Kurzweil PC361 User Manual

3-6
Setup Mode
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
multiplythenotesyouwantperbeatby4.Forexample,4notesperbeat(16thnotes)wouldbe
4*4=16,aBeatsvalueof1/16.Threenotesperbeat(8thnotetriplets)wouldbe3*4=12,aBeats
valueof1/12.Sixnotesperbeat(16thnotetriplets)wouldbe6*4=24,a
Beatsvalueof1/24.Note
thatwhenrecordingarpeggiationstoaPC3MIDItrack,youmustturnonreal‐timequantization
andsetittothesameGridvalueinorderfortheselectedBeatsvaluetosyncproperlywiththe
tempogrid(seeQuantandGrid on page 12‐17ofThe
PC3Musician’sGuide.)
Play Order
ThisparameterdeterminestheorderinwhichthePC3playsarpeggiatednotes.Playedcauses
themtoplaybackinthechronologicalorderinwhichyouplayedandlatchedthem.Upwards
meansthatnotesplayinascendingpitchorder,regardlessoftheirchronologicalorder.
Downwardsmeansdescendingpitch
order.UpDowncausesnotestoplayfromlowestpitchto
highest,thenfromhighestpitchtolowest,repeatingthecycleuntilyoustopthearpeggiation.
Thenotesattheverytopandverybottomonly playonce.UpDownRepeatissimilarto
UpDown,exceptthatthenotesatthetop
andbottomplaytwice(repeat)whentheArpeggiator
reversesdirection.
Randomplaysthecurrentlylatchednotesincompletelyrandomorder.Shuffleplaysthemat
random,butkeepstrackofthenotessothatnonoterepeatsuntilalloftheothershaveplayed.
Walkisa“randomwalk”order:eachsuccessive
noteiseitherthenextorpreviousnote(in
chronologicalorder).Forexample,supposeyou’velatchedfournotes—G 4,B4,D5,andF5—
inthatorder.ThefirstnotetheArpeggiatorplaysistheG4.ThesecondnotewillbeeitherB4
(thenextnotechronologically),orF5(the“previous”notechronologically—that
is,thelast
latchednote).IfthesecondnoteisB4,thethirdnotewillbeeitherD5orG4.Ifthesecondnote
isF5,thethirdnotewillbeeitherG4orD5.
SimultaneousmakestheArpeggiatorlatcheachnoteyouplayandrepeatitintimewiththe
Tempovalue,sortoflikeadigitaldelaywithnodecay.IfyouplayaCandholditwhileyouplay
anEandaG,theArpeggiatorwillplayallthreenotesatthesametimeandatthesametempo.
SimultaneousalsoworkswellwithShiftandLimit,
allowingyoutoshiftmultiplenotes
simultaneously.
Duration
Durationdetermineshowlongeacharpeggiatednoteplays.100%meansthatanotesustains
untilthenextonesounds—verylegato.50%meansthatthenotefillshalfthespacebetween
itselfandthenextnote.Thelowestvalueis1%—stacattissimo.Thisparameter
hasnoeffecton
percussionsoundsorothersoundswhosedurationisfixed.
Velocity
Velocitysetstheattackvelocityoftheplayednotes.WithVelocitysettoFirst,allnotesplayat
thevelocityofthefirstplayednote.WithVelocitysettoPlayed,eachnoterepeatswiththesame
velocityyouplayeditat.WithVelocitysettoLast,allnotesplayatthevelocityofthemost
recentlyplayednote.WithVelocitysettoAftertouch,thevelocitiesare controlledbykey board 
pressure:asyouholdandpushdownonanykey,thevelocitiesgethigher,andasyou
easeup
theygetlower.
WithVelocitysettoMIDI109,MIDIcontroller109continuallysetsthearpeggiatorvelocity.This
workswellwhenMIDIcontroller109issettoaknoborexpressionpedal.
WithVelocitysettoFixed,allnotesplaywiththesamevelocity.ThedefaultFixedvelocity
is
100.LikeMIDI109,Youcancontrolthisvelocityamountinreal‐timebyassigningacontroller
toVelF ixe d,controllerdestinationnumberis175.Inputfromanyphysicalcontrollerassignedto
sendVelF ixed(oranyentryvalueforacontrollerassignedtosendVelFixed)overridesthe
programmedvalueof
theVelocityparameter,disablingituntilyouselectadifferentsetup(orin
Programmode,untilyouselectadifferentcontrolsetupontheMIDI‐modeTRANSMITpage).

Kurzweil PC361 Specifications

General

Brand	Kurzweil
Model	PC361
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English