Assign Pads To Play Notes, Chords, Riffs, Or To Toggle Other Functions Like Arpeggiators - Kurzweil PC3LE6 Musician's Manual

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Assign Pads To Play Notes, Chords, Riffs, Or To Toggle Other Functions Like Arpeggiators

In Setup mode you can assign the PC3LE's pads to play notes, chords or riffs. You can also
assign each pad to function as a switch that can control program parameters or send MIDI
continuous controller values (internally or to external equipment.) See Pads on page 7-15 for
details on each function.
See Chapter 13, Tutorials: Setup Mode for examples of assigning the PC3LE's pads and other
physical controllers to parameters and controller destinations. See The Controller Destination
List on page 7-17 for a list of parameters that can be controlled with physical controllers via
control destination numbers. Controller destinations 147 and above control arpeggiator and riff
parameters.
To set a pad to toggle a zone's arpeggiator on and off, select the setup to edit and press the Edit
button to the left of the display to enter the Setup Editor. In the Setup Editor, select the zone of
the arpeggiator you want to control by using the Chan/Zone buttons to the left of the display
(the currently selected zone number can be viewed in the top right corner of the display.) To set
a pad to toggle a zone's arpeggiator, the arpeggiator's Active parameter must be set to On on
the ARPEGGIATOR page for that zone. Next, press the CTRLS soft buttons to move to the
Controllers page for the same zone, and choose the desired pad in the Controller field. To do
this, select the Controller field with the cursor buttons, hold the Enter button (located with the
Category buttons) and press the desired pad. You can also select the desired pad in the
Controller field by using the Alpha Wheel or - / + buttons. With the desired pad selected, use
the cursor buttons to select the Type field, then use the - / + buttons to select Switch. Next, use
the cursor buttons to select the DestType field and set it to Ctrl by using the - / + buttons.
Finally, use the cursor buttons to select the OnControl field and set it to ArpOn by pressing 147
on the alphanumeric pad, followed by the Enter button. Use the cursor buttons to select the
OffControl field and set it to ArpOff by pressing 148 on the alphanumeric pad, followed by the
Enter button. The other parameters should stay at their defaults (SW Type: Toggled, OnValue:
0, OffValue: 0, EntryState: Off, ExitState: Off.) Now pressing and lighting the current pad will
enable the arpeggiator for the current zone. Unlighting the current pad will disable the
arpeggiator for the current zone. Repeat these steps for each zone with a different pad to have
separate on/off controls for each zones arpeggiator. You can also use the same pad for different
zones if you want to control multiple arpeggiators from the same pad.
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