Kurzweil PC3 Musician's Guide Addendum

3-4
Setup Mode
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2)
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EachzoneinasetuphasitsownArpeggiator.Whenactivated,eachArpeggiatortakesMIDI
noteinputfromthePC3keyboard(orviaMIDI)andoutputsarhythmicpatternofMIDInotes.
Youcancontrolthespeedandnatureofthepatterninrealtime.EachArpeggiatorcanaffect
boththe
PC3andexternalMIDIinstruments.ThenotesproducedbytheArpeggiatorinagiven
zonegotoallofthatzone’sdestinations:local,MIDI,orboth.Youcanalsosetonezone’s
arpeggiatortooverridearpeggiatorsonotherzonesusingtheArpeggiatorGlobal(ArpGlobal)
parameteronSetupMode’sCOMMONpage.
The
conceptbehindthePC3’sArpeggiatorsisfairlysimple,althoughtheoptionsareextensive.
YoumightthinkofeachArpeggiatorasa“noteprocessor,”generatingcomplexoutputfrom
relativelymodestinput.Youcanselectanynumberofnotesfortheinput,andtellthe
Arpeggiatortorecognizeandrememberthem.This
iscalled“latching”thenotes.The
Arpeggiatorthenprocessesthembyplayingthemrepeatedly,and/ortransposingthemupand
downthekeyboard.Youhavecontroloverseveralprocessingparameters:velocity,order,
duration,transposition,orchestration,whetherthenotesareplayedsimultaneously,and
whethertheintervalsbetweennotesarefilledchromatically.Youcan
alsotelltheArpeggiator
howtodealwithnewinformationcomingfromthekeyboardwhentheArpeggiatorisalready
processingnotes.
Thearpeggiatoralsoincludesstepsequencersfornoteandvelocityshifting,allowingyouto
morepreciselycontrolhowyourMIDInoteinputisprocessed.Setthearpeggiatorparameters
on
theARPEGGIATORandARPEGGIATOR2pages:

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