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Master Mode
UTILITIES
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MIDI
PressingtheMIDIsoftbuttonlaunchesMIDIScope™,ausefulsubprogramthatletsyou
monitortheMIDImessagesfromthePC3LEandthosereceivedviaMIDI.Thisisagoodwayto
makesureyou’rereceivingMIDIfromMIDImasters.It’salsogoodformakingsureyour
controlsareassignedasyou
wantthem,checkingyourattackvelocities,checkingyour
controllervalues,etc.
VOICES
PressingtheVoi ces softbuttoncallsuptheVoiceStatuspage,whichshowsthePC3LE’sact ive
voicechannelsasyouplay.TheVoiceStatuspagesdisplayseachactivevoiceasasolid
rectangularblock—formonovoices—ordisplaysstereopairsofvoicesasa>fortheleftchannel
voiceanda
<fortherightchannelvoice.Whateversymbolthepagedisplays,whenthekeyofa
voiceisreleased,thatvoice’ssymbolontheVoicesStatuspageturnsintoadotduringthe
releaseportionofthatvoice’senvelope.Whenthevoicedecaystosilence,itisnolongeractive,
andthedotdisappears.TheVoiceStatussymbolsappearsasshownbelow:
TheVoiceStatuspagegivesyouanindicationoftheenvelopelevelofeachvoice,thoughnot
necessarilythevolumelevel.Nonetheless,thiscangiveyouavaluableindication ofhowyour
voicesarebeingused.Forexample,if
allormostofthevoicesareactive,thenthere’sagood
chancethatwhenvoicestealingtakesplaceanaudiblevoicewillbereallocated.
TheVoicesutilityworksabitdifferentlyforKB3programs.ThePC3LEusesonevoiceof
polyphonyforeverytwotonewheelsinaKB3program.
IntheVoicesutility,thevoicesusedby
thetonewheelsappearassolidrectangularblock,meaningthatthevoicesareusedfortheKB3
program.Theydon’tgetreallocatedatanytime,sincethey’realwayson,evenifyou’ renot
playinganynotes.AnyvoicesnotdedicatedtoaKB3
programbehavenormally.Soifyouhave
asetupthatcontainsaKB3programinonezone,andVASTprogramsinoneormoreother
zones,youcanmonitorthevoiceallocationofthenon‐KB3voicesinthesectionofthedisplay
thatisn’tconstantlyfilledwithsolidrectangular
blocks.
CPUusageisdisplayedinpercentontheb ottomofthepage,whichreflectshowmuchofthe
PC3LE’stotalavailableCPUpowerisbeingusedfrommomenttomoment.Generally,having
morevoices,complexProgramsandeffectsinuseatoncewillresultinhigherCPUusage.
About
PressingtheAboutsoftbuttoncallsupthe generalinfoandcreditspageforthePC3LE.Press
anykeytoleavethispage.