Kurzweil PC3 Musician's Guide Addendum

Keymap and Sample Editing
The Keymap Editor
10-5
The Soft Buttons in the Keymap Editor
Toggle
PressingtheTogglesoftbuttonswitches thefunctionthattheChan/Layerbuttonsperform
whileontheEditKeymappage.PresstheTogglesoftbuttontotogglethetoplinebetween
displayingKeyRangeorVelRa nge .IfthetoplineofthepagedisplaysKeyRange,thenthe
Chan/Layerbuttonswillscrollbetween
theavailablekeyrangesinthekeymap(ifthecurrent
keymaphasmorethanonekeyrange.)Thenoterangeforeachkeyrangewillalsobedisplayed
onthetopline.IfthetoplineofthepagedisplaysVelR ang e,thentheChan/Layerbuttonswill
scrollbetween
theavailablevelocityrangesinthekeymap(ifthecurrentkeymaphasmore
thanonevelocityrange.)Thedynamicrangeforeachvelocityrangewillalsobedisplayedon
thetopline.
Velocity Ranges (VelRng)
PresstheVelRn gsoftbuttontoviewtheVELRANGESpage(seebelow.)UsetheVEL
RANGES
pagetoadd,editordeletevelocityrangesforthecurrentkeymap.TheVELRANGESpage
showsachartofakeymap’sentireavailabledynamicrange,frommostquiet(ppp)tomostloud
(fff.)VelocityrangescanalsobeadjustedfromtheEditKeymappage,buttheVELRANGES
pageprovides
achartasavisualaid.Eachkeymapcanbesplitintoamaximumofeightvelocity
ranges.Eachkeyrangeinakeymapcanuseitsownsampleforeachvelocityrange.Allkey
rangesinakeymapsha rethesamevelocityranges.
PresstheSplitsoftbuttontosplit
thecurrentlyselectedvelocityrangeintotworanges(untilthe
maximumofeightvelocityrangeshavebeencreated.)PresstheDeletesoftbuttontodeletethe
currentlyselectedvelocityrange.PresstheExitsoftbuttontoreturntotheEditKeymappage.
OntheVELRANGESpage,thecurrentlyselectedvelocityrange
ishighlightedinthechart,and
itsnameisdisplayedintheVelRangefield.WiththeVelRangefieldselected,youcanusethe
AlphaWheelor‐/+buttonstomovebetweentheavailablevelocityranges(ifthereismorethan
onevelocityrangeavailable.)YoucanalsousetheChan/Layer
buttonsatanytimetomove
betweentheavailablevelocityranges.Ifthereismorethanonevelocityrangeavailable,youcan
adjustthedynamicrangeofeachusingLoandHiparameters.TheseHiandLoparametersare
thesameasthe LowVelocity(Lo)andHighVelocity(Hi)parameters
ontheEditKeymappage
(seeLowVelocity(Lo),HighVelocity(Hi) on page 10‐4fordetails.)Changesmadewitheithersetof
parametersareshownonbothpages.
New Range (NewRng)
TheNewRngbuttonletsyoudef ine anewkeyrangetoedit,whetherit’stoassignadifferent
sample,ortoadjustthepitchor
volume.JustpressNewRng,thenplaythenoteyouwantasthe
lownote,thenthehighnote.ThePC3willpromptyouforeachnote.Whenyoutriggerthehigh
note,you’llreturntotheKeymap‐editorpage,andthenewkeyrangeyoudefinedwillbe
selected.Thenext
changeyoumakewillaffectonlythatedit range.

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