Kurzweil PC3 Musician's Manual Addendum page 28

Setup Mode
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
SyncTo
The SyncTo parameter determines what an arpeggiator will sync to. An arpeggiator can sync to
another arpeggiator, a riff, or a song playing from Song mode. You can choose a specific
arpeggiator or riff to sync to by setting SyncTo to Arp 1–16 or Riff 1‐16, and the current
arpeggiator will always sync to that arpeggiator or riff. For example, if you have an arpeggiator
on a bass sound in zone 1 and an arpeggiator on a lead sound in zone 2, you may always want
the lead arpeggiation in zone 2 to sync to the bass arpeggiation in zone 1. In this case you would
set the SyncTo parameter in zone 2 to Arp 1.
You may want to have a little more freedom and not be tied to the bass arpeggiation in zone 1 as
the main "timekeeper." Maybe you want to start with the lead arpeggiation in zone 2 and have
the bass arpeggiation in zone 1 start later. In this case you would set the SyncTo parameter for
zone 2 to FirstArp.Av. With this setting, the arpeggiator will look for the first available
arpeggiator to sync to. So if both the bass arpeggiation and the lead arpeggiation have this
parameter set to FirstArp.Av., the arpeggiation that is started first will be the main
"timekeeper." If the lead arpeggiator starts first, the bass arpeggiator will see that as the first
available arpeggiator to sync to and will do so. If the bass arpeggiator is started first, the lead
arpeggiator will see that as the first available arpeggiator to sync to and will do so. This can be
very handy if you are using multiple arpeggiators and want to do some live improvisation; you
can start and stop different arpeggiators and as long is there is one arpeggiator playing, any
arpeggiator with SyncTo set to FirstArp.Av. will sync back up when triggered again.
You can also choose FirstRiff.Av., which behaves the same way as FirstArp.Av., but makes your
arpeggiator look for the first available riff to sync to. A setting of Main Seq. will sync the
arpeggiator to the song currently loaded in Song mode. You can select a song in Song mode,
then play it from setup mode with the front panel Play/Pause button. (Doing this temporarily
replaces the programs in your setup's zones with the program used for each channel in the song, so it's
best to make a setup that uses the same programs as your song on the same MIDI channels. If you plan on
syncing riffs with a song, it may be easier to start by creating a setup, then recording the setup into a
song. See Recording A Setup To Song Mode on page 7‐64 of The PC3 Musician's Guide for details.) A
setting of First Avail. will sync the arpeggiator to the first available arpeggiator, riff, or song
from Song mode.
Note: If you have multiple arpeggiators or riffs already playing when using FirstArp.Av., FirstRiff.Av.,
or First Avail. for the current arpeggiator, the current arpeggiator will sync to the arpeggiator or riff of
the lowest numbered zone that has an arpeggiator or riff playing.
SyncType
The SyncType parameter allows you to choose how your arpeggiator will sync to other
arpeggiators, riffs, or a song playing from Song mode.
With SyncType set to None, your arpeggiator will start playing as soon as it is triggered. It will
not sync to anything. With SyncType set to DownBeat, if there is already something playing to
sync to, the current arpeggiator will wait for the downbeat of the next measure before starting;
so, you can trigger the arpeggiator to start ahead of time, and have it start in sync at the
downbeat of the next measure. If Syncing to an arpeggiator, see Num Beats on page 3‐15 for details
on changing when an arpeggiator's downbeat will occur. With SyncType set to AnyBeat, if there is
already something playing to sync to, the arpeggiator will wait only until the next beat.
Depending on when you trigger the arpeggiator, it will sync up, but it may be on an upbeat or a
downbeat.
With SyncType set to DownBeatWait, if there is something playing to sync to, the arpeggiator
will wait for the downbeat of the next measure to start. The difference from DownBeat is that if
there is nothing to sync to, the arpeggiator will not start. This can be useful if you want to start
multiple arpeggiators synced to something else. For example, you could have a bass arpeggiator
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