Kurzweil PC3, Musician'S Manual

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Program Mode
The LAYER Page
As an example, suppose you’re
working with a flute keymap and wish to control the amount of
chiff heard at the beginning of the sound. On the KEYMAP page in the Program Editor, set
AltControl to MWheel. Now the Mod Wheel controls how much of the initial sample attack is
used. If you set AltMethod to Switched and move the Mod Wheel at least half-way up, the
at Note Start the sample will begin at the pre-set alternate start point (in this case, slightly past
the initial chiff). If you set the AltMethod to Continuous , the PC3 will interpolate the sample's
starting point based on the position of the Mod Wheel. If the Mod Wheel is 75% of the way up
at Note Start, the sample will begin 75% of the way between normal and alternate start points.
Emulating Legato Play
If you place the Alt point after the initial attack transients of the sample, then you can use the Alt
Switch to emulate legato playing in an acoustic instrument. As an example, set Keymap to
14 Flute . Now set the AltControl parameter to Chan St (Channel State). Now if you play notes
separately, the initial breathy chiff will be heard. But if you play the notes legato (connecting
them smoothly), the Alt point is used and you do not hear the chiff. This is because the Chan St
is turned on as long as any note is being held. Most of the PC3’s ROM samples have their Alt
points set for purposes of legato play. In most cases the difference in attacks is subtle, but for
some sounds, like drums, the difference can be more noticeable.
The LAYER Page
Press the LAYER soft button to call up the LAYER page. Here you’ll set a number of parameters
that affect the current layer’s keyboard range, attack and release characteristics, and response to
various controls.
Parameter Range of Values Default
Low Key C -1 to G 9 C 0
High Key C -1 to G 9 C 8
Low Velocity ppp to fff ppp
High Velocity ppp to fff fff
Bend Off, Key, All All
Trig Normal, Reversed Normal
Delay Control Control Source list Off
Minimum Delay 0 to 25 seconds 0
Maximum Delay 0 to 25 seconds 0
Layer Enable Control Source list On