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Re: [Evolver] Questions about chaining PEK to PE Rack
2005-05-27 by marzzz@aol.com
In a message dated 5/26/05 7:02:04 PM, eslawson@... writes:
1) In order to "sync" the sounds in both units, could I just go
through and rewrite the programs (some or all) and this would sync
them? Or is it easier to do some kind of sysex program dump using a
PC? Would the PE Rack need to be upgraded to the newest software rev
to support any of this? Where can I get the upgrade & how is it
loaded? Lots of similar questions!
Best thing to do is a "DUMP EVERYTHING" from the PEK to the Rack. This way the programs are synch'd between the two units. There are some Rack programs that are NOT on the PEK, so you may want to save everything on the Rack first. I will leave the details to dB, but you will need to upgrade a current Rack to match the PEK perfectly/
2) If I use another keyboard MIDI'd to the PEK (with PEK chained to
the PE Rack), will the controller fire all 8 voices, or just the
PEK's 4 voices? I am assuming that the Poly Chain feature hopefully
acts like a MIDI thru when this kind of setup is used. I would like
to have my S90 serving as Master to do automatic patch changes on
certain songs. I would mainly play the PEK's keyboard, but wanted to
know if the S90 will indeed control all 8 of the voices when set up
like this. To add another wrinkle to it, are there any conflicts
when using Poly Chain to a PE Rack and MIDI thru to another keyboard
altogether?
Here's the setup:
To polychain a Rack to a PEK, take a MIDI cable from the PEK "PolyChain OUT" to the Rack MIDI IN. If you want to control the PEK directly from the S90, take the S90 MIDI OUT to the PEK MIDI IN. The S90 will now have access to control all 8 voices. In a studio situation, the PEK remains polychained to the Rack, but the PEK MIDI IN/OUT goes to the MIDI interface IN/OUT.
Basically, once you have Polychained the PEK to the Rack (and made the appropriate audio connections and Global settings) the Rack for all intents and purposes can cease to exist, and the PEK will act as an 8 voice synth.
Hope this helps,
-Marshall