Kurzweil PC3LE - Page 145

Setup Mode
The Setup Editor
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Shift Key Number, Shift Key (ShKeyNum, ShiftKey)
Thesecontrollerdestinationsallowyoutoplaymusicalscalesandsinglenotepatternsonany
assignablecontinuouscontrollerinasetup,withouttheneedofplayingthephysicalkeysofthe
keyboard.Thesedestinationscanbecontrolledbyanycontinuouscontroller,aknob,expression
pedal,keypressure,etc.Thesefeaturesare
especiallyusefulforplayingfastarpeggiations.
Thesedestinationsonlyworkwhencombinedwithotherdestinationsandfeatu res,sobesureto
readthiswholesectiontogainacompleteunderstanding.
ShiftKeyNumber(ShKeyNum,controllerdestination176)worksinasimilarwaytoKey
Number(KeyNum,controllerdestination
134).Bothcontrollersbasicallygeneratea
monophonicstreamofnotes.ThedifferenceisthatKeyNumberplaysthroughallnotes
chromatically,whileShiftKeyNumberonlyplaysnotesrelativetoaShiftPattern.
Forexample,whencontrollingShiftKeyNumberfromaknob,notesaretriggeredfromaShift
Patternin
forwardsorderasyouturntheknobup,andbackwardsorderasyouturntheknob
down.IfinourzonewehaveselectedtheShiftPattern2:minor,thenotesbeingplayedbythe
knobwillbeonlytheroot,theminorthirdandfifthinthechosenkey,
triggeringnotesinany
octaveupanddownthekeyboard.(SeeShiftKeybelowfordetailsonselectingtherootnoteand
octave.)
Selecting The Desired Notes:
YoumustselectaShiftPatternforthedesiredzoneinorderforShiftKeyNumbertohavean
effect.ToselectaShiftPatternforthe
currentzoneinasetup,entertheset upeditorandgotothe
ArpeggiatorpagebypressingtheARP1softbutton.SelectaShiftPatternfromtheShiftPatt
field.Ifusingmultiplezones,adifferentpatterncanbeselectedforeach.TheShiftPattfieldis
usuallyusedwiththearpeggiator,but
canalsobeusedincombinationwiththecontroller
destinationsShiftKeyNote,ShiftKey,andKeyVelocity .Thesedestinationscanuseazone’s
ShiftPatternwhetherthearpeggiatorisonoroffwithoutconflict.FormoreinformationonShift
Patternssuchaseditingandsaving,seeShiftPattern(ShiftPatt) on page 7
‐41.(Notethatthe
ShiftPattUporDownoptions,aswellasanyofthearpeggiatorparametersotherthanShiftPattdonot
haveaneffectonShiftKeyNumber.)Youcanalsosetcontrollerstodestination171(ShiftPatt)to
selectapatternfromthecurrentbankof128shift
patterns,anddestination172(ShiftPBank)to
selectabankfrombanksof128shiftpatternseach.
Selecting The Desired Velocity:
InordertohaveanotesoundwhenusingShiftKeyNumber,youfirstneedtosendaKey
Velo cit ymessage(KeyVel,controllerdestination135)withanonzerovelocity.Youmustset
a
controllertothisdestination,it’susefultosetaknoborothercontinuouscontroller inorderto
controlvelocitywhileplaying.ThenextnotestobetriggeredbyShiftKeyNumberwillbe
playedwiththelastreceivedKeyVelvelocity.Onenotetriggeredbythesecontrollerssounds
untilanother
noteistriggeredoruntilaKeyVelmessagewithvelocity0issent.