The Soft Buttons; The Cursor Buttons; The Chan/Layer Buttons - Kurzweil PC3 Getting Started Manual

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The Soft Buttons

The soft buttons are called "soft" because their functions change depending on the currently
selected mode and page. Sometimes they perform specific functions, like changing MIDI
channels in Program mode. In the Program Editor and other editors, they're also used to move
to different pages of programming parameters. If a soft button's label is in all capital letters
(KEYMAP, for example), pressing the corresponding soft button takes you to a page of
parameters. If the soft button is labeled in lower-case or mixed-case letters (Save, for example),
the soft button performs some kind of function.

The Cursor Buttons

To the right of the display are four buttons arranged in a diamond fashion. These are called the
cursor buttons. They move the cursor around the currently selected page, in the direction
indicated by their labels. The cursor is a highlighted (reversed) rectangle (sometimes it's an
underscore). It marks the value of the currently selected parameter.
Programming the PC3 involves selecting various parameters and changing their values. Select
parameters by highlighting their values with the cursor. You can change the highlighted value
with any of the data entry methods described in the data entry section below.

The Chan/Layer Buttons

To the left of the display are two buttons labeled Chan/Layer. Their function is related to the two
small arrows— M L—that appear in the top line of the display when there are multiples of the
current page—for example, the LAYER pages in the Program Editor. When you see these
arrows, you can use the Chan/Layer buttons to scroll the values of the parameter that appears to
the right of the arrows. In Program mode, for example, they shift through the MIDI channels,
showing the program assigned to each channel.
When you're in the Program Editor, the Chan/Layer buttons let you view each layer in the
program. You can see the corresponding parameters in each layer by scrolling through the layers
with these buttons. In the Setup Editor, the Chan/Layer buttons scroll through the zones in the
current setup. In Quick Access mode, they scroll through the Quick Access banks, and in Song
mode they scroll through recording tracks.
We'll let you know, when applicable, what the Chan/Layer buttons do.
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