Can I pan ZONES from left to right?

If you are using the PC2 in a recording studio or playing live and have the need to run different sounds out of different outputs, then you need to be able to pan individual zones hard right or hard left. To follow this tutorial, you will need to have both outputs of the PC2 plugged into a mixing board or stereo amp. If using a mixing board, make sure that the two channels are panned hard left and right on the board or you won’t hear the separation.

1. Create a Piano and Bass split Setup, Choose a piano program for zone 1 and a bass program for zone 2. If zone 1 is not in the display, press the Zone 1 button.

2. Hold the Controllers button and press the SW5 controller button. The display now shows Zone:1, SW Button 5, On Ctrl: None. Press 10, then Enter to set the On Ctrl to Pan (MIDI controller #10).

3. Press the >> button. You should see the On Value set to 127 (which is the default value for any switch turned on). This value will pan the piano sound hard right. (If you play the piano now, you won’t hear it panned yet, but don’t worry.)

4. Press the >> button twice. Press 64, then Enter to set the Off Value to 64, which will set the pan back to center.

5. Press the >> button. Set the Entry State parameter to On.

6. Press the >> button. Set the Exit State parameter to Off.

7. Press the Zone 2 button. Now repeat steps 2-6 of this tutorial for zone 2, but in Step 3, set the On value to 0, so that the bass will be panned hard left.

8. Name and Save your Setup. Now press the SW5 button and play. You should hear the piano on the right and the bass on the left. Press the SW5 button again. Both zones return to center.

9. Select a different Setup, then go back to your panned Setup. Notice that the SW5 button lights up when you select the Setup. This is accomplished by using the Entry State parameter. Chose another Setup. Notice that the SW5 button is no longer lit. This is accomplished by using the Exit State parameter.

The Entry and Exit State parameters are very useful for when you want to assign a controller to send a specific value of something when you select a Setup without having to touch that controller (they work similar to the Entry and Exit value parameters for continuous controllers).

You can set a controller to turn On or Off when you select the setup and when you leave that setup. If the Entry or Exit State is set to None, then the controller remains as it was when you select or leave the Setup. For example, if we left the Exit State to None in this Setup, then the SW5 button would remain turned On when we left this Setup.

This Setup was designed so that simply by calling it up, the zones would be panned the way we wanted, but when we leave the Setup, panning is returned to normal. This way, other Setups that use the same MIDI channels won’t be panned. Of course, you might want to have all of your Setups panned in the same manner. But by using the Exit State or Exit Value parameters, you can ensure you don’t have any unexpected surprises when you select a different Setup.

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