Kurzweil PC361 User Manual

Setup Mode
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
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settoDownBeatWait,forinstance,andtriggerthearpeggiatorwhilenootherarpeggiatorsare
running.Assoonasyoustartsomethingelsetosyncto,thebassarpeggiatorwillstartplayingas
well(providedthatitissettosynctosomethingelseorthefirstavailable.)Ifsomethingto
sync
toisalreadyrunning,DownBeatWait behavesjustlikeDownBeat.
WithSyncTypesettoAnyBeatWait,ifthereissomethingplayingtosyncto,thearpeggiatorwill
waitforthenextbeattostart.ThedifferencefromAnyBeatisthatifthereisnothingtosyncto,
thisarpeggiatorwillnot
start.Thiscanbeusefulifyouwanttostartmultiplearpeggiators
syncedtosomethingelse.YoucouldhaveabassarpeggiatorsettoAnyBeatWait,forinstance,
andtriggerthearpeggiatorwhilenootherarpeggiatorsarerunning.Assoonasyoustart
somethingtosyncto,thebassarpeggiatorwillstart
playingaswell(providedthatitissetto
synctosomethingelseorthefirstavailable).Ifanotherarpeggiatorisalready running,
AnyBeatWaitbehavesjustlikeAnyBeat.
WithSyncTypesettoLoop,ifthereisalreadyarifforsongplayingtosyncto,thecurrent
arpeggiatorwillwait
fortheplayingrifforsongtorestartitsloop(ifitislooped)beforestarting
(seeLoop on page 3‐22forloopingriffs,andLoop on page 12‐11ofThePC3Musician’sGuidefor
loopingsongs.)Thiswayyoucantriggerthearpeggiatortostartaheadoftime,andhaveitstart
in
syncatthestartoftheplayingrifforsong’sloop(providedthatitissettosynctoariff,song,
orthefirstavailable).
WithSyncTypesettoStop,ifthereisalreadysomethingplayingtosyncto,thecurrent
arpeggiatorwillwaitforwhatisplayingto
stopbeforestarting.Thiswayyoucantriggerthe
arpeggiatortostartaheadoftime,andhaveitstartinsyncattherelease(stopping)oftheriff,
arpeggiator,orsongthatyouaresyncingto.
WithSyncTypesettoStartWait,ifthereisnothingplayingtosyncto,thecurrent
arpeggiator
willwaitforsomethingitcansynctotobeginplayingfirstbeforestarting.Thisissimilarto
DownBeatWait,butitwillonlytriggerthearpeggiatorthefirsttimethatwhateveritissyncing
tostarts.Thiswayyoucantriggerthearpeggiatortostartaheadoftime,and
haveitstartinsync
atthestartoftheriff,arpeggiator,orsongthatyouaresyncingto.Ifyoustopthearpeggiator
andtrytostartitagainwhilethethingyouaresyncingtoisalreadyplaying,StartWaitwillnot
startthearpeggia tor.
WithSyncTypesettoLoopWait,
ifthereisalreadyarifforsongplayingtosyncto,thecurrent
arpeggiatorwillwaitfortheplayingrifforsongtorestartitsloop(ifitislooped)beforestarting
(seeLoop on page 3‐22forloopingriffs,andLoop on page 12‐11ofThePC3Musician’sGuidefor
looping
songs.)Thiswayyoucantriggerthearpeggiatortostartaheadoftime,andhaveitstart
insyncatthestartofthep layingrifforsong’sloop.ThedifferencefromLoopisthatifthereis
nothingplayingtosyncto,thearpeggiator willnotstart.Iftheriff
orsongthatyouaresyncing
toisalreadyrunning,LoopWaitbehavesjustlikeLoop.
WithSyncTypesettoStopWait,ifthereisalreadysomethingplayingtosyncto,thecurrent
arpeggiatorwillwaitforwhatisplayingtostopbeforestarting.Thiswayyoucantriggerthe
arpeggiatorto
startaheadoftime,andhaveitstartinsyncattherelease(stopping)oftheriff,
arpeggiator,orsongthatyouaresyncingto.ThedifferencefromStopisthatifthereisnothing
playingtosyncto,thearpeggiatorwillnotstart.Thiscanbeusefulifyou
wanttogetyour
arpeggiatorreadytosyncbeforeyoustartwhateveryouaresyncingitto.Iftherifforsongthat
youaresyncingtoisalreadyrunning,StopWaitbehavesjustlikeStop.
Num Beats
Thisaffectsthesyncingofotherarpeggiatororriffzonestothecurrentzone,only
ifthoseother
zoneshaveaSyncTypesettingofDownbeatorDownbeatWait.Forzonesbeingsyncedtothe
currentzone’sarpeggiator,thisdetermineshowmanynotesmustbeplayedbythecurrent
zone’sarpeggiatorbeforeadownbeatoccurs.BydecreasingorincreasingthevalueoftheNum
Beatsparameter,youcan
makezoneswithaSyncType settingofDownbeatorDownbeatWait
behaveasifdownbeatsareoccurringlessormorefrequently.

Kurzweil PC361 Specifications

General

Brand	Kurzweil
Model	PC361
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English