Specifications

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Program Mode
The Program Editor
Function Soft Buttons
Thissectiondescribesthesoftbuttonsthatperformspecificfunctions,asopposedtoselecting 
programmingpages.Thedescriptionsbelowarearrangedintheorderinwhichyouwouldsee
thesoftbuttonsifyoupressedthemore>buttonrepeatedly.Youcanalwaysgettothesebuttons,
regardlessofwhichpageis
currentlyselected.
New Layer (NewLyr)
Createanewlayer,numberedoneabovethehighestexistinglayer.Thenewlayer’sparameters
arethoseofthesinglelayerinProgram999,calledDefaultProgram.Whenyoupressthis
button,thePC3LEwilltellyouthatitiscreatinganewlayer,thenwillreturnto
thepageyou
wereon.Thenewlayerbecomesthecurrentlayer,andisthehighest‐numberedlayerinthe
program.Ifthecurrentprogramalreadyhasitsmaximumnumberoflayers,thePC3LEwilltell
youthatyoucan’taddanymore.
Program999makesagoodtemplateforprograms
thatyoubuildfromthealgorithmup.You
mightwanttoeditProgram999toadjustoneormoreparameterstovaluesyouwanttousein
yourtemplateprogram.Ifyoulikethesettingsofthedefaultlayerastheyare,however,
remembernottomakeanypermanentchanges
toProgram999.
Duplicate Layer (DupLyr)
Createacopyofthecurrentlayer,duplicatingthesettingsofallitsparameters.Thecopy
becomesthecurrentlayer,andisthehighest‐numberedlayerinthe program.
Import Layer (ImpLyr)
Copyaspecificlayerfromanotherprogramintothecurrentprogram.Thisbuttonbringsupa
dialogthatprompts
youtoselectalayernumberandaprogramnumber. Thedialogtellsyou
thecurrentlyselectedlayer,andthetotalnumberoflayersintheprogram.UsetheLayer–or
Layer+softbuttons(orthealphawheel)tochangethelayernumber.Ifthecurrentprogramhas
onlyone
layer,pressingthesebuttonswillhavenoeffect.UseProg–orProg+softbuttons(orthe
alphawheel)tochangetheprogramnumber.
Whileyouareinthisdialog,youcanlistentothelayeryouareselectingtoimport,alongwith all
otherlayersinthecurrentprogram.Ifyou
wanttohearthelayertobeimportedbyitself,you
mustmutetheotherlayers.
Whenyouhaveselectedthedesiredlayerfromthedesiredprogram,presstheImportsoft
button,andtheselectedlayerwillbecopiedfromtheselectedprogram,becomingthecurrent
layer.Importinglayersisa
convenientalternativetocreatinglayersfromscratch.Ifyouhavea
favoritestringsound,forexample,andyouwanttouseitinotherprograms,justimportits
layer(s)intotheprogramyou’rebuilding.Thiswillpreservetheenvelopesandallthecontrol
settingssoyoudon’thavetoreprogramthem.
Delete Layer (DelLyr)
Deletethecurrentlayer.Whenyoupressthisbutton,thePC3LEasksyouifyouwanttodelete
thelayer;presstheYessoftbuttontostartthedeletionprocess,ortheNosoftbuttontocancelit.
Thispromptpreventsyoufromaccidentallydeletingalayer.