Many of the new features in the Version 3 operating system
support the programs and setups in the PCR-1 option. There
are several other new features as well, however. This section
describes all of the new features, which fall into the following
categories:
PC2s with the Version 3 operating system and the PCR-1
option support General MIDI 1 (GM). You can turn on GM
mode and play any GM file using the PC2.
Note
: For GM files to play correctly, the GM program set
must be present in the PC2—it can be in either ROM (Bank 2,
Exp1) or in RAM (Bank 1, User), but it has to be present.
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The parameters that control the PC2’s GM functions are in
the Global menu. There are three of them: General MIDI, GM
Bank, and GM FX Scale.
General MIDI
Use this parameter to turn GM mode on and off. Set the value
to On to activate GM mode; set the value to
normal operation. When you turn your PC2 off, it remembers
whether GM mode was on, and starts up in the same state
the next time you turn the PC2 on.
You can also activate/deactivate GM mode with a System
Exclusive (SysEx) message to the PC2. To turn GM mode on
via SysEx, send this message:
Off
to return to
F0 7E <
device ID
The value you use for <
> 09 01 F7
device ID
> must match the value of
the Device ID parameter in the Global menu. By default it’s 0,
so unless you’ve changed it, your SysEx message should
include 00 for <
device ID
>. You can also use 7F as the Device
ID to broadcast to all receiving instruments.
To turn GM mode off via SysEx, send this message:
F0 7E <
What Happens When You Turn GM Mode On
device ID
> 09 02 F7
When General MIDI is On, the PC2 sets all MIDI channels
(except Channel 10, the Drum channel) to play programs in
the bank where the GM programs are stored (Bank 2, Exp1 if
you installed the GM programs into ROM, or Bank 1, User if
you loaded them into RAM; see
GM Bank
below for more
information). Channel 10 plays programs in Bank 7; these are
drum programs, with program change numbers reconfigur ed
to match the GM specification.
To ensure the proper dynamic response to GM files, the PC2
adjusts the receive velocities using a specialized touch map.
If you have a PC2R, you’ll see this value if you select the
Touch parameter in the Global menu (it doesn’t show up on
keyboard models).
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Because GM handles effects levels differently, the PC2 scales
down the levels of FX A and FX B. You can adjust the amount
of scaling manually, using the GM FX Scale parameter
(described on page 8).
What Happens When You Turn GM Mode Off
When General MIDI is
to play Bank 0 (Int), Program
Off
, all MIDI channels are reassigned
000
. The programs in Bank 7
return to their normal configuration; the value of the Touch
parameter returns to its former value (which the PC2
remembers if you turn the power off); the effect levels return
to their former state.
GM Bank
The GM Bank parameter lets you manually specify the bank
where your GM programs are stored. The default value is
Auto
, which means that when you turn GM mode on, the
PC2 checks for the GM programs and automatically sets all
MIDI channels (except 10) to play programs in the bank
where it finds the GM programs. The display shows you
which bank is found (Exp1) in the example below, so the
display looks like this:
||Global|Settings
GM|Bank|(Exp1):|Auto
|
|
You’ll almost never need to change the default value of Auto
for GM Bank. In fact, there’s only one such case: when
you’ve loaded your GM programs into RAM instead of
installing them into ROM, and you’ve deleted Program
127 Gunshot
(which is the program the PC2 looks for when it
checks to see which bank contains the GM programs). In this
case, when you turn GM mode on, the PC2 is unable to select
the right bank automatically (and the GM Bank parameter
shows
User
The display still shows
None
in parentheses). Set the value of GM Bank to
, forcing the PC2 to play the programs in the User bank,
(None)
for GM Bank, but you have
access to the GM programs.
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GM FX Scale
With this parameter you can control how much the effect
levels are reduced when you’re in GM mode (which is done
to make the effect levels consistent with GM instruments). By
default, the value is
Controllers 93 FXAWet and 91 FXBWet are multiplied by .25,
and the effects are 75% drier. Increase the value of
GM FX Scale to make the effects wetter; reduce it to make
them drier.
25%
, which means that the values of
New Parameters for Displaying Software Versions
The Global menu contains three new parameters:
Int Sound Ver, Exp1 Ver, and Exp2 Ver. These parameters
can’t be edited; they’re there to show the versions of the
soundware files installed in your PC2.
Int Sound Ver shows the version of the basic (Internal Voices)
soundware objects.
Exp1 Ver shows the version of the PCR-1 soundware file
(assuming it’s installed in ROM and not loaded in RAM); the
Orch
value of Exp1 Ver includes either
which program set is installed in ROM.
or GM to indicate
Exp2 Ver shows the version of the PCR-2 soundware file (the
PCR-2 option is not released as of this printing).
New Demo Features
We’ve added a few features to the PC2’s Demo mode. It’s
now easier to find and play the demo songs. You can also
load the songs into RAM, save (dump) them to an external
device (a computer sequencer application, for example), and
delete them from RAM.
Playing the Demos
1. Go into Demo mode. On keyboard models, press
Sound Select 14
on rack-mount models, press the
Global
display shows
the currently selected demo song.
6
and
Sound Select 16
buttons at the same time. The top line of the
DEMO:
followed by the ID and name of
at the same time;
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2. Use the Alpha Wheel or the
Minus
or
Plus
button to
select the demo to play.
3. Press
Enter
to play the current song, or
Cancel
return to a performance mode.
The IDs of the demo sequences correspond to the banks
where they’re stored:
You can load PC2 demo songs into RAM by playing them
with a sequencer that’s connected to the PC2. The demos are
specialized .MID files that contain SysEx data. When you
play these files with your sequencer, the PC2 recognizes the
SysEx data and loads the songs into RAM.
The procedure for loading demos into RAM is similar to that
for loading program/setup files into RAM. For details, see
Loading Program/Setup Files Into RAM
below
On the CD, the demo files are in the folder (directory) called
base_demo
or
pcr1_demo
, which is in the folder called
to
ram
.
Deleting and Dumping Demos
You can delete demo songs to gain RAM space, and you can
dump them to files via SysEx so that you can load them again
at a later time without having to use the CD.
Note
: The PC2 allows you to select ROM demos and execute
the delete function as if you were really deleting the ROM
demos. They don’t truly get deleted, however. You can
actually delete only those demos that you’ve loaded in RAM.
1. Go into Demo mode. On keyboard models, press
Sound Select 14
on rack-mount models, press the
and
Sound Select 16
at the same time;
MIDI Receive
and
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Global
display shows
buttons at the same time. The top line of the
DEMO:
followed by the ID and name of
the currently selected demo song.
2. Use the Alpha Wheel or the
Minus
or
Plus
button to
select the desired demo. If you’re going to dump the
demo, make sure you have a MIDI connection between
the MIDI Out of the PC2 and the MIDI In of the
receiving device.
3. Press
Store
(on keyboard models) or
Edit/Store
rack-mount models). The PC2’s display asks you if you
want to delete the current demo.
4. Skip to Step 5 if you want to dump the demo.
Enter
Otherwise press
gone, the display shows
to delete the demo, press
to delete the demo. When it’s
Deleted!
Cancel
If you decide not
instead of
Enter
returns you to Demo mode.
5. Press the
Right
cursor button. The display asks if you
want to dump the current demo.
6. Press
Enter
to start the dump. On keyboard models,
the LED in the
MIDI Xmit
button lights to indicate the
data flow. When the dump is finished, the display
shows
Dump|Demo?
Demo|Dumped!
prompt.
briefly, then returns to the
(on
; this
Using Sound Categories (PC2R only)
The PC2R doesn’t have the
featured on the keyboard models, but you can still make use
of the sound categories.
1. Press the
Group/Menu
categories.
2. Use the Alpha Wheel to select a category.
3. Press
Enter
. This selects the first program in the
category, and returns the display to normal.
The length of the list of categories depends on which set of
programs you’ve installed in ROM/loaded in RAM. When
you install/load the GM set, 16 new categories appear in a
continuous block immediately before the User category
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Sound Select
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(which is near the end of the list). When you install/load the
Orchestral set, 16 new categories are inserted at different
points within the list of Internal categories. Unlike the GM
categories, the orchestral categories aren’t just inserted in a
continuous block; they’re organized so that they’re listed
with similar categories (for example, all the non-GM string
categories appear next to each other in the list).
Loading Program/Setup Files Into RAM
The set of programs you’re going to use most—Orchestral or
GM—is the set you should install in ROM. That way the
programs/setups will always be available, even if you do a
hard reset.
Whichever set you decide to install in ROM, you can still
have access to the other set of programs, by loading them
into RAM. This set of programs stays in RAM until you load
something else into RAM or do a hard reset.
Caution
objects already stored there. When you load the GM set into
RAM, it replaces all the programs in the User bank. When
you load the Orchestral set, it replaces all the programs in the
User bank, as well as Setups
don’t want to lose these programs and setups, you should
dump (save) them before loading See your instrument’s
User’s Guide for instructions.
: Loading files into RAM replaces some or all of the
001–032
1. Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out of your
computer or sequencer to the MIDI In of the PC2.
2. Insert the PC2 CD into the CD-ROM drive of your
computer or sequencer.
3. Launch your sequencer application if necessary.
4. Save (dump) any programs in the User bank that you
want to keep, because they’ll be erased when you load
the MIDI file (this also applies to Setups
User bank if you load the Orchestral program set).
5. Open the MIDI file that you want to load in RAM, The
Orchestral file’s name is ORCHRAM.mid, and the GM
in the User bank. If you
001
–032 in the
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file’s name is GMRAM.mid. Please note that these are
not the same files as the ROM versions.
6. Play the MIDI file. The file’s contents automatically get
loaded in RAM. The LED in the MIDI Recv button
lights to indicate the data flow.
7. Turn your instrument off, then on again (or do a soft
reset; don’t do a hard reset). Always do this when you
load one of these files into RAM. This enables the
instrument to reinitialize with the proper sound and
program information.
Note: If your instrument has the PCX-1 Polyphony
Expansion Option, the initialization described in Step 7 takes
several seconds. The PC2’s display indicates the progress of
the initialization.
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General Program Notes
The PCR-1 programs are in Bank 2 (Exp1), and are number ed
from 000 to 127.
Most programs respond to common MIDI controller
numbers (like 7 Volume, 64 Sustain, 66 Sostenuto, and
67 Soft). When a program has a different response to one or
more common controller, the controller information for the
program (beginning on page 17) indicates the program’s
response.
Strings
For programs whose names include prs, you can control
vibrato rate and depth with Mpress or Mod Wheel.
Programs whose names include vib have built-in vibrato.
Programs whose names include p/v also have a certain
amount of built-in vibrato; for these programs you can
increase the vibrato rate and depth with Mpress and Mod
Wheel.
Woodwinds
Programs whose names include solo are designed primarily
for single-line playing. Programs with ens in their names are
designed for playing polyphonically or for single lines in an
ensemble context. Unless otherwise indicated, Mpress and
Mod Wheel control the vibrato of solo programs. Ensemble
programs have built-in vibrato, which you can increase with
Mpress and Mod Wheel.
For programs whose names include slow, we recommend
using the Expression control (MIDI 11) to fade long notes.
GM Drum Kits
There are eight GM drum programs, which are stored in
Bank 7. These programs are always available (even if you
have installed only the Orchestral program set). When you’re
in GM mode, the GM drum program change numbers get
remapped to comply with the GM specification. They return
to their normal program change numbers when you turn GM
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mode off. The value of the Drum Remap parameter does not
affect these programs, regardless of whether you’re in GM
mode. The Drum Remap parameter affects only the drum
programs that are not in Bank 7.
Velocity T riggers (VTrig)
Some programs (such as Program 076Pizz & Timp in the
Orchestral set) use velocity triggers (VTrig) to alter their
sounds. A VTrig takes effect when you play a note above (or
below) a certain volume (attack velocity). Program 076, for
example, is pizzicato strings until you play above
mezzoforte, when you do, a timpani is added to the
pizzicato.
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Solo Strings
String
Sections
Woodwinds1
Woodwinds2
000 Fast Violin prs
001 Med Violin vib
002 Slow Violin p/v
003 Fast Viola prs
004 Med Viola prs
005 Slow Viola p/v
006 Fast Cello prs
007 Med Cello p/v
008 Slow Cello vib
009 Studio Cello
010 Studio Bass
011 Recital Bass
012 Slow Bass prs
013 Slow Bass vib
014 Slow String Orch
015 Studio Strings
016 Chamber Strings
017 Baroque Strings
018 Intense Strings
019 Staccato Strings
020 Fast T remolando
021 Med Tremolando
022 Slow T remolando
023 Vtrig Tremolando
024 Full Pizzicato
025 Medium Pizzicato
026 Dry Pizzicato
027 Solo Flute prs
028 Solo Flute vib
029 sfz Ens Flute
030 Solo Oboe
031 Slow Oboe
032 Ensemble Oboe
033 Solo Eng Hrn prs
034 English Horn vib
035 Slow EngHorn prs
036 Solo Clarinet
037 Slow Clarinet
038 Ens Clarinet
039 Solo Bassoon
040 Solo Bassoon vib
041 Ens Bassoon/Oboe
042 Solo Dbl Reeds
Orch Brass
Jazz Brass
Orchestra
Orchestra
Ensembles
Choir
Organ
043 Soft Trumpet
044 Slow Soft Trp
045 Hard T rumpet
046 Slo Hard Trumpet
047 Slow Horn & Trp
048 Solo Fr Horn
049 Ensemble Fr Horn
050 Fr Horn Sect 1
051 Fr Horn Sect 2
052 Horn Section
053 Solo Tr ombone
054 Ensemble Bone
055 Solo Tuba
056 sfz Orch Tuba
057 Jazz Harmon Trp
058 Ballad Harmon Trp
059 sfz SoftTrp Sect
060 St Jazz Brass sw
061 sfz Jazz Brass
062 Stereo Brass sw
063 Solo Sax
064 Stolen Moments
065 Harmon Band
066 Slow Dyn Orch
067 Fast Dyn Orch
068 Total Orch 1
069 Total Orch 2
070 sfz Orch prs
071 Winds & ChmbStr
072 Winds & Strings
073 Horns & Strings
074 Woodwind Section
075 Reeds & Bells
076 Pizz & Timp
077 Cathedral Choir
078 Aah Choir prs
079 Mixed Choir
080 Choir from Above
081 DivineInterventn
082 Chapel Organ
083 Cathedral Organ
084 Pipes 16'8',reed
085 Full Pipes
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Harp
Guitar
Orchestral
Percussion 1
Orchestral
Percussion 2
086 Orch Harp
087 Stereo Solo Harp
088 Harp Oasis
089 Under Harp
090 Classical Guitar
091 Silky Nylons
092 Romantic Nylon
093 Mando-Lute
094 Orch Chimes
095 Stereo Chimes
096 Chime Bell
097 Chimes/Glock
098 Glockenspiel
099 Orch Celeste
100 Xylophone
101 Orch Percussion
102 Orch Timpani
103 Solo Timpani
104 Dynamic Timpani
105 Temple Blocks
106 Stereo Tam-tam
107 Trap Set
Percussion 3
Percussion 4
108 Modern Blockage
109 Beaty Drum
110 Cage's Ensemble
111 New Touch Perc
112 Perc & Blocks
113 Puppet Show Perc
114 Pop Can Perc
115 Onklungy Perc
116 Skullophones
117 Exotic Mallets
118 Acoustic Mbira
119 St Elec Mbira
120 Perc Harp
121 Pluck & Block
122 Hybrid Pluck
123 Bells/Mark Tree
124 Circus Glitter
125 Swing'n Chimes
126 Crystal Lagoon
127 Clang Clang
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Controllers f or PCR-1 Or chestral Pr ograms
Certain physical controllers on the keyboard and rack-mount
models have corresponding assignments but different names
(for example, Slider A and Green Knob A). In these cases, the
keyboard names are followed by the rack-mount names.
000 Fast Violin prs
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
SwitchPdl 2 (Sostenuto, 66)Increases release time
001 Med Violin vib
This program has no specific controller assignments.
002 Slow Violin p/v
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BIncreases vibrato rate and depth
MpressIncreases vibrato rate and depth
003 Fast Viola prs
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
SwitchPdl 2 (Sostenuto, 66)Increases release time
004 Med Viola prs
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
005 Slow Viola p/v
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BIncreases vibrato rate and depth
MpressIncreases vibrato rate and depth
006 Fast Cello prs
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
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007 Med Cello p/v
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BIncreases vibrato rate and depth
MpressIncreases vibrato rate and depth
008 Slow Cello vib
SwitchPdl 2 (Sostenuto, 66)Increases release time
009 Studio Cello
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Slightly darker timbre
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato
MpressVibrato
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Cuts off sustain/different articulation, staccato
010 Studio Bass
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato
MpressVibrato
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Cuts off sustain/different articulation, staccato
011 Recital Bass
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Timbre control: slightly brighter
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables Layer 2 (body resonance)
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato
MpressVibrato
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Cuts off sustain/different articulation, staccato
012 Slow Bass prs
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
013 Slow Bass vib
SwitchPdl 2 (Sostenuto, 66)Increases release time
014 Slow String Orch
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Disables Layer 2 (Solo Strings)
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
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015 Studio Strings
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
016 Chamber Strings
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Controls volume of Layer 3 (string section)
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
017 Baroque Strings
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Controls filter
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Controls volume of Layer 3 (string section)
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BAdds tremolo
018 Intense Strings
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Amplitude control for Tremolo layer
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Increases tremolo sustain
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Disables Layer2 (sustaining strings) and makes it staccato
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BAmplitude control for Layer 2 (sustaining strings)
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Disables Layer2 (sustaining strings) and makes it staccato
019 Staccato Strings
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Controls attack envelope when MIDI 12 or Soft pedal is ON
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Controls decay rate of velocity-triggered tremolo layer
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Switches from staccato to sustaining
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BAmplitude control for Layer 1 (tremolo)
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Switches from staccato to sustaining
VTrigTriggers tremolo at forte when MIDI 13 is ON
020 Fast Tremolando
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Selects a Sfz/pp version of the program
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls swell
MpressControls swell
021 Med Tremolando
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls swell
MpressControls swell
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022 Slow Tremolando
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Selects a lighter version of the program
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
023 Vtrig Tremolando
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
VTrigChanges strings to sfz tremolando at fortissimo
024 Full Pizzicato
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay time
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables octave doubled layer
025 Medium Pizzicato
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay time
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables octave doubled layer
026 Dry Pizzicato
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay time
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables octave doubled layer
027 Solo Flute prs
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Adds brightness
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens attack time
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
028 Solo Flute vib
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Adds brightness
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens attack time
029 sfz Ens Flute
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato swell
MpressVibrato swell
Attack velocityControls articulation
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030 Solo Oboe
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
031 Slow Oboe
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
032 Ensemble Oboe
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BSwell
MpressSwell
033 Solo Eng Hrn prs
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
034 English Horn vib
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035 Slow EngHorn prs
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
036 Solo Clarinet
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
037 Slow Clarinet
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth; swell
MpressVibrato rate and depth; swell
038 Ens Clarinet
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato swell
MpressVibrato swell
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039 Solo Bassoon
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
040 Solo Bassoon vib
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BSwell
MpressSwell
041 Ens Bassoon/Oboe
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato swell
MpressVibrato swell
042 Solo Dbl Reeds
MpressVibrato rate and depth
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Fades and Dampens
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Slows attack
043 Soft Trumpet
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
044 Slow Soft Trp
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth; swell
MpressVibrato rate and depth; swell
045 Hard Trumpet
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
046 Slo Hard Trumpet
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
047 Slow Horn & Trp
MpressVibrato rate and depth
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048 Solo Fr Horn
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
049 Ensemble Fr Horn
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato swell
MpressVibrato swell
050 Fr Horn Sect 1
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BSwell
MpressSwell
051 Fr Horn Sect 2
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BSlight swell
MpressSlight swell
052 Horn Section
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BSlight swell
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053 Solo Trombone
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
054 Ensemble Bone
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato swell
MpressVibrato swell
055 Solo Tuba
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
056 sfz Orch Tuba
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BSwell
MpressSwell
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057 Jazz Harmon Trp
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
058 Ballad Harmon Trp
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
059 sfz SoftTrp Sect
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BPutting Mod Wheel partway up changes articulation
MpressControls expression
060 St Jazz Brass sw
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Selects a Sfz/pp version of the program
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
061 sfz Jazz Brass
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BBrightens
MpressBrightens
062 Stereo Brass sw
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Selects a Sfz/pp version of the program
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
063 Solo Sax
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato rate and depth
MpressVibrato rate and depth
064 Stolen Moments
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
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065 Harmon Band
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Disables harmon trumpet and sax sections
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
066 Slow Dyn Orch
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
067 Fast Dyn Orch
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
VTrigTriggers timpani, C 2–G 3
068 Total Orch 1
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Volume of strings layer
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay/release time for strings (envelope control)
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Disables reeds in Layer 1 and brass
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato control to 0 for reeds layer
VTrigEnables Brass
Entry valuesMIDI 6 = 127; MIDI 13 = 40
MpressSlight swell of reeds
069 Total Orch 2
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Volume of strings layer
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope swell for strings (envelope control)
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BVibrato control to 0 for winds
Entry valuesMIDI 6 = 127; MIDI 13 = 40
VTrigEnables timpani and percussion, A 0–G 3
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls swell
MpressControls swell
SwitchPdl 2 (Sostenuto, 66)Disables brass
VTrigTriggers timpani at mezzoforte, cymbals at fortissimo, B 1–G 3
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071 Winds & ChmbStr
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
072 Winds & Strings
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
073 Horns & Strings
This program has no specific controller assignments.
074 Woodwind Section
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls swell
MpressControls swell
075 Reeds & Bells
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls swell
MpressControls swell
076 Pizz & Timp
VTrigTriggers timpani at mezzoforte
077 Cathedral Choir
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Lowers filter
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Lengthens attack significantly
078 Aah Choir prs
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls swell
MpressControls swell
079 Mixed Choir
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BChanges timbre
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: slows attack
MpressControls filter and amplitude
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Disables layers 1 and 2 (full choir)
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080 Choir from Above
This program has no specific controller assignments.
081 DivineInterventn
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Disables chimes
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls expression
MpressControls expression
082 Chapel Organ
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Adds a bank of reeds
083 Cathedral Organ
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Solos a set of flute pipes
084 Pipes 16'8',reed
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Adds a bank of reeds
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085 Full Pipes
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Solos a set of flute pipes
086 Orch Harp
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)
Selects between Upward gliss and arpeggio samples in lowest
octave
087 Stereo Solo Harp
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Adds delay
088 Harp Oasis
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide down an octave in delayed harp layer
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Timbre control: slightly darker
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables delayed harp layer
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls delay rate of second harp layer when MIDI 29 is ON
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Silences delayed layer
Entry valuesMIDI 29 = 127; Mod Wheel / Red Knob B = 116
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089 Under Harp
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Moves filter cutoff
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BAdds filter modulation
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Switches to a chorused New Age sound
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BSlightly softer
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Mutes
092 Romantic Nylon
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up an octave in layer 3 (nylon string gtr)
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitchslide up an octave in Layer 2 (delayed harp)
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt attack of Layer 3 (nylon string gtr)
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables delayed harp
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BControls delay rate of harp layer when MIDI 29 is ON
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens/mutes
Entry valuesMIDI 13 = 127; MIDI 29 = 127; Mod Wheel / Red Knob B = 8
Enables layer 1, (lute-like sound); pitchslide up an octave on
Layer 3 (nylon string gtr)
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay time
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
095 Stereo Chimes
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay time
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
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096 Chime Bell
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up an octave in Layer 1
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: faster decay
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Detunes
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Disables Layers 2 and 3
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BLFO rate control to 0
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
097 Chimes/Glock
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: shortens decay
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
098 Glockenspiel
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Timbre control: duller
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: quicker decay and release
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables Layer 3, sine layer for more body.
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BPitchslide down two octaves
SwitchPdl 1 (Sustain, 64)Enables reverse trigger rolling when MIDI 12 is ON
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
Entry valuesMIDI 12 = 127
Enables reverse trig when sustain pedal is used for executing
rolling technique
099 Orch Celeste
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Brightens
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay time
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BAdds tremolo
100 Xylophone
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Timbre control: duller
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: quicker decay and release
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt attack
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables Marimba layer
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BSlight delay for Marimba layer when MIDI 29 is ON
SwitchPdl 1 (Sustain, 64)Enables reverse trigger rolling when MIDI 12 is ON
Entry valuesMIDI 12 = 127
Enables reverse trig when sustain pedal is used for executing
rolling technique
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101 Orch Percussion
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up 850ct
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitchslide down 850ct
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Disables VTriggered Crash Cym layer
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Brighter soft attack of sustained cymbal
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BAmplitude control
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up an octave in timpani layer
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up an octave in timpani layer
SwitchPdl 1 (Sustain, 64)Opens up VTrig Crash envelope for an Open Crash sound.
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens timpani and sustained cymbal layers
Entry valuesMIDI 12 = 127; MIDI 29 = 127
102 Orch Timpani
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Brightens
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up an octave
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up an octave
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
103 Solo Timpani
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Envelope control: shorter release
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: longer release
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Makes soft strikes brighter
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables pitchbend for Mpress in left-hand section
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up an octave
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up an octave
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
Entry valuesMIDI 12 = 127
104 Dynamic Timpani
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Envelope control: shorter release
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: longer release
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)makes soft strikes brighter
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables pitchbend for Mpress in left-hand section
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up an octave
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up an octave
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
105 Temple Blocks
This program has no specific controller assignments.
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106 Stereo Tam-tam
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Moves filter cutoff
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BAdds filter modulation
107 Trap Set
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Controls filter
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitch control
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Controls decay
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Alt Start
Mpress
Controls amplitude of long brush stir G 3) and C
108 Modern Blockage
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up two octaves in Layer 3
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitchslide down 600ct in Layer 1
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Disables Layer 4
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up two octaves in Layer 3
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up two octaves in Layer 3
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
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109 Beaty Drum
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitch control (not all layers)
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Controls decay
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Disables Layers 2 and 3 (perc tones)
110 Cage's Ensemble
This program has no specific controller assignments.
111 New Touch Perc
This program has no specific controller assignments.
112 Perc & Blocks
This program has no specific controller assignments.
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113 Puppet Show Perc
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up an octave in Layer 3
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitchslide up an octave in Layer 4
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Disables Layer 3
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables Layer 2
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up an octave in Layer 3
CCPed2 / Red Knob C (Foot)Pitchslide up an octave in Layer 3
Entry valuesMIDI 29 = 127
114 Pop Can Perc
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up an octave in Layer 1
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: drier
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt start
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Enables Layer 4
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Disables Layer 1
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up an octave in Layer 1
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up an octave in Layer 1
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Mutes
Entry valuesMIDI 12 = 127
115 Onklungy Perc
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up an octave in Layer 3
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: drier
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Enables Layer 4 filtersnap
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Pitch shift up an octave in Layer 2
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Disables Layer 1
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BDisables Temple Block layer
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Alt start
Entry valuesMIDI 13 = 25
116 Skullophones
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up an octave in Layer 2
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitchslide up 1600ct in Layer 3
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Disables Layer 2
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Disables Layer 1
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables Layer3; disables Layer 4
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BAlt attack
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up an octave in Layer 2
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up an octave in Layer 2
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Mutes
Entry valuesMIDI 29 = 127
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117 Exotic Mallets
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Solos bell
118 Acoustic Mbira
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay time
119 St Elec Mbira
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Shortens decay time
120 Perc Harp
This program has no specific controller assignments.
121 Pluck & Block
This program has no specific controller assignments.
122 Hybrid Pluck
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Adds delayed attack
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123 Bells/Mark Tree
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up an octave in Layers 2 and 3
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitchslide up an octave in Layers 1 and 4
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Envelope control: slow attack
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Pitch shift down an octave in Layer 4, D 6 and higher
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Disables Layer 2
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BLFO rate control to 0
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
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124 Circus Glitter
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up two octaves in sine layer
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: quicker decay/release
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Alt attack
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Enables pizzicato layer
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Enables triangle layer
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BPitchslide up an octave in glockenspiel layer
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up two octaves in sine layer
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up two octaves in sine layer
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
Entry valuesMIDI 29 = 127
125 Swing'n Chimes
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up two octaves in Layer 1, up an octave in Layer 2
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Pitchslide up two octaves in Layer 3
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Envelope control: slow attack
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Disables glockenspiel layer
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Disables chimes layer
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BLFO rate control to 0
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up two octaves in Layer 1, up an octave in Layer 2
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up two octaves in Layer 1, up an octave in Layer 2
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
126 Crystal Lagoon
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Pitchslide up 700ct in Glockenspiel layer
Slider D / Green Knob D (13)Envelope control: quicker decay /release
SW2 / Amber Swch B (9)Transposes Layers 1 and 2 down two octaves
SW3 / Amber Swch C (12)Alt attack
SW5 / Red Switch A (29)Disables glockenspiel layer
Mod Wheel / Red Knob BDetunes
Breath / Red Knob DPitchslide up 700ct in Glockenspiel layer
CCPed2 / Red Knob CPitchslide up 700ct in Glockenspiel layer
SwitchPdl 3 (Soft 67)Dampens
Entry valuesMIDI 13 = 40; MIDI 9 = 127
127 Clang Clang
Slider C / Green Knob C (6)Brightens
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PCR-1 Orchestral Setup Information
The following tables include descriptions of the program and
controller assignments for each zone in the PCR-1 option’s
32 setups.
There’s a separate table for each setup. Each table lists 24
setup features (zone status, MIDI channel, program
assignment, and several controller assignments), and shows
how these features are used in each of the setup’s four zones.
Certain physical controllers on the keyboard and rack-mount
models have corresponding assignments but different
names—for example, Slider A and Green Knob A. In these
cases, the keyboard names are followed by the rack-mount
names.
The program assignment for each zone (the third row in each
table) looks like the following example:
2:068
Total Orch 1
The first numeral indicates the bank number—Bank 2 (Exp1)
in the example above. The second numeral (following the
colon) is the program’s ID—the number you’ll see in the
display when you select that program. The program’s name
follows the bank number and ID.
Certain physical controllers on the keyboard and rack-mount
models have corresponding assignments but different
names—for example, Slider A and Green Knob A. In these
cases, the keyboard names are followed by the rack-mount
names.
Slider A /
CategoryIDSound Name
000 Grand Piano
001 Bright Grand
002 Electric GrandTremolo
The eight GM drum kits are available whichever program set
you’ve installed/loaded. They’re stored in Bank 7. Also in
Bank 7 is a program called 008Sine, which the PC2 uses for
some of its internal diagnostic testing.
IDName
000GM Standard Kit
001GM Room Kit
002GM Power Kit
003GM Elec Kit
004GM Synth Kit
005GM Jazz Kit
006GM Brush Kit
007GM Orch Kit
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