Kurzweil PC3K Series User Manual

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Setup Mode
Riffs
Next,moveyourcursortotherighttohighlightthesecondvalueofthe Triggerfield(thiswillbe
thehighendofthetriggerkeyrange.)Useoneofthemethodsdescribedabovetoselectakey
valueforthistriggerfield.Ifyouwanttohaveonlyonekey
startariff,settheTriggerkeyrange
fromA#0toA#0forexample,andyourriffwillbetriggeredtostartonlybypressingtheA#0
key.Ifyouwantyourtriggerkeyrangetobelarger,setyourTriggerkeyrangetobe,for
instance,A#0toA#1.
Nowanykeythatispressedwithinthisrangewilltriggeryourrifftostart.
Note:theLoKeyandHiKeyvaluesontheKEYVELpagedoaffecttheriff.Ifyourriffʹstriggerandrelease
notesarenotwithintheLoKeyandHiKeyrangeontheKEYVELpage,your
riffwillnotbeabletobe
triggeredfromthekeyboard.
Release
Thewayyoureleaseriffsisanalogoustothewayyoutriggerthem.Youcanassignaphysical
controllertodestination164RiffOff,oryoucanselectakeyorkeyrangewiththeRelea se
parameter.Yousetthis
thesamewaythatyousetthetriggerrange.Moveyourcursorsothatthe
leftfieldoftheReleaseparameterishighlighted(thiswillbethelowendofthetriggerkey
range.)NowselectakeyvaluebyusingtheAlphaWheel,‐/+buttonsorintuitiveentry.Move
your
cursortotherightfieldandrepeattheprocess(thiswillbethehighendofthetriggerkey
range.)IfyousetbothoftheReleasevaluestoA0,theRiffwillstopwhenyoureleaseA0.
So,ifyouusethesettingsdescribedaboveandintheTriggersection
above,yoursetup’sriffwill
startwhenyoupressA#0,anditwillstopwhenyoupressandreleaseA0.
Note:theLoKeyandHiKeyvaluesontheKEYVELpagedoaffecttheriff.Ifyourriffʹstriggerandrelease
notesarenotwithintheLoKeyandHiKeyrangeon
theKEYVELpage,yourriffwillnotbeabletobe
triggeredfromthekeyboard.
Conditional Release (CondRel)
TheCondRelparameterallowsyoutohaveariffplayonlywhileakeyispressedandheld,and
nothingwillstoporrestartthatriffuntilthekeyisreleased.Touseconditionalrelease,
setthe
samerangefortheTriggerandReleaserangesontheRIFF2page.Anykeythatispressedand
heldwithinthisrangewillplaytheselectedriff.Releasethekeyandtheriffwillstop.Playing
anyotherkeyinthiszonewhiletriggeringariffwithCondRel–evenif
theyarewithinthe
TriggerandReleaseranges–willnotretriggerorstop thezone’sriff.
Local
Ifyouwanttotriggeryourriffwithoutplayingthecurrentzone’sprogram,setLocaltoOff.
LocalissettoOffbydefaultsincemostuserswontwanttoplaytheprograminthe
zonethey
areusingforariff,butonlywishhearthatzone’sprogramasabackingtrack.WithLocalsetto
On,youwillplaythecurrentzonesprogramanytimeakeyispressed.Thiscouldcreate
undesired“gracenotes”ifyoutriggerariffthathasa
downbeatatthesametimeyouare
playinganote.
Loop
Ifyouwantyourrifftoloopindefinitely,setthisparametertoForever.Ifyouwanttohaveit
playonceandthenstopuntilyouretriggerit,setthisparametertoOnce.
BPM
Therearefourchoicesherethat
willdeterminewhatcontrolsthetempoofyourriff.WithBPM
settoSequence,theoriginaltempoinwhichtheriffwasrecordedwillbeused.WithBPMsetto
Setup,thetemposetontheCOMMONorTEMPOpageswillbeused.Whensyncingmultiple
riffsitisconvenient
toseteachriffs’BPMparametertoSetup.Doingthis,youcanchangethe
tempoofallriffsatonceontheTEMPOpage(seeTEMPO on page 11‐10.)AvalueofSetupis
alsousefulforsyncingriffstoazone’sarpeggiator.WithTempoBPMsettoExternal,theriff
will

Kurzweil PC3K Series Specifications

General

Brand	Kurzweil
Model	PC3K Series
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English