Kurzweil PC3 Musician's Guide

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Bank Buttons.....................................................................................................................................................................3-2
Sliders ................................................................................................................................................................................3-3
Program and Category Buttons .....................................................................................................................................3-4
Picking favorites .......................................................................................................................................................3-4
Pitch Wheel and Mod Wheel .........................................................................................................................................3-5
Navigation ........................................................................................................................................................................3-6
The Display................................................................................................................................................................3-6
Pages...........................................................................................................................................................................3-6
The Top Line..............................................................................................................................................................3-6
The Bottom Line........................................................................................................................................................3-6
The Soft Buttons........................................................................................................................................................3-7
The Cursor Buttons ..................................................................................................................................................3-7
The Chan/Layer Buttons.........................................................................................................................................3-7
The Edit Button .........................................................................................................................................................3-8
The Exit Button .........................................................................................................................................................3-8
Data Entry.........................................................................................................................................................................3-9
The Alpha Wheel ......................................................................................................................................................3-9
The Plus/Minus Buttons .........................................................................................................................................3-9
The Alphanumeric Pad ............................................................................................................................................3-9
Double Button Presses ...........................................................................................................................................3-10
Intuitive Data Entry....................................................................................................................................................... 3-11
Changing the Current Layer in Multi-Layer Programs .................................................................................... 3-11
Search...............................................................................................................................................................................3-12
Quick Song Recording and Playback..........................................................................................................................3-12
Chapter 4 The Operating Modes
What the Modes Are........................................................................................................................................................4-1
Selecting Modes ...............................................................................................................................................................4-1
Finding Square One..................................................................................................................................................4-2
Using the Modes ..............................................................................................................................................................4-2
Program Mode ..........................................................................................................................................................4-2
Setup Mode................................................................................................................................................................4-2
Quick Access Mode ..................................................................................................................................................4-3
Effects Mode..............................................................................................................................................................4-3
MIDI Mode ................................................................................................................................................................4-3
Master Mode .............................................................................................................................................................4-3
Song Mode.................................................................................................................................................................4-3
Storage Mode ............................................................................................................................................................4-3
Chapter 5 Editing Conventions
Introduction to Editing ...................................................................................................................................................5-1
What’s an Object? .....................................................................................................................................................5-1
Object Type and ID ..........................................................................................................................................................5-2
Saving and Naming.........................................................................................................................................................5-2
ROM Objects..............................................................................................................................................................5-3
Memory Objects........................................................................................................................................................5-3
Keyboard Naming ....................................................................................................................................................5-4
Deleting Objects ...............................................................................................................................................................5-5
Dependent Objects ...................................................................................................................................................5-5

Kurzweil PC3 Specifications

General

Polyphony	128 voices
Sound Engine	VAST (Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology)
Display	240 x 64 backlit LCD
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
Multitimbral	16 parts
Effects	reverbs, delays, chorus, flanger, phaser, distortion
Sequencer	16-track sequencer
Type	Synthesizer Workstation
Oscillators	VAST oscillators
Memory	64MB
Connectivity	USB, MIDI