Kurzweil PC3LE6 Musician's Manual page 165

Song Mode and the Song Editor
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
of each MIDI channel is set by the volume of each zone, if a zone uses the same MIDI channel on
the SetupMode CH/PROG page (set with the Channel parameter.) If a zone does use a MIDI
channel that one of the tracks in your song uses, the volume of that track will be set by the
ExitVolume parameter of that zone (on the SetupMode:PAN-VOL page.) If multiple zones use
the same MIDI channel, the ExitVolume of the highest numbered zone that uses that channel
will set the volume for tracks that use that channel. If ExitVolume is set to NONE, the value for
EntryVolume is used. If EntryVolume and ExitVolume are set to NONE, then the track for that
channel uses the volume set for that channel in Program or Quick Access mode. If there is no
zone that uses certain channels used by your song, then those channels in your song will use the
volume setting of those channels set in Program or Quick Access mode.
Pan
You can set an initial pan position (the balance between the Left and Right audio channels) for
the playback and recording of each track as a value between 0 and 127. A value of 64 is center. If
the channel of the RecTrk or the control channel contains any panning data (controller 10), the
change will be reflected as the Pan parameter's value in real time, as well as on the MIXER page.
Also, changing the Pan value while recording will write Pan automation (controller 10
messages) to the current RecTrk's event list.
Initial Pan Settings
Each song file does not automatically save your Pan setting for each track. To make a song save
your Pan settings for each track, you must write an initial Pan value for each track. Initial Pan is
the Pan setting that will be used when your song is played back from the start of bar 1. An initial
Pan setting is essentially a Pan automation message that is written before the first tick of a track.
Initial Pan settings are not automatically written during recording because they make it harder
to try out different Pan settings for a track. For example, an initial Pan setting will reset any Pan
adjustments that you make during playback each time the song is stopped and played from the
start of bar 1, or if the song is stopped and played from any point if the Control Chase
parameter set to On on the Song:MISC page (see Song Mode: The MISC Page on page 10-17.) If
you plan to try out different pan positions, it is easier if you write an initial Pan after you have
found the desired setting.
Setting Initial Pan Per Track
Follow these steps to change the current RecTrk's initial Pan. While the sequencer is stopped,
press Record, change the value of Pan, press Stop, and save the song (follow the same method
to quickly set initial program or volume settings.) Initial program, pan, and volume can also be
set at the top of each track's event list (see Song Editor: The EVENT Page on page 10-31.)
Setting Initial Values For All Tracks
An important last step before saving a finished song is to store initial values of Program, Volume
and Pan for all tracks. This can be done at any time, but is best done as a last step if you plan to
make a lot of adjustments to these settings. To write initial settings for all tracks, press the Keep
soft button on the Song:MIXER page (see Song Mode: The MIXER Page on page 10-12.) After
pressing the Keep soft button you must save your song to save these settings (you are
automatically prompted to save upon exiting the Song:MIXER page.) Pressing the Keep soft
button stores the current value of each track's Program, Volume and Pan settings as initial
settings. Be sure that these values on each track are set to the value that you wish to store, as the
settings may have changed if you have written any automation.
Note: Don't use the Keep soft button if you would like certain tracks to not be stored with initial values.
In this case, only set initial values for each desired parameter as described above (see Setting Initial Pan
Per Track.)
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