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Use MIDI functionality
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What is UTILITY mode?

This is the mode in which you assign the control messages you want to use, and make settings for
the PC-50 itself.
In UTILITY mode, you use the keyboard to choose the function you want to set. In UTILITY mode,
playing the keyboard will not transmit notes.
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To switch the PC-50 to UTILITY mode...

fig.util*
To switch the PC-50 to UTILITY mode from PLAY mode,
simultaneously hold the
[MIDI CH]
button and
[PGM CHANGE]
button down.
The display will indicate “UTL,” and the PC-50 enters UTILITY
mode.
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Functions in UTILITY mode

UTILITY mode
Transmit a Bank Select
LSB message
This switches the bank.
Transmit bank select LSB (CC#32) message. p. 48
Transmit a Bank Select
MSB message
This switches the bank.
Transmit bank select MSB (CC#00) message. p. 49
Continue playback from
the current location
This transmits a Continue message (FBh); playback that had
been paused will continue from the current location. p. 53
Transmit a Poly Mode On
message
Sets the voice mode to Poly mode. p. 54
Transmit a Mono Mode
On message
Sets the voice mode to Mono mode. p. 55
Transmit a Portamento
On message
Turns on the portamento function that creates a smooth pitch
change from one note to the next (Portamento On). p. 56
Transmit a Portamento
Off message
Turns the portamento function off. p. 57
Transmit a GM2 System
On message
Transmit a GM2 System On message. p. 58
Transmit a Reset
message
Stop “stuck” notes or other problems with the sound on a con-
nected MIDI sound module. p. 59
Make system settings
You can make system settings for the PC-50 itself. p. 61
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