Velocity Map (Transmit) - Kurzweil PC3A User Manual

Velocity Map (Transmit)

Change the MIDI Transmit Velocity Map setting if you are triggering external MIDI gear which is
producing notes that are too loud or too quiet based on your playing style (how light or heavy
that you play the keys.) The default map provides the widest range of velocity expression, but
you may want to choose a different map if the default does not suit your playing style.
PC3A Keyboard
KEY-VEL page for current Control Setup (in Program Mode) or current Zone (in Setup Mode)
Velocity Map Settings on Master Mode MAPS Page
PC3A Sound Engine
to
PC3A audio outputs
The transmit Velocity Map affects the way the PC3A sends MIDI velocity values to its USB or
MIDI Out port (see the circled box above for its location in the MIDI signal flow.) Different maps
output different MIDI velocity values for the same received MIDI attack velocity. Each map
applies a different curve to received MIDI attack velocities and remaps them to new velocities
before transmitting them to the USB or MIDI Out port (this parameter has no effect on MIDI data
sent from Song mode or to the PC3A's sound engine.) The default map provides the widest range
of velocity expression, but you may want to choose a different map if the default does not suit
your playing style. See the diagram above for the other pages that affect the MIDI attack velocity
before reaching the transmit Velmap.
The default map, Linear, allows MIDI velocities to pass unchanged. Maps Light 1-3 make it
increasingly easier to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same key strike velocity (with
Light 3 being the easiest,) so these maps may work better for users who play with a lighter touch.
Hard 1-3 make it increasingly harder to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same key
strike velocity (with Hard 3 being the hardest,) so these maps may work better for users who play
with a harder touch. Piano Touch simulates the general velocity response of an acoustic piano,
and is best suited for playing acoustic piano sounds. Easy Touch is similar to the Light settings,
making high velocities easier to play, but it allows more sensitive control over playing high
velocities by not boosting the MIDI velocity for fast strike velocities as much as it does for
medium strike velocities. GM Receive mimics the velocity map commonly used by keyboards
that use the General MIDI (GM) sound set. The GM Receive map makes medium strike velocities
produce higher MIDI velocities compared to the Linear map.
MIDI
Sources
MIDI In via MIDI In port or USB Computer port
VelocityMap Settings on MIDI Mode Receive Page
PC3A Song Mode
MIDI
Destinations
MIDI Out via MIDI Out port or USB Computer port
VelocityMap Settings on MIDI Mode Transmit Page
MIDI Mode
The TRANSMIT Page
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