Kurzweil PC3K Series - Shift Key Number, Shift Key (Shkeynum, Shiftkey)

Setup Mode
Controllers
7-27
Shift Key Number, Shift Key (ShKeyNum, ShiftKey)
Thesecontrollerdestinationsallowyoutoplaymusicalscalesandsinglenotepatternsonany
programmablecontinuouscontrollerinasetup,withouttheneedofplayingthephysicalkeysof
thekeyboard.Thesefeaturesareespecially usefulforplayingfastarpeggiations. These
destinationsonlyworkwhencombinedwithotherdestinationsand
features,sobesuretoread
thiswholesectiontogainacompleteunderstanding.
UsingaKurzweilRibbonasacontrollergivesyouthemostoptions,butthesedestinationscan
alsobecontrolledbyanyslider,pedal,keypressure,etc.UsingtheKurzweilRibbonprovides
moreaccuratecontrolsinceit
hasalongerphysicalrangethanothercontrollers.Also,ifyouset
itinAbsolutemode,youcanjumpfromonenotetoanyothernoteinthepatterninanyoctave.
Withaslideryouhavetogothroughalltheintermediatenotesofthepattern.Awayofpartially

doingthiswithslidersistoassigntheShiftKeyNumbercontrollertoseveralsliderswith
differentranges.(SeeTheRibbonConfiguration(RIBCFG)Page on page 7‐41fordetails onR ibbon 
options,andScaleandAdd on page 7‐30fordetailsonchangingcontrollerranges.)
ShiftKeyNumber(ShKeyNum,controllerdestination176)
worksinasimilarwaytoKey
Number(KeyNum,controllerdestination134).Bothcontrollersbasicallygeneratea
monophonicstreamofnotes.ThedifferenceisthatKeyNumberplaysthroughallnotes
chromatically,whileShiftKeyNumberonlyplaysnotesrelativetoaShiftPattern.
Forexample,whencontrollingShiftKey
Numberfromaslider,notesaretrig geredfromaShift
Patterninforwardsorderasyoumovethesliderup,andbackwardsorderasyoumovethe
sliderdown.IfinourzonewehaveselectedtheShiftPattern2:minor,thenotesbeingplayedby
thesliderwillbe
onlytheroot,theminorthirdandfifthinthechosenkey,trig geringnotesin
anyoctaveupanddownthekeyboard.(SeeShiftKeybelowfordetailsonselectingtherootnoteand
octave.)
Selecting The Desired Notes:
YoumustselectaShiftPatternforthedesiredzoneinorderforShiftKey
Numbertohavean
effect.ToselectaShiftPatternforthecurrentzoneinasetup,enterthesetupeditorandgotothe
ARPEGGIATORpage.SelectaShiftPatternfromtheShiftPattfield.Ifusingmultiplezones,a
differentpatterncanbeselectedforeach.TheShiftPattfieldisusuallyusedwiththe
arpeggiator,butcanalsobeusedincombinationwiththecontrollerdestinationsShiftKeyNote,
ShiftKey,andKeyVelocity.These
destinationscanuseazone’sShiftPatternwhetherthe
arpeggiatorisonoroffwithoutconflict.FormoreinformationonShiftPatternssuchasediting
andsaving,seeShiftPattern(ShiftPatt) on page 7‐48.(NotethattheShiftPattUporDownoptions,as
wellasanyofthearpeggiatorparametersotherthan
ShiftPattdonothaveaneffectonShiftKeyNumber.)
Youcanalsosetcontrollerstodestination171(ShiftPatt )toselectapatternfromthecurrent
bankof128shiftpatterns,anddestination172(ShiftPBank)toselectabankfrombanksof128
shiftpatternseach.
Selecting The Desired Velocity:
Inorderto
haveanotesoundwhenusingShiftKeyNumber,youfirstneedtosendaKey
Veloc itymessage(KeyVel,controllerdestination135)withanonzerovelocity.Youmustseta
controllertothisdestination,it’susefultosetasliderorother continuouscontrollerinorderto
controlvelocity
whileplaying.ThenextnotestobetriggeredbyShiftKeyNumberwillbe
playedwiththelastreceivedKeyVelvelocity.Onenotetriggeredbythesecontrollerssounds
untilanothernoteistriggeredoruntilaKeyVelmessagewithvelocity0issent.