Pressure Map (Transmit) - Kurzweil PC3 Musician's Manual Addendum

MIDI Mode
The TRANSMIT Page
The default map, Linear, allows MIDI velocities to pass unchanged. Maps Light 1‐3 make it
increasingly easier to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same key strike velocity (with
Light 3 being the easiest,) so these maps may work better for users who play with a lighter
touch. Hard 1‐3 make it increasingly harder to produce high MIDI velocity values for the same
key strike velocity (with Hard 3 being the hardest,) so these maps may work better for users
who play with a harder touch. Piano Touch simulates the general velocity response of an
acoustic piano, and is best suited for playing acoustic piano sounds. Easy Touch is similar to the
Light settings, making high velocities easier to play, but it allows more sensitive control over
playing high velocities by not boosting the MIDI velocity for fast strike velocities as much as it
does for medium strike velocities. GM Receive mimics the velocity map commonly used by
keyboards that use the General MIDI (GM) sound set. The GM Receive map makes medium
strike velocities produce higher MIDI velocities compared to the Linear map.

Pressure Map (Transmit)

Change the Transmit Pressure Map setting if you are triggering external MIDI gear which is
producing MIDI pressure (aftertouch) values that are too high or too low based on your playing
style (how soft or hard that you press the keys.) The default map provides the widest range of
pressure expression, but you may want to choose a different map if the default does not suit
your playing style.
PRESS page for current Control Setup (in Program Mode) or current Zone (in Setup Mode)
The transmit Pressure Map affects the way the PC3 sends MIDI pressure (aftertouch) values to
its USB or MIDI Out port (see the circled box above for its location in the MIDI signal flow.)
Different maps output different MIDI pressure (aftertouch) values for the same received MIDI
pressure (aftertouch) value. Each map applies a different curve to received MIDI pressure
(aftertouch) values and remaps them to new values before transmitting them to the USB or MIDI
Out port (this parameter has no effect on MIDI data sent from Song mode or to the PC3's sound
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MIDI
Sources
PC3 Keyboard
Pressure Map Settings on Master Mode MAPS Page
PC3 Song Mode
MIDI
Destinations
PC3 Sound Engine
to
PC3 audio outputs
MIDI In via MIDI In port or USB Computer port
PressureMap Settings on MIDI Mode Receive Page
PressureMap Settings on MIDI Mode Transmit Page
MIDI Out via MIDI Out port or USB Computer port