Kurzweil PC88 A Step By Step Manual page 38

PC88 Made Easy
If you have a second switch pedal, make sure it is plugged into the Switch Pedal 2 jack.
Hold the Controllers button and step on that pedal. If you donÕt have a second pedal,
hold the Controllers button and press the ÒEÓ Controllers button. Make sure that the
Switch Type is set to Momentary. Press the >> button, then 118, then Enter, to set the
pedal to Latch 2.
7. Now, both pedals (or pedal and button) are used to Latch the arpeggiator. Play a
chord. The notes are arpeggiated. Let go of the keys. The arpeggiation stops. In Pedals
mode, if both are off, then the arpeggiator works as if it is in Keys mode - any notes you
play are arpeggiated.
Hold a chord and step on the Pedal 1 and hold it down. Let go of the keys. The notes
continue to arpeggiate. Play a few more notes. They are added to the arpeggio. With
Controller 119 On in Pedals mode, the arpeggiator works as if it is Add mode. Let go of
Pedal 1. The arpeggiation stops.
Hold a chord and step on Pedal 2 (or press the E button) and hold it down. Let go of
the keys. Again the notes continue to arpeggiate. Play a few more notes. This time they
are NOT added to the arpeggio. With Controller 118 On in Pedals, mode, the
arpeggiator works as if it is Overplay mode. Let go of Pedal 2 (or button E). The
arpeggiation stops.
The reason we call this Pedals mode is that the two controllers work similarly to the
way the two pedals work when they are assigned to Sustain and Sostenuto. With
Controller 119, any notes held when you step on the pedal, PLUS any notes played
while the pedal is still down are arpeggiated (similar to the way a piano sustains with
the sustain pedal). With Controller 118, any notes held when you step on the pedal are
arpeggiated, but any notes played after pedal is depressed are NOT arpeggiated
(similar to the way a piano sustains with the sostenuto pedal, which is the middle pedal
on a 3 pedal piano).
As you can see, the latching modes give you a great deal of control over which notes get
arpeggiated. We encourage you to play around with these modes as well as the other
arpeggiation parameters to see what interesting uses you can find for it.
One last thing to remember is that if you have a controller assigned to turn the
Arpeggiator On and Off (which we did by assigning button F to this function in tutorial
#15), the arpeggiator must be turned On in order for any of the latching functions to
work.