“I want to start using my Kurzweil PC-88 as more of a controller. How do I set up the sliders to control volumes in different zones?”
1. Press the MIDI Setups button, type 127, then press Enter on the numeric keypad.
2. Press the MIDI Transmit button. If the display doesn’t show Zone 1, press the Zone 1 button. Press 1, then Enter. The button will now be lit green and the display will show it is set to channel 1.
3. Press the Program button. Choose the Program you want for the first zone. You can select it by using the alpha wheel, the + and – buttons, or the numeric keypad. (The programs and their numbers are listed in Appendices A & B in the manual.) Or you can use the Sound Select and Next/Previous Group buttons, as described at the beginning of this document.
4. Step 3 will allow you to choose any program from the Internal Voice bank. But if you have the VGM board and want to choose a program from one of the VGM banks, then you need to switch banks. There are two ways to do this.
If you know exactly which program you want, then the fastest way is to type the bank number, followed by the “+/-” button, followed by the program number, then Enter. (The bank numbers were listed at the beginning of this document.)
OR
If you want to scroll through the programs in a bank, press the << button to get to the Bank parameter. Use the alpha wheel to choose the bank you want. Then press the >> button to get back to the Program parameter and use the alpha wheel to scroll through the programs in that bank.
2. Hold the Controllers button and move Slider A. The display now shows Zone: 1 Slider A, Ctrl Num: None. Press 7, then Enter to assign Slider A to Volume. (Controller #7 is MIDI Volume. For a complete list of all the MIDI controllers, see Appendix F in the manual.)
3. Go through steps 5 and 6 in tutorial #1 to create a second zone.
4. Hold the Controllers button and move Slider B. The display now shows Zone: 2 Slider B, Ctrl Num: None. Press 7, then Enter to assign Slider B to Volume. Play the keyboard and move the two sliders. You can control the volume of each zone independently.
5. Go through steps 8 and 9 in tutorial #1 (from the manual) to name and save your Setup.
Of course, you can use the C and D sliders to control volumes on the 3rd and 4th zone in a Setup. We have already created a template Setup, #16 Volume Sliders, which does this. So though we normally suggest you start with Setup 127 when making your own Setups, you can start with this one and just change the programs to the ones you need for a quick way to create a Setup. However, it is good to try making your own from scratch at least once to see how it is done.