Kurzweil PC3x - Clock

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Master Mode
CLOCK
PressingtheVoic essoftbuttoncallsuptheVoiceStatuspage,whichshowsthePC3’sactive
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PC3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sol id rectangular
blocks.
CPUusageisdisplayedinpercentontheb ottomofthepage,whichreflectshowmuchofthe
PC3’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.
CLOCK
PressingtheCLOCKsoftbuttonallowsyoutoviewthePC3’sSystemClock(seebelow.)When
objectsaresaved,theyaretimestampedwiththedateandtimeofthisclock.Thistimestamp
canbeseeninthefilepropertieswhenviewingthefileswithacomputer.
TheFormatsoft
buttonchangestheviewformatofthedateonthispage.TheSetsoftbutton
bringsyoutotheSetclockpagewhereyoucansetthesystemclockanddate.Usethecursorto
movebetweenfields,usethealphawheelorplus/minusbuttonstochangeeachfield.Onthe
Set
page,presstheSetsoftbuttontosavechangesandreturntotheSystemClockpage,orthe
CancelsoftbuttontoreturntotheSystemClockpagewithoutsavingchanges.
TheChronosoftbuttonbringsupthePC3’sChronometer(stop‐watch)page(seebelow.)This
canbeusefulfor
timingthelengthofsongsorperformances.PresstheStartsoftbuttontobegin
timing.TheChronometerwillcontinuerunningevenifyouexittootherscreensormodes.Press
theStopsoftbuttontostoptiming,theResetsoftbuttontoresettheChronometer,ortheCancel
softbutton
toreturntotheSystemClockpage.