Kurzweil KSP8 TM - Manual (Page 56)

6-8 Preliminary - Subject to Change
Program Mode
KB3 Program Structure
The PC3 also remaps certain MIDI Controller messages that it receives on the local keyboard
channel, so that they correspond (in most cases) to the default assignments for the PC3’s
physical controllers (Mod Wheel, sliders, ribbons, etc.). While this ensures that the physical
controllers work in a consistent and relatively standard fashion for most setups and VAST
programs, it necessitates a few adjustments to make incoming MIDI Controller messages control
the KB3 features listed in Table 6-3. Without these adjustments, some of the KB3 features won’t
respond to MIDI Controller messages—this is true when you’re playing programs as well as
when you’re playing setups.
To make everything work properly, you need to make sure that all the appropriate physical
controllers are assigned for KB3 control. Physical controller assignments are handled by setups,
and are defined by parameters on several pages in the Setup Editor. Each zone of a setup has its
own controller assignments. Programs don’t have controller assignments, so they “borrow”
them from a special setup that’s reserved for that purpose. This setup is called the control setup;
it’s determined by the value of the CtlSetup parameter (on the TRANSMIT page in MIDI mode).
You can read about control setups in detail on page 6-9.
When you’re playing a setup on the local keyboard channel, each zone that uses a KB3 program
must have the appropriate physical controller assignments. When you’re playing a KB3
program, Zone 1 of the control setup must have the appropriate physical controller assignments.
One final word—for now—about using the local keyboard channel: all the MIDI information
received on the local keyboard channel also gets sent—after being remapped—to the PC3’s MIDI
Out port. There’s a discussion of the local keyboard channel in Chapter 10.