Kurzweil PC3 Musician's Guide Addendum

Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
ThisaddendumcontainsupdatedsectionsfortheprintedcopyofthePC3Musician’sGuidethat
wasincludedwithyourPC3.Thisaddendumincludesnewfeatureswhicharepartofthev2
softwareupdateforthePC3OS,aswellasadditionalinformationthatwasnotincludedinyour
printedcopyof
thePC3Musician’sGuide.Whenusingthev2OS,thesectionsinthisaddendum
shouldbereferencedinsteadofanysimilarsectionsinThePC3Musician’sGuide.
TheOSversioninstalledonyourPC3canbeviewedonthebottomleftofthestart‐upscreen
whenthePC3isfirst
turnedon.TheOSversioncanalsobeviewedontheObjectscreenin
MasterModebypressing theOBJECTsoftbutton(seeOBJECT on page 7‐13fordetails.)
YoucandownloadthemostrecentversionofthePC3OSatwww.kurzweil.combygoingtothe
Downloadssection,thenclickingonthe
PC3link.Fordetailsoninstalli ngupdatestoyourPC3,
seeAppendixB,PC3Bootloader,inthePC3Musician’sGuide.
YoucanalsodownloadthemostrecentversionofthePC3Musician’sGuideinPDFformatat
www.kurzweil.combygoingtotheDownloadssection,thenclickingonthePC3link.

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