The Arpeggiator & Arpeggiator 2 (Arp1, Arp2) Pages - Kurzweil PC3LE6 Musician's Manual

destinations 21 and 15) for other controllers, such as the Knobs and Expression pedals (see Aux
Bend 1 Up/Down and Aux Bend 2 Range below.)
Keep in mind that not all MIDI devices respond to Bend Range messages. With many older
MIDI instruments, you must set bend ranges on the devices themselves.
Changing programs sends a Bend Range message with the current program's values. So does
pressing Panic, which is a quick way to reset your PC3LE or MIDI slaves if you've used a
controller to modulate the bend range.
Aux Bend 1 Up and Aux Bend 1 Down
Like BendRangeUp/Down, Aux Bend 1 defines the range for Pitch Bend messages, but does so
for those physical controllers assigned to controller destination 21, MIDI 21. There are two
parameters related to AuxBend 1: an upward value (AuxBend1Up) and a downward value
(AuxBend1Dwn). This means that you can set different values for upward and downward pitch-
shifting. For example, you could get the Pitch Wheel to give you both vibrato and whammy-bar
effects for the guitar program in a setup. In the zone that contains the guitar program, set
AuxBend1Up to 2ST and AuxBend1Dwn to 12ST, then assign the Pitchbend up and Pitchbend
dn parameters (for the Pitch Wheel) on the Controllers page to a value of MIDI21. Now moving
the Pitch Wheel up gives you a whole tone of upward bend, while moving it down gives you a
full octave of downward bend.
Aux Bend 2 Range
The PC3LE allows you to specify a third pitch bend range; this is called AuxBend 2, and it
defines the range for controllers set to controller destination 15, MIDI 15. For AuxBend 2, you
can set only one range for both upward and downward pitch bending.
A Note About Continuous Controllers and The BEND Page:
Unlike the Pitch Wheel, other continuous controllers such as a knob will not automatically
return to the original center pitch. This can make it hard to accurately return the controller to it's
center position by hand. In these cases, it is useful to use a separate controller for bending only
up or down. For example, to have a knob only bend up, use a knob with an Offset value of 64
and a Scale value of 50%, and Curve set to Linear. The bottom of the knob range will now be the
center pitch, and the top of the knob range will be the top of your bend range. To have a knob
only bend down, use a knob with an Offset value of -127 and a Scale value of 150%, and Curve
set to Linear. The top of the knob range will now be the center pitch, and the bottom of the knob
range will be the bottom of your bend range. See page 7-10 for more on setting knob controller
parameters.
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
Each zone in a setup has its own Arpeggiator. When activated, each Arpeggiator takes MIDI
note input from the PC3LE keyboard (or via MIDI) and outputs a rhythmic pattern of MIDI
notes. You can control the speed and nature of the pattern in real time. Each Arpeggiator can
affect both the PC3LE and external MIDI instruments. The notes produced by the Arpeggiator in
a given zone go to all of that zone's destinations: local, MIDI, or both. You can also set one zone's
arpeggiator to override arpeggiators on other zones using the Arpeggiator Global (ArpGlobal)
parameter on Setup Mode's COMMON page.
The concept behind the PC3LE's Arpeggiators is fairly simple, although the options are
extensive. You might think of each Arpeggiator as a "note processor," generating complex
output from relatively modest input. You can select any number of notes for the input, and tell
the Arpeggiator to recognize and remember them. This is called "latching" the notes. The
Arpeggiator then processes them by playing them repeatedly, and/or transposing them up and
Setup Mode
The Setup Editor
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