Kurzweil PC3K Series - Page 255

Master Mode
MAPS
11-5
velocity.EachmapappliesadifferentcurvetoreceivedMIDIattackvelocitiesandremapsthem
tonewvelocitiesbeforelettingthempass.Thedefaultmapprovidesthewidestrangeofvelocity
expression,butyoumaywanttochooseadifferentmapifthedefaultdoesnotsuityourplaying
style.See
thediagramabovefortheotherpagesthataffecttheMIDIattackvelocitybeforeand
afterreachingtheMasterVelocityMap.
Thedefaultmap,Linear,allowsMIDIvelocitiestopassunchanged.Light1‐3makeit
increasinglyeasiertoproducehighMIDIvelocityvaluesforthesamekeystrikevelocity
(with
Light3beingtheeasiest,)sothesemapsmayworkbetterforuserswhoplaywithalighter
touch.Hard1‐3makeitincreasinglyhardertoproducehighMIDIvelocityvaluesforthesame
keystrikevelocity(withHard3beingthehardest,)sothesemapsmayworkbetter
forusers
whoplaywithahardertouch.PianoTouchsimulatesthegeneralvelocityresponseofan
acousticpiano,andisbestsuitedforplayingacousticpianoprograms.EasyTouchissimilarto
theLightsettings,makinghighvelocitieseasiertoplay,butitallowsmoresensitivecontrolover
playing
highvelocitiesbynotboostingtheMIDIvelocityforfaststrikevelocitiesasmuchasit
doesformediumstrikevelocities.GMReceivemimicsthevelocitymapcommonlyusedby
keyboardsthatusetheGeneralMIDI(GM)soundset.TheGMReceivemapmakesmedium
strikevelocitiesproducehigherMIDIvelocities
comparedtotheLinearmap.GMReceiveeffects
notesfromthePC3K’skeyboardaswellas theMIDIinport.Thismapisautomaticallyused
whenthePC3KisinGMmode(seeGeneralMIDIMode(GMOn,GMOff)below,)thoughusers
maywanttousetheGM Receive
mapwhengeneratingMIDIoutsideofGMmodewhichwill
laterbeplayedbackbyaGMsystem.