The Keyboard; The Pedals - Kurzweil Mark-Pro 3i Owner's Manual

Keyboard and Pedals

The Keyboard

The Pedals

The keyboard of the Mark Pro 3i consists of 88 weighted keys with an action designed to
simulate the feel of an acoustic piano. Just as with an acoustic piano, the harder you press the
keys of the Mark Pro 3i (more precisely, the faster you strike them), the louder and brighter the
resulting sound is. In technical terms, this is called "Velocity-Sensitivity". It makes the Mark Pro 3i
a truly expressive instrument. See the "Keyboard Touch" parameter at page 35 for information on
adjusting the velocity-sensitive to suit your taste (NOTE: The organ and harpsichord sounds
purposely aren't velocity-sensitive, in order to be more realistic; real organ and harpsichords
aren't velocity-sensitive.)
In addition to the expressiveness offered by the keyboard, there are three pedals that provide
you with further control over the sounds of the Mark Pro 3i. These pedals have the same
function as those on a grand piano, which are, from left to right:
Soft
Sostenuto
Sustain
The soft pedal reduces the volume while the pedal is
pressed. The soft pedal will not affect notes that are already
playing when it is pressed.
If you play a note on the keyboard and press the sostenuto
pedal while the notes are held, those notes will sustain as
long as you hold the pedal. All subsequently played notes
will not be sustained.
The sustain pedal (rightmost pedal) functions in the same
way as the damper pedal of an acoustic piano. When the
sustain pedal is pressed, notes continue to play after their
keys have been released. Releasing the pedal will silence the
sustained notes.
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