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Part Number 910567-001

GETTING STARTED GUIDE

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PC3A8, PC3A7, PC3A6

Summary of Contents for PC3A6

Page 1: ...re property of their respective companies Product features and specifications are subject to change without notice You may legally print up to two 2 copies of this document for personal use Commercial...

Page 2: ...land 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...

Page 3: ...ations PC3A8 PC3A7 and PC3A6 For detailed information on editing and advanced programming features refer to the PC3A Musician s Guide provided on the Kurzweil website http www kurzweil com The best wa...

Page 4: ...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 im...

Page 5: ...amaha 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...

Page 6: ...3A 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 to the jack labelled on the rear panel or run standard 1 4 inch audio cables...

Page 7: ...selector on the rear panel of the PC3A Unless you are sure it needs to be changed you shouldn t adjust this When you ve connected the cable at the PC3Aend as you face the back of the PC3A the power c...

Page 8: ...n stereo as is the headphone output Digital For digital audio output from the PC3A connect a 75 Ohm coaxial cable from the PC3A s RCA Digital Out jack to the AES or S PDIF input of the receiving devic...

Page 9: ...am Consult the PC3A Musician s Guide Chapter on MIDI and Storage Mode for more information on using the USB ports Pedals Plug your switch or continuous pedals into the corresponding jacks on the PC3A...

Page 10: ...r respond to the PC3A s breath controller unless you also programmed them to receive the same MIDI Controller that the PC3A s breath controller is sending Ribbon Plug the optional Kurzweil Ribbon Cont...

Page 11: ...lse the data will be lost When you leave Storage Mode a prompt will tell you that the PC3Ais turning back into a USB MIDI device Depending on your computer s operating system you may sometimes see a d...

Page 12: ...nd Modulation Wheels 2 Arpeggiator Software buttons 3 Bank Buttons 4 Sliders 5 Record Playback controls 6 Mode Selection buttons 7 Channel Layer buttons 8 Display and Soft buttons 9 Cursor navigation...

Page 13: ...s have special functions in KB3 mode indicated by labels beneath each button 4 Sliders In KB3 mode the PC3A s nine sliders emulate an organ s drawbars For example slider A emulates an organ s 16 drawb...

Page 14: ...Editor There are editors accessible from just about every operating mode Press Exit to leave the current editor If you ve changed the value of any parameter while in that editor the PC3Awill ask you w...

Page 15: ...ram selected from Quick Access mode MIDI mode Define how your PC3Asends and receives MIDI information and configure each channel to receive independent program volume and pan messages that override th...

Page 16: ...n the current program is a KB3 program PC3A Programs The PC3Apowers up in Program mode where you can select and play programs called patches presets or voices on other instruments Programs are preset...

Page 17: ...you re on and which program is currently selected Info Box At the left side of the display is an outlined area which displays information about the current program This info box contains details about...

Page 18: ...at the left shows you the programs assigned to each of the setup s zones If the setup is composed of more than four zones the box displays the first four zones text at the top of the box will show the...

Page 19: ...the current entry is a program you ll see the current keyboard MIDI channel displayed to the right of the entry s name If it s a setup you ll see the word Setup The entries on the Quick Access page a...