Pedals - Kurzweil PC3LE6 Musician's Manual

Connecting MIDI
The simplest MIDI configuration uses a single 5-pin MIDI cable: either from the MIDI Out port
of your PC3LE to the MIDI In port of another instrument, or from the MIDI Out port of another
MIDI controller to the MIDI In port of the PC3LE. There are all sorts of possible configurations,
including additional synths, personal computers, MIDI effects processors, and MIDI patch bays.
Depending on your system, you may want to use the PC3LE's MIDI Thru port to pass MIDI
information from a MIDI controller to the PC3LE and on to the next device in your system. You
can also connect MIDI devices to the PC3LE's MIDI Out port, which can send channelized MIDI
information from the keyboard or through the PC3LE from your MIDI controller.
You can also use the PC3LE's USB Computer port to send and receive MIDI. By default the
PC3LE will show up as a USB MIDI device. If you choose USB Temporary Drive from Storage
mode, the PC3LE will temporarily (while on that Storage mode page) become a "virtual storage
device" and USB MIDI will be disabled. Different host programs on your computer may
indicate various errors as the USB MIDI device is no longer present. Leaving Storage mode will
restore USB MIDI functionality.
USB MIDI and 5-pin MIDI can be used at the same time; the MIDI signals will be combined into
a single 16-channel MIDI stream.

Pedals

Plug your switch or continuous pedals into the corresponding jacks on the PC3LE's rear panel.
We recommend using the Kurzweil pedals described on page page 1-4, but you can use almost
any switch or continuous pedal, as long as it adheres to the following specifications (as most
pedals do):
Switch pedals
Continuous pedals
If you use a third-party (non-Kurzweil) switch pedal, make sure it's connected before you turn
on your PC3LE. This ensures that the pedal will work properly (it might function backward—off
when it's down and on when it's up—if you turn on your PC3LE before plugging in the pedal).
Similarly, don't press any of your switch pedals while powering up, because the PC3LE verifies
each pedal's orientation during power up. If you're pressing a pedal, you might cause it to work
backward.
The pedals are independently assignable within each zone of every setup. Here are the default
settings for the three pedals you can use with the PC3LE:
Switch Pedal 1
Switch Pedal 2
Continuous Control Pedal 1
1
-inch tip-sleeve plug
/
4
10-kOhm linear-taper potentiometer,
with the wiper connected to the tip.
Controller 64 (Sustain)
Controller 66 (Sostenuto)
Controller 11 (Expression / Volume)
Startup—the Details
1
-inch tip-ring-sleeve plug
/
4
Startup
2-3