Kurzweil PC3K Series - Low Key (Lokey); High Key (Hikey); Low Velocity (Lovel); High Velocity (Hivel)

Program Mode
The LAYER Page
6-23
Low Key (LoKey)
Thissetsthelowestactivenoteforthecurrentlayer.Thisparameter’svaluecannotbesethigher
thanthevalueforHiKey.ThestandardMIDIkeyrangeisC1—G9(0‐127).MiddleCisC4
(ISP).
High Key (HiKey)
Hereyousetthehighestactivenoteforthecurrentlayer.Thisparameter’svaluecannotbeset
lowerthanthevalueforLoK ey.
Low Velocity (LoVel)
Withthisparameteryoudefinethelowestattackvelocityatwhichthelayerwillbeenabled
(generateasound).Thevaluesforthisparameterandthenextareexpressedinthestandard
musicaldynamicsmarkings,similartothevaluesavailableforthevelocitymaps.Attack
velocitiesthatarebelowthisthreshold
willnottriggernotes.Ifyousetthisparameter’svalue
higherthantheHiVelvalue,thelayerwillnotplayatall.
High Velocity (HiVel)
Similarly,thi swillsetthehighestattackvelocityatwhichthelayerwillbeenabled.Attack
velocitiesabovethisthresholdwillnottriggernotesinthislayer.
UsingLoVelandHiVel,youcansetupvelocityswitchingbetweenuptoeightlayers.Ifyou
needevenmore,youcandoit
usingtheEnableandEnableSense(S)parameters(page 6‐24).
Pitch Bend Mode (Bend)
ThisdetermineshowPitchbendcontrolmessageswillaffectthecurrentlayer.Avalueof All
bendsallnotesthatareonwhenthePitchbendmessageisgenerated.AvalueofKeybends
onlythosenoteswhosetriggersarephysicallyonwhenthePitchbendmessageisgenerated
(notesheld
withthesustainpedal,forexample,won’tbend).Thisisgreatforplayingguitar
solosontopofchords—playachord,holditwiththeSustainpedal,thenplayyourlicksand
bendthemallyouwant;thechordwon’tbendwithit.AvalueofOffdisablesPitchbend
forthe
currentlayer.
Trigger (Trig)
SetTrigtoRvrstohavenotestriggeredonkey‐up.Theinitialvelocitiesofnotestriggeredthis
wayaredeterminedbythereleasevelocitiesofthekeysthattriggerthem.Thedefaultsettingis
Norm.
Delay Control (DlyCtl)
Hereyouselect,fromtheControlSourcelist,acontrolsourcethatwilldelaythestartofallnotes
inthecurrentlayer.ThelengthofthedelayisdeterminedbyMinDlyandMaxDly(described
below).You’llassignacontinuouscontrollikeMWheel fortheDlyCtlparameterwhenyou
wantto
varythedelaytime,andaswitchcontrolifyouwantthedelaytoeitherbeitsminimum
value(switchoff),oritsmaximum(switchon).Thedelaycontrolwillaffectonlythosenotes
triggeredafterthedelaycontrolsourceismoved;thedelaytimeiscalculatedateachnote
start,
basedonthestatusofthedelaycontrolsourceatthattime.