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Basic operation
How to switch modes
You can switch modes at any time, as shown below.
You are returned to Play mode once a setting or a process has been completed within the other
modes. If you want to return to Play mode without completing a setting or operation, press the
button for the current mode (i.e., the button that is lit). Alternatively, press the [CANCEL] button.
The setting you were in the process of making will be discarded.
Mode Switcing modes Explanation
PLAY mode
(p. 117)
When you turn on the power, the PCR-30/50/80
will start up in PLAY mode.
Transmit MIDI messages by
playing the keyboard or
operating the controllers.
MIDI Channel mode
(MIDI CH)
(p. 118)
Press the [MIDI CH] button.
Set the transmit channel
(current channel) for the
keyboard and bender lever.
Program Change
mode
(PROGRAM
CHANGE)
(p. 119)
Press the [PROGRAM
CHANGE] button.
Transmit program change
messages on the current
channel.
Bank mode
(BANK)
(p. 120)
Simultaneously press the
[PROGRAM CHANGE]
button and [MIDI CH]
button.
Transmit bank select
messages (MSB, LSB) on the
current channel.
Memory mode
(MEMORY)
(p. 121)
Press the [MEMORY]
button.
Recall a memory set from
internal memory into the
current memory (p. 136).
Snapshot mode
(SNAPSHOT)
(p. 122)
Simultaneously press the
[MEMORY] button and the
[MIDI CH] button.
Transmit the current values
of all controllers ([R1--R8],
[S1--S8]) at once.
Panic mode
(PANIC)
(p. 123)
Simultaneously press the
[PROGRAM CHANGE]
button and the [EDIT]
button.
Stop "stuck" notes or other
problems with the sound on a
connected MIDI sound
module.
Edit mode
(EDIT)
(p. 125)
Press the [EDIT] button.
Assign MIDI messages to the
controllers, transmit/receive
bulk data, or make system
settings.