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Kurzweil PC3A, User Manual

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Storage Mode

Storage Mode Page

After selecting a storage device, use the soft buttons on the Storage Mode page to start one of the 

available operations:

STORE

  

Save objects or banks of objects as a .P3A file on the current device.

LOAD

 

Load selected file(s) or object(s) from the current device into PC3A memory.

UTILS

 

Organize files and folders on a USB device.

USBDrv

   Select the virtual USB drive when the USB computer port is connected to a computer.

EXPORT 

Export MIDI files created in Song mode or a list of Program info (controller 

assignments.)

Format

  

Format the USB device currently connected to the USB Storage port.

Using USB Devices

There is a 

USB Storage port 

on the back panel of the PC3A, to your right as you face the 

keyboard. You can plug a USB mass storage device such as a “thumb drive” into the PC3A for 

backing up, archiving, sharing your work, and updating your software. Any size USB mass 

storage device will work, though thumb drives are recommended for their portability, durability, 

and low price.

  

 

Note:

 

Most USB thumb drives are compatible with the PC3A, but some older USB thumb drives and 

larger USB bus powered drives will not work with the PC3A if they require more than 100 mA of current 

(high power USB devices.) When attempting to use an incompatible USB device, the PC3A will display the 

message “USB device requires too much power”. The PC3A is designed to work with low power USB 

devices and can provide a maximum of 100 mA to a USB device. Power requirement specifications for 

thumb drives are not always made clearly available by the manufacturer, but a newly purchased thumb 

drive will most likely be compatible. If possible, check the power requirement specifications of your USB 

device before purchase.

Caution

:

 A USB connector will only fit into the port if oriented properly, so don’t force it into the 

port, as this may damage your PC3A or USB device. If you are having trouble inserting your USB 

connector into the port, try flipping the connector over.

 

Caution

: Do not remove a USB device while the display says 

Loading... 

or 

Saving...

. Removing a USB 

device during a file transfer can cause data corruption.

Formatting a USB Device

See 

Format

 on page  13-15

.

USB Computer Port

You can also transfer files directly to a computer that is equipped with a USB port by using the 

USB Computer port 

on the back panel of the PC3A (see above.) Connect a USB cable from the 

PC3A’s USB Computer port to a USB port on your computer. When you enter Storage mode and 

select 

USB PC Connection

, a virtual drive named 

PC3A 

will appear on your computer’s 

Summary of Contents for PC3A

Page 1: ...Part Number 910568 001 ...

Page 2: ...taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings 12 The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled into the product C The product has been exposed to rain D The product does not appear to be operating normally or exhibits a marke...

Page 3: ...d on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Use only with a cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unpl...

Page 4: ...dland Hills CA 91367 Tel 800 431 2609 Fax 818 597 0411 Email info americanmusicandsound com www kurzweil com support kurzweil com www facebook com kurzweilmusicsystems www twitter com KurzweilMusic www youtube com user KurzweilTutorials Customers outside the US Young Chang Co LTD 9th Floor Bldg 102 I Park Jeongja Dong Bundang Gu Seongnam Si Gyeonggi Do 463 859 South Korea Tel 82 31 786 7900 ...

Page 5: ...reath Controller 1 5 USB Storage Device 1 5 Chapter 2 Startup Make Connections 2 1 Make Music 2 1 Startup the Details 2 2 Before You Start 2 2 Connecting the Power Cable Line Cord 2 2 Connecting Audio Cables 2 2 Connecting MIDI 2 3 Pedals 2 4 Breath 2 4 Ribbon 2 5 Switching On the Power 2 5 USB Storage Port 2 6 USB Computer Port 2 6 Setting the Clock 2 7 PC3APrograms 2 7 Selecting Programs 2 7 Eas...

Page 6: ... Buttons 3 9 The Alphanumeric Pad 3 9 Double Button Presses 3 10 Intuitive Data Entry 3 11 Changing the Current Layer in Multi Layer Programs 3 11 Search 3 12 Quick Song Recording and Playback 3 12 Chapter 4 The Operating Modes What the Modes Are 4 1 Selecting Modes 4 1 Finding Square One 4 2 Using the Modes 4 2 Program Mode 4 2 Setup Mode 4 2 Quick Access Mode 4 3 Effects Mode 4 3 MIDI Mode 4 3 M...

Page 7: ...tup Overview 6 9 Control Setup Advanced Features 6 10 Selecting And Editing The Control Setup 6 10 Editing VAST Programs 6 12 The Soft Buttons in the Program Editor 6 12 The MODE Buttons in the Program Editor 6 13 Assigning Program Parameters to Control Sources 6 13 The KEYMAP Page 6 14 Keymap 6 14 Transpose Xpose 6 14 Key Tracking KeyTrk 6 14 Velocity Tracking VelTrk 6 15 Method AltMethod 6 15 St...

Page 8: ...Pan 6 32 Pan Mode 6 32 Output Pan Gain and Mode 6 33 Pan Table 6 33 Crossfade and Crossfade Sense XFadeSense 6 33 Drum Remap 6 33 Exclusive Zone Map 6 34 The COMMON Page 6 35 Pitch Bend Range Up and Down 6 35 Monophonic 6 35 Legato Play 6 36 Portamento 6 36 Portamento Rate 6 36 Attack Portamento 6 36 Mono Sample XFade 6 37 Globals 6 37 Output Gain Pan and Pan Mode 6 37 Demo Song 6 37 The LFO Page ...

Page 9: ...ew Layer NewLyr 6 52 Duplicate Layer DupLyr 6 52 Import Layer ImpLyr 6 52 Delete Layer DelLyr 6 52 Name Save Delete 6 52 Editing VAST Programs With KVAOscillators 6 53 Basic Use of KVAOscillators 6 53 Setting KVAOscillator Type 6 54 Advanced Use Of KVAOscillators 6 55 Editing KB3 Programs 6 59 KB3 Editor The Tone Wheels TONEWL Page 6 59 Upper Tone Wheel Keymap 6 59 Upper Volume Adjust 6 60 Number ...

Page 10: ...p 6 67 Leakage 6 67 LeakMode 6 68 SpeedCtl 6 68 VibChorCtl 6 68 VibChorSel 6 68 VolAdjust 6 68 BendRngUp BendRngDn 6 68 Sustain 6 68 Sostenuto 6 68 LesliePedal 6 68 KB3 Editor The EQ Page 6 69 KB3 Editor The OUTPUT Page 6 70 Exp Pedal 6 70 KB3 Editor The Program FX PROGFX Page 6 70 KB3 Editor The LFO ASR and FUN Pages 6 70 KB3 Programming Tips 6 71 Chapter 7 Setup Mode Zone status LEDs in Setup Mo...

Page 11: ...tch Controllers 7 21 The Controller Destination List 7 21 Shift Key Number Shift Key ShKeyNum ShiftKey 7 26 Continuous Controller Parameters 7 29 Switch Controller Parameters 7 30 The WHEEL Page 7 32 The SLIDER and SLID2 Pages 7 33 The Continuous Control Pedal CPEDAL Page 7 34 The Pressure PRESS Page 7 35 The Footswitch Pages FT SW1 FT SW2 FT SW3 7 36 The Arpeggiator Switch ARP SW Page 7 37 The SW...

Page 12: ... Mode Soft Buttons In Quick Access Mode 8 2 The QAEditor 8 2 Chapter 9 Effects and Effect Mode Effects Overview 9 1 Insert Effects 9 1 Aux Effects 9 1 Master Effects 9 2 Chains 9 2 Signal Flow 9 2 DSP Units Manage and Distribute Processor Power for Effects 9 3 Aux Override 9 3 Effect Mode and the Effects Pages 9 4 The EffectsEnable Page 9 4 The Aux 1 Override and Aux 2 Override Pages 9 5 The Maste...

Page 13: ...Page 10 5 Basic Channel 10 6 MIDI Receive Mode MIDI Mode 10 6 All Notes Off 10 6 Program Change Mode PrgChgMode 10 6 Velocity Map Receive 10 7 Pressure Map Receive 10 8 System Exclusive ID SysExID 10 9 Bank Select 10 9 Local Keyboard Channel LocalKbdCh 10 10 The Channels Page 10 14 Enable 10 14 Program 10 14 Pan 10 15 Volume 10 15 Program Lock Pan Lock Volume Lock 10 15 Program Change Formats 10 1...

Page 14: ...ode 11 10 Clock Source 11 11 TEMPO 11 11 General MIDI Mode GM On GM Off 11 12 OBJECT 11 13 Rename 11 14 Delete 11 14 UTILS UTILITIES 11 16 CLOCK 11 17 Reset 11 17 Loader 11 18 About 11 18 Save 11 18 Preview Sample PRVIEW 11 18 Chapter 12 Song Mode and the Song Editor Getting Started with the Sequencer 12 1 What is a Sequencer 12 1 Song Mode The MAIN Page 12 1 Current Song CurSong 12 2 Tempo 12 2 R...

Page 15: ...2 14 Program 12 14 Channel 12 14 Strong Note 12 14 Strong Vel 12 14 Soft Note 12 14 Soft Vel 12 14 The Rec Play and Stop Soft Buttons 12 14 The Done Soft Button 12 14 Song Mode The Filter Pages RECFLT and PLYFLT 12 15 Notes 12 15 LoKey 12 15 Hi 12 15 LoVel 12 16 Hi 12 16 Controllers 12 16 Controller 12 16 LoVal 12 16 Hi 12 16 PitchBend 12 16 ProgChange 12 16 MonoPress 12 16 PolyPress 12 16 The Rec...

Page 16: ...12 30 Remap 12 31 Song Editor The EVENT Page 12 31 Initial Program Volume Pan 12 32 Location 12 32 Bar Beat and Tick 12 32 Event Type and Value 12 32 Soft Buttons on the EVENT Page 12 33 Tempo Track 12 33 Chapter 13 Storage Mode Storage Mode Page 13 1 Using USB Devices 13 2 Storage Mode Common Features 13 4 Directories 13 4 Path 13 4 Common Dialogues 13 4 The STORE Page 13 6 Storing Overview 13 6 ...

Page 17: ...art 6 Adjusting The Volume Of Each Instrument 15 10 Part 7 Learning More About Song Mode 15 15 Appendix Specifications MIDI Implementation Chart A 1 Specifications A 2 Appendix PC3A Bootloader Using the Bootloader Menu B 1 System Update PC3ASoftware Objects Etc B 2 Run Diags PC3ADiagnostics Utility B 2 System Reset B 2 System Utilities B 3 Appendix Changing PC3A Voltage Removing the fuse holder C ...

Page 18: ...amples D 54 Arpeggiator Shift Patterns D 63 Arpeggiator Velocity Patterns D 65 Appendix PC3A Legacy File Conversion Object Types and Conversion Details E 1 Keymap Objects E 1 Program Objects E 1 Setup Objects E 1 Index i ...

Page 19: ...0 will be selected when the PC3Ais first powered on In addition to the great sounds and programming features the PC3Ais fully equipped with performance features you ll use at every gig For example there are nine conveniently situated sliders for accurately emulating the drawbars on a tone wheel organ such as a Hammond B3 And the PC3A s 24 dedicated sound select buttons along with its Quick Access ...

Page 20: ...quencer with front panel transport buttons lets you record your ideas any time inspiration strikes This sequencer Song mode lets you play back MIDI type 0 or 1 sequences record and play back your own songs and record multi timbral sequences received via MIDI In addition to V A S T capability a few of the features that by themselves make the PC3Aan impressive stage and studio machine are 128 voice ...

Page 21: ...s combining different DSP functions in any order you like including parallel and serial configurations Cascade Mode lets you route any layer of a program into the DSP of any other layer Any of the 32 layers of a program can go into any other layer When you re ready to jump in and start creating programs turn to Chapter 6 KB3 Tone Wheel Emulation In addition to VAST synthesis the PC3Aoffers many os...

Page 22: ...addition to your instrument Power cable Sustain pedal USB cable Getting Started manual If you don t have all of these components please call your Kurzweil Young Chang dealer You may also want to purchase a USB thumb drive for portable backups and storage Boot Loader When you need to update the PC3A s software or run diagnostic tests you ll use the Boot Loader To bring up the Boot Loader hold down ...

Page 23: ...maha or equivalent breath controller into the dedicated jack on the PC3A s rear panel USB Storage Device You can plug a USB mass storage device such as a thumb drive or memory stick into the PC3A for backing up archiving sharing your work and updating your software Any size USB mass storage device will work though thumb drives are recommended for their portability durability and low price Note Mos...

Page 24: ... 3 Connect the power cable 4 Make sure your sound system is at a safe volume level Also make sure that the PC3A s MASTER VOLUME slider on the far left side of the front panel is all the way down 5 Plug in a pair of stereo headphones or run standard 1 4 inch audio cables from your amplifier or mixer to the MIX audio outputs on the PC3A Use the Main Left out for mono Balanced TRS or Stereo cables ar...

Page 25: ...e right plug it into a grounded outlet If your power source does not have the standard three hole outlet you should take the time to install a proper grounding system This will reduce the risk of a shock Connecting Audio Cables Analog After you ve turned down the level on your sound system connect the PC3A s analog audio outputs to your sound system using a pair of stereo or mono audio cables Mono...

Page 26: ...ument or from the MIDI Out port of another MIDI controller to the MIDI In port of the PC3A There are all sorts of possible configurations including additional synths personal computers MIDI effects processors and MIDI patch bays Depending on your system you may want to use the PC3A s MIDI Thru port to pass MIDI information from a MIDI controller to the PC3Aand on to the next device in your system ...

Page 27: ...u might cause it to work backward The pedals are independently programmable within each zone of every setup Here are the default settings for the five pedals you can use with the PC3A Switch Pedal 1 Controller 64 Sustain Switch Pedal 2 Controller 66 Sostenuto Switch Pedal 3 Controller 67 Soft Continuous Control Pedal 1 Controller 11 Expression Volume Continuous Control Pedal 2 Controller 4 Foot Pe...

Page 28: ...cts When you configure it to have three sections each section sends its highest values at the end closest to the cable Caution The modular jack is designed for connection to the Kurzweil Ribbon Controller option only Don t plug any other modular plugs into the Ribbon jack Switching On the Power The PC3A s power switch is on the rear panel adjacent to the power cable connection When you power up th...

Page 29: ... If possible check the power requirement specifications of your USB device before purchase Caution Do not remove a USB device while the display says Loading or Saving Removing a USB device during a file transfer can cause data corruption USB Computer Port Next to the USB Storage port on the back panel of the PC3Ais a USB Computer port The USB Computer port works for MIDI transmit and receive or to...

Page 30: ...ders on the left side of the front panel to select a bank then press a Category button and a Program button The Category and Program buttons are on the front panel between the screen and the alpha wheel Note The instrument names above the Category buttons are relevant for Banks 1 and 2 Base 1 and Base 2 For all other Banks the Category buttons select a group of 8 programs to be selected by the Pro...

Page 31: ...ut the current item The Xpose Xpose buttons are a shortcut for quick transposition in semitone half step increments You can use them to transpose the entire PC3Aas much as three octaves up or down The top line of the display shows the current amount of transposition Xpose Press both Xpose buttons simultaneously to return transposition to zero The Panic button or a double press of Cancel and Enter ...

Page 32: ...nes If the setup is composed of more than four zones then the box displays the first four zones at the top of the box will be text showing the total number of zones See Ch 7 page 1 for a more detailed description Many setups include arpeggiation and note triggered songs to create some pretty amazing grooves that you can use as is or as templates for your own material As you play with these setups ...

Page 33: ...r own Quick Access banks turn to Chapter8 to learn about the Quick Access Editor The Other Modes There are five other mode buttons on the front panel See Chapters 3 and 4 for more detailed descriptions of the modes Effects mode Enable disable effects presets and set Aux overrides MIDI mode Configure the PC3Afor sending and receiving MIDI information Master mode Define performance and control setti...

Page 34: ... them with the Program Editor Setup mode Select and play setups 16 keyboard zones with independent MIDI channel program and control assignments and modify them with the Setup Editor Quick Access mode Select from a list of preset banks each containing a list of ten programs and or setups that can be viewed in the display for easy selection Modify the preset banks and create your own with the Quick ...

Page 35: ...ode Buttons When you press a mode button its LED lights up to indicate that the mode has been selected If pressing a mode button does not light its LED press the Exit button one or more times then try again Additional labeling for each mode button indicates special functions that relate to some of the PC3A s editors Bank Buttons The Bank buttons situated in the top left corner of the PC3A s front ...

Page 36: ...r movement will have any effect Press the Info soft button on the Program mode or Setup mode main page to see the slider assignments of the current program or setup Most VAST programs use the sliders for these functions A Data Filter frequency Brightness B MIDI 13 Filter resonance Tremolo rate control C MIDI 22 Layer volume Envelope control Lo EQ D MIDI 23 Layer volume Envelope control Hi EQ E MID...

Page 37: ...rogram buttons but the group of programs may not match the instrument name of the selected Category button Picking favorites When you select a program within a category your selection will be remembered For example choose program 3 in the Organ category press Category Organ then Program 3 Now move to the strings by pressing the Category Strings button If you press the Category Organ button again y...

Page 38: ...ill raise and lower pitch by a whole step although some programs use the pitch wheel to lower pitch by as much as an octave The Pitch Wheel has a spring so that it will snap back to place i e back to the original pitch when you release it The Mod Wheel performs a variety of functions Different programs may use it for filter sweeps tremolo vibrato wah or layer volume The Arp button turns on and off...

Page 39: ... that mode with one of the mode buttons Within each mode and its editor s the various pages are selected with the navigation buttons There are many pages but there are a few features common to each page The illustration below shows the entry level page for Program mode The Top Line On the top line of most pages there s a reminder of which mode you re in and which page you re on Many pages display ...

Page 40: ...elect parameters by highlighting their values with the cursor You can change the highlighted value with any of the data entry methods described in the data entry section below The Chan Layer Buttons To the left of the display are two buttons labeled Chan Layer Their function depends on the current mode In Program mode for example they shift through the MIDI channels showing the program assigned to...

Page 41: ...on will take you to that page For example in the Program Editor on the PITCH page you might see LFO1 assigned as the value for Pitch Control Source 1 If you select this parameter the cursor will highlight its value LFO1 in this case then press the Edit button you ll jump to the page where you can edit the parameters of LFO1 Naturally you can find every page in the current editor by using the soft ...

Page 42: ...e button on the alphanumeric pad This button is used primarily for entering negative numeric values and switching from uppercase to lowercase letters and vice versa The Alphanumeric Pad As its name implies this set of 14 buttons lets you enter numeric values and to enter names one character at a time Depending on where you are the PC3Aautomatically enters letters or numerals as appropriate you don...

Page 43: ...er Select all tracks on any TRACK page in Song Editor Left Right cursor buttons Brings up the TEMPO page Storage mode Left Right cursor buttons Select all items in a list Move cursor to end of name in naming dialog up down cursor buttons Clear all selections in a list Move cursor to beginning of name in naming dialog Program Editor Chan Layer Select Layer 1 Any Editor Plus Minus Scroll through the...

Page 44: ...You can also use the keyboard to choose control sources since most key numbers correspond to a value on the control source list If you have a certain control source that you use over and over for example LFO1 this can be the quickest way to enter its value To do this highlight a parameter which uses a value from the control source list hold down Enter then strike the key corresponding to the contr...

Page 45: ... Playback Below the mode selection buttons there are three buttons labeled Record Play Pause and Stop They control the recording and playback of songs from any mode you don t have to be in Song mode to record or play back However you ll need to make sure that the Demo Button parameter on Master Mode Page 2 is set to Off Otherwise these buttons are used for Easy Audition see page 2 7 above Using th...

Page 46: ...e editors corresponding to the current operating mode Pressing one of the mode buttons selects the corresponding mode This is the mode s entry level At the entry level the LED of the selected mode is lit Only one mode can be selected at a time From any primary mode you can get to any other primary mode simply by pressing one of the mode buttons If you re in an editor however you must press Exit to...

Page 47: ...try level of whatever mode you were in and if you press Exit enough times you will always return to Program mode the startup mode If you ve made any changes you ll be asked whether you want to save before leaving any editor Press the No soft button or the Exit button if you don t want to save If you want to save press the Rename or Yes soft button and you ll see the Save dialog which is described ...

Page 48: ...nge commands Effects Mode Effects mode sets the behavior of the PC3A s effects processor The Effects mode page lets you tell the PC3Ahow to select effects configurations called chains Chapters 9 shows you how MIDI Mode You ll use MIDI mode to configure the PC3A s interaction with other MIDI instruments by setting parameters for transmitting and receiving MIDI You ll also use it to configure your P...

Page 49: ...re editing The PC3Adoesn t actually write your editing changes to memory until you save the object you re working on It then allows you to choose between writing over the original object or storing the newly edited version in a new memory location What s an Object If you ve been wondering what we mean by the term object it s an expression we use for anything that can be named saved deleted or edit...

Page 50: ... save objects that you ve edited the PC3Awill ask you to assign an ID If the original object was a ROM object the PC3Awill suggest the first available ID in the User Bank starting at 1025 If the original object was a memory object you ll have the option of saving to an unused ID or replacing the original object Double press the and buttons beneath the alpha wheel to select the next available user ...

Page 51: ...e you want press the button again Press the button on the alphanumeric pad to switch between upper and lower case characters Press 0 one or more times to enter the numerals 0 through 9 Press Clear on the alphanumeric pad to erase the selected character without moving any other characters Press the Delete soft button to erase the selected character All characters to the right of the cursor will mov...

Page 52: ... do that you can select a different ID Or you can press the Plus Minus buttons simultaneously to toggle between the ID that the PC3Asuggested and the original ID Or press the Cancel soft button to cancel the operation If you decide not to cancel or change the ID and you press the Replace soft button the PC3Awill write your newly edited object over the existing ROM object Actually it only appears t...

Page 53: ... the cursor one space to the right each time you strike a key just like a typewriter or computer keyboard This is the most convenient setting l L Delete move characters left one space Move cursor left one space Move cursor right one space Shift Space 2 a A 3 b B c C 4 d D 5 e E f F 6 g G 7 h H 8 i I j J 9 k K 0 zero m M Hyphen _ Underscore n N Equals o O Backspace p P q Q Semicolon Colon r R Apost...

Page 54: ...n object that has dependent objects the Delete dialog gives you a choice Delete dependent objects If you press Yes the PC3Awill delete the object and all its dependent objects when you execute the Delete function In our example if you were deleting the setup you created and you chose to delete dependent objects the dependent program would get deleted as well If you press No at the Delete dependent...

Page 55: ...d the Effect Mode button s LED will light when a muted effects box is selected and unlight when an unmuted effects box is selected MIDI Mute 2 Mutes Layer 2 of current program in Program Editor Master Mute 4 Mutes Layer 4 of current program in Program Editor Song Mute Active Mutes active layer of current program in Program Editor Storage Compare Negates effect of unsaved edits and plays last saved...

Page 56: ...in any order you like including parallel and serial configurations The Program Mode Page The top line of the Program mode entry level page shows your mode location the current MIDI transposition the MIDI bank name and MIDI program number of the highlighted program and the current MIDI channel Selecting Programs When you are in Program mode there are three basic ways to select a PC3Aprogram Press o...

Page 57: ...eymap layers are indicated in the info box with a double circle symbol The info box can display up to four layers at a time If the current program has more than four layers you can view their keymaps by pressing and holding down the Enter button and scrolling with the Chan Layer buttons Note For V AST layers using KV A oscillators the info box may or may not show the name of the oscillator being u...

Page 58: ...see TEMPO on page 11 11 for details In Program Mode you can change the program on the current MIDI channel or change the current MIDI channel and the current arpeggiator settings will remain the same If you enter Setup Mode and then return to Program Mode the arpeggiator in Program Mode will be returned to its default settings The default settings for the arpeggiator in Program Mode are set on Zon...

Page 59: ...ecording of some kind of sound musical vocal industrial any sound at all Individual samples are assigned to specific key ranges from A2 to D 3 for example and are also assigned to be triggered at specific attack velocities These assignments constitute the keymap When you trigger a note the PC3Alooks to the keymap of each layer of the currently active VAST program s to determine which samples to pl...

Page 60: ...ocessed through an algorithm modulated by control sources Up to 128 sample roots assigned to play at programmable key and velocity ranges Individual digital sound recordings stored in ROM stereo samples use two voices of polyphony 16 keyboard zones each with independent program MIDI channel and control assignments Selected for performance and editing in Program mode up to 32 layers per program A k...

Page 61: ...sic combo organs like the Vox and Farfisa models KB3 programs are also routed through vibrato rotary speaker preamp and distortion effects see below for details KB3 Mode KB3 programs are different enough from VAST programs that we use the term KB3 mode to describe what s going on when you play a KB3 program Whenever you play a KB3 program you are in KB3 mode The blue LED in the KB3 button will lig...

Page 62: ... page 6 8 for details Effect Category Button Name LED Color relative to button name state Corresponding Page and Parameter Comments Rotary Fast Slow red green MISC SpeedCtl Vibrato On Off red off MISC VibChorCtl Chorus Vibrato red green MISC VibChorSel Disabled if Button 2 is off Depth 1 2 3 green orange red MISC VibChorSel Disabled if Button 2 is off Percussion On Off red off PERC Percussion Volu...

Page 63: ...4 23 Drawbar5 24 Drawbar6 25 0 13 volume 8 14 27 volume 7 28 41 volume 6 42 55 volume 5 56 70 volume 4 71 84 volume 3 85 98 volume 2 99 112 volume 1 113 127 volume 0 127 minimum volume 0 maximum volume Values between 127 and 0 scale between minimum and maximum volume Drawbar7 26 Drawbar8 27 Drawbar9 28 Rotating Speaker Fast Slow 68 64 127 Fast 0 63 Slow Chorus Vibrato On Off 95 64 127 On 0 63 Off ...

Page 64: ... what you re doing Advanced users may wish to use a different control setup if they need to send specific MIDI controller numbers to the MIDI out port when in Program mode You can also program several different control setups and switch among them for different applications Table 6 4 below shows which pages and parameters in the Setup Editor of the Control Setup have an effect on Programs in Progr...

Page 65: ... on the MIDI Mode Transmit page see page 10 2 for details The Destination parameter on the CH PROG page works in combination with the Destination parameter on the MIDI Mode Transmit page For example if the Destination parameter on the CH PROG page is set to MIDI LOCAL then MIDI messages will not be sent to the USB port even if USB_ MIDI MIDI LOCAL is selected for the Destination parameter on the M...

Page 66: ...ge 10 2 to change this behavior Physical controller destinations 128 and above are only transmitted internally to program parameters Destinations above 127 can not be assigned as a program parameter control source Some destinations above 127 will still affect Program Mode even though they can not be assigned as a program parameter control source For example destination 133 Tempo always controls th...

Page 67: ...ll cycle through all layers assigned to that key This method will work in most places within the Program Editor but there is an exception if the parameter you have highlighted has a note number or control source as its value then holding Enter and striking a note will call up that note or control source For all other parameters however this method will switch between layers The Soft Buttons in the...

Page 68: ...Pressing the Storage button again returns you to the Program editor Using the Compare Editor makes no changes to the current program Assigning Program Parameters to Control Sources Many PC3Aprogram parameters can be assigned to be controlled by the PC3A s physical controllers or by MIDI CCs from an external MIDI device For details on controllable parameters of VAST programs see the following secti...

Page 69: ...ge 14 1 for details Transpose Xpose Transpose the current keymap up as much as 127 semitones ten octaves and a perfect fifth or down as much as 128 semitones ten octaves and a minor sixth Key Tracking KeyTrk This is one of the six common DSP control parameters On the KEYMAP page key tracking affects the interval between notes The default value of 100 cents a cent is a hundredth of a semitone gives...

Page 70: ...map 1 and Keymap 2 The KEYMAP page parameters will affect both keymaps When the Stereo parameter is set to On the OUTPUT page for the current layer will show an additional pair of Pan parameters The PC3Acontains both stereo and mono samples Keymaps designed for stereo use are labeled with names beginning with Stereo or ending in Left Right L or R For stereo keymap playback set Stereo On and assign...

Page 71: ...loop infinitely alternating between normal and reversed playback Noise replaces the samples with a white noise generator Alternative Controller AltControl See Alternative Switch AltControl and AltMethod below Alternative Switch AltControl and AltMethod Many but not all PC3Asample roots have been pre assigned a carefully chosen alternate sample start point that can be selected using the Alternate S...

Page 72: ...cks 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 ...

Page 73: ...ying guitar solos on top of chords play a chord hold it with the Sustain pedal then play your licks and bend them all you want the chord won t bend with it Avalue of Off disables Pitch bend for the current layer To apply the same Pitch Bend Mode setting to the entire program make sure to set the same setting for each layer Trigger Trig Set Trig to Rvrs to have notes of the current layer triggered ...

Page 74: ...itch between layers say a guitar sound and a distorted guitar Both layers would have their Enable parameters set to the same control source say MWheel One layer would have its Enable Sense orientation set to Norm and the other would have it set to Rvrs Both layers would have their Enable Sense minimums set to 64 and their maximums to 127 The first layer would play when your Mod Wheel was above its...

Page 75: ...ou were holding down when you pressed the pedal Notes played after the pedal is already down do not get sustained Freeze Pedal FrzPdl This parameter activates or deactivates the layer s response to Freeze pedal messages Controller destination 69 Freeze The Freeze pedal control causes all notes that are on to sustain without decay until the Freeze pedal control goes off If a note is already decayin...

Page 76: ...into their normal releases if they are released after the envelope has looped When set to Off notes will release as soon as a Note Off message is generated The PITCH Page Pressing the PITCH soft button takes you to the DSPCTL page with the Pitch function highlighted See The DSP Control DSPCTL Page on page 6 29 for more information on the Pitch function The AMP Page Pressing the AMP soft button tak...

Page 77: ... of synthesis you use The central portion of the page shows the algorithm for the currently selected layer You see the number of the algorithm from 1 to 28 101 to 131 and the IDs for any user defined algorithms and a graphic representation of the signal path as well as the currently selected DSP functions within the signal path To use a different algorithm select the Algorithm parameter and use an...

Page 78: ...rst through a one stage DSP function that controls the pitch of the samples in the keymap this function is represented as a block labeled PITCH in the upper right hand corner of the display In fact the first DSP function in each algorithm always controls pitch even though it doesn t apply in every instance and as will be explained later in this section it is bypassed in cascaded algorithms Similar...

Page 79: ...e other five common DSP parameters the function parameters are accessible on both the DSPCTL page and the DSPMOD page They are listed along the left hand side of each page any changes made to them on one page are reflected in the other The label of each function parameter depends on its function in the current program s algorithm For example the Pitch function s function parameter is labeled Pitch...

Page 80: ...le say you assign a value of 5 cents per key for the key tracking parameter Triggering Middle C C 4 on the PC3A will play a normal C 4 Triggering C 4 will play a note 5 cents higher than C 4 Triggering D 4 will play a note 10 cents higher than D 4 and so on Notes below Middle C will be tuned lower than their normal pitches If you set a negative value for key tracking notes above Middle C will be t...

Page 81: ...h to 1200 ct Then set the Depth Control parameter to MWheel This lets you use the Mod Wheel to vary the depth of the oscillation in pitch generated by the LFO Now when the Mod Wheel is down the pitch will oscillate between a semitone 100 ct up and a semitone down the default waveform for LFO1 is a sine wave which goes positive and negative With the Mod Wheel up the pitch will oscillate between an ...

Page 82: ...parameter lets you select any other layer to go through the current layer s DSP You can set it up so that layer 1 goes into layer 2 into 3 as shown above If you turn down the volume on layers 1 and 2 then you are hearing true cascading it s like a big chain with each algorithm feeding into the next and what you hear is layer 3 s output You can also have the volumes of all three layers turned up wh...

Page 83: ...m and press the edit button This action calls up the Edit Algorithm EditAlg page in which you can edit the wiring of the selected algorithm Parameter Range of Values Default Inputs 1 2 1 Outputs 1 2 1 Number of Blocks 1 to 4 2 Output Mode Normal Sep L R Normal In addition to having a selectable function each function block has three editable parameters number of inputs number of outputs and block ...

Page 84: ...epends on Function Function Function Parameter Depends on Function Depends on Function Level Level 96 to 24 decibels 6 Key Tracking 2 00 decibels key 0 Velocity Tracking 96 decibels 35 Each field in the left hand column of the page is a function parameter of the current layer s algorithm You can coarsely adjust the function parameter in these left hand fields as noted in Common DSP Control Paramet...

Page 85: ...D page which is displayed below Parameter Range of Values Default Source 1 Control Source List Off Depth Depends on Function 0 Source 2 Control Source List Off Depth Control Control Source List Off Minimum Depth Depends on Function 0 Maximum Depth Depends on Function 0 Each field in the left hand column of the page is a function parameter of the current layer s algorithm You can coarsely adjust th...

Page 86: ...gning any of the PC3A s realtime controllers sliders wheels buttons etc to a currently selected parameter such as the Src1 and Src2 parameters above Simply hold the Enter button and move the desired controller The label of a function parameter depends on its corresponding function block in the current layer s algorithm The above DSPMOD page corresponds to the following algorithm The OUTPUT Page Pr...

Page 87: ...he LYR_FX page and set the Layer FX Mode parameter to Layer Specific FX see The Layer FX LYR_FX Page on page 6 49 and then return to the OUTPUT page and adjust the output parameters An additional pan parameter Pan2 appears if you have the Stereo parameter on the KEYMAP page set to a value of On Pan Mode When the mode is Fixed the pan position remains as defined with the Pan parameter ignoring MIDI...

Page 88: ...r is similar to the Src1 and Depth parameters for the Amp function on the DSPCTL and DSPMOD pages but the attenuation curve for the Crossfade parameter is optimized specifically for crossfades To crossfade two layers in the same program assign the same control source for the CrossFade parameters in both layers then set one of their XFadeSense parameters to a value of Norm and the other s to Rvrs D...

Page 89: ...to the GM drum map You can set drum programs to remap to the GM drum map in Master Mode On the Master Mode MAIN page set the drum remap parameter to GM To return drum programs to their original maps set this parameter to None See Drum Remap on page 11 2 in the Master Mode chapter for more information Exclusive Zone Map The Exclusive Zone Map is another parameter that applies principally to drum pr...

Page 90: ... Off Globals Off On Off Output Gain 96 to 24 decibels 0 Output Pan 64 0 Output Pan Mode Fixed MIDI MIDI Demo Song Demo Song List 0 None Pitch Bend Range Up and Down Use these parameters to define how much the pitch will change when you move your Pitch Wheel For both Pitch Bend Range parameters positive values will cause the pitch to bend up while negative values will cause the pitch to bend down L...

Page 91: ...ives you two ways to get portamento See the Attack Portamento parameter below When applying portamento to multi sampled sounds Acoustic Guitar for example the PC3A will play more than one sample root as the pitch glides from the starting pitch to the ending pitch This may cause a small click at each sample root transition You can eliminate clicks by using the Mono Sample XFade parameter see below ...

Page 92: ...ntrolling pitch to create a vibrato for a solo violin since you want to be able to vary the rate and depth of the vibrato for each note Output Gain Pan and Pan Mode The Output parameters on the COMMON page allow you to adjust the final stage gain and panning of the post FX signal Use the OutGain parameter to cut or boost the signal Use the OutPan parameter to pan the signal negative values pan the...

Page 93: ...fects like vibrato cyclic variation in pitch and tremolo cyclic variation in amplitude When you re editing LFOs or any control source remember that it must be assigned to control some parameter before you ll hear the effects of your edits LFO1 is always local meaning that it s triggered with each Note On event and runs independently for each note in the layer LFO2 is local by default but can be ma...

Page 94: ...e the vibrato rate in realtime as you can on many acoustic instruments LFO Shape The shape of the LFO waveform determines the nature of its effect on the signal its modulating An easy way to check the effects of the different LFO shapes is to set LFO1 as the value for the Src1 parameter on the PITCH page and set the Depth for Src1 to 400 cents or so Then go to the LFO page set the Min and Max rate...

Page 95: ...ains it Alocal ASR starts running as soon as you trigger a note in the layer that contains it Switch controls are better suited for ASR triggers because of their binary on off nature Acontinuous control will trigger the ASRs when its signal value is above its midpoint Mode This parameter sets the sustain section of the ASR The ASR s mode determines what the ASR does when it finishes its attack sec...

Page 96: ...d sends the result as its output which can be assigned like any other control source Using the FUNs involves defining them on the FUN page then assigning one or more of them as control sources The FUN page looks like this There are three parameters for each FUN Inputs a and b can be any control source from the Control Source list The control sources you want to combine are the ones you ll assign a...

Page 97: ...n the Alpha Wheel a click The value Natural will change to User and a set of AMPENV parameters will appear The sound will change when you do this because the default settings for the User envelope as shown in the diagram below take effect as soon as you leave Natural mode Returning to Natural mode applies the original amplitude envelope once again You ll tweak the parameters on the AMPENV page whe...

Page 98: ...on moves instantly from zero amplitude to 100 amplitude Increase the time of Attack segment 1 if you want the sound to ramp up more slowly Attack segments 2 and 3 affect the sound only when you set a nonzero value for time They will then move to their assigned levels in the time specified Their starting levels are equal to the final levels of the preceding segment Decay Segment The decay section h...

Page 99: ...itude envelope has played once through its normal cycle Regardless of the loop type and the number of loops each note goes into its release section as soon as its Note State goes off that is when a Note Off is generated The envelope will continue to loop as long as Note State remains on whether it s held on by a pedal by the IgnRel parameter described in the section entitled The LAYER Page on page...

Page 100: ... to be controlled by Keytrk and VelTrk the resulting change on Attack would be affected by the combination of the values produced by KeyTrk and VelTrk Also note that unlike previous Kurzweil models ENVCTL does affect the attack sections of natural envelopes Additionally the bottom line of this page lets you make use of the Impact feature which lets you boost or cut the amplitude of the first 20 mi...

Page 101: ...than 1 000x notes above C 4 will make the envelope section run faster while notes below C 4 will make it run slower When the value of this parameter is less than 1 000x notes above C 4 will make the envelope section run slower and notes below C 4 will make it run faster This gives you realtime envelope control right from your MIDI controller You might use it for example to cause an acoustic guitar...

Page 102: ...he page that you will use to apply effects to a program and to configure the routing of the various pre and post FX audio signals Effects chosen on this page affect every layer of the current program The section The Layer FX LYR_FX Page on page 6 49 contains information on using layer specific effects The PROGFX page looks like this Parameter Range of Values Default Insert Chain List 0 None Aux 1 ...

Page 103: ...x you choose the other should be set to 0 None set each bus Output to Main and set the Aux Send parameter to either 0 dB or 100 Then set the Pre Post Insert parameter to Post To hear a program put through two effects in parallel i e through two distinct effects choose your desired effects for the Insert and either Aux again for whatever Aux you choose the other should be set to 0 None set each bus...

Page 104: ...e minimum value is 0 The Layer FX LYR_FX Page Press the LYR_FX soft button to call up the Layer FX LYR_FX page On this page you can apply layer specific effects There are three Layer FX Modes Use Program FX Layer Specific FX and Use Another Layer s FX Use Program FX Mode With Use Program FX Mode selected the current layer will use the effects configured on the Program FX PROGFX page See The Progra...

Page 105: ...NTROLLERS page to set Modwheel 1 to 0 then save the program For controllers that have an entry value set to None no value is sent for that controller when a program is loaded When and entry value of None is used the value last used for that controller in the previous program or setup is used To set a value of None use the alpha wheel or buttons to scroll below 0 or use the alphanumeric pad to ente...

Page 106: ... within the Chains editor Info text for Chains must be manually created using the INFO page in the Chains Editor When assigning a controller to a parameter on any of the Program Editor pages an Info text entry is automatically created An i appears on the top line of the page to indicate that Info text has been created If you return the controller assignment to OFF the i disappears indicating that ...

Page 107: ...oft buttons or the alpha wheel to change the layer number If the current program has only one layer pressing these buttons will have no effect Use Prog or Prog soft buttons or the alpha wheel to change the program number While you are in this dialog you can listen to the layer you are selecting to import along with all other layers in the current program If you want to hear the layer to be importe...

Page 108: ...or Basic Use of KVA Oscillators The patch described above contains the minimal settings that a KVAlayer needs in order to function in the style of a classic analog synth These minimal settings are 1 EditProg KEYMAP Page Set the Keymap parameter to 999 Silence 2 EditProg AMPENV Page Set the Envelope mode to User and adjust the amplitude envelope to your liking see The Amplitude Envelope AMPENV Page...

Page 109: ...s a block that matches the block size for the oscillator that you wish to use See The Algorithm ALG Page on page 6 22 and Algorithm Basics on page 6 23 for more on selecting algorithms Once you have picked an algorithm with the desired block size highlight the block and use the alpha wheel to scroll through the available functions until you find the desired oscillator The SYNC SQUARE oscillator is...

Page 110: ...P function to the Sync Square oscillator you ll need to use cascade mode For example to add a filter duplicate one of the layers to create layer 3 On layer 3 select the ALG page and choose one of the cascade mode algorithms algorithms 101 131 For this example lets use alg 105 with the filter 4Pole Mogue LP selected for the function block For the Alt Input parameter select Layer 2 This routes a pre...

Page 111: ... the parameter for LP Frq and then press the right cursor button to reach the LP Frq sub page On this sub page you can assign any continuous controller to control the cut off frequency of the LOPASS function or the main parameter for any function loaded in the current algorithm Select the Src1 parameter hold the Enter button and move the Mod Wheel to quickly select MWheel the Mod Wheel as your con...

Page 112: ...Asine oscillator that can add an input signal to its output The Sin Pch and Sine Am parameters affect the pitch and amplitude of the sine waveform without affecting the pitch of the input source RES NOISE Anoise generator combined with a low pass filter with resonance control Use the Noiz Frq parameter to control the cut off frequency of the filter Use the Noiz Q parameter to control the amplitude...

Page 113: ...samples are not usually heard in these layers see the note below for exceptions Keymap selection is important because the maximum amplitude set for each key in the keymap is applied to the oscillator For most uses of KVAoscillators users will want to use the 999 Silence keymap because each key in the keymap is set to the same maximum amplitude unlike many instrument keymaps The 999 Silence keymap ...

Page 114: ...SP generated waveforms for the lower half of its tone wheels and samples for the upper half of its tone wheels Using the parameters on the TONEWL page you can specify which sample you wish to use the number of tone wheels which will affect how many other voices are available to you and other related settings Parameter Range of Values Upper Tone Wheel Keymap Sample List Upper Volume Adjust 96 to 96...

Page 115: ... s is a bit more idealized it s smoothed out but less realistic Bob s is more uneven based on an old B3 Wheel Volume Map The wheel volume map determines the volume level for each tone wheel We ve provided several tone wheel volume maps here based on measurements we ve taken on different organs Equal is a map with all tone wheels at the same volume It s not based on a real B3 Bright is a good norma...

Page 116: ...r volumes will change Choose either 0 8 to approximate the drawbar settings on actual organs or choose 0 127 for a finer degree of resolution Volume This parameter appears only if you ve set Mode see above to Preset Use the Volume parameter to set the preset volume of each of the nine drawbars The available values will be 0 8 or 0 127 depending on the setting of the Steps parameter See Table 6 3 o...

Page 117: ... are no Hz KeyTrk or VelTrk parameters For a full description of the PITCH page parameters see Common DSP Control Parameters on page 6 24 The DSP Control DSPCTL Page on page 6 29 and The DSP Modulation DSPMOD Page on page 6 30 KB3 Editor The AMP Page The AMP page parameters for KB3 programs is much like the AMP page parameters for VAST programs The only difference is that for KB3 programs there ar...

Page 118: ...if no keys are down and you play a chord percussion gets applied to all notes in the chord and in fact to all notes that are triggered during the short duration of the percussion envelope Once the envelope runs its course any notes you play while at least one key is held down get no percussion You can turn percussion on or off by pressing Bank button 5 labeled Percussion On Off Bank button 5 also ...

Page 119: ... actual pitch obtained depends on the drawbar tuning HighHarm Controls which drawbar is used as the basis for the percussion when Harmonic is set to High On an actual tone wheel organ this is Drawbar 5 3rd harmonic The actual pitch obtained depends on the drawbar tuning StealBar Controls which drawbar is disabled when the percussion effect is turned on On an unmodified tone wheel organ the ninth d...

Page 120: ...yClick set to Off you may still hear a click depending on your Note Attack and Note Release settings see below Volume This parameter sets the level of the keyclick the noise decays from the level you set here This level is scaled by the drawbar levels as well as the expression pedal level Keyclick volume can also be scaled by MIDI CC 89 value 0 96 dB value 127 the level set for the Volume paramete...

Page 121: ...t the volume level below which key click must decay before it will be retriggered Note Attack Controls the attack characteristic of notes Normal provides a smoothed attack while a setting of Hard has an instant attack and will produce an audible click in addition to any amount of key click specified with the other parameters on this page you might prefer not to specify any additional key click whe...

Page 122: ...ression pedal in this case is more than a volume pedal it actually functions like a loudness control varying the frequency response to compensate for the ear s sensitivity at different volumes In addition the preamp provides a de emphasis curve to compensate for the built in tone wheel volume pre emphasis Turning preamp response Off emulates organs that have been modified to have a direct out befo...

Page 123: ...you wish to use with this KB3 program Note that you must set VibChorCtl also on the MISC page to On to hear the effect You can select the vibrato or chorus you want using Bank buttons 3 and 4 labeled Vibrato Chor Vib and Vibrato Depth Bank buttons 3 and 4 also send and respond to MIDI CC 93 values 54 71 chorus with depth 1 values 72 89 chorus with depth 2 values 90 127 chorus with depth 3 values 0...

Page 124: ...heels based on frequency If the tone wheels are based on sine waves then this acts similarly to a real EQ Parameter Group Available for each EQ band Range of Values Gain 24 0 to 24 0 dB in 0 2 dB increments Frequency 16 to 25088 Hz in varying increments Width 128 to 128 Semitones in 2 semitone increments Each EQ section has Gain G Frequency F and Width W controls Frequency controls the center freq...

Page 125: ...or the rear panel input labeled CC Pedal 2 wah With a setting of Expression volume can be controlled by a CC pedal plugged into the rear panel input labeled CC Pedal 1 volume With a setting of Foot volume can be controlled by a CC pedal plugged into the rear panel input labeled CC Pedal 2 wah With a setting of None volume control from both CC pedal inputs is disabled KB3 Editor The Program FX PROG...

Page 126: ...automatically by KB3 Mode emulating the folding done on actual tone wheel organs Early Tone Wheel Organs Instruments of this period had 91 tone wheels To get this sound go to the TONEWL page select 91 tone wheels and set lowest pitch to C 1 Start with the Junky Wheel Volume Map and Bob s Organ Map You may also want to increase the Key Click level since this tends to become louder on older organs M...

Page 127: ...l see a list of setups which you can select with any data entry method The info box on the left hand side of the main Setup mode page displays the zones and corresponding programs used in the current setup Below the program name for each zone is a line representing the zone s key range For example in the setup above Acoustic Split the zone for the program NYC Kits has a key range that covers the e...

Page 128: ... status LEDs that are lit Green Active zone As long as no other zone is soloed an active zone plays notes and generates controller information program changes and entry exit controller values If another zone is soloed an active zone is backgrounded it s status LED remains green but it doesn t play notes or generate controller information Orange Muted zone Muted zones don t play notes or generate c...

Page 129: ...s the previously soloed zone Additionally you can configure a setup such that you can solo zones in real time from outside of the editor by assigning a controller on the desired zone to destination 162 SoloZn See Controllers on page 7 19 for more information on controller destination assignments in Setup mode The Setup Editor From Setup mode press the Edit button to enter the Setup Editor where yo...

Page 130: ...gram and bank numbers programs 1 127 fall into MIDI Bank 0 128 255 fall into MIDI Bank 1 and so on both MIDI Banks and PC3Abanks can hold 128 programs If you want to transmit different program and bank numbers over MIDI highlight either MIDI Program or MIDI Bank and select a new value Note that changing the Program parameter again will reset both the MIDI Program and MIDI Bank parameters to match ...

Page 131: ...rt by assigning Slider Ain Zone 1 to MWheel and in Zone 2 to MIDI 13 then assign both zones to the same MIDI channel You may want to make sure you aren t sending doubled notes Use the Note Map parameter on the KEY VEL page to set one zone s Note Map to Linear and the other zone s Note Map to Off Another example create two or more zones that are identical except for their transposition settings Now...

Page 132: ...ection about zone status LEDs page 7 2 for more information about muting and soloing zones Out Use the Out parameter to set the rear panel audio outputs used for each zone of the current Setup This parameter determines the output settings for the main program signal and insert effects of each zone for Aux effects output settings use the Output parameter on the Setup Mode AUX1 or AUX2 pages Asettin...

Page 133: ...nd Any M will make the zone receive MIDI on any channel that an external device is transmitting This is useful if you are using a single external MIDI controller and are not sure which channel it is transmitting on MIDI Bank Mode BankMode The BankMode you choose determines how bank numbers will be sent over MIDI when the setup is selected and in what format It also affects how many MIDI banks and ...

Page 134: ...or to MIDI devices without changing program assignments Arpeggiator The Arpeggiator parameter determines if the current Zone can be played by an arpeggiator Normally the Arpeggiator parameter should be set to On and the arpeggiator for each Zone should be turned on or off with the Active parameter on the ARPEGGIATOR page for each Zone see The ARPEGGIATOR Page on page 7 42 for details If the Arpegg...

Page 135: ...o the USB or MIDI out port are first affected as explained above and then affected by settings on the MIDI mode Transmit page see page 10 1 On each of the pages mentioned above look at the MIDI signal flow chart to see which velocity maps can affect your velocities depending on which MIDI Sources MIDI Destinations and operating mode that you are using Parameter Range of Values Default Low Key C 1 ...

Page 136: ...tes are sent from the PC3A The default setting is Linear all notes go out as played Pressing the Minus button takes you to Off no notes are sent but controllers and other non note data are Setting Note Map to Inverse effectively turns the keyboard upside down with the highest key being A0 and the lowest C 9 If you set Note Map to Constant all of the keys on the keyboard will play the same note The...

Page 137: ...e versa This is useful for creating velocity based crossfades between zones See the following section on Velocity Offset for ideas about negative scaling The following illustration shows what happens when you change Velocity Scale Note that Velocity Scale is the only parameter changed in this example the other parameters are set to their defaults offset 0 curve linear min 1 max 127 MIDI Velocity 1...

Page 138: ...ocity available will be 102 while any keystroke 25 or below will produce a velocity of 1 a velocity value of zero has a special meaning in MIDI and cannot be used for Note Ons You can think of Scale as being a proportional change to the velocity while Offset is a linear change The maximum values for Offset are 127 The following illustration shows the effects of Velocity Offset Note that Velocity O...

Page 139: ...ies will end up as zeroes well ones actually since a MIDI note on with velocity zero is something else So to get true inverse scaling that is minus 100 you must set an offset of 127 to get the full range of velocities Setting the offset to 127 and the scale to 100 produces a slope like this which is the same as the reverse linear curve Note that Offset and Scale affect only MIDI velocities that is...

Page 140: ...tice velocity differences less than with a linear curve while when you re playing hard you ll notice velocity differences more Compress produces a velocity curve that is the opposite of the expanded curve that is you ll notice velocity differences more when you re playing softly than when you re playing hard MIDI Velocity 127 0 127 Strike Velocity 64 64 Velocity Curve Linear Velocity Curve Compres...

Page 141: ...ting you set one parameter instead of two MIDI Velocity 127 0 127 Strike Velocity 64 64 Velocity Curve Linear Velocity Curve Bump Velocity Curve Crossfade as you hit the keys harder increase the velocity MIDI velocity increases proportionally MIDI velocity is greatest at medium strike velocity Below medium strike velocity MIDI velocity is less than with Linear curve above medium strike velocity MI...

Page 142: ...different sounds depending on how hard you strike it The values can be anywhere from 1 to 127 As with other parameters zones can overlap or be totally discrete or be identical Usually LoVel will have a smaller value than HiVel but as with LoKey and HiKey you may also create a gap in velocity response by setting negative ranges for velocity MIDI Velocity 127 0 127 Strike Velocity 64 64 Velocity Min...

Page 143: ...control message MIDI Controller 07 to set the volumes on the PC3A s MIDI channels according to the value of the Exit Volume parameter unless Exit Volume is set to None The setting of the Volume Lock parameter on the MIDI mode CHANNELS page see Chapter 10 determines whether this parameter has any effect Entry Pan Exit Pan You can set entry and exit values for Pan as well When you select a setup the...

Page 144: ...ngeUp ST and BendRangeDown ST sends a bend range message to an internal program or a MIDI device telling it how to define subsequent pitch bend messages Some programs may behave strangely when you change the Bend Range value because they use FUNs or DSP Functions to affect the pitch wheel In that case you should either set the value of Bend Range to Prog or edit the program itself NOTE The setting...

Page 145: ...ge 7 39 Aux Bend 2 Range The PC3Aallows you to specify a third pitch bend range this is called AuxBend 2 and it defines the range for controllers set to controller destination 15 MIDI 15 For AuxBend 2 you can set only one range for both upward and downward pitch bending ANote About Continuous Controllers and The BEND Page Unlike the Pitch Wheel and Ribbon controller other continuous controllers su...

Page 146: ...l Ribbon Controller which you can define as a one or three section controller The Pitch Wheel The Modulation Wheel Mod Wheel Keyboard aftertouch or Mono Pressure MPress The optional Breath Controller which is connected to Continuous Controller Pedal 2 The two Panel Switches above the Pitch and Mod Wheels and Program Buttons 1 8 The three Footswitch pedal jacks 1 2 and 3 The following tables provid...

Page 147: ...ns the available values for the Destination parameter for each controller in scrolling order Note that the PC3Ahas destinations with Controller Numbers greater than 127 there are 128 MIDI Controllers as dictated by the MIDI spec Any data sent to destinations with a Controller number outside of the MIDI range i e more than 127 are sent as a PC3A specific protocol and are thus not sent as MIDI data ...

Page 148: ...I 15 Controls pitchbend for AuxBend2 see The BEND Page on page 7 18 16 Ctl A 17 Ctl B 18 Ctl C 19 Ctl D 20 MIDI 20 21 MIDI 21 Default destination for Ribbon controls pitchbend for AuxBend1 see The BEND Page on page 7 18 22 28 MIDI 22 28 Default destinations for Sliders C to I 29 MIDI 29 Default destination for SW button 30 31 MIDI 30 31 MIDI Controllers 30 31 32 Bank 33 63 33 63 MIDI Controllers 3...

Page 149: ...e 102 108 MIDI 102 108 MIDI Controllers 102 108 109 MIDI 109 Set s arpeggiator velocity when ARPEGGIATOR velocity is set to MIDI 109 mode 110 119 MIDI 110 119 MIDI Controllers 110 119 120 Sound Off Stops all sound in the corresponding channel 121 RstCtls Reset Controllers to defaults in the corresponding channel 122 Local 123 Notes Off Sends Note Off Message to all playing notes in the correspondi...

Page 150: ...list 0 18 19 36 37 54 55 72 73 90 91 108 109 127 See The ARPEGGIATOR Page on page 7 42 152 ArpShift The 88 Arpeggiator Shift steps are scaled over the 128 MIDI controller values so that 0 0 steps and 127 88 steps See The ARPEGGIATOR Page on page 7 42 153 ArpLimit The 60 Arpeggiator Shift Limit steps are scaled over the 128 MIDI controller values so that 0 0 steps and 127 60 steps See The ARPEGGIAT...

Page 151: ...ts one of the 128 patterns in the current ARPEGGIATOR ShiftPatt Bank See The ARPEGGIATOR Page on page 7 42 172 ShiftPBank A controller value selects the corresponding ShiftPatt Bank for the ARPEGGIATOR page of a controller s zone For example controller value 2 selects ShiftPatt bank 2 controller value 7 selects ShiftPatt bank 7 SeeThe ARPEGGIATOR Page on page 7 42 173 VelPatt Selects one of the 12...

Page 152: ... have selected the Shift Pattern 2 minor the notes being played by the slider will be only the root the minor third and fifth in the chosen key triggering notes in any octave up and down the keyboard See Shift Key below for details on selecting the root note and octave Selecting The Desired Notes You must select a Shift Pattern for the desired zone in order for Shift Key Number to have an effect T...

Page 153: ...ift Key message for each key change That way all the notes you are triggering with a Shift Key Number controller will be in the appropriate scale You could also create a setup for a song with multiple zones each with its own pre set key and appropriate shift pattern That way for each chord change you could move a different controller that would create the correct harmony Another way to choose a ke...

Page 154: ...ber of steps in the Shift Pattern also affects the range of values that will cause a controller to trigger a shift pattern step and in turn affect the useful range of the physical controller With a shift pattern of 12 notes the 128 different notes that the PC3A can trigger are evenly spaced over the range of the controller Patterns with less than 12 steps will trigger notes in every octave over a ...

Page 155: ...es there s no need for separate Max and Min parameters If Add is 25 the minimum value of the controller will be 25 If it is 25 and scale is 100 the first one fifth of the controller s movement 25 127 Ý 1 5 will send value of 0 and the maximum value of the controller will be 102 127 25 As with velocity Scale is a proportional change to the controller while Offset is a linear change The values for O...

Page 156: ...g a different mode altogether It can be very useful when a controller is doing something to the sound and you don t want that effect to continue after you leave the setup For example if you want to make sure a zone s pitch returns to normal whenever you leave a setup you would set Exit Value to 64 for any controller whose Destination parameter is set to PitchUp Again None means no command is sent ...

Page 157: ...essed or toggled from the on position The list of available controllers on page 7 21 is the same as for the continuous controllers and can be accessed the same way OnValue OnValue sets the value of the Controller when the switch is on In the case of conventionally switched functions such as sustain the OnValue will be 127 For example the default for Footswitch 1 is Controller 64 Sustain with an On...

Page 158: ... parameters one for pushing the pitch wheel up and one for pushing it down whereas the mod wheel has one The WHEEL page parameters are described in Continuous Controller Parameters on page 7 29 Parameter Range of Values Default Destination PWUp Control Destination List PitchUp Destination PWDn Control Destination List PitchDwn Destination MWhl Control Destination List MWheel Scale 300 100 Add 128 ...

Page 159: ...ER page parameters are described in Continuous Controller Parameters on page 7 29 Parameter Range of Values Default Destination Slider A Control Destination List Data Destination Slider B Control Destination List MIDI 13 Destination Slider C Control Destination List MIDI 22 Destination Slider D Control Destination List MIDI 23 Destination Slider E Control Destination List MIDI 24 Destination Slide...

Page 160: ...these controllers on each of the 16 zones or you can assign any combination of these controllers to the same zone The CPEDAL page parameters are described in Continuous Controller Parameters on page 7 29 Parameter Range of Values Default Destination CPed1 Control Destination List Express Destination CPed2 Control Destination List Foot Destination Breath Control Destination List Breath Scale 300 10...

Page 161: ...SS page parameters are described in Continuous Controller Parameters on page 7 29 Note MIDI pressure generated on the PC3A keyboard is first affected by any Pressure Scale Offset and Curve settings made on each zone s PRESSURE page The resulting pressure values are then affected by any Press Map settings made on the Master Mode MAPS page see page 11 7 Also MIDI pressure messages sent to the USB or...

Page 162: ...Destination parameters is the Control Destination list The FT SW page parameters are described in Switch Controller Parameters on page 7 30 Parameter Range of Values Default Type Momentary Toggle Momentary On Control Control Destination List Ft Sw1 Sustain Ft Sw2 Sostenut Ft Sw3 Soft On Value None 0 to 127 127 Off Control Control Destination List Ft Sw1 Sustain Ft Sw2 Sostenut Ft Sw3 Soft Off Valu...

Page 163: ...he PC3Aarpeggiator but you can assign this switch to any Controller See The ARPEGGIATOR Page on page 7 42 for information on how to configure the PC3A s arpeggiator The ARP SW page parameters are described in Switch Controller Parameters on page 7 30 Parameter Range of Values Default Type Momentary Toggled Toggled On Control Control Destination List ArpOn On Value None 0 to 127 127 Off Control Con...

Page 164: ...his switch to any MIDI Controller The SWITCH page parameters are described in Switch Controller Parameters on page 7 30 Parameter Range of Values Default Type Momentary Toggled Toggled On Control Control Destination List MIDI29 On Value None 0 to 127 127 Off Control Control Destination List MIDI29 Off Value None 0 to 127 0 Entry Value None Off On None Exit Value None Off On None ...

Page 165: ...ve the strip indicate the boundaries of the three sections The large arrow above the ribbon points to the center of the ribbon for when the ribbon is configured in one section Note that there are three assignable parameter groups on the RIBBON page When the Ribbon is set to act as a single section controller the only parameters that affect its behavior are those of Section 1 Sect1 When the Ribbon ...

Page 166: ...e a resolution of 128 steps When the ribbon is used as a three section controller each section will only send one CC number and each section will have a resolution of 128 steps The Ribbon Configuration RIBCFG Page Once you ve selected a destination for the optional Ribbon controller you can use the parameters on the RIBCFG page to define how the ribbons respond to finger position and pressure Para...

Page 167: ...ft your finger off the ribbon This is generally the behavior you want When Spring is Off the Controller to which you ve assigned the Ribbon sticks at its current value when you lift your finger off the Ribbon While this can be useful you should be careful with it When Spring is Off if the Ribbon is doing something when you exit the setup it ll continue doing that when you return to the setup This ...

Page 168: ...alled latching the notes The Arpeggiator then processes them by playing them repeatedly and or transposing them up and down the keyboard You have control over several processing parameters velocity order duration transposition orchestration whether the notes are played simultaneously and whether the intervals between notes are filled chromatically You can also tell the Arpeggiator how to deal with...

Page 169: ...64 will sound pretty much the same To find a Beats value multiply the notes you want per beat by 4 For example 4 notes per beat 16th notes would be 4 4 16 a Beats value of 1 16 Three notes per beat 8th note triplets would be 3 4 12 a Beats value of 1 12 Six notes per beat 16th note triplets would be 6 4 24 a Beats value of 1 24 Note that when recording arpeggiations to a PC3AMIDI track you must tu...

Page 170: ...t from any physical controller assigned to send VelFixed or any entry value for a controller assigned to send VelFixed overrides the programmed value of the Velocity parameter disabling it until you select a different setup or in Program mode until you select a different control setup on the MIDI mode TRANSMIT page Pattern engages a step sequencer for arpeggiator velocity patterns which shifts the...

Page 171: ...ake arpeggiation sound more human like with each note varying slightly in velocity The Human settings use the velocity received from the first note played as the center of the randomization range Each note of the arpeggiator will randomly choose a velocity within the given range See the table below for velocity ranges The Chimp1 through Chimp4 settings function in a similar fashion to the Human se...

Page 172: ...the Arpeggiator will play C4 F4 D4 G4 E4 A4 and so on until it reaches the Limit value The Shift Amount values can range from 88 to 88 with 0 the default being no transposition Shift Limit Limit determines how far up or down the Arpeggiator shifts from the original note The minimum value is 0 and the maximum is 60 When the Arpeggiator reaches the limit the Arpeggiator responds according to the set...

Page 173: ...4 F 4 A4 C5 A4 F 4 D 4 C4 D 4 Symmetrical again including C5 Bipolar starts out the same way as Unipolar but during downward note shifting it continues past the original pitch until it hits the shift limit in the opposite direction where it reverses again Float Res adds a bit of apparent randomness to the process Float means that when the Arpeggiator reaches the shift limit it resets but not to it...

Page 174: ...each key often making the pattern unrecognizable Though triggering a Shift pattern from multiple keys can be used creatively it can also make it hard to predict what the output will be You can edit the included patterns by pressing Edit with a pattern highlighted in the ShiftPatt field see edit screen below The top line of the EditShiftPatt page shows the full name for a pattern whose name does no...

Page 175: ... When exiting the editor it will automatically give you the option to save the pattern if changes have been made For more detailed instructions on these functions see Saving and Naming on page 5 3 The ARPEGGIATOR 2 Page Parameter Range of Values Default Latch Keys Overplay Arpeg Add Auto Pedals Autohold 1NoteAuto Keys Low Key C 1 to G9 C 1 High Key C 1 to G9 G9 Glissando Off On Off SyncTo First Av...

Page 176: ... Pedals is sort of a combination of Keys Add and Overplay modes It relies on both Latch MIDI 157 and Latch2 MIDI 158 If neither latch controller is on notes will arpeggiate only while you are holding down keys similar to Keys mode If you activate Controller 158 the keys currently held down will latch and any additional keys played while Controller 158 is on will also latch similar to Add mode When...

Page 177: ... to have a little more freedom and not be tied to the bass arpeggiation in zone 1 as the main timekeeper Maybe you want to start with the lead arpeggiation in zone 2 and have the bass arpeggiation in zone 1 start later In this case you would set the SyncTo parameter for zone 2 to FirstArp Av With this setting the arpeggiator will look for the first available arpeggiator to sync to So if both the b...

Page 178: ... other arpeggiators are running As soon as you start something to sync to the bass arpeggiator will start playing as well provided that it is set to sync to something else or the first available If another arpeggiator is already running AnyBeatWait behaves just like AnyBeat With SyncType set to Loop if there is already a riff or song playing to sync to the current arpeggiator will wait for the pla...

Page 179: ...ssigning physical controllers to special arpeggiator Controller Destinations Any input or entry value from a physical controller assigned to an arpeggiator Controller Destination overrides the programmed values for the parameters of the arpeggiator on that controller s zone The override remains in effect until you select a different setup or a different program in Program mode Remember each of the...

Page 180: ...63 off 64 127 on 170 Arp Shift Sets ARPEGGIATOR values for Shift to negative 0 63 off 64 127 on 171 ShiftPatt Selects one of the 128 patterns in the ShiftPatt Bank for the ARPEGGIATOR page of a controller s zone 172 ShiftPBank A controller value selects the corresponding ShiftPatt Bank for the ARPEGGIATOR page of a controller s zone For example controller value 2 selects bank 2 controller value 7 ...

Page 181: ...or the riff on the current zone Program changes that are recorded in song mode will be ignored when using the song as a riff in a setup You can also set up the playback event filter in Song mode to ignore other types of events as well Once you have selected your program press the more soft button until you get to the RIFF1 and RIFF2 pages The following sections describe the contents of these pages...

Page 182: ...Beat can be set to any beat in that bar beat range is dependent on time signature Tick can be set from 0 to 959 Since there are 960 possible start points within a beat you can specify your riff to start on any common beat subdivision moments and a few uncommon ones The following Tick values correspond to the following beat subdivision moments Beat Subdivision Beat Subdivision Moment Tick Value Qua...

Page 183: ...n the current zone Repeat the process on other zones using the same song for the riff but using a different SrcTrack for each zone To create a setup with a single riff that plays multiple instrument parts set SrcTrack to ALL Each track of the sequence will play its track through the zones which have corresponding MIDI channels MIDI channels are set for each zone on The Channel Program CH PROG Page...

Page 184: ...t Arp Av First Avail Release Sync Type RelSynTyp None DownBeat AnyBeat DownBeatWait AnyBeatWait Loop Stop StartWait LoopWait StopWait None Duration 1 to 1000 100 Velocity 0 to 255 100 Offset 32768 to 32767 0 Trigger There are a few ways to trigger riffs in setup mode On the Riff2 page you can use the Trigger field to set a keyboard key to trigger the Riff Also any physical controller can be assign...

Page 185: ...triggered from the keyboard Conditional Release CondRel The CondRel parameter allows you to have a riff play only while a key is pressed and held and nothing will stop or restart that riff until the key is released To use conditional release set the same range for the Trigger and Release ranges on the RIFF2 page Any key that is pressed and held within this range will play the selected riff Release...

Page 186: ...peggiator or song from Song mode Note If you have multiple riffs or arpeggiators already playing when using FirstRiff Av FirstArp Av or First Avail for the current riff the current riff will sync to the riff or arpeggiator of the lowest numbered zone that has a riff or arpeggiator playing SyncType The SyncType parameter allows you to choose how your riff will sync to other riffs arpeggiators and S...

Page 187: ...thing playing to sync to the current riff will wait for what is playing to stop before starting This way you can trigger the riff to start ahead of time and have it start in sync at the release stopping of the riff arpeggiator or song that you are syncing to The difference from Stop is that if there is nothing playing to sync to the riff will not start This can be useful if you want to get your ri...

Page 188: ...aying riff or song to restart its loop if it is looped before stopping see Loop on page 7 59 for looping riffs and Loop on page 12 11 for looping songs This way you can trigger the riff to stop ahead of time and have it stop in sync at the start of the playing riff or song s loop The difference from Loop is that if there is nothing playing to sync to the riff will not stop when released If the rif...

Page 189: ...iffOn Riff On Any value triggers the zone s Riff if Riff is set to On on RIFF1 page 164 RiffOff Riff Off Any value stops playback of zone s Riff 165 RiffDur Riff Duration sets the Duration parameter see above The Duration value is calculated by multiplying the received controller value by 1000 and dividing the answer by 128 any decimal points are taken off the final value Here are some example val...

Page 190: ...pass effects while editing The Programmable Switch Pages SWPRG1 to SWPRG8 The PC3A s eight Programmable Switches are the eight Program Select buttons located above the program Category buttons Each button has its own SWPRG page but each page is essentially identical The SWPRG page parameters are described in Switch Controller Parameters on page 7 30 Parameter Range of Values Default Type Momentary...

Page 191: ...MPO page see TEMPO on page 11 11 Clock Source With the Clock Source parameter you can set the PC3A within the current setup to generate its own tempo by setting Clock Source to Internal or you can set the PC3Ato sync up with the tempo from another device assuming the device is sending MIDI clock data to the PC3Avia MIDI or USB by setting Clock Source to External When Clock Source is set to Externa...

Page 192: ...aving the Bank buttons control KB3 effects and having the Bank buttons Mute Zones Pick a switch say SW which is right next to the Arp button Choose a zone and go to the SWITCH page or corresponding editor page for whatever switch you choose Set the switch Type to Toggled OnControl to KB3Mutes enter 169 or scroll to the end of the Controller List OnValue to 127 OffControl to KB3Mutes and OffValue t...

Page 193: ... choose a note by holding the Enter button and playing the desired key you can also use the Alpha Wheel buttons or alphanumeric pad to choose a note With the desired note selected use the Dest field to select a controller destination see The Controller Destination List for details Set a value to send to the controller destination with the Value field Once a destination and value are set the playin...

Page 194: ... appear Press Yes to delete the setup or Cancel to cancel Factory ROM setups can not be deleted New Zone NewZn Press NewZn to create a new zone with default parameters The PC3Aimports this zone from Zone 1 of 128 Default Setup If there are parameters or entire pages you use often you can create your own Default Setup and save it to location 128 pressing NewZn will then import zones from your custo...

Page 195: ... would with any other song see Song Mode and the Song Editor on page 12 1 Each program from each zone in your setup is automatically assigned to a track change the RecTrk parameter in order to record to a single track You can also continue to record from Setup mode by going back to step 3 above Remember to set the tempo step 5 above before recording as the song tempo will change if your setup is s...

Page 196: ...g zones and do not change the controller destination assignments for each new zone Often this is the desired behavior such as when using zones to create layers For example if zone one sends pitch bend messages from the pitch wheel and you duplicate this zone to create a layered zone two you will likely want the zone two to send the same messages from the pitch wheel This way the pitch of these lay...

Page 197: ...meric pad then press Enter The bank is selected and you return to the Quick Access mode page Each bank contains ten memory slots or entries where you can store programs or setups in any combination Any program or setup in the currently selected bank can be selected with the numeric buttons 0 through 9 If the highlighted entry contains a program the bottom right hand field of the page displays the ...

Page 198: ...ion with the soft buttons also changes the Transpose setting on the MIDIMode Transmit page in MIDI mode The QA Editor Use the QAEditor to customize existing QAbanks Enter the QAeditor from QAmode by pressing the Edit button The top line gives you the usual mode reminder the current QAbank and the current entry corresponding numeric button for the highlighted object The cursor highlights the object...

Page 199: ... the setup list Just as with programs the cursor highlights the setup s ID and name Use the Alpha Wheel or buttons to scroll through the setups You can also use the alphanumeric pad followed by the Enter button to choose a Setup by ID Keep in mind that you can have both setups and programs in the same QAbank Naming And Saving A Quick Access Bank When you ve filled each entry with the object you wa...

Page 200: ... Read the Insert Effects and Aux Effects sections to learn about the two types of effects that can be applied during different stages of a program s signal path Insert Effects Insert Effects are placed directly in the signal path at the output of a single program These Insert Effects can apply to either the whole program or only to selected layers within the program Each program layer and program ...

Page 201: ... help visualize the stages in which the signal is being processed Acircle with an arrow through it shows a point where the signal level can be adjusted Dashed lines indicate different routes that the signal can flow based on the Aux pre post settings and Master FX Order settings Acircled sigma S shows where signals are mixed together When using effects the first decision to make is whether you wan...

Page 202: ... 4 for details on how the PC3Aautomatically manages the usage of DSP units the default behavior and how you can override this behavior and manually manage usage of DSP units Aux Override Normally in Program mode the Aux Effects Chains are specified by the program on the current channel or in Setup mode and Song mode by the program on the specified Aux Effects channel Aux override allows you to aud...

Page 203: ...f you don t save the master table the Effect mode settings will return to their defaults the next time the PC3Ais turned on Be careful do not accidentally save the Effect mode settings if you do not wish to The settings on the effects pages for Setup mode and Song mode are saved with each Setup and Song The EffectsEnable Page NOTE In Setup mode and Song mode this page corresponds in appearance and...

Page 204: ... s set to N or Y because resources are exhausted the channel still sends its signal to the Aux sends If the channel set to N or Y has its Aux sends turned up and the Aux effect is on a channel set to Y the channel set to N or Y will still be processed by the Aux effects on the channel set to Y On the EffectsEnable page the channel with a box around its channel number contains the Aux Chains curren...

Page 205: ...the current channel or the program on the specified Aux Effects channel in Setup or Song mode If Override is set to No the top line of the page displays the Aux Chain that is loaded for the current program as well as the current channel In the case of the page shown above the Aux 1 Chain of the current program is 906 Medium Hall2 and the current channel is 6 Notice that in Program mode if an Aux e...

Page 206: ...Setup or Song mode Send Levels and Pre Post Ins On the bottom half of the page there are two parameters for each of the 16 MIDI channels Send Level top row and Pre Post Insert bottom row The setting for each Send Level parameter determines if each channels Aux Send Level is overridden and if so by what value Avalue of p means no override i e use the values specified in the program Avalue of p can ...

Page 207: ...ressors Expanders and Gates on page 9 16 for description on the EQ and Compressor parameters Mode The setting for the Master Effects can be set directly on this page or optionally in the control setup In Program mode to set up the Master Effects from Effect mode set the Mode parameter to Master To use the settings in the current control setup select Setup Controlling the Master Effects from the co...

Page 208: ...he Chain editor MAIN page of the Chain 269 PnoEnhancRvb3 appears as shown below At the top right of the display is the number of DSP units used by the currently selected effect box and by the Chain as a whole 2 5 Units indicates that the current effect box is using two DSP units and the Chain is using a total of five DSP units for all of its effects boxes There are a total of 16 units available fo...

Page 209: ...OD page Box The Box parameter specifies which effect box in the Chain to which the Mod will be applied Param The Param parameter selects which parameter of the specified box s effect will be modulated Adjust The Adjust parameter sets a fixed value for the specified parameter Param that is applied before any modulation Source The Source parameter determines the Control source that will modulate the...

Page 210: ...Chain parameters are controlled by which assigned physical controllers or MIDI CC numbers On the INFO page use the Chan Layer buttons to scroll through the current Chain s list of controller assignment info Each assignment info entry has a MIDI controller number and a Text parameter to describe what the assignment controls One info entry can be made for each MIDI CC number To edit the text of a co...

Page 211: ...routed through the Aux effect In this case turning up the Aux send level will blend the 100 wet signal from the Aux bus with the dry signal on the main audio bus Out Gain sets the gain at the output of an effect In Out enables or disables the effect You can think of it as a Wet Dry parameter with only two positions 100 In and 0 Out HF Damping high frequency damping is the cutoff 3 dB frequency of ...

Page 212: ...ffects which offer early reflections Diff Scale scales the diffusion of the early reflections that is how spread out they are as a group over time At very low settings the early reflections start to sound quite discrete and at higher settings the early reflections are seamless It is adjustable from 0 00 to 2 00 with 1 00 being nominal for the given Room Type Density controls how tightly the early ...

Page 213: ... their respective outputs Tapn Level is the level of each numbered tap from 0 to 100 relative to the overall output of the effect Tapn Bal is the left right balance of each of the numbered taps At 100 only the left channel of tap n goes to the left output while at 100 only the right channel of tap n goes to the right output At 0 equal amounts of the left and right channels of the tap pass to their...

Page 214: ...trol Equalizers EQ The PC3Ahas both Graphic and Parametric EQ effects Parametric EQ sections are also found on a number of combination effects The Graphic equalizer is available as stereo linked parameters for left and right or dual mono independent controls for left and right It has 10 bandpass filters per channel each of whose gain is adjustable from 12 dB to 24 dB Like all graphic equalizers th...

Page 215: ...s with soft knee characteristic the compression action comes in gradually as the signal level approaches the threshold compressors with hard knee characteristic the compression action comes in abruptly when the signal reaches the threshold expanders multiband compressors that break the signal up into three frequency bands and compress them all separately sidechains or output EQs reverbs and compre...

Page 216: ...below the expansion threshold adjustable from 1 1 0 no expansion to 1 17 extreme downward expansion Threshold or Exp Threshold the level below which the signal is expanded adjustable from 79 0 to 0 dB In addition the two segment compressors with expander have separate Ratio and Threshold controls for each of the compression segments Multiband Compression The Multiband Compression effect has Attack...

Page 217: ... fall below the threshold and come back up again before the gate will open again Chorus Chorus is an effect which gives the illusion of multiple voices playing in unison The effect is achieved by detuning copies of the original signal and summing the detuned copies back with the original Low frequency oscillators LFOs are used to modulate the positions of output taps from a delay line The movement...

Page 218: ...he hottest of signals will toggle between only two quantization levels thereby producing a square wave Every 6 dB added doubles the number of quantization levels reducing the noise and getting closer to the original signal If the signal has a lot of headroom available signal level before digital clipping then not all quantization levels will be reached Range is 0 to 144 dB Headroom sets the availa...

Page 219: ...ss Bandpass or Notch band cut Min Freq is the minimum resonant frequency of the filter that is the filter frequency when the input gain is below the triggering threshold Its range is 16 to 8372 Hz Sweep determines how far the resonant frequency moves when the input level increases At positive levels it moves up in pitch and at negative levels it moves down The highest possible resonant frequency i...

Page 220: ... Tri LFO PlsWid Pulse Width When the LFO Shape is set to Pulse this sets the pulse width as a percentage of the waveform period When the width is set to 50 the result is a square wave This parameter has no effect if other waveform types are chosen Range is 0 to 100 LFO Smooth smooths removes the higher harmonics from the Saw Saw and Pulse waveforms ASawtooth wave becomes more like a triangle wave ...

Page 221: ...iMic A and HiMic B Each microphone has Pos position the angle of the microphone from the front of the virtual speaker from 180 to 180 degrees Lvl level from 0 to 100 and Pan the left right panning of the microphone s output from 100 full left to 100 full right Other parameters Lo Beam W and Hi Beam W set the acoustic radiation patterns beam width of the two drivers in the rotating speaker If you i...

Page 222: ... frequency speaker at the slow speed and the Speed parameter will have no effect on its speed though Brake will still work In the Stopped position the low frequency speaker will not spin at all Lo Slow and Hi Slow are the rotation rates in hertz Hz of the speakers when Speed is set to Slow Lo Fast and Hi Fast are the rotation rate in hertz Hz of the speakers when Speed is set to Fast LoSlow Fst an...

Page 223: ...anning action ImageWidth is the width of the original input program material before it is auto panned At 0 minimum the input image is shrunk to a single point source allowing maximum panning excursion At 100 maximum the original width is maintained so no panning can occur Pan Width controls the amount of pan excursion It is the percentage of total panning motion available after Origin and ImageWid...

Page 224: ...five waveforms that are generated from oscillators within the effect itself Four of these oscillators are sine waves while one Oscillator 1 offers a selection of waveforms Wet Dry When the effect is in L R mode this controls how much of the left signal only is passed dry the right signal isn t passed dry at all Mod Mode selects between the two modes Osc1 Lvl is the level of Oscillator 1 from 0 to ...

Page 225: ...of which can be delayed and panned separately Crossover1 and 2 are the two Crossover frequencies at which the band split filters split the signal into three bands The two parameters are interchangeable either may have a higher frequency than the other Range is 16 to 25088 Hz Pan High Mid Low sets the pan position for each band Range is 100 fully left to 100 fully right Delay High Mid Low sets the ...

Page 226: ...eters on this page to control how the PC3Asends MIDI information to its USB or MIDI Out port These settings to some extent affect the PC3A s response to its own keyboard and controllers but they primarily affect the responses of other MIDI devices that are receiving MIDI from the PC3Aon the channel specified with the Channel parameter on this page When a program is selected either in Program mode ...

Page 227: ...gine Avalue of MIDI Local would send MIDI data only to the MIDI out port and the PC3A s sound engine For Setup mode this parameter acts as a final filter for which ports will send MIDI information For example if this parameter is set to MIDI_USB MIDI and a setup zone has its Destination parameter set to MIDI Local on the SetupMode CH PRG page MIDI data will be sent only through the traditional MID...

Page 228: ...ties to pass unchanged Maps Light 1 3 make it increasingly easier to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same key strike velocity with Light 3 being the easiest so these maps may work better for users who play with a lighter touch Hard 1 3 make it increasingly harder to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same key strike velocity with Hard 3 being the hardest so these maps may work bet...

Page 229: ...a sent from Song mode or to the PC3A s sound engine The default map provides the widest range of pressure aftertouch expression but you may want to choose a different map if the default does not suit your playing style See the diagram above for the other pages that affect MIDI pressure aftertouch values before reaching the transmit Pressure Map The default map Linear allows MIDI pressure aftertouc...

Page 230: ...G Page on page 7 4 Songs disregard this ProgChang setting and instead use the ProgChang parameter on the Song Event Filter Playback page accessed from the PLYFLT soft button in Song mode Change Setups ChgSetups This parameter determines the exact timing of setup changes when you select a different setup either by a normal data entry method or via MIDI program change commands Choose KeyUp to indica...

Page 231: ... a sequencer since you can play a different program on each channel At this setting you can turn individual channels on and off on the CHANNELS page described later in this chapter All Notes Off If this parameter s value is set to Normal the PC3Aresponds to All Notes Off messages received over MIDI Ignore causes these messages to be ignored If you re using a Roland product as a MIDI controller for...

Page 232: ...ingly easier to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same key strike velocity with Light 3 being the easiest so these maps may work better for users who play with a lighter touch Hard 1 3 make it increasingly harder to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same key strike velocity with Hard 3 being the hardest so these maps may work better for users who play with a harder touch Piano Touc...

Page 233: ... MIDI data sent from the PC3A s keyboard The default map provides the widest range of pressure aftertouch expression but you may want to choose a different map if the default does not suit your playing style See the diagram above for the other pages that affect MIDI pressure aftertouch values before reaching the receive Pressure Map The default map Linear allows MIDI pressure aftertouch values to ...

Page 234: ...ysEx messages to the appropriate PC3A with the SysExID byte that s included with every SysEx message Avalue of 127 specifies Omni Receive That is at this value a PC3Aresponds to a SysEx message regardless of the SysEx ID of the message Bank Select BankSelect allows you to choose between having the PC3Arespond to Controller 0 or Controller 32 or both The reason for this is that various manufacturer...

Page 235: ... PROG page which matches the channel on which the external MIDI device is transmitting If no Zone s Channel parameter matches the external device will play the program that was last used by that channel in Program or Setup Mode When the Program of a Setup Zone is played from an external MIDI controller with the LocalKbdCh parameter set to None Setup MIDI parameters most noticeably key range and tr...

Page 236: ...g External CCs In Program Mode Local Keyboard Channel None To control a program parameter via external MIDI CC in Program Mode the parameter must first have a source assigned within the Program Editor as described in the Assigning An External CC Number As A Control Source For A Program Parameter section above To control an assigned program parameter with Local Keyboard Channel set to None send the...

Page 237: ...6 Internal Voices is the PC3A s default Control Setup see Control Setup on page 6 9 for details Note In Setup Mode when an external MIDI controller is sending a CC on the channel set for Local Keyboard Channel any CC sent that is not in the External MIDI CC Remapping For Local Keyboard Channel and Input Channel table see below gets sent to Programs on all Zones of the Setup If a Local Keyboard Cha...

Page 238: ...emapping For Local Keyboard Channel and Input Channel PC3A Physical Controller Default MIDI CC Which Controls The Destination Assigned To Each PC3A Physical Controller In The Setup Editor Pitch Wheel NA responds to MIDI pitch bend messages Mod Wheel 1 Arp Button 69 SW Button 29 70 Continuous Pedal 1 11 Continuous Pedal 2 4 Breath 2 Pressure key pressure Not controllable by MIDI CC Foot Switch 1 64...

Page 239: ...s to mute the tracks on those channels You could also set the VolLock parameter to On to ignore any MIDI volume messages the PC3Areceives on a given MIDI channel Parameter Range of Values Default Enable Off On On Program Program list Program ID 1 Pan 0 to 127 64 centered Volume 0 to 127 127 maximum Program Lock Off On Off Pan Lock Off On Off Volume Lock Off On Off Enable Use this parameter to turn...

Page 240: ...system that makes program selection more flexible This is true whether you re selecting programs from the PC3A s front panel or via MIDI Program Change Type For Use With Extended Bank changes and Program changes A bank has 128 ids Note that our system will recognize 16 banks from 0 to 15 2048 ids This is for connecting a PC2 or a generic MIDI device as a controller device K2600 Bank changes and Pr...

Page 241: ...m Change Command Received Result MC 0 or 32 value 0 PCH value 99 Program 99 Base1 bank 99th program MC 0 or 32 value 1 PCH value 41 Program 169 Base2 bank 41st program MC 0 or 32 value 1 PCH value 129 Program 258 Classic Keys bank 2nd program MC 0 or 32 value 7 None KB3 bank selected no change in current program bank selection is pending for next PCH QAccess Using this setting is similar to using ...

Page 242: ... through 70s while the PCH selects the bank within that range as well as the entry within that bank Neither the MC 0 or 32 nor the PCH selects a different memory bank In fact you can t change the memory bank via MIDI when using this format All program and setup selections are made within the currently selected memory bank You ll know which memory bank is selected by looking at the ID of the curren...

Page 243: ...he Alpha Wheel and the Prog and Prog soft buttons can all be used to change the program change number that will be sent When you ve set the channel and the program change number press the Send soft button to send the program change command Or press the Cancel soft button if you don t want to send it You can change the channel and the program number as many times as you want before you press Send Y...

Page 244: ...s of the Master pages as well as the state of the PC3A such as which programs are assigned to each channel settings for MIDI Mode Transmit and Receive pages and Master FX settings Explicit saving of the Master Table is also possible MAIN On the Master Mode MAIN page you ll find parameters for setting the overall tuning and transposition of the PC3A overall FX settings drum program remapping clock ...

Page 245: ...imally intuitive in terms of playability so by default the PC3Auses a unique keymap that is more intuitive and lends better to performance However the GM drum map is so commonplace that many players feel more comfortable playing drum programs with the GM drum map Because of this the PC3Ais designed such that you can remap drum programs to the GM drum map When the Master Page Drum Remap is set to N...

Page 246: ...cond instrument will respond to every button press on the first instrument just as if you were pressing the buttons of the second one Keep in mind that both devices must be in exactly the same state the same page in the same mode with identical lists of RAM objects when you start Otherwise the button presses you make on the first instrument may execute other functions on the second instrument Agai...

Page 247: ...than four layers zones you can view their keymaps programs by pressing and holding down the Enter button and scrolling with the Chan Layer buttons When Display is set to Ctls Program Mode and Setup Mode use the info box to display the controller assignment info and MIDI CC value for the last moved controller The info box clears a few moments after displaying the controller info ...

Page 248: ...values created for each note depending on how hard you strike a key The Master Velocity Map affects MIDI velocity values for all MIDI sources and destinations used in the PC3A see the circled box above for its location in the MIDI signal flow Different maps used for the Master Velocity Map generate different MIDI velocity values for the same physical key strike velocity Each map applies a differen...

Page 249: ...se maps may work better for users who play with a harder touch Piano Touch simulates the general velocity response of an acoustic piano and is best suited for playing acoustic piano programs Easy Touch is similar to the Light settings making high velocities easier to play but it allows more sensitive control over playing high velocities by not boosting the MIDI velocity for fast strike velocities ...

Page 250: ...ved MIDI pressure aftertouch values and remaps them to new values before letting them pass The default map provides the widest range of pressure aftertouch expression but you may want to choose a different map if the default does not suit your playing style See the diagram above for the other pages that affect MIDI pressure aftertouch values before and after reaching the Master Press Map The defau...

Page 251: ...lt You can change the root key of the current intonation map by using the Int Key parameter see the Intonation Key Int Key section below List and Description of Intonation Maps 0 None No intonation map is used intonation is equal but cannot be edited 1 Equal No detuning of any intervals The standard for modern western music 2 Classic Just Tunings are defined based on the ratios of the frequencies ...

Page 252: ...y give you the option to save the map if changes have been made For more detailed instructions on these functions see Saving and Naming on page 5 3 Key Action Map The Key Action Map determines the default way the PC3Aresponds to key action for specific keyboard component models Generally speaking you will not want to alter the Key Action Map This parameter is included for the rare occasion when a ...

Page 253: ...put Volume Dig out volume The Digital Output Volume parameter specifies the behavior of the PC3A s Digital Output Setting this parameter to Variable makes the Digital Output respond to changes made on the volume slider Setting this parameter to Fixed makes the Digital Output output a signal with a fixed volume Digital Output Dig Out This Digital Output parameter specifies the PC3A s digital output...

Page 254: ...lect buttons a lit LED moves from left to right at this tempo Alternatively a temporary controller can be set for use in the Temporary TAP controller field instead of using the Tap soft button The Temporary TAP controller field lists groups of PC3A controllers in order of their usefulness for tapping Listed first are the foot switches and switch buttons though it would be easier to use the Tap sof...

Page 255: ...d for free on the internet as GM compatible MIDI files These like all MIDI files offer certain advantages over audio such as small file size the ability to edit orchestrate or change tempo to easily learn from the sequences or even convert note information to standard notation with a third party application Overview of General MIDI Mode Once enabled Program mode will display the set of 128 standar...

Page 256: ...ions of user created or edited objects Press the Rename or Delete soft button to access each function see below for details The OBJECTS page also displays the number of user objects saved to internal memory in the UserObjects field the maximum number of user objects that can be saved to internal memory in the MaxUserObjects field and the amount of free internal memory in the IntMemoryFree field th...

Page 257: ... the Delete advanced page you can select a single object or multiple objects to delete To delete a group or range of objects use the main Delete page see below Use the cursor to select the left column then use the cursor alpha wheel or plus minus buttons to select one or more object types from the list Use the Select soft button to make your selection s which will be marked with a star Select All ...

Page 258: ...selected type by number or enter 0 to jump to the lowest saved object number of the currently selected type To review which objects you have selected press the Next soft button to move to the next selected object in the list Press the Delete soft button to delete your selection you will be given the choice to Delete or Cancel The Cancel soft button on the Delete advanced page will return you to th...

Page 259: ... is no longer active and the dot disappears The Voice Status symbols appears as shown below The Voice Status page gives you an indication of the envelope level of each voice though not necessarily the volume level Nonetheless this can give you a valuable indication of how your voices are being used For example if all or most of the voices are active then there s a good chance that when voice steal...

Page 260: ...t button brings up the PC3A s Chronometer stop watch page see below This can be useful for timing the length of songs or performances Press the Start soft button to begin timing The Chronometer will continue running even if you exit to other screens or modes Press the Stop soft button to stop timing the Reset soft button to reset the Chronometer or the Cancel soft button to return to the System Cl...

Page 261: ...fferent system configurations the object must be saved to an external device see the Storage Mode chapter Preview Sample PRVIEW Press the PRVIEW button to go to the PREVIEW page The PREVIEW page can be used to automatically make a new keymap and program using any sample or group of sample roots Programs created with the preview function are saved in Program Mode This allows you to quickly hear wha...

Page 262: ...ot actually record sounds with a sequencer Rather you are recording commands that cause sounds to be played Nonetheless we will sometimes explain sequencer features by drawing analogies to familiar tape recording techniques such as splicing and overdubbing There are several advantages to recording a song by sequencing For one thing sequencer commands take up much less disk space than digitally rec...

Page 263: ... scroll through songs while the sequencer is playing to quickly hear the beginning of each Tempo The Tempo parameter determines the initial tempo for the selected song The song will always start playback at the initial tempo Whatever the tempo is set to when you record your first track will be the song s initial tempo During playback the current tempo is shown in this field During recording tempos...

Page 264: ...ed An initial program is the program that will be used for a track when it is played from the start of bar 1 or any other point if there are no program changes and Control Chase is turned on see Control Chase on page 12 17 Programs selected in Program or Quick Access Mode are selected as the program on the current RecTrk when you return to Song mode Follow these steps to change the current RecTrk ...

Page 265: ...and Pan for all tracks This can be done at any time but is best done as a last step if you plan to make a lot of adjustments to these settings To write initial settings for all tracks press the Keep soft button on the Song MIXER page see Song Mode The MIXER Page on page 12 12 After pressing the Keep soft button you must save your song to save these settings you are automatically prompted to save u...

Page 266: ...t pan positions it is easier if you write an initial Pan after you have found the desired setting Setting Initial Pan Per Track Follow these steps to change the current RecTrk s initial Pan While the sequencer is stopped press Record change the value of Pan press Stop and save the song follow the same method to quickly set initial program or volume settings Initial program pan and volume can also ...

Page 267: ...ll be erased If you set Mode to Erase the previously recorded data on the record enabled track will be replaced with the new data only during the Bars and Beats you are actually recording and the previously recorded data before and after the newly recorded Bars and Beats will be preserved Location Locat The Bar and Beat displayed as the Locate value changes relative to current location of the song...

Page 268: ... of these soft buttons at a time to insure proper recording start points and to always be sure of the current sequencer status The Rec soft button changes the Song Status to REC READY if the current Song Status is STOPPED If the current Song Status is PLAYING it will be switched to RECORDING when you press Rec The Play soft button plays back any recorded data when pressed while the song status is ...

Page 269: ...recautions as above The Load and Save Buttons The Load soft button calls up a scrolling list from which you can quickly locate and load a sequence You can select a sequence using either the Alpha Wheel or buttons or you can enter a sequence s ID number The Save button calls up the Save As dialog The NewSng and ClrSng and Delete Soft Buttons The NewSng soft button creates a new song using the Defau...

Page 270: ...w will be the version of the song saved when you press Yes The save as dialog will be displayed Use the Alpha Wheel buttons or Alphanumeric Pad to choose a free ID location to save the song or choose a used ID location to overwrite a previously saved song with your new version When overwriting a song file the save as dialog displays Replace followed by the name of the file being replaced Press Ren...

Page 271: ...the BIG page s six parameters Parameter Range of Values Default Current Position Bar Beat Depends on Time Signature Tick 0 to 959 0 Time In Bar Beat 1 to 4 Tick 0 to 959 0 Time Out Bar Beat 1 to 4 Tick 0 to 959 0 Song End Bar Beat 1 to 4 Tick 0 to 959 0 Loop Loop RecMode Linear PunchIn UnLoop Linear Metron Off Rec Always CountOff Rec Time In The Time In parameter determines the start time for Loop...

Page 272: ...e looping from the Time In to the Time Out point but they are actually being re recorded linearly over absolute Bars and Beats until you press Stop UnLoop allows you to record a linear track over a short looping section without first having to copy the section over and over again to achieve a new desired Song length The End point of the Song is extended to the downbeat of the empty Bar immediately ...

Page 273: ...nd name panning and volume Changing the settings for a track s program volume or panning while the sequencer is recording will record these changes viewable in the corresponding track s EVENT page Upon playback these automated mixer parameters will display their changing values in real time on the MIXER page Below is an example MIXER page Parameter Range of Values Default Current Pan Pan 0 to 127 ...

Page 274: ...page 12 7 The Keep Soft Button Pressing the Keep soft button captures the current settings for each track s program panning and volume as the initial settings Remember to save if you want these change to be permanent The Done Soft Button If no changes were made in the MIXER page pressing the Done soft button calls up the MAIN page If changes were made pressing the Done soft button calls up the Sav...

Page 275: ...onome for instance you could set Program to a piano program The default program is 998 Click Track Channel This parameter determines the MIDI channel to which the metronome program and events are sent Strong Note This parameter determines the MIDI number of the note played by the metronome for the downbeats the 1 of each measure Strong Vel This parameter determines the velocity of the note played ...

Page 276: ...w Key C 1 to G 9 C 1 Hi Key C 1 to G 9 G 9 Low Velocity 0 to 127 0 Hi Velocity 0 to 127 127 Controller Filter Controllers On Off On Controller ALL MIDI Control Source List ALL Low Value 0 to 127 0 Hi Value 0 to 127 127 Pitch Bend On Off On Program Change On Off On Mono Pressure On Off On Poly Pressure On Off On Notes With Notes set to Off all notes are ignored during recording playback With Notes ...

Page 277: ...ecorded played back when Controllers is set to On Hi The Hi to the right of LoVal determines the highest value for that specified controller that is recorded played back when Controllers is set to On PitchBend This parameter enables disables pitch bend events to be recorded played back ProgChange This parameter enables disables program changes to be recorded played back this includes Controllers 0...

Page 278: ...se is On all non note MIDI events from the beginning of the song up to the current time are computed and the most recent non note MIDI event is sent out before starting playback This ensures that the volume panning program changes and other controllers for the song are correct regardless of where you start the song With Control Chase set to Off the sequencer behaves as previously described Quant T...

Page 279: ... pool with 0 New Song selected and no other user objects loaded in any other modes The events in the PC3Aare similar to events of other sequencers with a single major difference the Note events are stored as a single big event i e one PC3ANote event is comprised of the note on and note off events All other events are stored as single events on the PC3A The fields on the STATS page are Max the maxi...

Page 280: ... a song This is where you will find parameters common to all tracks such as tempo and time signature control parameters for effects and soft buttons for switching to other Song editor pages Parameter Range of Values Default Tempo 0 external 20 00 to 400 00 BPM 120 Time Signature Numerator 1 to 99 4 Denominator 1 2 4 8 16 32 and 64 4 FX Track 1 to 16 1 Drum Track D MIDI Destination L M U L The curr...

Page 281: ... of the page in order to access tracks 1 8 or select one of the tracks 9 16 to access tracks 9 16 With the desired track number selected in the DrumTrk field use the Alpha Wheel or buttons to toggle between D to designate the track as a drum track or to designate the track as a non drum track The Drum Tracks settings do not have any effect on edits made on the TRACK page in the Song Editor Any tra...

Page 282: ... each function there is a set of parameters to control how the function operates and on what region of the selected track s As usual the top line of this page displays the selected track or tracks Select the available current track s for editing by using the Chan Layer buttons Press both of the Chan Layer buttons together to select All tracks Below is an example of the TRACK page for the Bounce fu...

Page 283: ...page It appears at the lower left hand corner of the page The Locate bar beat and tick will change in real time during playback and recording to reflect the song s current position It can be set to any bar beat and tick including negative values Playback begins at and Stop resets the song to the Locate bar beat and tick Region Criteria Box Parameters From and To From and To are available in most T...

Page 284: ...when Ctl is set to All Available Values are 0 127 Soft Buttons on the TRACK Page FromTo is a quick way to define the region of time you intend to edit There are a couple of ways to use this feature when the sequence is playing back in real time and both ways will set the temporal boundaries of the region One way is to first position the cursor over the From parameter in the Region Criteria box and...

Page 285: ...o affect Some event types provide you more criteria selection parameters It is often a good idea to set Events to Notes when copying and then add any necessary controller or other data to the track at a later time DstTrack 1 to 16 All Select a destination track for the copied events with the DstTrack parameter All selected events described in the Region Criteria box will be placed in the destinati...

Page 286: ...r overwriting existing data on the destination track The Bounce function differs from the Copy function in that the original data is not preserved in the original track As on a multi track tape recorder Bounce will always put the data in the same timeline on the new track that it was on the old track DstTrack 1 to 16 Select a destination track for the events to be moved to with the DstTrack parame...

Page 287: ...en you perform this function rather they are offset by the length of the blank time being added to a Bar and Beat later in the song Amount Bars Beats Ticks The length of the blank time being added is defined as a number of Bars and Beats in the Amount parameter There are no Region Criteria parameters available for the Insert function Delete The Delete function is used to remove a region of time fr...

Page 288: ...rid 1 1 to 1 480 This setting determines the size of the Quantize grid expressed as a fraction of a Bar with a 4 4 meter Set Grid to 1 1 for whole note grid 1 16 for sixteenth notes All of the standard note durations and every fractional Bar divisions in between are available as the size of the Input Quantize grid Swing 100 to 125 The Swing percentage is applied to the quantize grid 0 swing is str...

Page 289: ...ndary location Amount Bars Beats Ticks The Ticks parameter specifies the number of bars beats and ticks that the MIDI events from within the selected region are moved forward for positive values or backward for negative values in time relative to their original locations Mode Merge Erase The Mode setting determines whether the shifted events merge with or erase existing events on the destination t...

Page 290: ...ed track is All tracks then the destination track will be All tracks as well No matter what channel the current track source track in the source song is set to when you use the grab function the events will be played on the destination track s channel Location Bars Beats Ticks Specify a bar beat and tick location in the destination track where the grabbed data will be placed with the Location para...

Page 291: ...the original or scaled values Values for velocities can not be less than 1 or greater than 127 Values for controllers can not be less than 0 or greater than 127 As an example to set all Velocities to a value of 55 you would set Scale to 0 multiplies all original values by zero and set Offset to 55 adds 55 to the product of the Scale parameter Mode Constant PosRamp NegRamp Set Mode to Constant to h...

Page 292: ...w Control Source List 0 to 120 The New parameter is set to the Controller code you wish to have use the existing values once used by the Old Controller to produce a different effect Song Editor The EVENT Page Every type of recorded MIDI event is visible from this page You can view and change these events if necessary Each track displays its initial program volume and pan at the top of its event li...

Page 293: ...ogram volume and pan settings for the current track See Song Mode The MAIN Page on page 12 1 for details on initial settings for program volume and pan Each of these parameters can be set to NONE by entering 0 on the alphanumeric pad and then pressing the minus button to find NONE Location The first column represents the Bar and Beat Locations of the different events in a song Scroll through the e...

Page 294: ...NT Page Cut Removes the currently selected event from the Event list and temporarily stores it in a memory buffer so that you can immediately paste it into a new location Copy Makes a duplicate of the currently selected event and temporarily stores it in a memory buffer so that you can immediately paste it into a new location Paste Inserts the most recent cut or copied event into the Event list at...

Page 295: ...torage mode press the Storage mode button and the Storage mode page will appear Use this page to select the storage device you wish to use The currently selected device will be read from or written to when you load save rename or delete files in Storage mode You can load and save with a USB device such as a thumb drive by using the USB Storage port or with a computer by using the USB Computer port...

Page 296: ...quire more than 100 mA of current high power USB devices When attempting to use an incompatible USB device the PC3A will display the message USB device requires too much power The PC3A is designed to work with low power USB devices and can provide a maximum of 100 mA to a USB device Power requirement specifications for thumb drives are not always made clearly available by the manufacturer but a ne...

Page 297: ...s that can be transferred is approximately 1 6MB This is suitable for most objects When using the USB Storage Port to transfer files the file size that can be transferred is limited only by the size of the USB mass storage device and the PC3A s available object memory When you leave Storage Mode or select the USB device there will be a prompt telling you that the PC3Ais turning back into a USB MID...

Page 298: ... Path SOUNDS The backslash character is a directory separator as in the following Path Path NEWTUNE SAMPLES DOGS This represents the directory DOGS which is a subdirectory of the SAMPLES directory which is a subdirectory of the NEWTUNE directory in the root directory If the path is too long to fit on the top line of the display it gets abbreviated The maximum length of a path in the PC3Ais 64 char...

Page 299: ...Name dialogue New file names will default to either FILENAME after a powerup or the name of the most recent file saved or loaded New directory names will default to either DIRNAME after a powerup or the name of the most recent file saved or loaded You can edit the name using the alphanumeric pad alpha wheel buttons Left and Right cursor buttons the Delete and Insert soft buttons and the and soft b...

Page 300: ...e Range Bank field that the last entry is 1 100 Range You can set this range in the Set Range dialogue by pressing the SetRng soft button If you try to set an invalid range such as 102 23 then the PC3Awill inform you that the range is invalid Advnce Press the Advnce soft button to go to The Store Advanced Page where you can store an individual object or select objects individually instead of by ra...

Page 301: ...ted in groups of 128 objects also known as banks for example objects 1 128 129 256 etc All object ID numbers can be selected by selecting Everything Acustom range of object ID numbers can also be created using the SetRng soft button The custom range is the last entry in the Range Bank list by default it is called 1 100 Range but the name of the entry changes to the range set with the SetRng soft b...

Page 302: ...buttons simultaneously pressed Left Right cursor double press Select All Objects Up Down cursor double press Clear All Selections If you want to store most but not all of the items in a file for example if there are some songs in RAM that you don t want to be stored in the file it may be fastest to first select all objects using the Left Right double press and then manually deselect any unwanted i...

Page 303: ...rs of the file name will be used as the Song name Shortened song names can be renamed in Song mode Select Select or deselect the highlighted file An asterisk appears to the left of selected files Multiple files can only be selected if they are in the same directory Entering a new directory will deselect all files SelAll Press the SelAll soft button to select or deselect all files in the current di...

Page 304: ...age 13 11 for details Entering in a number from the alphanumeric buttonpad will jump to the indexed entry and typing in a large number like 9999 will go to the end of the list The following soft buttons are used for selecting objects to load Select Select or deselect an object Next Jump to the next selected object in the list Type Jump to the next object of a different type OK Load the selected ob...

Page 305: ... you must select the bank to load to and a loading method This determines the object numbers that your loaded objects will have and whether or not existing objects in the PC3Awill be deleted when the new objects are loaded You will see this dialog First select a bank range to load to then select a loading method by choosing one of the soft buttons The soft buttons control the mode for loading and ...

Page 306: ...n MIDI program change number OvFill is like Fill except the selected bank or Everything is cleared out before loading Overwrt and OvFill operate in different ways after a selected bank has been filled up for a given object type for example after you have loaded more than 128 programs into a bank Overwrt will continue to preserve the objectIDs stored in the file and will individually overwrite obje...

Page 307: ...60 Brighter CP 261 TouchRezSynthCP 264 Inside Out CP 265 Pianet Classic The following table shows the IDs that each program end up with when you load the programs from the Classic Keys bank 255 384 into the Base2 bank Original Program ID Program Name Program IDs After Loading OvFill Overwrt Merge Append Fill 129 Piano Stack Deleted Deleted 129 129 129 133 Ole Upright 1 Deleted Deleted Deleted 133 ...

Page 308: ...ent directory Directories created by the PC3Acan have names up to eight characters long Delete Delete the highlighted file from the current device Rename Change the name of a file Copy Copy a file to a different directory After pressing Copy you must select a directory to copy to press the Open soft button to open the directory to copy to then press the Ok soft button to copy the file You can also...

Page 309: ... press the ObjLst soft button You will be prompted to choose a directory to save into and then you will be prompted to name the file Acomma separated value text file will be exported listing each object type with ID number object name and whether the object is internal or user To export an object in XML format press the ObjFmt soft button Choose an object from the list using the Alpha Wheel button...

Page 310: ...At this point the keymap s job is done and the signal proceeds through the layer s algorithm and on to the audio outputs You can assign as many key ranges to a keymap as you like even creating a separate range for each note This would allow you to tune each key independently to create microtonal tunings For keymaps that use a single timbre like the Grand Piano there s a key range for each sample r...

Page 311: ...y of the note See Velocity Ranges VelRng on page 14 5 for details The Keymap Editor is nested within the Program Editor The first step in using the Keymap Editor is to select the keymap you want to edit This is done on the KEYMAP page in the Program Editor using the Keymap parameter Once you ve done this just press the Edit button and you ll enter the Keymap Editor If you want to edit a different ...

Page 312: ...ameter so that it plays at the correct pitch on the keyboard relative to its root key see Editing Samples on page 14 9 for details on the RootKey parameter Other keys within the key range transpose the sample chromatically relative to the root key Sample pitch relative to the root key can also be offset using the Coarse Tune and Fine Tune parameters see below The KeyRange parameter shows you which...

Page 313: ...ange you are extending covers another velocity range the other velocity range will be deleted Coarse Tune Coarse Tune allows you to transpose a sample for a given range This is extremely useful when you have set the Root key of the sample for one note but want to assign the sample to a different part of the keyboard and still be able to play it without transposition see Root Key on page 14 10 for ...

Page 314: ...locity range All key ranges in a keymap share the same velocity ranges Press the Split soft button to split the currently selected velocity range into two ranges until the maximum of eight velocity ranges have been created Press the Delete soft button to delete the currently selected velocity range Press the Exit soft button to return to the EditKeymap page On the VEL RANGES page the currently sel...

Page 315: ...ur mind When you trigger the low and high notes the new key range is inserted If the new key range partially overlaps an adjacent key range the existing key range will be adjusted to accommodate the new range If the new key range completely overlaps an existing key range the original key range will be replaced Rename Call up the page that enables you to change the name of the current keymap Save S...

Page 316: ...when you started the range assignment Each sample in a key range is automatically transposed based on each sample s RootKey parameter so that it plays at the correct pitch on the keyboard relative to its root key see Editing Samples on page 14 9 for details on the RootKey parameter Other keys within the key range transpose the sample chromatically relative to the root key Automatic transposition b...

Page 317: ...4 to a key range from A3 to E 4 Then you assigned the same sample to a key range from F 4 to B 4 You might be surprised to find that when you finished the F 4 B 4 key range and the Keymap editor page reappeared the current key range would not be F 4 to B 4 but A3 to B 4 This is because the PC3Aautomatically merges adjacent key ranges that are identical this is done to save memory Therefore some pa...

Page 318: ...r details There are two sample editing pages MISC Miscellaneous and TRIM The soft buttons for these pages are visible when you enter the Sample Editor You can trigger notes at any time while you re editing to hear your changes as you make them When you have finished editing your sample or samples see the preview function on page 11 18 for a way to automatically create a program and keymap using a ...

Page 319: ... the sample relative to the key from which it s played Setting a value of 100cts for example will cause the sample to play back one semitone higher than normal This parameter is handy for fine tuning samples to each other if they re slightly out of tune Volume Adjust Uniformly boost or cut the amplitude of the entire sample Alternative Start Volume Adjust AltVolAdjust This parameter sets the ampli...

Page 320: ... reverse direction and play again from End to Loop and back repeating until the note trigger is released this works only when the Loop Switch parameter is set to On Alternative Sample Sense AltSense This provides a convenient way to activate the alternative start of a sample When set to Normal the alternative start will be used when the Alt Switch control is On this is set on the KEYMAP page or wh...

Page 321: ...u can t decrease the Start point of samples below zero The Alternative Start A parameter lets you set a second optional start or end point for the current sample The Alternative Start will be used when the Alt Switch parameter on the KEYMAP page is set to On or when it s set to a specific control source and that control source is generating a value of more than 5 For example if you assign MWheel a...

Page 322: ...s represented by each display pixel Avalue of 1 256 means that each pixel represents 256 individual sample elements The maximum zoom setting of 1 shows you a very small segment of the sample The minimum setting of 1 16384 shows you the largest possible segment of the sample Each press of a Zoom soft button increases or decreases the zoom by a factor of 4 Gain and Gain These buttons increase or dec...

Page 323: ...back a song a k a a MIDI sequence in Song mode the PC3Atriggers each of the notes that you have recorded sort of like a player piano MIDI is very useful for recording songs with electronic instruments such as the PC3A because you can easily make changes to recorded sequences For example you can change individual notes transpose parts or change the instrumentation of tracks that have already been r...

Page 324: ...no matter the time signature For example in a 4 4 time signature there are 960 ticks in a beat since a beat is worth a quarter note in 4 4 To find the value of an 8th note divide 960 by 2 since there are two 8th notes in a quarter note Divide 960 by 4 for 16th notes by 6 for 16th note triplets by 8 for 32nd notes and so on You can also use record quantization which automatically moves recorded not...

Page 325: ...teps below to set a tempo for your song It is easiest to choose your tempo before recording any tracks but the tempo can be adjusted after recording as well see Chapter 12 Song Mode and the Song Editor for details on changing the tempo after recording 1 On the Song mode MAIN page use the cursor buttons to navigate to the Tempo field and enter a tempo Entering the tempo with the alphanumeric pad is...

Page 326: ...an adjust the Tempo parameter and press the Play Pause button to hear the metronome play the tempo For this example we will leave our previous Tempo setting of 100 0 4 Once you are happy with the tempo press the BIG soft button to return to the Song Big Time page Set the Metron parameter back to Rec so that you will only hear the metronome during recording see below When finished press the BIG sof...

Page 327: ...e will name the song My Song under ID 1025 See below for an explanation of this page Soft Button Functions On the Save Changes Page The PlyNew soft button allows you to play the song with your latest recorded performance You will likely want to hear this first Pressing PlyOld will play the current song minus the performance that you just recorded You can toggle between Play Old and Play New withou...

Page 328: ...you decide not to save or rename on the Song Save Changes page pressing the No soft button returns you to the Song mode page in which you were last recording Changes to the current song are not saved though the sequencer will remember changes to certain settings from the MAIN and BIG pages These settings are Tempo Merge Erase Mode Locate track mute status Time In Time Out Song End Loop Recmode and...

Page 329: ...arameter to an unused track number for example track 2 2 Set the instrument sound for the current track Use the cursor buttons to navigate to the Prog field and choose a program with the plus minus buttons alpha wheel or by entering the desired program number with the alphanumeric pad This sets the instrument sound for the current track For example choose program 105 P Bass to make the next track ...

Page 330: ... and the Song Editor 1 On the Song mode MAIN page use the Chan Zone buttons to the left of the display to Set the RecTrk parameter to the track that you want to fix For example let s fix track 1 see below 2 Set the Mode parameter to Erase see below This causes previously recorded notes to be erased when a track is being recorded into 3 Press the BIG soft button to go to the Big Time page 4 On the ...

Page 331: ... the song in order to re record the desired section Leave enough time usually a bar or two so that you will have time to prepare before the section you are replacing plays For this example we will set our start time to 1 1 0 because it is two bars before bar 3 see below 7 Press the Record button then the Play Pause button located on the front panel Play your new part when the song reaches the part...

Page 332: ...itial volume for each track Let s use the song we created in the parts above as an example Let s adjust the volume of track 1 and store the value as an initial volume setting 1 On the Song mode MAIN page use the Chan Zone buttons to the left of the display to Set the RecTrk parameter to track 1 2 Find the desired volume level by adjusting the Vol parameter during playback then press stop For this ...

Page 333: ...or each setting to be recalled at the song s beginning 6 Follow the above procedure in steps 4 and 5 to store current values as initial values after changing any volume pan or program parameters Note Most users will want to store initial values as described above Advanced users may not want to store initial values for every track For details on saving an initial value for a single track only see t...

Page 334: ...review and save your changes just as in Step 4 of Part 3 see above Part 6 c Erasing Volume Automation If you ve saved a song with volume automation and you wish to change or remove it afterwords follow the steps below to erase a selection of volume automation 1 In Song mode press the Edit button with anything except the Prog parameter selected This brings you to the current song s EditSong COMMON ...

Page 335: ...me automation from You can view the selected track number in the upper right corner of the screen 5 Set the Events parameter to Controllers see below 6 Set the Controller parameter to Volume You can do this quickly by selecting the Controller field entering 7 on the alphanumeric pad and pressing Enter Make sure the LoVal parameter is set to 0 and the Hi parameter is set to 127 see below ...

Page 336: ...utton to delete the selected volume automation Ascreen will appear reading Erase Operation Completed Press the OK soft button to return to the EditSong TRACK page see below 9 Once back on the EditSong TRACK page press the Play Pause button to hear the result Next press the Exit button twice to return to the Song mode MAIN page You will be presented with the Song Save Changes page where you can dec...

Page 337: ...e In and Time Out points to equal an even number of bars such as 2 4 8 etc Recording into a looped section of bars is a common technique for recording sequence based music For example with a drum program selected for a track you could record a drum part by playing one drum sound each time through a 2 bar loop until the entire 2 bar drum beat sounds complete Next you could set the RecMode parameter...

Page 338: ...for the section and then change back to the original instrument sound after the section To do this simply press Record and Play Pause and then change the Prog parameter on the Song mode MAIN page to the new program at the desired time This can be done most precisely if you know the ID of the program you wish to change to Enter the number with the alphanumeric pad and then press Enter when you want...

Page 339: ... Note ON O O Note OFF O O After Touch Keys X O Channels O O Pitch Bender O O Control Change O 0 31 32 63 LSB 64 127 O 0 31 32 63 LSB 64 127 Controller assignments are programmable Program Change O 1 999 O 1 999 Standard and custom formats True 0 127 0 127 System Exclusive O O System Common Song Pos O O Song Sel O O Tune X X System Real Time Clock O O Messages O O Aux Messages Local Control O O All...

Page 340: ...8 35 50 cm Length 39 37 100 cm Weight 30 86 lb 14 00 kg Power Internal AC power supply User selectable 120 240V AC operation 120V current 0 5A maximum 240V current 0 25A maximum Typical Power Consumption is 25 watts power on 0 watts power off Audio Outputs Main and Aux Balanced 1 4 TRS jack 21DBu maximum output 400 ohms balanced source impedance 24 bit A to D converters 120dB dynamic range balance...

Page 341: ...in a ROM chip that cannot be erased and therefore is permanently installed in your PC3A Using the Bootloader Menu Normally the Bootloader program will do its tasks and hand over control to the synthesizer program automatically If you want to interact with the Bootloader itself hold down the Exit button to the right of the display while turning the power on while the message Initializing Scanner is...

Page 342: ...ble into the PC3A s USB computer port and to the computer After you enter the bootloader menu the computer should recognize that a new device is available having the name KurzweilPC3A Files can be dragged and dropped directly to this device icon and will be immediately available on the PC3A Once you have selected the desired USB type use the PC3A s file directory browser to find the KUF file that ...

Page 343: ...ectly In such a circumstance the Boot Loader will take over control and present its usual menu If the file system is completely corrupted it will not be possible to reconfigure without first formatting the internal flash memory Install Module This soft button brings up the Update Image page where you can install individual PC3A modules Most of the time you won t need this page but Kurzweil support...

Page 344: ...to 240 Generally North America uses 115 and Europe and Asia Australia use 230 but there are exceptions to this general rule The PC3Auses two 250 mAfast blow fuses for 230V or two 500 mAfast blow fuses for 115V These can be either 1 25 X 0 25 size or 5 mm X 20 mm size fuses Extra fuses are not provided so you will need to acquire the correct fuse before you change the voltage Removing the fuse hold...

Page 345: ...C 2 Pry out the fuse holder If there is only one fuse in the fuse holder you must remove the metal clip on the empty side ...

Page 346: ... C 3 The clip just pulls off The clip removed from the fuse holder ...

Page 347: ...m size fuses If using 5 mm X 20 mm size fuses install them towards the inside end of the fuse holder near the metal pins as shown here Replace the fuse holder in the power entry module with the indicator for the desired voltage towards the edge of the module away from the power switch Close the fuse holder cover and check that the desired voltage indication shows through the hole Replace the power...

Page 348: ...tramp Wurly 28 FlydDarkside Wah 29 What d I SayWrly 30 DeepFuzz Wurly 31 No Quarter Pnt 32 MistyMountain EP 33 UK Pop CP70 34 AcidJazzVelFlute 35 TimbaSynth 36 Blue PVC Tubes 37 SimpleHipHopLead 38 Stereo TouchKoto 39 Modwheel DJ 40 Retro Sparkle 41 RealSupasticious 42 Joe s Clav 43 Rufus Marley WAH 44 Black Cow Clav 45 Hiya Ground sw 46 TrampledUnder D6 47 Harpsichord 48 BriteHarpsichord ID Progr...

Page 349: ...ts 116 Roots Indie Kit 117 Kikz Snarz MW 118 EarthKikz n Snrz 119 Anazlog Machine 120 Produced Kit 08 121 Natural Perc 122 Rhythm 4 Reel 123 New Marimba 124 2 HandSteelDrums 125 Real Vibes 126 SteamPunkMallets 127 Magic Celeste 128 Drums n Bells 129 Piano Stack 130 Dark Grand 131 Grand Piano 440 132 Piano Recital 133 Ole Upright 1 134 WestCoastPno Pad ID Program 135 Perfect PnoPad 136 Dreamy Piano...

Page 350: ...Vox 205 AntiqueAhhChorus 206 Bright Syn Vox 207 Vox Orgel 208 Vox Strings 209 Press Lead 210 ClassSquare 211 ARP2500 Brass 212 SynBell Morph 213 Perc Morph Bass 214 EvilOctaveWheel 215 TranceRiff 216 SickoSynco 217 Buzzy Strings 218 VA1Saw Sqr Pulse 219 Airy Impact 220 Spider s Web 221 ARP Big Synth 222 Class Pad 223 HarmonicEnvelops 224 Heaven Earth 225 Bling 6 String 226 MediumCrunchLead 227 Dou...

Page 351: ...z 300 Headhunters WAH 301 MorleyWAH Clav 302 Dbl WAH Insanity 303 Psychedeliclav 304 Preston SpaceWah 305 Analog DigHybrid 306 Jump Obx 307 80s End Credits 308 VA1Distlead CC 309 Divider 310 Mono Trekkies 311 Disco Divebomb 312 MutronTweetyPerc 313 Disgusting Bass 314 VA1ShaperSweeper 315 ElectroPercSynth 316 MWhlMayhemBass 317 ElectronicaSplit 318 HiPassMWhlBlips 319 Plasma Cannon 320 32 Layer Ba...

Page 352: ...392 Many Characters 393 Pizz w PercUpTop 394 Fast Str Perc 395 Fast Winds Pizz 396 Imperial Army 397 BattleSceneOrch 398 Final Victory 399 SloLineInterlude 400 Winds EspressStr 401 Fast Winds Str 402 SugarPlumFairies 403 AdagioPizz Split 404 Pastoral Orch 405 Pastoral Clr Flt 406 Pastoral DblRds 407 Pastoral w Pizz 408 Strings Silver 409 Reeds Bells 410 Perc Atk Strings 411 William Tell A 412 Will...

Page 353: ...p 484 HarpArps Gliss 485 Slo Orch Chorus 486 Pipe Stops 487 Soft Stops 488 All Stops 489 Chapel Organ 490 AllStops AllVox 491 Pipes Voices 492 Orch Timpani 493 Solo Timpani 494 Tam Cym BD Timp 495 Basic Orch Perc 496 Timp Aux Perc 497 Temple Blocks 498 Modern Blockery 499 Perc Blocks 500 Stereo Tam tam 501 Cymbal Roll Tr 502 Xylophone 503 Solo Marimba 504 Orch Marimba 505 Vibraphone 506 Celeste ID...

Page 354: ... 578 Rite of Strings 579 Adagio Violins I 580 Adagio ViolinsII 581 AdagioViolin div 582 Adagio Violas 583 AdagioViolas div 584 Adagio Celli 585 Adagio Celli div 586 Adagio Bassi 587 Adagio Bassi div 588 Adagio Tremolo 589 Lead Violins I 590 Lead Violins II 591 Lead Violins div 592 Lead Violas 593 Lead Violas div 594 Lead Celli 595 Lead Celli div 596 Lead Bassi 597 Lead Bassi div 598 Lead Tremolo 5...

Page 355: ...etallic Cut Kit 671 Cannibal Kit 672 Tunnel Feel Kit 673 Tuna Slap Kit 674 Plywood Kit 675 Door Knocker Kit 676 Slapstick Kit 677 Scratchbox Kit 678 Anvil Head Kit 679 Cat Scratch Kit 680 Scream Kit MW 681 Mangled Kit 682 Rawhide Kit 683 Shrugie Kit 684 Big Dog Kit 685 Sweeper Kit 686 Gravel Dump Kit 687 Mudflap Kit 688 Mud Slinger Kit 689 Shrug s Bros Kit 690 Wet Sponge Kit 691 Succotash Kit 692 ...

Page 356: ...ble FM Lead 786 Delicate FM Lead 787 Micromoog Plus 788 Deep Vox Bed 789 SloSynOrch Wet 790 Vox Bed 2 791 Hi Vox Cloud 792 LFO Pitcher Pad 793 MagicChinaFlower 794 Climax Perc 795 16 Open Flute 796 16 Stop Flute 797 16 Diapason 798 16 Ped Bourdon 799 16 Ped Diapason 800 16 Ped Reed 801 16 Reed A 802 16 Reed B 803 16 Gamba 804 16 DiaCeleste 805 16 Ballpark Sto 806 16 Viol 807 8 Open Flute 808 8 Sto...

Page 357: ...k Gospel 934 Growler B 935 Ready 2 Rock 936 Thimmer 937 The Real ABC 938 GospelSpecial 939 In The Corner 940 NightBaby 941 Gimme Some 942 The Grinder 943 Mean Bean 944 Dew Dropper 945 Two Out 946 J s All Out 947 My Sunday 948 Good Starter 949 Sacrificer 950 LeeMichaelsB3 951 GM Standard Kit 952 GM Room Kit 953 GM Power Kit 954 GM Elec Kit ID Program 955 GM Synth Kit 956 GM Jazz Kit 957 GM Brush Ki...

Page 358: ...r Saw 3203 Tesla Coil 3204 Armin a Leg 3205 Woodhouse Lead 3206 Throat Siren 3207 Keytar Hero Wah 3208 PolySynth Stack 3209 Wicked Harsh Syn 3210 Gangsta Wrap 3211 WheelMangler 3212 Dipalma Dituna 3213 Lush Square 3214 Klockwork 3215 Wave Rider 3216 Trance Echo 3217 Chillwave Chords 3218 PWM Synth 3219 Chirp Attacks 3220 FrankensteinWah 3221 Sunbleached Syn 3222 Daft Lead 3223 MayhemWheelLead 3224...

Page 359: ...Lush Rhythm Pad 3297 Rhythm Pad 3298 Omni Evolver 3299 Percolator Glow 3300 Gleam Dream 3301 InstantSpooky 3302 Deeper Water 3303 ambience1 3304 Old Warbly 3305 filmpiano 3306 ambience2 3307 Panorama 3308 Dream Dulce 3309 AltPianoSpace 3310 DreamPiano 3311 New Beauty 3312 Bowed Dulce 3313 Ancient Calling 3314 AltPianoEcho 3315 NuBeauty3 3316 PhasePickLes 3317 Kinda Krunchy 3318 TimeWarpCaster ID P...

Page 360: ...r 3392 XHarmonicStlDrum 3393 Stereo Marimba 1 3394 Marimba 2 3395 Rich Marimba 3396 Lonely Marimba 3397 Rubber Marimba 3398 Marimba Abyss 3399 Metal Marimba 3400 SynRkrdMalletMW 3401 Serious FM 3456 Kit 1 Open Rock 3457 Kit 2 SquashRock 3458 Kit 3 Full Room 3459 Kit 4 East Space 3460 Kit 5 CopperRing 3461 Kit 6 Birch Wood 3462 Kit 7 DeadRocker 3463 Kit 8 Ring tone 3464 Kit 9 Gadd sLair 3465 Kit 10...

Page 361: ...re Drums 3536 Tom toms 3537 Hi hats 3538 Rdes Crshs Rolls 3539 E Perc SoundFX 3540 Vocal Percussion 3541 Drum Percussion 3542 WoodMetlShakPerc 3543 VRT Accessory A 3544 VRT Accessory B 3545 VRT Accessory C 3546 VRT BongoConga 3547 VRT Bendir 3548 VRT Bodhran 3549 VRT BodhrnBendir 3550 VRT Djembe 3551 VRT DumbekDjembe 3552 VRT FrameDrums 3553 VRT FrameHybrid 3554 VRT Gourd 3555 VRT Tabla 3556 VRT T...

Page 362: ...ec Piano 2 4102 Harpsichord 4103 Clavinet 4104 GM Celesta 4105 Glockenspiel 4106 Music Box 4107 Vibraphone 4108 Marimba 4109 Xylophone 4110 Tubular Bells 4111 Dulcimer 4112 Drawbar Organ 4113 Perc Organ 4114 Rock Organ 4115 Church Organ 4116 Reed Organ 4117 GM Accordion 4118 Harmonica 4119 Bandoneon 4120 Nylon Guitar 4121 Steel Str Gtr 4122 Jazz Guitar 4123 Clean E Gtr 4124 Muted Guitar 4125 Overd...

Page 363: ...182 5th Saw Wave 4183 Bass Lead 4184 Fantasia 4185 Warm Pad 4186 Polysynth ID Program 4187 Space Voice 4188 Bowed Glass 4189 Metal Pad 4190 Halo Pad 4191 Sweep Pad 4192 Ice Rain 4193 Soundtrack 4194 Crystal 4195 Atmosphere 4196 Brightness 4197 Goblins 4198 Echo Drops 4199 Star Theme 4200 Sitar 4201 Banjo 4202 Shamisen 4203 Koto 4204 Kalimba 4205 Bagpipe 4206 Fiddle 4207 Shanai 4208 Tinkle Bell 420...

Page 364: ...Split 135 Some Loving Splt 136 Piano Pad 137 PedalsModeW Beat 138 AnaBanana 139 Sanctuary 140 World Beneath 141 DeepBurn 142 Sync Scene 143 MeanClav Rhds 144 Bigband P Bttn1 145 MeanPianet Piano 146 Oldtimey Blues 147 OldR B 148 Old School Jam 149 Brooklyn Smoov 150 Country 151 Rockroll in A 152 Hip Hop 153 Jazz 154 Reggae 155 World 156 Dance 157 Slow Rock ID Setup 158 Oldies 159 Funk 160 Latin Da...

Page 365: ...215 Bubble Pad 216 Fat Ana 217 Frets o Lush 218 Dual Manual B3 219 Dual Manual B3 2 220 Dual Manual B3 3 221 Dual Manual B3 4 222 Mwhl Blips ARP 223 Mwheel DJ Arp 224 Margarita Split 225 ConstantGardener 226 Run Rago Run 227 Bionic Rock 228 Pea Soup 229 Walking Arps 230 Eminence in C 231 VampireNightclub 232 Kurz Jacinto 233 Music Bed 234 Octavia 235 Rosin Rhythm ID Setup 236 Insanity 237 Bells 23...

Page 366: ... Dub Clips 3211 70s Trucker 3212 ARP Beats 3213 The Islands ID Setup 3214 SkusnoK 3215 Bleep This 3216 UK SynPop 3217 KindredSpirit 3218 Simple Talk 3219 Artemis Tau 3220 Corner Pub 3221 Tight R B Jam 3222 Serpent Nebula 3223 ChuckB Rocker 3224 Scat Jazz pSW1 3225 Afterglow 3226 Jive Thirty 3227 LuvQwest 3228 Dance the Dulce 3229 Venus 3230 Super House 3231 Drm Circle SW1 3 3232 DwntmpoDance 3233 ...

Page 367: ...er 14 Sweeter Hall 45 SubtleDistortion 76 Stereoizer 15 Concert Hall 46 EPiano Distortzn 77 Barberpole Phzr 16 Symphony Hall 47 Distortion EQ 78 Laser Dly Reverb 17 Cathedral Chorus 48 Ray s EP 79 Degenerator 18 DeepChorsDlyHall 49 Scooped Distort 80 Basic Delay 1 8 19 Omni Stage 50 Burning Tubes 81 Arp Delay Loop 20 Classic Plate 51 3BandDrumComp 129 Basic Delay 1 8 21 MediumWarm Plate 52 Snare C...

Page 368: ...e Delay 315 Melvin s Leslie 368 BrightDistlLes 257 Empty Stage II 316 Greg s Leslie 369 DistlLes dw41 258 AbbeyPianoHall 2 317 RoomyLeslie 122 370 Prog Leslie1 259 Opera House II 318 Soft Leslie 122 371 LightDistlLes2 260 Vintage Strings2 319 CrunchLeslie 147 372 DW Leslie13 261 Classic Plate II 320 Thimmer Leslie 373 LeeMichaels 1 262 Recital Hall II 321 Jimmy s Leslie 2 375 DW Leslie12 263 Small...

Page 369: ...Fierce Lead 466 StrRecitalHall2 524 DblSloFlangeCmp 425 CompTrem 467 RecitalHall 644 StevieTrem EP 1 426 12StWarmCrunch 468 MyJaco 645 Beater EP1 427 Phaser EGT 469 UprightBassRoom 646 Jamerson1 428 SnareComp1 470 Levin Chorus 648 SlyBASSComp1 430 KickComp1 472 Bright Room 651 Trampler 1 431 60 s BigDrumRoom 473 Med Dark Room 652 HipHop Drms1 434 AGT EnhCD 474 BasicReverb 654 HipHop Drms2 435 CDRe...

Page 370: ...92 CompDelay12 734 CheeseChorus 787 Shaper Reverb2 694 SmallDarkRoom3 736 CompDelay 788 Clav Phase1 695 PlainComp15 737 SynFatener Ech3 790 SynlaserFlange 1 696 RevComp4 738 BIGCompDelay 792 RockyRaccoon 697 EP RotoAmp12 739 UprightPiano 793 Squire 700 HiMutron 1 740 SitarCmpRvb 794 Flange 4 701 Sax Chamber 21 741 AC Bass 3 795 Deep Fuzz Clav 702 BigDarkRoomDW 742 VoxKB3 797 Clav Comp1 703 New Gtr...

Page 371: ...4 Leslie Basic 860 PnoEnhancement 898 Shredlead3 825 MoogBASSComp5 862 SmallHornChamber 899 Synphase1 827 EPChr1 Dyno 864 Clunker50 900 Synphase2 828 Synphase17 865 PnoEQCmp3 901 SynthTrem2 829 Leslie Comp 1 866 Comp4 902 DWAuxRvb1 830 PhaseDly104 867 3DogEP 1 903 Small Dark Room2 831 GoodLeslie 52 868 CompDelay 904 Sax Chamber2 832 CPChrRvb1 869 PnoEnhanc22 905 Small Hall2 833 DistLeslie Basic 87...

Page 372: ...kcmp301 997 CompDelay3 932 CompDelay3 965 PnoRvb 1 998 Comp501 933 Cheese Horns2 966 PnoRvb2 999 RMIPhase1 934 SynthCDR20 967 HipHop Drms201 1000 Joey Leslie 122 935 Vintage Horns 2 968 Breakdrums1 2000 GM Reverb 936 Chorus Pan Delay 969 Blackfriday2 2001 GM Chorus 937 Snarcmp101 970 CompDelay101 3200 SEM TRI 938 Filter1 971 Sax Chamber 2 3201 RAVE WIND 939 Syncpulsedw 972 Clunker501 3202 Chroma F...

Page 373: ... 1 2 1 4DlyBPM 3228 Chunky G 1 3261 NuBeautyDist 3294 Phase 3229 AuxGtrEchplex 3262 AmbientPanner 3295 EQVelMorph L 3230 Synth Delay 1 4 3263 NuBeautyDist2 3296 EQVelMorph R 3231 Bari Sax 3264 HammerDulceComp 3297 HF Stim 3232 Electric Mermaid 3265 Dulcimer Chorus 3298 InstantHillbilly 3233 Solo Trumpet 3266 HammerDulceRoom3 3299 HoRnYFlAnGePaRtY 3234 FLIP n Chorus 3267 HammerDulceComp2 3300 BRASS...

Page 374: ...CDR1 3477 Ricochet Verb 3327 Burning Keys 3 3360 Dist Booth Dly 3478 VerbW Stereo 2 3328 EnhanceSyn 3361 Synth Bass CDR 3479 DubDelayer 3329 Burning Keys 6 3362 Infin Cathedral 3480 DarkDrumSlap Sys 3330 StTaps1 3363 Infin Cathedral2 3481 ExpStereoDrmHall 3331 Flange Mayhem2 3364 Punch a ghost 3482 Snr Enhnce HiCut 3332 Mute Gtr1 3365 ElecMandolin 3483 Trans DrmComp 3333 SynthCDR 3366 Gallo Dist E...

Page 375: ...BigChorusPiano2 3778 ClassicBLesFstv4 3713 PercVerb1 3746 Lrg Ambience l 3779 Concert GrandEQ6 3714 Soundboard 3 3747 Ambient Pno EQ 3780 Indie Piano 3715 Tremolo BPM 3748 Blown Spkr Ins 3781 ArtEQDW8 3716 Pianarama verb 3749 Recital Piano3 3717 Solaris 3750 FM n K EQ 3718 SolarisGateLazer 3751 FM Hall 3719 Existential Taps 3752 ConcertK lite1 3720 URage_CmpRvb 3753 ConcertK lite2 3721 LintBuster ...

Page 376: ... algorithm begins on page 19 of the KSP8 Algorithm Reference and its 3 pages of parameters are described starting on page 21 of the KSP8 Algorithm Reference Reverbs Booth 1 Small Wood Booth alg 4 Classic Place 2U Ambience 2 Natural Room alg 5 Classic Verb 2U 3 PrettySmallPlace alg 4 Classic Place 2U 4 NiceLittleBooth alg 1 MiniVerb 1U 5 Sun Room alg 5 Classic Verb 2U 6 Soundboard alg 7 TQ Verb 3U ...

Page 377: ...39 Sizzly Drum Room alg 5 Classic Verb 2U Chamber 40 Live Chamber alg 11 OmniVerb 3U 41 Brass Chamber alg 1 MiniVerb 1U 42 Sax Chamber alg 1 MiniVerb 1U 43 Plebe Chamber alg 1 MiniVerb 1U 44 JudgeJudyChamber alg 7 TQ Verb 3U 45 Bloom Chamber alg 7 TQ Verb 3U 46 ClassicalChamber alg 7 TQ Verb 3U 47 In The Studio alg 4 Classic Place 2U 48 My Garage alg 4 Classic Place 2U 49 Cool Dark Place alg 11 Om...

Page 378: ...anaural Room 3U 76 Generic Hall alg 12 Panaural Room 3U 77 Burst Space alg 9 Diffuse Verb 3U 78 Real Dense Hall alg 7 TQ Verb 3U 79 Concert Hall alg 9 Diffuse Verb 3U 80 Standing Ovation alg 11 OmniVerb 3U 81 Flinty Hall alg 7 TQ Verb 3U 82 HighSchool Gym alg 7 TQ Verb 3U 83 My Dreamy 481 alg 9 Diffuse Verb 3U 84 Deep Hall alg 9 Diffuse Verb 3U 85 Sweet Hall alg 5 Classic Verb 2U 86 Soundbrd rvb a...

Page 379: ... Rvb 4U 112 Reverb Compress alg 51 Reverb Compress 3U 113 Reverb Compress2 alg 51 Reverb Compress 3U 114 Drum Comprs Rvb alg 51 Reverb Compress 3U 115 Rvrb Compression alg 50 Reverb Compress 2U 116 Snappy Drum Room alg 50 Reverb Compress 2U 117 Roomitizer alg 50 Reverb Compress 2U 118 Live To Tape alg 50 Reverb Compress 2U 119 L SmlRm R Hall alg 2 Dual MiniVerb 2U Unusual 120 Non Linear 1 alg 10 O...

Page 380: ...iVerb 3U 146 Far Bloom alg 9 Diffuse Verb 3U 147 Room Delay alg 105 LasrDly Reverb 2U 148 New Hall w Delay alg 403 Chor Dly Reverb 2U 149 Delay Big Hall alg 403 Chor Dly Reverb 2U Delays DELAY 150 Basic Delay 1 8 alg 150 4 Tap Delay BPM 1U 151 Basic Dly 250ms alg 190 Moving Delay 1U 152 Simple Slap 60ms alg 190 Moving Delay 1U 153 TightSlapbk 30ms alg 190 Moving Delay 1U 154 MedSlapback 76ms alg 1...

Page 381: ...ps alg 154 Spectral 4 Tap 2U 180 SpectraShapeTaps alg 155 Spectral 6 Tap 3U 181 Fanfare In Gmaj alg 155 Spectral 6 Tap 3U 182 Ecko Plecks BPM alg 170 Degen Regen BPM 4U 183 Ecko Plecks ms alg 171 Degen Regen 4U 184 Degenerator alg 170 Degen Regen BPM 4U 185 Nanobot Feedback alg 170 Degen Regen BPM 4U 186 Takes a while alg 170 Degen Regen BPM 4U 187 Wait for UFO alg 170 Degen Regen BPM 4U 188 News ...

Page 382: ...Chorus 4Tap 2U 213 Dense Gtr Chorus alg 201 Chorus 2 2U 214 Standrd Gtr Chor alg 406 St Chorus Delay 1U 215 Bass Chorus alg 202 Dual Chorus 1 1U 216 Stereo Chorus alg 202 Dual Chorus 2 2U 217 Chorus Fastback alg 400 Chorus Delay 1U 218 Wide Chorus alg 202 Dual Chorus 2 2U 219 Nickel Chorus alg 387 WackedPitchLFO 3U 220 Rich Noodle alg 190 Moving Delay 1U 221 PinchChorusDelay alg 406 St Chorus Dela...

Page 383: ...U 245 Stereo Flanger alg 225 Flanger 2 2U 246 Gulp Flange alg 225 Flanger 1 1U 247 Splat Flange alg 225 Flanger 1 1U 248 Spread Flange alg 225 Flanger 1 1U 249 CacophonousFlng alg 225 Flanger 1 1U Phaser PHASER 250 Slow Deep Phaser alg 251 LFO Phaser Twin 1U 251 Circles alg 250 LFO Phaser 1U 252 Saucepan Phaser alg 253 SingleLFO Phaser 1U 253 ThunderPhaser alg 254 VibratoPhaser 1U 254 Fast Phaser ...

Page 384: ... alg 276 Dual AutoPanner 2U 276 Widespread alg 280 Stereo Image 1U 277 Widener Mn St alg 281 Mono Stereo 1U 278 Dynam Stereoizer alg 282 DynamicStereoize 2U Rotary ROTARY 280 CleanRotors fast alg 290 VibChor Rotor 2 2U 281 CleanRotors slow alg 290 VibChor Rotor 2 2U 282 CleanRotors f C1 alg 290 VibChor Rotor 2 2U 283 CleanRotors f V1 alg 290 VibChor Rotor 2 2U 284 CleanRotors f Hi alg 290 VibChor ...

Page 385: ... Superphasulate alg 170 Degen Regen BPM 4U 307 Dist Cab EPiano alg 301 MonoDistort Cab 2U 308 Distortion EQ alg 302 MonoDistort EQ 2U 309 Burnt Transistor alg 304 StereoDistort EQ 3U 310 SubtleDistortion alg 300 Mono Distortion 1U 311 Alittle dirty alg 305 Subtle Distort 1U 312 Slight Overload alg 305 Subtle Distort 1U 313 ODriveGtrLd DlCh alg 317 TubeAmp MD Chor 3U 314 Krazy Gtr Comper alg 317 Tu...

Page 386: ...mpress2 alg 336 3 Band Compress 4U 344 Mid Compressor alg 335 Band Compress 3U 345 OddHarmSuppress alg 374 HarmonicSuppress 2U 346 60Hz Buzz Kill alg 374 HarmonicSuppress 2U 347 Dual SK Compress alg 347 Dual SKCompress 2U 348 Dual Comprs SCEQ alg 348 Dual Comprs SCEQ 3U 349 Dual 3BandComprs alg 349 Dual 3 Band Comp 8U EQ Filters EQ 350 AM Radio alg 350 3 Band EQ 1U FILTERS 351 U Shaped EQ alg 350 ...

Page 387: ... 2U 377 Pitcher Chorus alg 411 MonoPitcher Chor 2U 378 Pitcher Flange alg 461 MonoPitcher Flan 2U 379 Pitcher Chor Dly alg 409 Pitcher Chor Dly 2U 380 Pitcher Flng Dly alg 459 Pitcher Flan Dly 2U 381 Ring Linger alg 390 Chaos 2U 382 Waterford alg 103 Revrse LaserVerb 4U 383 Hip Hop Aura alg 256 Allpass Phaser 3 3U 384 Woodenize alg 256 Allpass Phaser 3 3U 385 Marimbafication alg 256 Allpass Phaser...

Page 388: ...b 2U 414 Flam Dly Bckgrnd alg 403 Chor Dly Reverb 2U 415 CDHall Halo alg 403 Chor Dly Reverb 2U 416 CrackedPorcelain alg 401 Chorus 4Tap 1U 417 Rich Delay alg 403 Chor Dly Reverb 2U 418 FastChorusDouble alg 400 Chorus Delay 1U 419 MultiTap Chorus alg 401 Chorus 4Tap 1U 420 Chorused Taps alg 402 Chorus 4Tap 2U 421 MultiEchoChorus alg 405 Chorus LasrDly 2U 422 DeepChorDlyHall alg 403 Chor Dly Reverb...

Page 389: ... Reverb 2U 447 O T T Pad alg 403 Chor Dly Reverb 2U 448 TheChorusCloset alg 403 Chor Dly Reverb 2U 449 C D alg 402 Chorus 4Tap 2U Flange Combi FLANGE 450 Flange Delay alg 450 Flange Delay 1U COMBI 451 ThroatyFlangeDly alg 450 Flange Delay 1U 452 Slapback Flange alg 450 Flange Delay 1U 453 Flange Booth alg 454 2U 454 FlangeVerb Clav alg 454 2U 455 Flange Amb Smack alg 454 2U 456 Flange Dly 3 D alg ...

Page 390: ...g 454 2U 479 F D Hall alg 453 Flan Dly Reverb 2U 480 SyntheticRmFlg alg 453 Flan Dly Reverb 2U 481 Space Flanger alg 452 Flange 4Tap 2U 482 Lazertag Flange alg 455 Flange LasrDly 2U 483 Flange Pitcher alg 384 Flange Pitcher 2U 484 Flange Shaper alg 321 Flange Shaper 2U 485 Pitch Spinner alg 384 Flange Pitcher 2U 486 FD Lead Madness alg 450 Flange Delay 1U 487 Brite Rippleverb alg 453 Flan Dly Reve...

Page 391: ...g R 35 Piano f rag L 36 Piano f rag R 37 Piano alttimb1 L 38 Piano alttimb1 R 39 Piano alttimb2 M 40 Piano alttimb3 M 41 kGrand Piano 42 kSyn Piano 50 Rhoadz Hard 51 Rhoadz Soft 52 Rhoadz 2Vel 53 Rhoadz Thump 57 Wurly Hard 58 Wurly Med 59 Wurly Soft 60 Wurly 3Vel 61 Wurly Thump 62 Wurly Key Releas 63 FM Elec Piano 64 Clav 65 Clav alt 66 Clav alt2 67 Clav Key Release 68 Harpsichord 69 Harpsichord R...

Page 392: ...als 2 4 Gli 163 Partials 2 10Evn 164 Partials 2 12Evn 165 Partials 3 4 166 Partials 3 4 5 167 Partials 4 5 6 7 168 Partials 5 6 7 169 Partials 5 11Odd 170 Partials 11 15 171 Partials 13 20 172 Partials 16 21 173 Partials prime 174 Sawtooth Wave 175 Saw Wave Dull 176 Saw Wave Duller 177 Saw Wave Dullest 178 Triangle Wave 179 Square Wave 180 Square Wave Dull 181 Pulse Wave 1 3 182 Buzz Wave 183 Bell...

Page 393: ... Triangle Keys 280 Layer Vibes 300 Flute 301 Flute 2 302 Oboe 303 English Horn 304 Bassoon 305 Bsn Ehrn Oboe 306 Bassoon Oboe 307 Clarinet 308 Eng Horn Oboe 309 kSynflute Brt 310 kSynflute mello 311 French Horn 312 French Hrn Sec 313 Baritone Horn 314 Trumpet 315 Trombone 316 Trombone Trumpet 317 Trombet 318 Trumpbone 319 Soft Trumpet 320 Harmon Mute Trp 321 Tuba 322 Tuba Horn ID Keymap 323 Tuba H...

Page 394: ...o Section 4 413 Bagpipe Drone 414 Bottle 415 Chiff 416 Harm Pick 417 Harm Wave 418 GM Jazz Gtr 419 GM Clean Strat 420 Strat Mutes 423 Koto 424 Mbira 425 Orchestra Hit 428 GM Applause 429 Fret Noise 430 GM Bird 431 Gunshot 432 Ice Rain 433 Syn Drum 434 Telephone 435 Sine PC3 450 Belltree 451 Cuica Hi 452 Filtersnap HiQ 453 Guiro 454 GM Scratch 455 Whistle 456 Chinese Cymbal ID Keymap 457 Brush Snar...

Page 395: ...le Bass alt3 535 Organ Reeds 536 Crash only 537 Kit Layers 1 538 kGuiro 539 kBelltree 540 kFingersnap 541 kOrchestra Hit 542 kWhistle 543 kBirds 544 kIce Rain 545 kFret Noise 546 kTelephone 547 kGunshot 548 kChinese Cymbal 549 kBrush Snare Hit 550 kBrush Snare Hit 551 kBrush Stir Shor 552 kBrush Stir Long 553 kSyn Drum 554 k808 Kick 555 k808 Snare 556 k909 Closed Hat 557 k909 Open Hat 558 k808 Cow...

Page 396: ... Db Va Div L 765 Db Va Div R 766 Db Vn Div L 767 Db Vn Div R 768 Db div VnI ful L 769 Db div VnI ful R 770 Db Vc Va Vn DivL 771 Db Vc Va Vn DivR 772 Vc Vn Div L 773 Vc Vn Div R 774 Vc Va Vn Div L 775 Vc Va Vn Div R 776 Va Vn Div L 777 Va Vn Div R 800 CP80 Hard 801 CP80 Soft 802 CP80 Dual Strike 810 Mellotron String 815 Mellotron Choir 820 Mellotron Flute 825 ARP String Ens 830 Clav II 833 Clav alt...

Page 397: ...av Wave 3256 Elec Piano Wave 3257 Bell Wave 3258 Ping Wave 3259 Organ Wave 1 3260 Organ Wave 2 3261 Organ Wave 3 3262 Organ Wave 4 3263 Organ Wave 5 3264 Organ Wave 6 3265 Organ Wave 7 3266 Partials 13 20 3267 Partials 21 30 3268 Partials 16 21 3269 Very Dull Square 3270 Buzzy Square 3271 Hi Formant Wave 3272 ExtDynPrtls1 3273 ExtDynPrtls2 3274 ExtDynSaw 3275 Mellow Vox 3276 Mello Vox 2 3277 Syn B...

Page 398: ... Kiks Snres 1 3493 Alt Kiks Snres 2 3494 Alt Kiks Snres 3 3495 Alt Kiks Snres 4 3496 Alt Kiks Snres 5 3497 Alt Kiks Snres 6 3498 Alt Kiks Snres 7 3499 Alt Kiks Snres 8 3500 Alt Kiks Snres 9 3501 Bottom Things 1 3502 Bottom Things 2 3503 Bottom Things 3 3504 Bottom Things 4 3505 Bottom Things 5 3506 Bottom Things 6 3507 CB kick1 3V 3508 CB kick2 3V 3509 CB Snare1 4v 3510 CB Snare2 5v 3511 CB Snare3...

Page 399: ...ALL Tumba 3587 OCT Agogos 6R 3588 OCT BassDrums 4R 3589 OCT Bendir 4R 3590 OCT Bodhran 8R 3591 OCT Bongos 4R 3592 OCT Bongos 7R 3593 OCT BrakeDrum 3R 3594 OCT Claves 7R 3595 OCT Congas 7R 3596 OCT CowBell2 3R 3597 OCT CowMambo 3R 3598 OCT CowsA8R 3599 OCT CowsB 8R 3600 OCT Djembe 7R 3601 OCT Dumbek 6R 3602 OCT Gourd 4R 3603 OCT Guiro 2R 3604 OCT GunGun 2R 3605 OCT Hand Clap 9R 3606 OCT Indo Gong 2...

Page 400: ...nival L3 3646 Carnival Snares 3647 FlexiCrotale L1 3648 FlexiCrotale L2 3649 Misc Perc Vel4 3650 Rung Keys L1 3651 Rung Keys L2 3700 PC3APiano p 3701 PC3APiano mp 3702 PC3APiano mf 3703 PC3APiano f 3704 PC3APiano ff 3705 PC3APiano fff 3706 Stein As 3707 Stein Bs 3708 Stein Cs 3709 Stein Ds 3710 Stein Es 3711 Stein Fs 3712 Stein Gs 3713 B4 Thump 3714 Damper Pedal fas 3715 Pedal Release 1 3716 Pedal...

Page 401: ... Trem C 5 39 Stereo Trem E5 40 Stereo Trem G 5 41 Stereo Trem C 6 42 Stereo Trem E6 43 Stereo Trem A6 44 Stereo Trem C7 50 Left Piano f 51 Right Piano f 52 Left Piano mf 53 Right Piano mf 54 Left Piano mp 55 Right Piano mp 56 Left Piano f jk 57 Right Piano f jk 70 Rhodes 72 Rhodes Thump 80 Wurlitzer 83 Wurlitzer Thump 84 Wurli Key Rel 90 FM E Piano 95 Clav 96 Clav Release ID Sample 99 kHarpsichord...

Page 402: ...194 E BassFng e2 al2 196 E Bass Blk B ID Sample 199 E Bass Slap BlkB 200 syn Fretless 201 Tenor Saxes RVRS 202 Acoustic Bass mr 203 AcoustBassAltDcy 204 Maracas Down 205 Take 6 Bopa 206 kE Bass Slap Blk 210 Marimba 211 Vibes 218 celeste hi root 250 b3ds 251 b3ful 252 b3st3 253 b3st4 254 b3sw 255 buzz 256 dw15 257 dw6 258 e10 259 e12 260 eln15 261 five7 262 for7 263 fv11o 264 on246 265 one23 266 on...

Page 403: ...ogo Lo 354 Agogo Lo env1 355 Agogo Lo env2 356 Agogo Lo env3 357 Agogo Lo env4 358 Bongo Hi Tone 359 Bongo Hi env1 360 Bongo Hi env2 361 Bongo Hi env3 362 Bongo Hi env4 363 Bongo Lo Tone 364 Bongo Lo env1 365 Bongo Lo env2 366 Bongo Lo env3 367 Bongo Lo env4 368 Bongo Slap 369 Bongo Slap env1 370 Bongo Slap env2 371 Bongo Slap env3 ID Sample 372 Cajon Hit 373 Cajon Mute 374 Clap 375 Clap env1 376 ...

Page 404: ...ja 440 Maracas Up e1 ja 441 Maracas Down ja 442 Maracas Dwn e1ja 443 Clap no flam 444 Maracas Down sa1 445 Maracas Up sa1 446 Shakers Down sa1 447 Shakers Up sa1 448 Tamb Up env1 sa1 449 Tamb Dwn en1 sa1 450 Tamb Hit sa1 451 Cross Stck altAR 452 Crash Cymbal AR 453 Sonkik rev 454 YAMkik2 rev 455 BD123 rev 456 E2kik2 rev 457 Eamesm rev 458 Eamesh rev 459 PrldryM rev 460 PrlambH rev 461 LUDambH rev ...

Page 405: ...31 TriangleOpnRls 532 MelTom alt 533 GM CrashCym 2 534 GMkik1 535 GM Crash rev 536 GM ELEC KiK 537 kBongo Lo Tone 538 kBongo Hi Tone 539 kTriangle Mute 540 kAgogo Lo 541 kAgogo Hi 542 kEDrum2 HH Close 543 kEDrum2 HH Open 544 kSnare Hit 545 kSnare Roll 546 kTimpani 547 kTriangle 548 kTamb Hit 549 kTamb Roll 550 kCastanet Hit 551 kCastanet Up 552 kSleigh Bells 553 kTriangle rel 554 kChimes 555 kCele...

Page 406: ...66 Trem Strngs Left 667 Trem Strngs Right 670 kChiff 671 Bagpipe 672 Bottle 673 Chiff 674 Harm Pick 675 Harm Wave 676 GM Jazz Gtr 677 GM Clean Strat 678 Strat Mutes 679 Koto 680 Mbira 681 Orchestra Hit 682 Belltree 683 Cuica Hi 684 Filtersnap 685 Guiro 686 Scratch 687 Whistle 688 Chinese Cymbal 689 Brush Snare Hit1 690 Brush Snare Hit2 691 Brush Stir Short 692 Brush Stir Long ID Sample 693 808 Cow...

Page 407: ...2 R 795 Split Ext Full L 796 Split Ext Full R 797 Split Ext Div L 798 Split Ext Div R 799 Sine Wave 800 Left Piano f jk 801 Right Piano f jk 802 CP80 E Grand 810 Mellotron Strings 815 Mellotron Choir 820 Mellotron Flute 825 ARP String Ensemble 830 Clav II 834 Clav Key Release 835 Pianet 836 Fast Pianet 840 RMI Electra Piano 845 RMI Harpsichorda 850 RMI Accenter 851 RMI_accenter lo 852 RMI_accenter...

Page 408: ...ials 16 21 3260 Very Dull Square 3261 Buzzy Square 3262 Hi Formant Wave 3263 ExtDynPrtls1 3264 ExtDynPart2 3265 ExtDynSaw 3266 Syn Bass Pick 3267 Syn Guitar 3268 Perc Voice 3269 Glass Rim Tone 3270 Orch Pad 3271 Heaven Bells 3272 MIDI Stack 3273 Synth Brass 3274 DigiBass 3275 AnaBass 3276 Mini Saw 3277 Dist Harmonics 3278 Ghatam Bass Tone 3279 Small Ghatam 3280 Ghatam Shell 3281 Ghatam Slap 3282 M...

Page 409: ... 3475 Sound FX 3476 Human Percussion 3477 Drum Perc 3478 Gourd 3479 Wood Perc 3480 Metal Perc 3481 Shaker Perc 3482 Reverse Cyms 3483 Reverse Drums 3484 Bell Tree 3700 PC3APiano p 3701 PC3APiano mp 3702 PC3APiano mf 3703 PC3APiano f 3704 PC3APiano ff 3705 PC3APiano fff 3706 B4_thump2 P3K 3707 Damper Pedal_ fa 3708 DamperRel P3K 3709 DamperRelease2 P ...

Page 410: ...5 33 Root 6 4 6 34 bluesy1 35 bluesy2 36 bluesy3 37 bluesy4 38 rashi1 39 rashi2 40 rashi3 41 rashi4 42 petals1 43 petals2 44 petals3 45 Urger1 46 Urger2 47 Urger3 48 Urger4 49 Hala1 50 Satch 51 Satch2 52 Cascade 53 TripletCascade 54 Buzzer 55 Angus 56 BouncingZero ID Shift Pattern 57 1To3 58 1To3b 59 Blues 60 Blade 61 Repeat w Rests1 62 Repeat w Rests2 63 Repeat w Rests3 64 Bass 1 65 Immenence 66 ...

Page 411: ...one 2 93 crafty 1 94 crafty 3 95 crafty 4 96 crafty 5 97 can do 1 98 can do 3 99 chromo up 1 100 Rising Minor 101 Minor 7 Pattern 102 Oct 5th up down 120 Major 1A 121 Major 1B 122 Major 1C 123 Minor 1A 124 Minor 1B 125 Minor 1C 126 48StepTemplate 127 24StepTemplate 128 16StepTemplate 129 8StepTemplate 130 OctaveRhythm1 131 Minor Var 1 132 Drum Beat 1 ID Shift Pattern 200 as 1 ...

Page 412: ...4 pat24C 35 pat24D 36 LoHi2 37 trip1 50 1 4 note triplet 51 16ths Pattern 1 52 16 Note Pattern2 53 Rhythm 1 54 Rhythm 2 70 Bass 1 71 ARPKIK1 72 ARPSNR1 73 ARPHAT1 74 Syn 1 75 perco 1 76 perco 2 77 rebound 1 78 rebound 2 79 pulser 1 80 pulser 2 81 pulser 3 82 pulser 4 83 pulser 5 ID Velocity Pattern 84 echo 1 85 echo 2 86 echo 3 87 echo 4 88 echo 5 89 echo 6 90 echo 7 91 echo 8 92 echo 9 93 echo 10...

Page 413: ... V 2 3 Arpeggiator Velocity Patterns ID Velocity Pattern 201 Trancer2 202 ElectroBass1 203 ElectroGtr1 204 offbeats01 205 BalladBass1 206 One and Two 207 One and Two 2 208 One and Two 3 209 Offbeat 8ths 210 And one and ...

Page 414: ... K series Program objects can be loaded but FX are not converted and must be set by the user Areverb effect is set by default for converted Programs Some DSPALGS and DSP objects some filters oscillators etc can not be converted so user may have to adjust some Program layers to use new ALGs or DSP objects The PC3A does not load samples so during keymap conversion the PC3Awill try to find similar sa...

Page 415: ...7 43 Shift 7 46 shifting notes 7 46 Velocity 7 44 ASCII characters 5 3 ASR page Program Editor 6 40 ASR parameters 6 40 6 41 Assign sample 14 6 Assigning samples to keymaps 14 3 Atk Rate 9 20 Atk Time 9 16 Attack 9 17 Attack parameter ASR 6 41 Attack Portamento parameter Common 6 36 Attack Time and Level parameters AmpEnv 6 43 Audio cables 2 2 AutoPan 9 24 B Bank Buttons 3 2 Bank Select MIDI Recei...

Page 416: ...bject Utilities page 11 14 Delete Layer soft button 6 52 Delete soft button 6 52 Deleting layers 6 52 Deleting objects 5 6 Deleting programs 6 52 Demo Songs 15 15 Density 9 13 Depth 9 24 Destination MIDI Transmit Page 10 2 Dialogs Save 5 3 diamond icon 5 4 Diff Amt 9 14 Diff Gain 9 25 Diff Scale 9 13 DiffBassF 9 26 DiffBassG 9 26 Digital audio output 2 3 Digital Output Mode 11 10 Digital Output Vo...

Page 417: ...bkComprs 9 16 Files Everything 13 7 Loading 5 6 Master 13 7 Saving 5 6 Fill Mode 13 11 Filter Type 9 20 Filters 9 20 Finding objects 3 12 Fine adjust 6 25 Flanger 9 19 Formatting a USB Device 13 2 13 15 Freeze Pedal parameter Layer 6 20 FreqScale 9 16 Front panel navigation 3 6 FUN page Program Editor 6 41 Function soft buttons 6 51 fuses C 1 FX bypass 5 7 FX Mode on Master Mode MAIN page 11 2 G G...

Page 418: ...ly 9 13 LaserVerb 9 19 Late Lvl 9 13 LateRvbTim 9 13 Layer delay control 6 18 LAYER page Program Editor 6 17 Layer parameters 6 18 6 21 Layers Adding 6 52 Deleting 6 52 Duplicating 6 52 Importing 6 52 moving between in multi layer programs 3 11 Muting 5 7 LCD 3 6 Legacy object conversion E 1 Legato play parameter Common 6 36 Leslie effect 9 22 LFO Dpth 9 18 LFO Filter 9 21 LFO LRPhs 9 18 LFO page ...

Page 419: ...e selection 3 1 4 1 Modes 4 1 Program 6 1 Modes using 4 2 Modulator ring modulation 9 25 Momentary switch type 7 31 Mono sound systems 2 2 Monophonic parameter Common 6 35 Monophonic programs 6 35 Monster Truck radio spots 9 15 Morph A B 9 16 MPressure 7 20 MTC 12 2 Multiband Compression 9 17 Multitap delays 9 14 Multi velocity keymaps 14 4 Mute Effects Box 5 7 MuteZn 7 24 Muting layers 5 7 Muting...

Page 420: ...gram Editor KB3 6 62 Pitch Wheel 3 5 Play Pause button with Easy Audition 2 7 Playback loops 6 16 Playback Mode parameter Keymap 6 16 Plus Minus buttons 3 9 Polydistort 9 22 Polyphony 6 4 11 16 KB3 6 60 Portamento click 6 36 6 37 Portamento parameter Common 6 36 Portamento Rate parameter Common 6 36 Pos 9 22 Power cable 2 2 Pre Dly 9 13 Pre Delay 9 13 Pressure Press Page Setup Mode 7 35 Pressure M...

Page 421: ...10 18 ResH LPhs 9 23 Resonance 9 20 Resonant Filter 9 20 Retrigger 9 18 9 21 Reverb types 9 13 Reversing samples 6 16 Ribbon 2 5 Playing note patterns 7 26 ribbon 1 5 Ribbon Configuration RIBCFG Page 7 40 RIBBON Page 7 40 Riffs 7 55 Ring Modulation 9 25 ROM objects 5 4 ROM objects saving 5 2 Room Type 9 13 Root Key Sample Editor 14 10 Rotating Speakers 9 22 Roto InOut 9 22 Rvrb Time 9 13 S Sample ...

Page 422: ...Offset 7 12 Velocity Scale VelScale 7 11 Zone Arpeggiation 7 8 Setups Object List D 13 Shape parameter parameter LFO 6 39 Shift Song Mode TRACK Page 12 28 Shift Key Number Shift Key ShKeyNum ShiftKey 7 26 Shift Pattern ShiftPatt 7 47 Shifting notes in the Arpeggiator 7 46 Signal Delay 9 17 Signal Dly 9 16 Signal to noise ratio 2 5 Size Scale 9 13 Sliders 3 3 7 20 Smooth 9 17 Smooth Rate 9 20 Smoot...

Page 423: ...tartup 6 18 TRIM 14 12 Tuning samples 14 4 Tuning to other instruments 11 2 U USB Device formatting 13 2 13 15 USB MIDI disconnected 13 1 USB Port 2 6 User amplitude envelope 6 42 Using the modes 4 2 V VA 1 Programs 1 3 Variable Architecture Synthesis 1 3 VAST 1 3 VAST program structure 6 4 VAST programs 2 8 6 4 Velocity Map MIDI Receive 10 7 MIDI Transmit 10 3 Velocity Range 14 4 Velocity trackin...

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