Kurzweil PC3K Series - Function Soft Buttons; Set Controllers (Setctl); New Layer (Newlyr); Duplicate Layer (Duplyr)

Program Mode
Function Soft Buttons
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Function Soft Buttons
Theremainderofthischapterdescribesthesoftbuttonsthatperformspecificfunctions,as
opposedtoselectingprogrammingpages.Thedescriptionsbelowarearrangedintheorderin
whichyouwouldseethesoftbuttonsifyoupressedthemore>buttonrepeatedly.Youcan
alwaysgettothesebuttons,regardlessof
whichpageiscurrentlyselected.
Set Controllers (SetCtl)
AsexplainedinTheControllers(CTLS)Page,theSetCtlsoftbuttoncapturesthevaluesofthenine
sliders,modwheel,breathcontroller,andswitch.
New Layer (NewLyr)
Createanewlayer,numberedoneabovethehighestexistinglayer.Thenewlayer’sparameters
arethoseofthesinglelayerinProgram999,calledDefaultProgram.Whenyoupressthis
button,thePC3Kwilltellyoutha titiscreatinganewlayer,thenwillreturntothepage
you
wereon.Thenewlayerbecomesthecurrentlayer,andisthehighest‐numberedlayerinthe
program.Ifthecurrentprogramalreadyhasitsmaximumnumberoflayers,thePC3Kwilltell
youthatyoucan’taddanymore.
Program999makesagoodtemplateforprogramsthatyou
buildfromthealgorithmup.You
mightwanttoeditProgram999toadjustoneormoreparameterstovaluesyouwanttousein
yourtemplateprogram.Ifyoulikethesettingsofthedefaultlayerastheyare,however,
remembernottomakeanypermanentchangestoProgram999.
Duplicate Layer (DupLyr)
Createacopyofthecurrentlayer,duplicatingthesettingsofallitsparameters.Thecopy
becomesthecurrentlayer,andisthehighest‐numberedlayerintheprogram.
Import Layer (ImpLyr)
Copyaspecificlayerfromanotherprogramintothecurrentprogram.Thisbuttonbringsupa
dialogthatpromptsyoutoselectalayernumberandaprogramnumber.Thedialogtellsyou
thecurrentlyselectedlayer,andthetotalnumberoflayersintheprogram.UsetheLayer–or
Layer+
softbuttons(orthealphawheel)tochangethelayernumber.Ifthecurrentprogramhas
onlyonelayer,pressingthesebuttonswillhavenoeffect.UseProg–orProg+softbuttons(orthe
alphawheel)tochangetheprogramnumber.
Whileyouareinthisdialog,youcanlistento
thelayeryouareselectingtoimport,alongwithall
otherlayersinthecurrentprogram.Ifyouwanttohearthelayertobeimportedbyitself,you
mustmutetheotherlayers.
Whenyouhaveselectedthedesiredlayerfromthedesiredprogram,presstheImportsoft
button,and
theselectedlayerwillbecopiedfromthe selectedprogram,becomingthecurrent
layer.Importinglayersisaconvenientalternativetocreatinglayersfromscratch.Ifyouhavea
favoritestringsound,forexample,andyouwanttouseitinotherprograms,justimportits
layer(s)intotheprogram
you’rebuilding.Thiswillpreservetheenvelopesandallthecontrol
settingssoyoudon’thavetoreprogramthem.
Delete Layer (DelLyr)
Deletethecurrentlayer.Whenyoupressthisbutton,thePC3Kasksyouifyouwanttodeletethe
layer;presstheYessoftbuttontostartthede letionprocess,ortheNosoftbuttontocancelit.
Thispromptpreventsyoufromaccidentallydeletingalayer.
Name
Callupthepagethatenablesyoutochangethenameofthecurrentprogram.