Kurzweil PC3K Series - The Soft Buttons in Program Mode; Controller Entry Values in Program Mode

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Program Mode
The Program Mode Page
Ifyoudon’tlikethewaythephysicalcontrollersworkinProgrammode,youcaneitherselecta
differentControlSetup,oredittheexistingone.AnychangesyoumaketothecurrentControl
SetupwillalsoaffectthewaythatsetupworksinSetupmode.
Thereareafewimportant
pointstorememberabouttheControlSetup:
•ThecurrentControlSetupgovernscontrollerassignmentsforallmodesexceptSetup,where
eachsetuphasitsownuniqueassignments.
•ThecurrentControlSetupisusedbyallprogramsinProgrammode.
•YoucannotchangetheControlSetupfromwithinProgrammode.
•TheControlSetupdoesn’t
affectthesoundofaprogram,onlytheassignmentsofcertain
physicalcontrollers.Thesamplesandkeymapsassignedtoaprogramareunaffectedbythe
ControlSetup.Whileyou’reinProgrammode,thePC3Kignorestheprogramsassignedto
thesetupthatyouchooseastheControlSetup.
•Almostallof
theVASTprogramsinthePC3Karedesignedtorespondtothecontroller
assignmentsinthedefaultControlSetup(126 Internal Voices ).Thereforeyou’llwanttouse
126 Internal Voicesas theControlSetupinmostcases.However,ifyouwanttochangethe
controllerassignmentsforanyprogramorsetofprograms
(eitherVASTorKB3),usea
ControlSetupthathasthecontrollerassignmentsyouwant.
The Soft Buttons in Program Mode
UsetheOctav–andOctav+softbuttonstotransposeupordownbyafulloctave.Pressingboth
Octavbuttonssimultaneouslyreturnsthetranspositiontoitsoriginalsetting.
PressingthePanicsoftbuttonsendsanAllNotesOffmessageandanAllControllersOff
messageonall16MIDIchannels.
Pressthe
Infosoftbuttontoseeallofthecontrollerassignmentsofthecurrentprogram.Scroll
downthepageusingtheAlphaWheelorthePlus/Minusbuttons.
TheXpose‐/Xpose+buttonsareashortcutforquicktranspositioninsemitone(halfstep)
increments.Youcanusethemtotransp osetheentirePC3Kas
muchasthreeoctavesupor
down.Thetoplineofthedisplayshowsthecurrentamountoftra nsposition(Xpose).Pressing
bothXposebuttonssimultaneouslyreturnsthetranspositiontozero.TheXposebuttons
transposethePC3K,aswellasanyMIDIdevicesconnectedtothePC3K’sMIDIOutport.
Changing
thetranspositionwiththesof tbuttonsalsochangesthecorrespondingsettingonthe
MIDImodeTRANSMITpage.
Controller Entry Values in Program Mode
Tocaptureentryvaluesforsliders,gototheControllerspagebypressingtheCTLSsoftbutton
intheprogrameditor.Thesoftbuttonnexttoit,“SetCtl,”allowsyoutocapturethevaluesof
yoursliders,MwheelandMIDI29(theSWbutton,locatedabovetheModWheel).
Similarly,when
usingaKB3program,youcancapturetheentryvaluesforthedrawbars(the
sliders)bypressingthe“SetDBR”softbutton intheKB3programeditor(thisbuttonislocated
nexttotheDRAWBRsoftbutton).