Kurzweil PC3K Series User Manual

Program Mode
The COMMON Page
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There’satradeoffhere,sincemany soundswillchangeintimbreasthesesinglesamplerootsare
pitch‐shiftedduringtheportamento.Thiswillbemostnoticeableforacousticinstrument
sounds,andmaynotbenoticeableatallforsingle‐cyclewaveformslikesawtoothwaves.
Furthermore,somesampleswillnotglide
allthewayuptothehighestnotes—there’salimitto
theamountofupwardpitch‐shiftingthatcanbeappliedtosamples.Ifthisdoesn’tworkforyou,
youcancompromisebetweenthenumberofclicksandtheamountoftimbrechangebyfurther
adjustingtheKeyTrk parameterson
theKEYMAPandPITCHpages.
AslongasthecombinedvaluesoftheKeyTrkparametersonbothpagesaddupto100,you’ll
havenormalsemitoneintervalsbetweenkeys.Ifyousetbothparameterstovaluesof50,for
example,thesoundwillstillplaynormally,andyou’llhaveseveralsample
roots(abouthalfthe
numberoftheoriginalsound)stretchedevenlyacrossthekeyboard,insteadofjustone.This
willgiveyoufewerclicksthan intheoriginalsound,butnotasmuchchangeinti mbre assetting
theKEYMAPKeyTrk valueallthewayto0.SettheKEYMAP
KeyTrkparameterhigherto
reducethechangeintimbre,orsetthePITCHKeyTrkvaluehighertoreducethenumberof
clicks.Justmakesurethecombinedvaluesaddupto100,topreservethenormalintervals
betweennotes.
Portamento Rate
ThesettingforPortamentoratedetermineshowfastthecurrentnoteglidesfromstartingpitch
toendingpitch.Thevalueofthisparam etertellsyouhowmanysecondsthenotetakestoglide
onesemitonetowardtheendingpitch.Atasettingof12keys/second,forexample,thepitch
would
glideanoctaveeverysecond.Thelistofvaluesisnonlinear;thatis,theincrementsget
largerasyouscrolltohighervalues.
Attack Portamento
Thisparametertogglesbetweentwotypesofportamento.WhensettoOn,thePC3Kremembers
thestartingpitchsoyoudon’thavetoholdanoteontoachieveportamento.Thepitchalways
glidestoeachnewnotefromthepreviouslytriggerednote.WhensettoOff,thepitchwill
glide
tothemostrecentlytriggerednoteonlywhenthepreviousnoteisstillon(inotherwords,you
mustuselegatofingering).
Globals
Thisisanothertoggle,whichaffectsLFO2,ASR2,FUNs2and4.Whenoff,these threecontrol
sourcesarelocal;theyaffecteachindividualnoteinthelayersthatusethemasacontrolsource.
Theybeginoperatingeachtimeanoteinthatlayeristriggered.
WhentheGlobalsparameter
issettoOn,thesecontrolsourcesbecomeglobal,thatistheyaffect
everynoteineverylayerofthecurrentprogram,they’renotspecifictoanyonelayer.When
thesecontrolsourcesareglobal,theybeginoperatingassoonastheprogramisselected.When
Globalsareon,LFO2,
ASR2,andFUNs2and4willappearontheirrespectivepagespreceded
bytheletterGtoindicatethatthey’reglobal.
You’lluseglobalcontrolsourceswhenyouwanttoaffect allnotesinaprogramuniformly,and
localcontrolsourceswhenyouwanttoaffecteachnoteindependently.For
example,you’dusea
globalLFOcontrollingpitchtocreateaLeslieeffectonanorgansound,sinceyouwantthe
affectappliedtoallthenotesyouplay.You’dusealocalLFOcontrollingpitchtocreate avibrato
forasoloviolin,sinceyouwanttobeableto
varytherateanddepthofthevibratoforeachnote.
Output: Gain, Pan, and Pan Mode
TheOutputparametersontheCOMMONpageallowyoutoadjustthefinal‐stagegainand
panningofthepost‐FXsignal.UsetheOutGainparametertocutorboostthesignal.Usethe
OutPanparametertopanthesignal;negativevaluespan theaudiosignaltotheleftchannel,
positive
valuestotheright,andavalueofzeropanstothecenter.

Kurzweil PC3K Series Specifications

General

Brand	Kurzweil
Model	PC3K Series
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English