Kurzweil PC3K8 - Pitch Bend Range up and down; Monophonic; Legato Play; Portamento

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Program Mode
The COMMON Page
Pitch Bend Range Up and Down
UsetheseparameterstodefinehowmuchthepitchwillchangewhenyoumoveyourPitch
Wheel.ForbothPitchBendRangeparameters,positivevalueswillcausethepitchtobendup,
whilenegativevalueswillcausethepitchtobenddown.Largepositivevaluescan cause
samplestobendto
theirmaximumupwardpitchshiftbeforethePitchWheelisfullyup(or
down).Thiswillnothappenwhenbendingpitchdown.
Monophonic
Whenoff,theprogramispolyphonic—it canplayupto128notesatatime.Noticethatwhenthe
Monophonicparameterisoff,theLegatoPlayparameterandthethreePortamentoparameters
donotappearontheCOMMONpage.Thisisbecauseonlymonophonicprogramscanuse
portamento.
WhenOn,theprogram
willplayonlyonenoteatatime.Thismakesitpossibletouseandto
determinethebehavioroftheportamento feature.DonotsetIgnoreReleaseOn(page 6‐25)
whenyouareusingMonophonicprograms,sincethelackofNoteOffmessageswillprevent
youfromswitchingprograms properly.
Legato Play
WhenLegatoPlayison,anotewillplayitsattackonlywhenallothernoteshavebeenreleased.
Thisisusefulforrealisticinstrumentalsounds.
Portamento
Thisparameteriseitheronoroff.ThedefaultvalueofOffmeansthatportamentoisdisabled
forthecurrentprogram.
Portamentoisaglidebetweenpitches.Onactualacousticinstrumentslikeviolinandbass,it’s
achievedbyslidingafingeralongavibratingstring.Onmostkeyboardstha tofferportamento,
it’sachievedbyholdingdownakeythattriggersthestartingnote,thenstrikingandreleasing
otherkeys.Thepitchglidestowardthemostrecentlytriggerednote,andremainsatthatpitchas
longasthenoteremainson.ThePC3Kgivesyoutwowaystogetportamento. SeetheAttack

Portamentoparameterbelow.
Whenyou’reapplyinglargeamountsofportamentotomulti‐sampledsounds(AcousticGuitar,
forexample),thePC3Kwillplaymorethanonesamplerootasthepitchglidesfromthestarting
pitchtotheendingpitch.Thismaycausea smallclickateachsampleroottransition.You
can
reducethenumberofclicksyou’llhearby enteringtheProgramEditorandadjustingthe
KeyTrkparameteronboththeKEYMAPandPITCHpages.Thequickestwayistosetthe
KeyTrkvalueontheKEYMAPpageto0,andto100onthePITCHpage.Thiswillstretch
the
samplerootthatplaysatC4acrosstheentirekeyboard.Nowanyamountofportamentowill
playonlyonesampleroot,andtheclickswilldisappear.