Program Mode
The OUTPUT Page
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Mono Sample XFade
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
setting the Mono Sample XFade parameter to On. When the Mono Sample XFade parameter is
set to On, the PC3A performs a crossfade at each sample root transition to eliminate clicks.
Globals
This is another toggle, which affects LFO2, ASR2, FUNs 2 and 4. When off, these three control
sources are local; they affect each individual note in the layers that use them as a control source.
They begin operating each time a note in that layer is triggered.
When the Globals parameter is set to
On
, these control sources become global, that is they affect
every note in every layer of the current program, they’re not specific to any one layer. When these
control sources are global, they begin operating as soon as the program is selected. When Globals
are on, LFO2, ASR2, and FUNs 2 and 4 will appear on their respective pages preceded by the
letter G to indicate that they’re global.
You’ll use global control sources when you want to affect all notes in a program uniformly, and
local control sources when you want to affect each note independently. For example, you’d use a
global LFO controlling pitch to create a
Leslie effect
on an organ sound, since you want the effect
applied to all the notes you play. You’d use a local LFO controlling 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 audio signal to the left channel,
positive values to the right, and a value of zero pans to the center.
When the OPanMode is set to
Fixed
the pan position remains as defined with the OutPan
parameter, ignoring MIDI pan messages. When the OPanMode is set to
+MIDI
, MIDI pan
messages (MIDI 10) will shift the sound to the left or right of the Pan parameter setting. Message
values below 64 shift it left, while those above 64 shift it right.
Demo Song
The Demo Song parameter allows you to choose the demo song for the current program. The
demo song is a short, pre-programmed song that gives you a demonstration of the program in a
musical context. You can play a program’s demo song in any page in the Program mode by
pressing the Play/Pause button, and stop the song by pressing the Stop button (both buttons are
located under the MODE buttons on the front panel).
When in the Program mode entry-level page, you can hear a demo song in whatever program
you want by pressing the
Play/Pause
button with one program selected, and then selecting
another program. None of the KB3 programs have demo songs, but by this method, you could,
for example, hear the demo song for program
83 Big Old Jupiter
played with the KB3 program
53 Testify
.
Note:
You can also trigger and stop demo songs with a simultaneous double button press of the up and
down cursor buttons.
