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Keymap and Sample Editing
The Keymap Editor
10-3
Keymap Editor Parameters
Sample
Thisiswhereyouassignasampleroottothecurrentkeyrange.Dependingonthenatureofthe
sampleroot—anindividualsampleorablockofsampleroots—thesample’snamelooksabit
differentinthedisplay.Eachsample’snameconsistsofthreeparts:anumeral,aname,and
a
notenumber—forexample,999Silence‐C4.Additionally,thenameofstereosampleswillend
withanS.(Touseastereosample,theStereoparametermustbesettoOnintheProgramEditor,
andtwokeymapsmustbeselected,seeTheKEYMAPPage on page 6‐19inThePC3
Musician’s
Guidefordetails.)
ThenumeralisthesampleblockID.Ifthesampleobjectisanindividualsample,thesample
blockIDisthesameasthesample’sobjectID.Ifthesampleobjectisagroupofsampleroots,the
objectIDofthefirstrootinthegroup
determinesthesampleblockID.Theremainingrootsin
theblockhavethesameID,anddifferonlyintheirnotenumbers.
Nextcomesthenameofthesample,whichtypicallydescribesthesample’stimbre.Thefinal
partofthesample’snamereferstothepitchatwhichitwasoriginally
sampled.Formany
timbres,multiplesamplesaremadeatvariouspitches.AsyouscrollthroughtheSamplelist,
you’llseeonlythepitchofthesamplechangeuntilyoureachthenextsampleblock.The
sample’soriginalpitchissetintheSampleEditor(seeRootKey on page 10 ‐10.)Thisdetermines
whichkeywillplaythesampleatitsoriginalpitchwhenasampleisusedinakeyrange(see
KeyRangebelow.)
Key Range
Akeyrangeisarangeofkeyboardkeysthatplaysonesample(pervelocityrange,seeVelocity
Range(VelRange)belowfordetails.)Eachsampleinakeyrange
(pervelocityrange)is
transposedbasedoneachsample’sRootKeyparametersothatitplaysatthecorrectpitchonthe
keyboardrelativetoitsrootkey(seeEditingSamples on page 10‐9fordetailsontheRootKey
parameter.)Otherkeyswithinthekeyrangetransposethesamplechromatically relativetothe
rootkey. SamplepitchrelativetotherootkeycanalsobeoffsetusingtheCoarseTuneandFine
Tuneparameters,seebelow.)
TheKeyRangeparametershowsyouwhichkeyrangeyou’recurrentlyviewingorediting(key
rangesarenamedbytheirlowestandhighestnotes.)Changingthevalueofthe
KeyRange
parameterselectsfromtheavailablekeyranges,andallowsyouto vieworeditthesample
assignmentandotherparametersoftheselectedkeyrange.WhentheKeyRangeparameteris
selected,youcanalsoscrollthroughavailablekeyrangesusingtheAlphaWheelorthe‐/+
buttons.Multiple
keyrangesareonlyshownifthecurrentKeymapusesmorethanonekey
range.Ifthetoplineofthe EditKeymappagedisplaysKeyRange,youcanscrollthroughthe
availablekeyrangeswithanyparameteronthepageselectedusingtheChan/Layerbuttons.
(PresstheTogglesoftbuttontotoggle
thetoplinebetweendisplayingKeyRangeand
VelRange.)
WiththeKeyrangeparameterselected,keyrangescanalsobeselectedbyholdingtheEnter
buttonandplayingakey.Thekeyrangeassignedtothatkeywillbeselected.
Low Key (Lo), High Key (Hi)
Withtheseparametersyoucanuseanyofthedataentrymethodstochange
thelowandhigh
notesofthecurrentkeyrange.YoucanextendakeyrangetothefullcapacityofthePC3(C0to
G10).Ifyouextendthecurrentkeyrangeintoanother,theboundariesoftheotherkeyrange
willbecomeshortenedtoaccommodatethekey
rangeyouareextending.Ifthe keyrangeyou
areextendingcoversanotherkeyrange,theotherkeyrangewillbedeleted.
Thesettingforthelowkeycannotbehigherthanthesettingforthehighkey.Similarly,the
settingforthehighkeycannotbelowerthanthesettingforthe
lowkey.

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Kurzweil PC361 Specifications

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BrandKurzweil
ModelPC361
CategorySynthesizer
LanguageEnglish

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