Setups; Quick Access - Kurzweil PC3LE6 Musician's Manual

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Setups

Setups
Setups allow you to play a combination of programs, as well as giving you advanced
performance and control options. Setups can have up to 16 zones, each of which can be assigned
to any range of the keyboard (overlapping or split). Each zone can have its own program, MIDI
channel, and MIDI control assignments, as well as riff and arpeggiator settings.
Press the Setup mode button to the left of the display. Its LED will light, telling you that you're
in Setup mode. Notice that the Setup mode display is similar to the Program mode display. Press
the Info soft button to which programs and assignments are set for each zone. See page 7-1 for a
more detailed description.
Many setups include arpeggiation and note-triggered songs to create grooves that you can use
as is, or as templates for your own material. As you play with these setups, experiment with the
knobs and other controllers for a wide range of effects. Some of these grooves keep playing after
you've released the controls that got them going. When you want to stop them, select another
setup, press the Setup mode button, or press the Stop button.

Quick Access

A convenient way to select programs and setups is to use Quick Access mode, where you select
a Quick Access bank from a list of factory preset or user-programmed banks. Each bank contains
ten memory slots, or entries, where you can store any combination of programs or setups. While
you're in Quick Access mode, you can select any program or setup in the bank with buttons 0
through 9 or the cursor keys.
The PC3LE comes with a few Quick Access banks already programmed so you can get an idea of
how they work. Create your own Quick Access banks to help you select programs and setups
with a minimum of searching. Press the Quick Access mode button to the left of the display. Its
LED lights, to tell you you're in Quick Access mode.
The top line of the display tells you which Quick Access bank is selected. Use the Chan/Zone
buttons (to the left of the display) to scroll through the banks. The names of each of the ten
entries in the bank are listed in the center of the display. Longer names will be abbreviated. The
currently selected entry's full name is shown near the bottom of the display. The amount of
transposition is displayed to the left of the entry name. If the current entry is a program, you'll
see the current keyboard (MIDI) channel displayed to the right of the entry's name. If it's a
setup, you'll see the word Setup.
The entries on the Quick Access page are arranged to correspond to the layout of the numeric
buttons on the alphanumeric pad (except for the 0 button.)
When you're ready to create your own Quick Access banks, turn to Chapter 8 to learn about the
Quick Access Editor.
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