Kurzweil PC3K Series - Connecting MIDI

Startup
Startup—the Details
2-3
Digital
FordigitalaudiooutputfromthePC3K,connecta75‐OhmcoaxialcablefromthePC3K’sRCA
DigitalOutjacktotheAESorS/PDIFinputofthereceivingdevice.YoumayneedanRCA‐to‐
XLRadaptertoconnectwiththereceivingdevice.Ifthereceivingdevicereceivesonly
optical
signals,you’llneedaconverteraswell.ThePC3K’sMasterPage(presstheMastermodebutton) 
letsyouselectarangeofusefulsampleratesforthedigitaloutput.
TheRCAjacklabeledʺSyncInʺallowsyoutosynchronizethePC3KʹsS/PDIFDigitalAudio
outputsampleratetoan
externalS/PDIFsource.Althoughnoaudiosignalisreceivedbythe 
ʺSyncInʺjack,itsclockisreceivedandmaybeusedtosettheoutputsamplerate.Formore,
pleaseseeMasterModePage1:DigitalOutputonpage 11‐9.NOTE:SyncInisNOTaʺWord
Clockʺinput.
OnlyavalidS/PDIFsignalisrecognized.
Connecting MIDI
ThesimplestMIDIconfigurationusesasingle5‐pinMIDIcable:eitherfromtheMIDIOutport
ofyourPC3KtotheMIDIInportofanotherinstrument,orfromtheMIDIOutportofanother
MIDIcontrollertotheMIDIInportofthePC3K.Thereareallsortsof
possibleconfigurations,
includingadditionalsynths,personalcomputers,MIDIeffectsprocessors,andMIDIpatchbays.
Dependingonyoursystem,youmaywanttousethePC3K ’sMIDIThruporttopassMIDI
informationfromaMIDIcontrollertothePC3Kandontothenextdeviceinyoursystem.You
can
alsoconnectMIDIdevicestothePC3K’sMIDIOutport,whichcansendchannelizedMIDI
informationfromthekeyboardorthroughthePC3KfromyourMIDIcontroller.
TheMIDIThruportcanbeconfiguredtoserveasanadditionalMIDIOutbyslidingthenearby
switchtotheOutposition.
You
canalsousethePC3K’sUSBporttosendandreceiveMIDI.BydefaultthePC3Kwillshow
upasaUSBMIDIdevice.IfyouchooseUSBTemporaryDrivefromStoragemode,thePC3K
willtemporarily(whileonthatStorage modepage)becomea“virtualstoragedevice”andUSB
MIDI
willbedisabled.Differenthostprogramsonyourcomputermayindicate variouserrorsas
theUSBMIDIdeviceisnolongerpresent.LeavingStoragemodewillrestoreUSBMIDI
functionality.
USBMIDIand5‐pinMIDIcanbeusedatthesametime;theMIDIsignalswillbecombinedinto
a
single16‐channelMIDIstream.