Kurzweil PC3K8 - Minimum Delay (Mindly), Maximum Delay (Maxdly); Enable; Enable Sense (S)

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Program Mode
The LAYER Page
Minimum Delay (MinDly), Maximum Delay (MaxDly)
Thelengthofthedelayisdeterminedbythesetwoparameters.Whenthecontrolsource
assignedtoDlyCtlisatitsminimum,thedelaywillbeequaltothevalueofMinDly.Thedelay
willbeequaltothevalueofMaxDlywhenthecontrolsourceisatitsmaximum.If
DlyCtlisset
toOFF,yougettheminimumdelay.Ifit’ssettoON,yougetthemaximumdelay.Thisdoesn’t
changethenote’sattacktime,justthetimeintervalbetweentheNoteOnmessageandthestart
oftheattack.Thedelayismeasuredinseconds.
Enable
Thisassignsacontrolsourcetoactivateordeactivatethelayer.Whenthevalueoftheassigned
controlsourceisbetweentheminimumandmaximumthresholdssetbytheSense(S)
parameter,thelayerisactive.Whenthevalueoftheassignedcontrolsourceisbelowthe
minimumorabovethe
maximum,thelayerisinactive.Bydefault,manylayershavetheEnable
parametersettoON,sotheminimumandmaximumthresholdsdon’tmatter.They’rerelevant
onlywhenEnableissettoaspecificcontrolsource(likeMWheel).
Somelocalcontrolsources(KeyNumandAttVel,forexample)arenotvalid
fortheEnable
parameter.Inthesecases,youshouldusetheglobalequivalent(GKeyNumandGAttVelinthis
example).
Enable Sense (S)
Thisparameterdetermineshowandwhenalayerisenabledbythecontrolsourceassignedfor
theEnableparameter.EnableSensehasthreevalues:orientation,minimum,andmaximum.
Supposeforamomentthatyou’ reeditingaprogram,andinthe currentlayeryou’vesetthe
valueofEnabletoMWheel,which
causestheModWheeltocontrolwhetherthelayerisactive.
ThedefaultvaluesforEnableSenseareasfollows:orientationisNo rm ;minimumis64,and
maximumis127.ThismeansthatwhentheModWheelislessthanhalfwayup,thelayeris
disabled.Thelayerplays
onlywhentheModWheelismorethanhalfwayup.
ChangetheorientationtoRvrs,andthelayerplaysonlywhentheModWheelislessthan
halfwayup.ChangetheorientationbacktoNorm,andchangetheminimumto127.Nowthe
layerplaysonlywhentheMod
Wheelisallthewayup.
Youcouldusethisparametertosetupatwo‐layerprogramthatwouldletyouuseaMIDI
controltoswitchbetweenlayers,sayaguitarsoundandadistortedguitar.Bothlayerswould
havetheirEnableparameterssettothesamecontrolsource,
sayMWheel.Onelayerwouldhave
itsEnableSenseorientationsettoNorm,andtheotherwouldhaveitsettoRvrs.Bothlayers
wouldhavetheirEnableSenseminimumssetto64,andtheirmaximumsto127.Thefirstlayer
wouldplaywhenyourModWheelwasabove
itsmidpoint,andthesecondlayerwouldplay
whentheModWheelwasbelowitsmidpoint.(Youcouldachievethesameeffectbyhavingthe
EnableSenseorientationinbothlayerssettoNorm,andtheminimumandmaximumvaluesset
asfollows:minimum0andmaximum63forone
layer;minimum64andmaximum127forthe
other.)
UsingthisparameterinconjunctionwiththeEnableparameter,youcaneasilycreatevelocity‐
switchingforasmanylayersasyouhaveinyourprogram.Thisisusefulfordrumprograms,
sinceyoucandefineadifferentvelocity‐triggerlevelforeach
ofthe32layersavailableindrum
programs.
First,settheEnableparameterfortheLayer1toavalueofGAttVel(globalattackvelocity).This
causesthelayertoplaybasedontheattackvelocityofyourkeystrokes.ThensettheEnable
Sense(S)parametertoavalueofNorm,
andadjustitsminimumandmaximumvalues(thetwo
numeralstotherightofNorm)toanarrowrange.Don’tusenegativevalues,sincetheydon’t
applywhenyou’reusingGAttVelasthelayerenabler.