Kurzweil PC3K Series - Assign

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Keymap and Sample Editing
The Keymap Editor
Ifyousetanewkeyrangethat’scompletely withinanexistingkeyrange,theexistingkeyrange
willbesplitintotwokeyranges,withthenewkeyrangebetweenthetwo.Atthispoint,you
mustchangeatleastoneparameterofthenewkeyrangebeforeeditingadifferentkeyrange,
otherwisethe
newkeyrangewillbemergedwiththeadjacentkeyranges.Ifyousetanew
keyrangethatoverlapspartorallofanotherkeyrange,thesampleassignedtothelowerkey
rangewillbeappliedtothenewkeyrange.Again,atthispointyoumustchangeatleastone
parameter
ofthenewkeyrangebeforeeditingadifferentkeyrange,otherwisethenewkeyrange
willbemergedwiththelowerkeyrangethat itoverlapped.
Assign
TheAssignsoftbuttonletsyouselectasample,thenspecifythekeyrangetowhichit’s
assigned.Thisenablesyoutoinsertanewkeyrangewithin
thecurrentkeymap.Whenyou
presstheAssignsoftbutton,adialogappearsthatpromptsyoutoselectasamplefromthe
Sampleslist.Scrollthroughthelist,thenpresstheOKsoftbutton.You’llthenbepromptedto
definethe newkeyrangebyplayingthenotesyouwant
tobethelowestandhighestnotesofthe
range.(PresstheCancelsoftbuttonifyouchangeyourmind.)Whenyoutriggerthelowand
highnotes,thenewkeyrangeisinserted.Ifthenewkeyrangepartiallyoverlapsanadjacentkey
range,theexistingkeyrangewillbe
adjustedtoaccommodatethenewrange.Ifthenewkey
rangecompletelyoverlapsanexistingkeyrange,theoriginalkeyrangewillbereplaced.
Rename
Callupthepagethatenablesyoutochangethenameofthecurrentkeymap.
Save
Starttheprocessofsavingthecurrentkeymap.
Delete
Deletethecurrent
keymapfrommemory.FactoryROMkeymapscannotbedeleted.
Special Double Button Presses in the Keymap Editor
SupposeyouhaveasamplewhoserootkeyisC4,andyouwanttoassignittoA0,becauseyou
don’texpecttoplayitoften.Ifyouwantittoplaybackwithouttransposition,you’llhaveto
adjusttheCoarseTuneparameter.CalculatingtherightvalueforCoarse
Tunecangettediousif
you’reassigningalargenumberofsamples.Fortunately,there’sashortcut.
1. Assignasampleroottoakeyrange,eitherusingtheLo,Hi,andSampleparametersor
usingtheAssignsoftbutton.
2. HighlightthevalueoftheCoarse Tuneparameter.
3. PressthePlus/Minusbuttonsat
thesametime.ThevalueofCoarseTunechanges
automatically.Ifthesampleisassignedtoonenote,thePC3K setsCoarseTunesothatthe
noteplaysthesamplewithouttransposition.Ifthesampleisassignedtoarangeofnotes,
thePC3KsetsCoarseTunesothatthe
middlenoteoftherangeplaysthesamplewithout
transposition.