Kurzweil PC3K6, Musician'S Manual

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Program Mode
The LAYER Page
Emulating Legato Play
If you place the Alt point after the initial attack transients of the sample, then you can use the Alt
Switch to emulate legato playing in an acoustic instrument. As an example, set Keymap to
14 Flute . Now set the AltControl parameter to Chan St (Channel State). Now if you play notes
separately, the initial breathy chiff will be heard. But if you play the notes legato (connecting
them smoothly), the Alt point is used and you do not hear the chiff. This is because the Chan St
is turned on as long as any note is being held. Most of the PC3K’s ROM samples have their Alt
points set for purposes of legato play. In most cases the difference in attacks is subtle, but for
some sounds, like drums, the difference can be more noticeable.
The LAYER Page
Press the LAYER soft button to call up the LAYER page. Here you’ll set a number of parameters
that affect the current layer’s keyboard range, attack and release characteristics, and response to
various controls.
Parameter Range of Values Default
Low Key C -1 to G 9 C 0
High Key C -1 to G 9 C 8
Low Velocity ppp to fff ppp
High Velocity ppp to fff fff
Bend Off, Key, All All
Trig Normal, Reversed Normal
Delay Control Control Source list Off
Minimum Delay 0 to 25 seconds 0
Maximum Delay 0 to 25 seconds 0
Layer Enable Control Source list On
Enable Sense
Enable Min
Enable Max Normal, Reversed
± 127
± 127 Normal
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127
Opaque Layer Off, On Off
Sustain Pedal Off, On, On2 On
Sostenuto Pedal Off, On On
Freeze Pedal Off, On On
Ignore Release Off, On Off
Hold Through Attack Off, On Off
Hold Until Sustain Off, On Off