Kurzweil PC3 Musician's Guide Addendum

Keymap and Sample Editing
The Keymap Editor
10-3
Keymap Editor Parameters
Sample
Thisiswhereyouassignasampleroottothecurrentkeyrange.Dependingonthenatureofthe
sampleroot—anindividualsampleorablockofsampleroots—thesample’snamelooksabit
differentinthedisplay.Eachsample’snameconsistsofthreeparts:anumeral,aname,and
a
notenumber—forexample,999Silence‐C4.Additionally,thenameofstereosampleswillend
withanS.(Touseastereosample,theStereoparametermustbesettoOnintheProgramEditor,
andtwokeymapsmustbeselected,seeTheKEYMAPPage on page 6‐19inThePC3
Musician’s
Guidefordetails.)
ThenumeralisthesampleblockID.Ifthesampleobjectisanindividualsample,thesample
blockIDisthesameasthesample’sobjectID.Ifthesampleobjectisagroupofsampleroots,the
objectIDofthefirstrootinthegroup
determinesthesampleblockID.Theremainingrootsin
theblockhavethesameID,anddifferonlyintheirnotenumbers.
Nextcomesthenameofthesample,whichtypicallydescribesthesample’stimbre.Thefinal
partofthesample’snamereferstothepitchatwhichitwasoriginally
sampled.Formany
timbres,multiplesamplesaremadeatvariouspitches.AsyouscrollthroughtheSamplelist,
you’llseeonlythepitchofthesamplechangeuntilyoureachthenextsampleblock.The
sample’soriginalpitchissetintheSampleEditor(seeRootKey on page 10 ‐10.)Thisdetermines
whichkeywillplaythesampleatitsoriginalpitchwhenasampleisusedinakeyrange(see
KeyRangebelow.)
Key Range
Akeyrangeisarangeofkeyboardkeysthatplaysonesample(pervelocityrange,seeVelocity
Range(VelRange)belowfordetails.)Eachsampleinakeyrange
(pervelocityrange)is
transposedbasedoneachsample’sRootKeyparametersothatitplaysatthecorrectpitchonthe
keyboardrelativetoitsrootkey(seeEditingSamples on page 10‐9fordetailsontheRootKey
parameter.)Otherkeyswithinthekeyrangetransposethesamplechromatically relativetothe

rootkey. SamplepitchrelativetotherootkeycanalsobeoffsetusingtheCoarseTuneandFine
Tuneparameters,seebelow.)
TheKeyRangeparametershowsyouwhichkeyrangeyou’recurrentlyviewingorediting(key
rangesarenamedbytheirlowestandhighestnotes.)Changingthevalueofthe
KeyRange
parameterselectsfromtheavailablekeyranges,andallowsyouto vieworeditthesample
assignmentandotherparametersoftheselectedkeyrange.WhentheKeyRangeparameteris
selected,youcanalsoscrollthroughavailablekeyrangesusingtheAlphaWheelorthe‐/+
buttons.Multiple
keyrangesareonlyshownifthecurrentKeymapusesmorethanonekey
range.Ifthetoplineofthe EditKeymappagedisplaysKeyRange,youcanscrollthroughthe
availablekeyrangeswithanyparameteronthepageselectedusingtheChan/Layerbuttons.
(PresstheTogglesoftbuttontotoggle
thetoplinebetweendisplayingKeyRangeand
VelRange.)
WiththeKeyrangeparameterselected,keyrangescanalsobeselectedbyholdingtheEnter
buttonandplayingakey.Thekeyrangeassignedtothatkeywillbeselected.
Low Key (Lo), High Key (Hi)
Withtheseparametersyoucanuseanyofthedataentrymethodstochange
thelowandhigh
notesofthecurrentkeyrange.YoucanextendakeyrangetothefullcapacityofthePC3(C0to
G10).Ifyouextendthecurrentkeyrangeintoanother,theboundariesoftheotherkeyrange
willbecomeshortenedtoaccommodatethekey
rangeyouareextending.Ifthe keyrangeyou
areextendingcoversanotherkeyrange,theotherkeyrangewillbedeleted.
Thesettingforthelowkeycannotbehigherthanthesettingforthehighkey.Similarly,the
settingforthehighkeycannotbelowerthanthesettingforthe
lowkey.

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