User manual KURZWEIL PC2KBDV2

[. . . ] Check our website (www. kurzweilmusicsystems. com/html/whats_new. html) for any more recent releases of PC2 software that might be available. This supplement assumes that you're updating from Version 1. 0, so it describes some features that were introduced in Version 1. 5. If a feature was introduced in Version 1. 5, we'll point that out--so if you're updating from Version 1. 5, you'll know which features are new to you, and which features aren't. What's In This Supplement · · · · · · · · · New Features in Version 2. A-1 Changes Since Revision A This is Revision B of the Musician's Guide supplement. [. . . ] If you've installed either Expansion Sound Card and the corresponding parameter still has a value of No, you may have a problem with the installation of that Sound Card. PCX-1 Indicates whether the PCX-1 Polyphony Expansion Kit is properly installed. If it is, this parameter also shows the version of the PCX-1's operating system software. If you've installed the PCX-1 and the value is still Not Installed, you may have a problem with the installation. 6 PC2 Version 2 Operating System Software New Features in Version 2 PCXP1 and PCXP2 On instruments that have the PCX-1 Polyphony Expansion Kit installed, this parameter indicates whether Expansion Sound Cards 1 and/or 2 are properly installed on the PCX-1 board. If you've installed either Expansion Sound Card and the corresponding parameter still has a value of No, you may have a problem with the installation of that Sound Card. New KB3 Parameters There are several new KB3-editing parameters (which were first introduced in Version 1. 5). They correspond to the front-panel buttons that control many of the KB3 effects (like chorus, vibrato, and rotary speed). You can still change these effects in KB3 mode using the front-panel buttons, but you can also change the effects from within the KB3 Editor. The following table shows the new parameters, their possible values, and their corresponding front-panel buttons. Menu Timbre Parameter Chor/Vib Switch Rotary Speed Perc Volume Values Off, On Slow, Fast Soft, Loud Slow, Fast Low, High Front-Panel Button Chorus/Vib On/Off (Button 2) Rotary Fast/Slow (Button 1, also labeled Octave Shift) Perc On/Off (also labeled Main, Zone 1) Decay (also labeled Split, Zone 3) Pitch (also labeled Split Layer, Zone 4) Envelope Perc Decay Perc Pitch New Value for MIDI In Parameter The MIDI In parameter, which is in the Global menu, has a new value: Auto. This is the default value. You might want to use this value if you're controlling your PC2 from an external MIDI source like a sequencer. In this case, whenever you're in Internal Voices mode, KB3 mode, or MIDI setups mode, certain incoming MIDI messages get remapped to different Controller numbers. Compare mode now works when you're creating quick layers and splits. Goto Setup The MIDI Controller "Go to Setup" now selects setups in the User bank of setups (Setups 129­256). Previously, it selected setups in the Internal back, which prevented you from using "Go to Setup" to select user-defined setups. To use a switch controller to change setups, remember to set its On Value parameter to a value that's 128 less than the ID of the setup you want to select. To select Setup 256, set an On Value of 128. 9 PC2 Version 2 Operating System Software Bug Fixes Since Version 1. 0 MIDI Controller 6 Some programs (like 090 Meteor Strings), use MIDI Controller 6 to control program features. When you select this program, it sounds the way it does because the program contains an initial value for MIDI 6. Prior to Version 2, putting this program (or any others that had initial values for MIDI 6) into a setup sometimes affected the sound of that program. That's because the PC2 uses MIDI 6 internally to control other setup features. In the case of Program 090, the difference was extreme because much of the program's sound depends on filter resonance, and putting the program into a setup would change the filter resonance level. With Version 2, putting a program into a setup no longer affects the initial value for MIDI 6 in that program (regardless of what it's assigned to control), so any program that uses MIDI 6 to control a program feature will sound the same whether you play it in a setup or as a single program. Portamento Time MIDI Controller 5 (Portamento Time) now works properly--that is, higher values cause the portamento to occur more slowly. Prior to Version 2, the PC2 had the opposite response. Program 081 Vox Lead This program, which is monophonic, had problems when Layer 4 was enabled. This fix was first introduced in Version 1. 5. SysEx Dumps In Version 1. 0, SysEx dumps would occasionally be disabled if the PC2's available memory was low. This fix was first introduced in Version 1. 5. Treble EQ In Version 1. 0, the maximum boost levels for Treble EQ were inaccurate--that is, a setting of +11 dB or +12 dB didn't actually boost the treble band by exactly that amount. With Version 2, the levels have been adjusted to correspond to the display values. [. . . ] There are two advantages to having more than one drum map: · · With three alternative arrangements of drum and percussion sounds, you can choose the arrangement that is easiest for you to play. If you're playing sequences that are recorded according to General MIDI (GM) specifications, you can quickly configure the PC2 to play the correct GM sounds when you play back your sequences. To choose a drum map, set the value of the Drum Remap parameter (in the Global menu) to a value of Normal, PC2ReMap, or GMReMap. Use GMReMap when you want the PC2 to play General MIDI sounds, either live or for sequence playback. The following pages show the layouts of the PC2's drum sounds in each drum map. [. . . ]