Kurzweil PC4 SE Musician's Manual page 104

Multi Edit Mode
Arpeggiator, CC Seq and Riff Page
Riff
The Riff parameters set whether the Riff is On or Off for the Program in each Zone.
Riffs are full songs or individual tracks of a song created in the PC4 SE's Song mode
that you can trigger in Multi mode. Standard MIDI files may also be imported to Song
mode and then used as riffs in Multis. Every zone in a Multi can have it's own riff—a
completely independent sequence. You can use a Multi with many riffs to trigger and stop
looped sequences of different instrument parts. Alternatively, a single riff can play multiple
instrument parts, and each riff can be used as a different song section of a backing track.
Edit Riff Settings
To edit the Riff settings, select the Riff parameter for the desired Zone, set the parameter to
On, then press the EDIT button to view the Riff page.
Follow these steps to use a riff:
1. Go to Song mode and find or record the song that you wish to use for your riff. Note the
song ID#, as well as the desired track and start/stop points.
2. Go to Multi mode and edit a Multi. On the Multi Edit Overview page, choose the
program that you want to use for the riff on the desired zone. (Program changes that are
recorded in song mode will be ignored when using the song as a riff in a Multi.)
3. Go to the Arpeggiator, CC Sequencer and Riff Page page, set the Riff parameter to On
for the desired Zone, and press the EDIT button to got to the Riff page.
4. On the Riff page, select the desired song, track, song Start/Stop points. See below for
descriptions of these parameters, as well as many other parameters that determine the
behavior of a riff.
Note: By default, setting a zone to trigger a riff will disable the ability to play notes of that
Zone's program from the keyboard. To re-enable this ability, see
5-16
"Local" on page 5-19.