Specifications

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Tutorials: Setup Mode
Asetupismadeupof1to16Zones,eachofwhichusesaprogram(instrumentsound)from
Programmode.Withasetupyoucanplayupto16differentinstrumentsoundsatonce,either
asseparateinstrumentsfromdifferentkeyranges(knownassplitsetups,)aslayersof
instruments
fromthesamekeys(knownaslayeredsetups,)orusingamix ofbothmethods.
Eachzonecanalsotriggerariff,whichissequencethatcanbesyncedwithotherriffsor
transposedasitistriggered.
Thefollowingexampleswillexplainhowtouseandediteachtype
ofsetup.Theseexamples
includeinstructionstochoosespecificprogramsandchoosespecifickeyranges.Youcanfollow
thesameguidestomakeyourowncustomsetupsbychoosinganycombinationofprograms
andkeyranges.Ineachtutorial, read thetextforeachstepandlookattheexampledisplay

screenshotsasaguideforfollowi ngeachstep.Importantparametersthatarementionedineach
stepwillbecircledontheexamplescreenshots.
ThepresetsetupsincludedwiththePC3LEincludesplitandlayeredsetups,aswellassome
setupsthatusemoreadvancedfeatureslikeriffsorassignable
switchesandknobs.Tolearn
moreaboutthesefeaturesseeChapter 7,SetupMode.
ANoteAboutPrograms:EachZoneinasetupcontainsaprogramfromthePC3LE’sProgram
mode.ThePC3LEcomeswithover1000programs,andyoucanalsoedittheseprograms.When
choosingaprogramfora
setup,manyuserswillbesatisfiedusingoneoftheincludedprograms
asis.Someusersmayalsowishtoalterthepropertiesofaprogrambeyondtheoptionsgivenin
Setupmode.Inthesecases,itisnecessarytoedittheprogramfromProgrammode.SeeThe
ProgramEditor on page 6‐
9formoredetails.