 | welcome to the unofficial Peavey PC1600 &
PC1600x user page this site serves as a repository for patches, tips
and techniques for these excellent machines... |
pc1600 & pc1600x editors, librarians, etc...
pc1600 patches (in *theory*, upward compatible with pc1600x)
pc1600x patches (for the most part downward compatible with pc1600 - read
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tips & useful items
- Replace
standard NiCad battery with NiMH, or even non-volatile no-battery option!

- Difference
between blue and grey PC-1600xs, by John
Fera of Peavey

- Summary of most recent PC-1600x firmware versions, by John Fera of Peavey
- A thread on the Peavey forum about replacing the PC1600's LCD, by Dan Nigrin
- Interesting note about DC power supplies,
by Anthony Gore
- Use your PC-1600x as a LARC unit for the Lexicon PCM80 or 81 -
text description, or original thread on the
Music Gear Network, submitted by Paul Weber
- Add external controller inputs to the pc1600x,
by Douglas Irving Repetto
- Rack mount your PC 1600(x)! pictures, and description,
by Mike Goins
- Map your PC1600(x) to ProTools[424k], nice utility by
Hans Tutschku
- New paint and buttons for your
PC1600(x) by Atom Smasher
- Easy preset navigation by Claude Voit
- Four Presets
to send Polyphonic Aftertouch Controller Messages[4k] for PC1600 and PC1600x
by Scott Holmes - more info
- EMagic
Sounddiver adaptation v1.2[12k] for PC1600 and PC1600x by Claude Voit - more info
- Template
[984k] for Native Instrument's B4, in .pdf format (adaptation of Godric
Wilkie's templates by Ashley
Morris
- add extra
external controller inputs to the peavey pc1600x midi fader box by Douglas Repetto
- Another
useful approach to keeping track of what sliders and buttons do in each of
your different patches
- Tip on sending
channel pitch bend.... and a new comment about this tip.... and a comment on the comment... and a further comment
- Tip on
sending channel after touch
- How do I send a continuous controller
message with a button push?
- Some *very* nice templates [43k] for a bunch of Godric Wilkie's
patches listed above, in PDF format. If you have the full version of Adobe
Acrobat, you could modify these to suit your own patches too!
- Device driver (new v1.01) for Cubase
Studio Module (PC version), allowing interface with PC-1600x, by Gilbert Poliquin. Info here
- double
your pc1600's memory!!! - a totally cool hack by Godric Wilkie
- a poor
man's Doepfer MAQ 16/3 - use your PC1600X as a 16 step sequencer with note
values controlled by the faders!
- read about
differences between pc1600 and pc1600X/pc1600v2.0 upgrade
- using your pc1600(x) as a
CV to MIDI convertor
- more fun with analog synth CV outputs
- use your Logic sequencer and the pc1600 as an analog
sequencer! (description) (download Logic environment)
links
submitting your own patches, tips,
etc.
Just send me a note, and once I give you the OK, you can
just attach it to me in an e-mail message. Please also have a text file ready
that describes the mappings of the faders and/or buttons, and any other special
features.

this web site designed and
maintained by
dan nigrin
it is not affiliated with peavey these
patches are not guaranteed to work - please contact the author of the patch if
you find one that doesn't
last updated June 17, 2008