User manual KURZWEIL PC3 MUSICIANS GUIDE V1.32

[. . . ] Musician's Guide (includes PC3, PC3X, PC361, and X-Pro) ©2009 All rights reserved. ®, PC3®, KDFX®, Pitcher®, and LaserVerb®, KSP8 TM, K2661TM, K2600TM, K2500TM, and K2000TM are trademarks of Young Chang Co. , Ltd. All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Product features and specifications are subject to change without notice. [. . . ] See the table below for Shift Pattern step ranges and their corresponding starting octave. Default Octave Shifting Total # of Shift Pattern Steps 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 Starting Octave C0-C1 C1-C2 C2-C3 C3-C4 Selecting The Desired Octave Range: You adjust the starting octave manually, using the Add parameter on the corresponding controller's setup page. In the Add field, the addition or subtraction of the number of steps in your current shift pattern will raise or lower the starting octave in relationship to the default starting octave. For example, in a shift pattern with 3 steps, an Add value of 9 would cause a controller value of 0 to make Shift Key Number trigger notes in octave C3-C-4, 3 octaves above the default C0-C1. Add values that are not multiples of the number of current shift pattern steps will change which step the pattern begins on at controller value 0, thus offsetting the relationship between all of the controller's values and current shift pattern's steps. Adjusting Controller Range: When using Shift Key Number, the number of steps in the Shift Pattern also affects the range of values that will cause a controller to trigger a shift pattern step, and in turn affect the useful range of the physical controller. With a shift pattern of 12 notes, the 128 different notes that the PC3 can trigger are evenly spaced over the range of the controller. Patterns with less than 12 steps will trigger notes in every octave over a shorter range of the controller. For example, in a shift pattern with 3 steps, by default the controller values 0 to 2 will trigger notes starting in the lowest possible octave, and controller values 27 to 30 will trigger notes in the highest possible full octave. Using a slider for this controller, only about 1/4th of the length of the slider would be triggering notes. This decreased useful range makes the controller harder to use accurately. To remedy this, you can adjust a controllers behavior by using the Scale parameter on the corresponding controller's setup page (see Scale below. ) Adjust the Scale value to stretch the useful values of the controller across it's whole physical range. A scale value of less than 100% will be helpful for patterns with fewer than 12 steps. Experiment by adjusting the scale value until the highest desired note is triggered at the top of the controller's physical range. See Scale in the Continuous Controller Parameters section of this chapter for more details on the Scale parameter. For shift patterns with more than 12 steps, you will run out of controller values before your shift pattern triggers in every octave. If you want to be able to access all of the available octaves, you can achieve this by setting multiple controllers to Shift Key Number. Next, use the Scale and Add parameters for each controller, adjusting each to trigger the desired range of octaves (see Add below. ) 7-29 Setup Mode Controllers Continuous Controller Parameters The continuous (physical) controllers are those that have a range of values: the two wheels, the optional ribbon controller, the nine sliders, the two Continuous Control pedals, the optional breath controller (the jack of which is connected to CC pedal 2), and mono pressure (aftertouch). Dest Use this parameter to select a destination from the MIDI Controller Destination list (see page 7-22). Scale After you've selected a continuous physical controller, you can modify the controller's response similarly to the ways you can modify velocity response. Refer to the graphs beginning on page 7-12 for illustrations of the velocity scaling parameters. Higher values will make the controller more sensitive, and lower values will make it less so. [. . . ] Extra fuses are not provided, so you will need to acquire the correct fuse before you change the voltage. Removing the fuse holder Remove the power cord. Use a thin tool inserted into the hole where the red voltage indicator shows through. C--1 Pull up gently to open the fuse holder cover. The cover is hinged next to the power cord connection. Pry out the fuse holder. C--2 If there is only one fuse in the fuse holder, you must remove the metal clip on the empty side. The clip just pulls off: C--3 The clip removed from the fuse holder: Remove the fuse. Install two 250 mA fast blow fuses for 230V or two 500 mA fast blow fuses for 115V, one on each side of the fuse holder. [. . . ]