Using Autosplit For Quick Layers And Splits; How Autosplit Works - Kurzweil PC2R Musician's Manual

sounds in the layers or splits, and create combinations of layers and splits. We'll show you how
to do it, then we'll explain what's going on.

Using AutoSplit for Quick Layers and Splits

We're going to start with piano, layer it with strings, add a split with bass, then layer the bass
with drums.
1. Press Internal Voices, then turn the Alpha wheel until you see Program 000 Stereo Grand.
(Or press Internal Voices then press Group, then press the Left cursor button or turn the
Alpha Wheel until you see
2. Press Layer (in the Performance region—also labeled Zone 2).
3. Turn the Alpha Wheel until you see Program 065 Slow Strings. Now you have piano and
strings layered across the entire keyboard.
4. Press Split (Zone 3).
5. Turn the Alpha Wheel until you see Program 104 Round and Wound. Now you have a
bass from the bottom of the keyboard up to G
up.
6. Press Split Layer (Zone 4).
7. Turn the Alpha Wheel until you see Program 112 Studio Drums 1+2. That's it: bass
layered with drums in the lower part of the keyboard, and piano layered with strings in
the upper part.

How AutoSplit Works

We'll go through the same procedure again, explaining what's going on with each step. If you
want to follow along, start by pressing Internal Voices to return to Internal Voices mode. Notice
the four zone buttons: Zone 1 is active (the LED in the Zone 1 button is green), while Zones 2–4
are muted (amber LEDs).
1. Press Layer (Zone 2). The first thing to notice is that you're in the Setup Editor. That's
because you now have two active zones, and as you know, you can't have more than one
zone in Internal Voices mode (because Internal Voices mode is based on the internal setup,
which has only one zone.) Consequently the PC2R automatically switches to the Setup
Editor so that it can activate Zone 2. Notice that the LED for Zone 2 is green, confirming
that Zone 2 is active.
As soon as you press Layer, Zone 2 becomes active, and whatever program is assigned to
Zone 2 gets layered with the piano. Zone 2 is now the current zone, which we know from
the information in the top line of the display (whichever zone number you see is the
current zone). Incidentally, the word
weren't, none of this would work).
2. Use the Alpha Wheel to select Program 065 Slow Strings. In Step 1 we created the layer
by activating Zone 2; now we've assigned a program to it.
3. Press Split (Zone 3). The PC2R automatically splits the keyboard at a predetermined point
(it's called the AutoSplit Key, and by default it's G
Zones 1 and 2 play above the AutoSplit Key. Zone 3 becomes active (and becomes the
, then press Enter.)
Piano|1
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3, and layered piano and strings from A 3
auto means that the AutoSplit feature is on (if it
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Playing Your PC2R
Layering and Splitting
3, although you can change it).
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