Kurzweil PC3K Series - Chapter 6 Program Mode

Program Mode
VAST and KB3 Programs
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Chapter 6
Program Mode
ProgramsarethePC3K’s performance‐levelsoundobjects.They’represetsoundsequivalentto
thepatches,presets,voices,ormultisthatyoufindonothersynths.
ProgrammodeistheheartofthePC3K,whereyouselectprogramsforperformanceand
editing.ThePC3Kispackedwithgreatsounds,butit’salso
asynthesizeroftrulyamazingdepth
andflexibility.Whenyou’ rereadytostarttweakingsounds,theProgramEditoristheplaceto
start.
ThePC3Kofferstwonewpowerfuleditingfeatures:CascadeModeandDynamicVA S T.
• CascadeModeletsyourouteanylayerofaprogramintotheDSPof
anyotherlayer.Anyof
the32layersofaprogramcangointoany otherlayer.
• DynamicVA S T letsyou“wire”yourownalgorithms.YoucancombinedifferentDSP
functionsinanyorderyoulike,includingparallelandserialconfigurations.
VAST and KB3 Programs
ItisimportanttounderstandthedifferencebetweenVASTprogramsandKB3programs.
VA S T programscontainupto32layers,eachofwhichcontainsakeymaporKVAoscillator. 
Keymapsconsistsofanumberofsamplesassignedtoaparticularkeyboardrange.KVA
oscillatorsusepowerfulDSPtogeneratearange
ofsimpleandcomplexwaveforms(seeEditing
VA S T ProgramsWithKVAOscillators on page 6‐53formoredetails.)
KB3programsuseamuchdifferentarchitecture.Therearenolayersoralgorithms,justasetof
oscillators(designedtoemulatethetonewheelsinaHammondOrgan)thatstartrunningas
soonasyou
selectaKB3program.
Thenexttwosectionsgivemoredetaileddescriptionsofthedifferencesinstructurebetween
VASTprogramsandKB3programs.Thereareseveralperformancefeatures(andafewissues)
uniquetoKB3programs;thesearediscussedonpage6‐4.Afterthat,therearedescriptionsof
theProgram
modefeaturesthatarecommontobothtypesofprograms.