Roland PCR-300, PCR-500, PCR-800 Contents

Contents

Names of things and what they do ................4

Panel.................................................................................................. 4

Side panel........................................................................................... 7

Using control maps ........................................8

What is a control map?.........................................................................8

Control maps and the current memory.....................................................8

Switching control maps......................................................................... 9

Saving a control map............................................................................9

Receiving a control map from your computer (Bulk Receive)..................... 10

Saving control map data on your computer (Bulk Transmit)...................... 12

Protecting the control maps.................................................................. 13

Using PCR Editor...........................................14

Setting the MIDI ports.......................................................................... 14

Windows users....................................................................... 15

Mac OS X users......................................................................15

Explanation of the menus.....................................................................16

File menu............................................................................... 16

Edit menu...............................................................................16

Communication menu.............................................................. 16

Options menu......................................................................... 16

Help menu............................................................................. 16

Keyboard shortcuts............................................................................. 17

Explanation of each window................................................................18

Main window......................................................................... 18

Message assignment window................................................... 18

Using PCR Editor to assign MIDI messages............................................ 20

Assigning a MIDI message....................................................... 20

Viewing the assigned MIDI messages........................................ 21

Transferring data between PCR Editor and the PCR.................................22

Sending................................................................................. 22

Receiving............................................................................... 22

Saving a control map on your computer................................................ 23

Loading a control map........................................................................ 23

Loading a memory set as a control map................................................ 23

Importing a memory set........................................................... 23

Parameter setting items....................................................................... 24

NO ASSIGN.......................................................................... 24

Channel Message................................................................... 24

System Realtime/F6 [F6/F8/FA/FB/FC/FF]............................... 28

System Ex. [F0...F7]................................................................ 29

Free Message [...]................................................................... 30

Tempo................................................................................... 30

Playing (Play mode) ....................................32

Go ahead and play............................................................................ 32

Convenient performance functions........................................................ 32

Selecting the current channel (MIDI transmit channel).............................. 33

MIDI channel.......................................................................... 33

Selecting sounds (Program Change/Bank)............................................. 34

Program Change.................................................................... 34

Bank Select............................................................................ 35

Selecting the Lower and Upper sounds.................................................. 36

Selecting the Lower sound........................................................ 36

Selecting the Upper sound....................................................... 36

Layering two sounds (Dual).................................................................. 37

Playing two sounds in combination (Split).............................................. 37

Employing performance dynamics (Velocity).......................................... 38

Specifying a fixed velocity (Key Velocity)................................... 38

Changing the keyboard touch (Velocity Curve)........................... 38

Sending the current value of all controllers (Snapshot)............................. 39

Muting the controller values (PRM MUTE).............................................. 39

When “stuck notes” occur (Panic)......................................................... 40

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