Kurzweil PC3K Series - Chapter 7 Setup Mode

Setup Mode
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Chapter 7
Setup Mode
InSetupmode,thePC3Kcantakeontheidentityof16distinctinstrumentsand16distinctMIDI
transmitters,eachofwhichcanusethesetup’sphysicalcontrollerassignments(oranysubsetof
thosecontrollerassignments).Forexample,youcancreateasetupthatissplitinto16different
keyboardregions
(calledzones).Eachzonecanplayitsownprogram,whilealsotransmitting
onitsownMIDIchannel.Eachzonecanalsohaveanindependentarpeggiatorandoneriff.You
canalsorecordtheoutputofasetuptoSongmode.
SelectingsetupsinSetupmodeismuchlikeselectingprogramsin
Programmode—justuseone
ofthenormaldataentrymethodstoscrollthroughthelistofsetups.Thereare,however,some
importantdifferencesbetweenaprogramandasetup.Aprogramplaysonasinglekeyboard
zoneandonasingleMIDIchannel.Asetupenablesyoutouseup
to16keyboard(orMIDI
controller)zones,eachofwhichcanhaveitsownprogram,MIDIchannel,andcontrol
assignments.Theparametersyoudefineforeachsetupaffectprogramsonlywhileyouarein
Setupmode.Anexceptiontothisisthecontrolsetup,whichwediscussonpage 7‐2.
Press
theSetupmodebuttontoenterSetupmode.You’llseealistofsetups,whichyoucan
selectwithany dataentrymethod.
Theinfoboxontheleft‐handsideofthemainSetupmodepagedisplaysthezonesand
correspondingprogramsusedinthecurrentsetup.Belowtheprogram
nameforeachzoneisa
linerepresentingthezone’skeyrange.Forexample,inthesetupabove,“Ac ou s tic Split,”the
zonefortheprogram“NYCKits”hasakeyrangethatcoverstheentirekeyboard,from
approximatelyC‐1toG9.Thezonesfortheprograms“StudioCStrings”
and“NYCJazzGrand”
havekeyrangesthatapproximatelycovertheuppertwo‐thirdsofthekeyboard,and“Upright
Growler”coverspartofthelowerkeyboard.Youcanalsoseewhichzoneshaveariff,indicated
by“riFF”totherightoftheprogramname.Forexample,inthesetupabove,
thezoneforthe
program“NYCKits”hasariff.Iftherearemorethanfourzonesinthecurrentsetup,youcan
viewtheotherzonesbyholdingdowntheEnterbuttonandusingtheChan/Layerbuttonsto
scrollthroughthecurrentsetup’szones.
Youcantransposetheentiresetup
upordownbyoctaveswiththetwoOctavsoftbuttons.Use
thetwoXposesoftbuttonstotransposethesetupupordownbyhalfsteps.Whenyoutranspose
asetup,thesplitpointsbetweenzonesremaininplace;eachprogramistransposedwithinits
respectivezone.
ThePanicsoft
buttonsendsAllNotesOffandResetAllControllersmessagestoallzones,and
stopsallarpeggiatorsandriffs.