PC1x Classic Keys User’s Guide
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PC1x Classic Keys User’s Guide
The Classic Keys ROM option equips your PC1x with authentic reproductions of “vintage” keyboard
sounds, which over the years have become essential to the modern keyboardist. The PC1x Classic Keys
ROM contains samples of the following instruments: Hohner Clavinet (Treble Pickup Setting and
Release Thump), Mellotron (Strings, Choir and Flute) ARP Solina String Ensemble, Hohner Pianet,
Yamaha CP-80 Electric Grand Piano (Soft and Hard Strikes), and RMI Electra-Piano (Piano, Harpsi and
Accenter). Classic Keys also makes use of the PC1x base ROM samples, and includes new “vintage”
Rhodes and Wurlitzer programs.
Each program in this set was created using high-quality audio samples as a starting point. The PC1x’s
synthesis engine allowed us to apply a variety of powerful sound-sculpting tools, which included velocity
layers and cross-fades, envelopes, FUNs and LFOs. The finishing touches were added with the PC1x’s
effects engine, which utilizes the same technology as our acclaimed KDFX (for the K2500/K2600 key-
boards) and our award-winning KSP8 processor. Effects pedals, speaker cabinets and recording tech-
niques have all been faithfully replicated, giving the Classic Keys programs a level of detail and realism
never before achieved in any “vintage” keyboard emulation. We were able to precisely recreate the tim-
bres from many live and studio recordings, which have helped define the “vintage” sound. Therefore, a
number of the program names in Classic Keys have been derived from song titles and not keyboard
model numbers.
We have included a detailed chart, which lists the controller assignments for each program and setup. If a
program has been taken from a specific recording, the artist's name and song title have been provided as
well. In addition to this information, we have also put together a brief description for each of the instru-
ments sampled for Classic Keys.
Infinity Looping Tools, a product of Antares Audio Technologies, were used in the creation of some of these sounds