User manual ROLAND PC-50 EDIROL

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you for purchasing the MIDI keyboard controller PC-50. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (OWNER'S MANUAL pp. These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner's manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. Copyright © 2005 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. [. . . ] If you push the lever away from you and the same time move it to the right or left, you can apply both effects at once. * The amount of pitch change ("bend range") depends on the settings of your sound module. Pitch Bend Modulation 44 Use MIDI functionality Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel PLAY To control your sound module, set the PC-50's current channel to the MIDI receive channel that's selected on your sound module. Current channel The current channel is the transmit channel for the keyboard, Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever, VALUE encoder, hold pedal and expression pedal. fig. MIDIch-1_76 12 fig. MIDIch 1 Press the [MIDI CH] button. The display will show the current channel setting. 2 Use the VALUE encoder to specify the desired channel number. Value range 1­16 The current channel has now been set. In CONTROLLER mode (p. 50), pressing the [MIDI CH] button will transmit a Start message (FAh). 45 Use MIDI functionality Selecting Sounds on a Sound Module --Transmitting Program Change / Bank Select Massages To select a sound on your MIDI sound module, transmit a Program Change. To select a sound from a different bank, first transmit a Bank Select message that switches the bank. * You must transmit the Bank Select message before transmitting the Program Change message. What is a bank? MIDI sound modules organize their numerous sounds in various groups according to the category of sound. These groups are called "banks. " Program Change messages can only select sounds within the same bank, but by using these in conjunction with Bank Select messages, you can select different variations of sound. * The way in which sounds are organized will differ for each sound module. For details, refer to the owner's manual of the sound module you are using. · Transmitting a program change message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47) · Transmitting a bank select LSB message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48) · Transmitting a bank select MSB message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49) 46 Use MIDI functionality Transmitting a program change message This lets you transmit a program change message on the Current channel (p. 45). fig. PC-1_75 PLAY 21 fig. program 1 Press the [PGM CHANGE] button. The display will indicate the program change that was transmitted most recently. 2 Use the VALUE encoder to specify the program change you want to transmit. Value range 1­128 The program change message has now been transmitted. In CONTROLLER mode (p. 50), pressing the [PGM CHANGE] button will transmit a Stop message (FCh). 47 Use MIDI functionality Transmitting a bank select LSB message Here's how to transmit a bank select LSB (#CC32) message on the Current channel (p. The bank select MSB and program change message you most recently transmitted (specified) as described in "Transmitting a bank select MSB message" (p. 49) and "Transmitting a program change message" (p. 47) will also be transmitted. fig. BANK-1_75 4 1 3 2 fig. util* 1 Simultaneously hold the [MIDI CH] button and [PGM CHANGE] button down. The display will indicate "UTL, " and the PC-50 enters UTILITY mode. 2 fig. BANK-3 Press [BANK LSB] key. 3 Use the VALUE encoder or the [0]­[9] keys of the keyboard to specify the bank select LSB that you want to transmit. fig. enter *1 Reference 4 Press the [ENTER] button. * The setting will be cancelled if you press another button instead of the [ENTER] button. The bank select LSB message has now been transmitted. 48 *1 The -- area displays the currently set value. If it has not been set, the default setting will be displayed. Even if you change the type or mode of the MIDI message that is assigned, the default setting will be displayed. [. . . ] Paseo García Faria, 33-35 08005 Barcelona SPAIN TEL: 93 493 91 00 AFRICA EGYPT Al Fanny Trading Office 9, EBN Hagar A1 Askalany Street, ARD E1 Golf, Heliopolis, Cairo 11341, EGYPT TEL: 20-2-417-1828 QATAR Badie Studio & Stores P. O. Box 62, Doha, QATAR TEL: 423554 THAILAND Theera Music Co. 330 Verng NakornKasem, Soi 2, Bangkok 10100, THAILAND TEL: (02) 2248821 HONDURAS Almacen Pajaro Azul S. A. BO. Paz Barahona 3 Ave. 11 Calle S. O San Pedro Sula, Honduras TEL: (504) 553-2029 CZECH REP. K-AUDIO Kardasovska 626. [. . . ]