Kurzweil PC3K8 - The Soft Buttons; The Cursor Buttons; The Chan;Layer Buttons

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The Soft Buttons
Thesoftbuttonsarecalled“soft”becausetheirfunctionschangedependingonthecurrently
selectedmodeandpage.Sometimestheyperformspecificfunctions,likechangingMIDI
channelsinProgrammode.IntheProgramEditorandothereditors,they’realsousedtomove
todifferentpagesofprogrammingparameters.Ifasoft
button’slabelisinallcapitalletters
(KEYMAP,forexample),pressingthecorrespondingsoftbutton takesyoutoapageof
parameters.Ifthesoftbuttonislabeledinlower‐caseormixed‐caseletters(Save,for example),
thesoftbuttonperformssomekindoffunction.
The Cursor Buttons
Totherightofthedisplayarefourbuttonsarrangedinadiamondfashion.Thesearecalledthe
cursorbuttons.Theymovethecursoraroundthecurrentlyselectedpage,inthedirection
indicatedbytheirlabels.Thecursorisahighlighted(reversed)rectangle(sometimesit’san
underscore).Itmarksthevalue
ofthecurrentlyselectedparameter.
ProgrammingthePC3Kinvolvesselectingvariousparametersandchangingtheirvalues.Select
parametersbyhighlightingtheirvalueswiththecursor.Youcanchangethehighlightedvalue
withanyofthedataentrymethodsdescribedinthedataentrysectionbelow.
The Chan/Layer Buttons
TotheleftofthedisplayaretwobuttonslabeledChan/Layer.Theirfunctiondependsonthe
currentmode.InProgrammode,forexample,theyshiftthroughtheMIDIchannels,showing
theprogramassignedtoeachchannel.ThischangestheMIDIchannelthePC3Kusesinternally, 
aswellasthechannel
you’reusingtosendinformationtoothersynthsconnectedtothePC3K’s
MIDIOutport(MIDIslaves).ChangingthecurrentMIDIchannelalsochangesthe
correspondingsettingontheMIDImodeTRANSMITpage.WhenyoupressbothChan/Layer
buttonsatthesametimeyouwillbereturnedtoChannel1,Check
outthechartonpage 3‐10for
moreshortcutsyoucanmakewithdoublebuttonpresses.
Whenyou’reintheProgramEditor,theChan/Layerbuttonsletyouvieweachlayerinthe
program.Youcanseethecorrespondingparametersineachlayerbyscrollingthroughthe
layerswiththesebuttons.In
theSetupEditor,theChan/Layerbuttonsscrollthroughthezones
inthecurrentsetup.InQuickAccessmode,theyscrollthroughtheQuickAccessbanks,andin
Songmodetheyscrollthroughrecordingtr acks.
We’llletyouknow,whenapplicable,whattheChan/Layerbuttonsdo.