Kurzweil PC3K Series - Chapter 1 Introduction

Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Greetings.Yournewinstrumentoffersamazingacoustic,electric,andsynthesizersounds,
combinedwithsampleloadingandadvancedprogrammingfeaturesthatwillletyoucreate
almostanysoundyoucanimagine.ThismanualcoversthePC3Kinits88,76,and61‐note
configurations(PC3K8,PC3K7,andPC3K6.)Forthemostpart,
anywherewetalkaboutthe
PC3Kinthismanualwemeananyofthese instruments.
ThePC3Kcomesloadedwith64MBofROMsounds,poweredbyKurzweil’snewestcustom
chipset.Inadditiontothegreatsoundsandprogrammingfeatures,thePC3Kisfullyequipped
withperformancefeaturesyou’lluse
ateverygig.Forexample,therearenineconveniently
situatedslidersforaccuratelyemulatingthedrawbarsonatonewheelorgansuchasa
HammondB3™.AndthePC3K’s24dedicatedsoundselectbuttons,alongwithitsQuickAccess
bankswillletyouinstantlychooseandchangesoundswheneveryou
like.
InadditiontothemanyimpressivefeaturesandsoundsofthePC3,thePC3Kallowsuserstotap
intothemassivewealthofsamplesandprogramsdevelopedforourlegendaryKSeriesoverthe
past18years.ThePC3KiscapableofloadingmostKseriesobjectfiles(withextensions
.KRZ,
.K25,or.K26,)includingsamples,keymaps,programs,andsetups,(seeAppendix Efordetails,)
onceagainunderscoringourcommitmenttotheconceptofnon‐obsolescencebydesign.
Additionally,thePC3Kcanload.PC3filesthatwerecreatedwiththePC3.ThePC3Kcanalso
loadWAVEandAIFFfiles(seepage 13
‐7fordetails.)Youcanchoosetodelveintotheextensive
librariesofexistingKSeriessamplesordecidetofillthePC3Kʹsflashmemorywithyourown
customsamples.Ineithercase,youhavethemostpowerfulversionofKurzweilʹsV.A.S.T
technologyeverdevelopedatyourfingertips
tohelpsculptyoursounds.Samplefilescanbe
loadedviaUSBfromathumb‐driveordirectlyfromacomputer. 
ThePC3Koffers128megabytesofusersamplememory,andsamplesremainloadedevenwhile
powerisoff.OncesamplesareloadedintothePC3Kʹsflashmemory,thereis
zeroloadtimefor
thosesampleswhenpoweringontheinstrument.
Advancedprogram,keymapandsampleeditingfeaturesallowyoutocustomizeyoursounds
further.Youʹreabletomapanysampletoanykey,tuneindividualsamples,changethestart,alt
start,looppointandendpointofsamples
andevenassignacontrollertoadjustsamplestart
pointinreal‐time.
Ifyou’veusedotherKurzweilgear,you’llhavenotroublegettingupandrunningquickly.Bear
inmind,however,thatthePC3K’sbeautiesaremorethanskin‐deep;you’llwanttoreadthis
manual,aswellasthe
materialsatthewww.kurzweil.comwebsitetotakefulladvantageofyour
instrument.