Kurzweil PC3K6, Musician'S Manual

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Program Mode
The COMMON Page
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In most keyboards and synthesizers, drum programs are mapped as dictated by the General
MIDI (GM) industry standard. The GM drum map isn’t optimally intuitive in terms of
playability, so we developed our own unique keymap that is more intuitive and lends better to
performance. However, the GM drum map is so commonplace that many players feel most
comfortable playing drum programs with the GM drum map. So, we designed the PC3K such
that you can remap drum programs to the GM drum map. You can set drum programs to remap
to the GM drum map in Master Mode. On the Master Mode I screen 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 programs. When
using a drum program, you may want the closed hi ‐ hat sounds to “cut off” open hi ‐ hat sounds.
Since you can remap the keymaps of drum programs, this parameter remaps “cut off keys”
accordingly.
Like Drum Remap, you can use this parameter on any program, but you probably won’t want to
do this.
The COMMON Page
The COMMON page is reached by pressing the COMMON soft button in the Program Editor.
Here’s where you find 12 frequently ‐ used parameters that affect the entire current program, not
just the current layer.
Notice that when the Monophonic parameter is set to its default value of Off , the four
monophonic parameters do not appear on the page.
Parameter Range of Values Default
Pitch Bend Range Up ± 7200 cents 200
Pitch Bend Range Down ± 7200 cents -200
Monophonic Off, On Off
(Legato Play) Off, On Off
(Portamento) Off, On Off
(Portamento Rate) 1 to 3000 keys per second 70
(Attack Portamento) Off, On On
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