Kurzweil PC4 SE Musician's Manual page 66

Editing Velocity Patterns
You can edit the highlighted pattern by pressing the EDIT button. You can create a new user
pattern by editing an existing pattern and saving it to a user ID.
Each pattern can have up to 48 steps, and each step can shift velocities by ± 127 steps. You
can insert a step with a value of "none" by selecting -127 and then scrolling down one more
value. A step with the value "none" causes the arpeggiator to play nothing for that step,
allowing you to create rhythmic patterns by using "none" to leave spaces. Pressing the BANK
- button removes the last step in the list, pressing the BANK + button inserts a new velocity
step at the end of the list (the pattern editor remembers the values of removed steps until
you save or exit). Use the NAVIGATION buttons to move between pattern steps, use the
ALPHA WHEEL or keypad function of the CATEGORY buttons to enter the velocity shift
amount for each step.
Note: For patterns with negative velocity values, if the velocity of the first played note is low
enough that a pattern step could result in a velocity of zero, some notes may have a velocity
of zero and therefore produce no sound.
To save an edited pattern, press the front panel SAVE button to view the save dialog and
select a user ID. You can also rename the pattern if desired. Press the EXIT button to return
to the Arpeggiator page.
Duration Mode
Use the Duration Mode parameter to set how the arpeggiator will control the duration
of played notes. When Duration Mode is set to Fixed, the Duration parameter appears
which allows you to set a fixed duration that will be applied to all arpeggiated notes. See
the Duration section below for details. When Pattern is selected, the Duration Pattern
parameter will appear, allowing you to select a preset or user defined duration pattern. See
the Duration Pattern section below for details.
Program Edit Mode
Arpeggiator Page
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