Kurzweil PC3LE6 - Velocity Map (Transmit)

Master Mode
MIDI Transmit (XMIT)
9-13
Velocity Map (Transmit)
Change the MIDI Transmit Velocity Map setting if you are triggering external MIDI gear which
is producing notes that are too loud or too quiet based on your playing style (how light or heavy
that you play the keys.) The default map provides the widest range of velocity expression, but
you may want to choose a different map if the default does not suit your playing style.
The transmit Velocity Map affects the way the PC3LE sends MIDI velocity values
to its USB or MIDI Out port (see the circled box above for its location in the MIDI signal flow.)
Different maps output different MIDI velocity values for the same received MIDI attack velocity.
Each map applies a different curve to received MIDI attack velocities and remaps them to new
velocities before transmitting them to the USB or MIDI Out port (this parameter has no effect on
MIDI data sent from Song mode or to the PC3LE’s sound engine.) The default map provides the
widest range of velocity expression, but you may want to choose a different map if the default
does not suit your playing style. See the diagram above for the other pages that affect the MIDI
attack velocity before reaching the transmit Velmap.
The default map, Linear, allows MIDI velocities to pass unchanged. Maps Light 1-3 make it
increasingly easier to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same key strike velocity (with
Light 3 being the easiest,) so these maps may work better for users who play with a lighter
touch. Hard 1-3 make it increasingly harder to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same
key strike velocity (with Hard 3 being the hardest,) so these maps may work better for users
who play with a harder touch. Piano Touch simulates the general velocity response of an
acoustic piano, and is best suited for playing acoustic piano sounds. Easy Touch is similar to the
Light settings, making high velocities easier to play, but it allows more sensitive control over
playing high velocities by not boosting the MIDI velocity for fast strike velocities as much as it
does for medium strike velocities. GM Receive mimics the velocity map commonly used by
keyboards that use the General MIDI (GM) sound set. The GM Receive map makes medium
strike velocities produce higher MIDI velocities compared to the Linear map.
PC3LE Keyboard
KEY-VEL page for current Control Setup (in Program Mode) or current Zone (in Setup Mode)
VelMap Settings on Master Mode Page 1
VelMap Settings on MIDI Transmit Page
MIDI Out via MIDI Out port or USB Computer port
PC3LE Song Mode
MIDI In via MIDI In port or USB Computer port
PC3LE Sound Engine
VelMap Settings on MIDI Receive Page
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