you want, changing values for any of the dozens of available parameters. Heres something to consider, however: the factory setups often have complex interactions between several parameters. Changing the value of one parameter can have a greater impact than you anticipated. In the Internal setup bank are two template setups: 127 Clear Setup, and 128 Default Setup. Setup 128 has a handful of typical controller assignments (Wheel 1, the Pitch Wheel, for example, controls pitch bend just as you would expect it to). [. . . ] This is necessary if you are upgrading the software or installing ROM options. If youre not concerned about losing all of your work, or it has been saved using a MIDI Sysex dump (see page 4-4), then press the button beneath the Yes on the display. The PC2 will execute a hard reset and start running normally. Running the Diagnostics The Run diags option executes the diagnostics that are loaded with the operating system. Some diagnostic tests will erase the PC2s memory, which will cause a hard reset when the PC2 is powered on again. [. . . ]