Specifications

Master Mode
MIDI Receive (RECV)
9-21
Local Keyboard Channel (LocalKbdCh)
TheLocalKeyboardChannelenablesanexternalMIDIdevicetofunctionasifitisthePC3LE’s
keyboardandphysicalcontrollers.ThisallowsoneMIDIchannelofanexternalMIDIdeviceto
controlmultipleMIDIchannelsofthePC3LE,eveniftheexternalMIDIdeviceonlytransmitson
onechannel.
In
SetupMode,whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettomatchthechannelonwhichthe
externalMIDIdeviceistransmitting,thesetupwillplayontheexternalMIDIdeviceasitdoes
onthePC3LE’skeyboard.SeetheContinuousControllerMessagesFromExternalMIDI
Devices on page 9‐22sectionbelowfordetails
onreceiving continuouscontrollermessagesfrom
anexternalMIDIdevicewhenaLocalKeyboardChannelisset.Also,inSetupMode,whenthe
LocalKbdChparameterissettomatch thechannelonwhichtheexternalMIDIdeviceis
transmitting,externalMIDIreceivedbyaZoneissenttothedestination
setwitheachZones’
CH/PROGpageDestinationparameter(seeDestination on page 7‐6 fordetails.)Inthiscase,ifa
ZoneissendingtheexternalMIDItotheUSBorMIDIOutports,theMIDImessageswillbe
remappedtothechanneloftheZone,andanynotetranspositionsetforthe
Zonewillbe
applied.
InSetupMode,whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettoNone,anexternalMIDIdevicewill
playasingleProgram.TheplayedprogramwillbeonaZoneofthecurrentSetupthathasa
Channelparameter(ontheSetupEditorCH/PROGpage)whichmatchesthe
channelonwhich
theexternalMIDIdeviceistransmitting.(IfnoZone’sChannelparametermatches,theexternal
devicewillplaytheprogramthatwaslastusedbythatchannelinProgramorSetupMode.)Whenthe
ProgramofaSetupZoneisplayedfromanexternalMIDIcontrollerwiththeLocalKbdCh

parametersettoNone,SetupMIDIparameters(mostnoticeablykeyrangeandtransposition)
willnotbeapplied.(SeeInputChannel on page 7‐8fordetailsonapplyingtheseparameters
whenplayingasinglezonefromanexternalMIDIdevice.)Also,inSetupMode,whenLocal
KeyboardChannelissettoNone,
externalMIDIsenttoanychannelisoutputfromtheMIDI
Thruport,butnotfromtheMIDIOutportorUSBport.
TheLocalKeyboardChannelparameteralsoaffectshowexternalMIDIdevicesinteractwith
ProgramMode.InProgramMode,whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettomatchthechannel

onwhichtheexternalMIDIdeviceistransmitting,theexternalMIDIdevicewillplaythe
ProgramonthechannelcurrentlyselectedontheProgramModemainpage.(TheProgramMode
mainpageshowsthecurrentchannelontherightofthetopline.)Also,inthiscase,externalMIDI
received
byaProgramissenttothedestinationsetbytheDestinationparameterontheMaster
ModeMIDITransmitpage(seeDestination on page 9‐12fordetails.)
InProgramMode,whentheLocalKbdChparameterissettoNone,anexternalMIDIdevice
willtriggertheprogramonthechannelthatitis
transmitting,nomatterwhichchannelis
currentlyselectedontheProgramModemainpage.Inthiscase,externalMIDIsenttoany
channelisoutputfromtheMIDIThruport,butnotfromtheMIDIOutportorUSBport.