Kurzweil PC3K6, Musician'S Manual

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Master Mode
CLOCK
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Pressing the Voices soft button calls up the Voice Status page, which shows the PC3K’s active
voice channels as you play. The Voice Status pages displays each active voice as a solid
rectangular block—for mono voices—or displays stereo pairs of voices as a > for the left channel
voice and a < for the right channel voice. Whatever symbol the page displays, when the key of a
voice is released, that voice’s symbol on the Voices Status page turns into a dot during the
release portion of that voice’s envelope. When the voice decays to silence, it is no longer active,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 stealing takes place an audible voice will be reallocated.
The Voices utility works a bit differently for KB3 programs. The PC3K uses one voice of
polyphony for every two tone wheels in a KB3 program. In the Voices utility, the voices used by
the tone wheels appear as solid rectangular block, meaning that the voices are used for the KB3
program. They don’t get reallocated at any time, since they’re always on, even if you’re not
playing any notes. Any voices not dedicated to a KB3 program behave normally. So if you have
a setup that contains a KB3 program in one zone, and VAST programs in one or more other
zones, you can monitor the voice allocation of the non ‐ KB3 voices in the section of the display
that isn’t constantly filled with solid rectangular blocks.
CLOCK
Pressing the CLOCK soft button allows you to view the PC3K’s System Clock (see below.) When
objects are saved, they are time stamped with the date and time of this clock. This time stamp
can be seen in the file properties when viewing the files with a computer.
The Format soft button changes the view format of the date on this page. The Set soft button
brings you to the Set clock page where you can set the system clock and date. Use the cursor to
move between fields, use the alpha wheel or plus/minus buttons to change each field. On the Set
page, press the Set soft button to save changes and return to the System Clock page, or the
Cancel soft button to return to the System Clock page without saving changes.
The Chrono soft button brings up the PC3K’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 Clock page.