Kurzweil PC3LE6 Musician's Manual page 86

Setup Mode
The Setup Editor
Shift Key Number, Shift Key (ShKeyNum, ShiftKey)
These controller destinations allow you to play musical scales and single note patterns on any
assignable continuous controller in a setup, without the need of playing the physical keys of the
keyboard. These destinations can be controlled by any continuous controller, a knob, expression
pedal, key pressure, etc. These features are especially useful for playing fast arpeggiations.
These destinations only work when combined with other destinations and features, so be sure to
read this whole section to gain a complete understanding.
Shift Key Number (ShKeyNum, controller destination 176) works in a similar way to Key
Number (KeyNum, controller destination 134). Both controllers basically generate a
monophonic stream of notes. The difference is that Key Number plays through all notes
chromatically, while Shift Key Number only plays notes relative to a Shift Pattern.
For example, when controlling Shift Key Number from a knob, notes are triggered from a Shift
Pattern in forwards order as you turn the knob up, and backwards order as you turn the knob
down. If in our zone we have selected the Shift Pattern 2: minor, the notes being played by the
knob will be only the root, the minor third and fifth in the chosen key, triggering notes in any
octave up and down the keyboard. (See Shift Key below for details on selecting the root note and
octave.)
Selecting The Desired Notes:
You must select a Shift Pattern for the desired zone in order for Shift Key Number to have an
effect. To select a Shift Pattern for the current zone in a setup, enter the setup editor and go to the
Arpeggiator page by pressing the ARP1 soft button. Select a Shift Pattern from the ShiftPatt
field. If using multiple zones, a different pattern can be selected for each. The ShiftPatt field is
usually used with the arpeggiator, but can also be used in combination with the controller
destinations Shift Key Note, Shift Key, and Key Velocity. These destinations can use a zone's
Shift Pattern whether the arpeggiator is on or off without conflict. For more information on Shift
Patterns such as editing and saving, see Shift Pattern (ShiftPatt) on page 7-41. (Note that the
ShiftPatt Up or Down options, as well as any of the arpeggiator parameters other than ShiftPatt do not
have an effect on Shift Key Number.) You can also set controllers to destination 171 (ShiftPatt) to
select a pattern from the current bank of 128 shift patterns, and destination 172 (ShiftPBank) to
select a bank from banks of 128 shift patterns each.
Selecting The Desired Velocity:
In order to have a note sound when using Shift Key Number, you first need to send a Key
Velocity message (KeyVel, controller destination 135) with a non zero velocity. You must set a
controller to this destination, it's useful to set a knob or other continuous controller in order to
control velocity while playing. The next notes to be triggered by Shift Key Number will be
played with the last received KeyVel velocity. One note triggered by these controllers sounds
until another note is triggered or until a KeyVel message with velocity 0 is sent.
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