Kurzweil PC3K6, Руководство музыканта

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Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Greetings. Your new instrument offers amazing acoustic, electric, and synthesizer sounds,
combined with sample loading and advanced programming features that will let you create
almost any sound you can imagine. This manual covers the PC3K in its 88, 76, and 61 ‐ note
configurations (PC3K8, PC3K7, and PC3K6.) For the most part, anywhere we talk about the
PC3K in this manual we mean any of these instruments.
The PC3K comes loaded with 64 MB of ROM sounds, powered by Kurzweil’s newest custom
chip set. In addition to the great sounds and programming features, the PC3K is fully equipped
with performance features you’ll use at every gig. For example, there are nine conveniently
situated sliders for accurately emulating the drawbars on a tone wheel organ such as a
Hammond B3™. And the PC3K’s 24 dedicated sound select buttons, along with its Quick Access
banks will let you instantly choose and change sounds whenever you like.
In addition to the many impressive features and sounds of the PC3, the PC3K allows users to tap
into the massive wealth of samples and programs developed for our legendary K Series over the
past 18 years. The PC3K is capable of loading most K series object files (with extensions .KRZ,
.K25, or .K26,) including samples, keymaps, programs, and setups, (see Appendix E for details,)
once again underscoring our commitment to the concept of non ‐ obsolescence by design.
Additionally, the PC3K can load .PC3 files that were created with the PC3. The PC3K can also
load WAVE and AIFF files (see page 13 ‐ 7 for details.) You can choose to delve into the extensive
libraries of existing K Series samples or decide to fill the PC3K ʹ s flash memory with your own
custom samples. In either case, you have the most powerful version of Kurzweil ʹ s V.A.S.T
technology ever developed at your fingertips to help sculpt your sounds. Sample files can be
loaded via USB from a thumb ‐ drive or directly from a computer.
The PC3K offers 128 megabytes of user sample memory, and samples remain loaded even while
power is off. Once samples are loaded into the PC3K ʹ s flash memory, there is zero load time for
those samples when powering on the instrument.
Advanced program, keymap and sample editing features allow you to customize your sounds
further. You ʹ re able to map any sample to any key, tune individual samples, change the start, alt
start, loop point and end point of samples and even assign a controller to adjust sample start
point in real ‐ time.
If you’ve used other Kurzweil gear, you’ll have no trouble getting up and running quickly. Bear
in mind, however, that the PC3K’s beauties are more than skin ‐ deep; you’ll want to read this
manual, as well as the materials at the www.kurzweil.com website to take full advantage of your
instrument.