Kurzweil KSP8 TM - Manual (Page 90)

12-2 Preliminary - Subject to Change
Song Mode
Getting Started with the Sequencer
A Word about the Local Keyboard Channel
Before you being sequencing, we’d like to remind you about the Local Keyboard Channel
parameter on the MIDI-mode RECEIVE page (described on page 10-5). Local Keyboard Channel
is especially important whenever the PC3 is going to receive MIDI information from an external
source, since this enables you to record on different tracks without constantly switching
transmit channels on your controller.
• Set the Local Keyboard Channel on the MIDI-mode RECEIVE page to a specific
channel (1–16).
• Set your MIDI controller (keyboard, percussion controller, etc.) to transmit on the same
channel.
Performing the above two steps means that you’ll be able to hear the individual channels (each
of which is assigned by default to a separate recording track) as you scroll through the different
recording tracks in the PC3’s Song mode. Local Keyboard Channel performs a rechannelizing
function that makes this happen.
Patch Through
There’s one more use for Local Keyboard Channel. With any model of the PC3, the Local
Keyboard Channel parameter lets you patch through (also known as soft through) to external
sound modules. When Local Keyboard Channel is enabled, the PC3 takes the rechannelized
information and sends it out the MIDI port. This lets you hear an external module while you are
recording a track assigned to that module.