Kurzweil PC2 - MUSICIANS GUIDE REV A Manual page 32

Performance Features
The Front Panel
The EQ button is the one feature in the Zone Select and Assignable Controllers region that does
the same thing in all three performance modes. It turns the three-band equalization (EQ) on and
off. The EQ settings affect the entire PC2. See page 3-14 to learn how to change the EQ settings.
Button SW1 (also labeled Octave Shift) is a convenient way to ÒtransposeÓ the entire PC2 down
one octave in Internal Voices mode. Press SW1 once to activate transposition, and the LED will
light. This causes a Ònote shiftÓ that for most programs lowers the pitch an octave. WhatÕs
actually happening is that the programs get shifted so that each key plays a different MIDI note
number (for example, C 4 normally plays Note Number 60, but with octave shift on, it plays
Note Number 48). We mention this because in most programs, it seems that youÕre transposing
down an octave. For non-pitched programs like drums and percussion, however, each sound
gets moved an octave upward (so if you play C 4 to play a snare with octave shift off, youÕll play
C5 to get the same snare when octave shift is on). Press SW1 again to remove the shift.
If youÕve used the AutoSplit feature to make quick layers and splits, the octave shift transposes
the layers in the lower part of the keyboard (corresponding to the Zone 3 and Zone 4 buttons)
up one octave, and transposes the layers in the upper part of the keyboard (corresponding to the
Zone 1 and Zone 2 buttons) down one octave. This keeps the low notes from being too low, and
the high notes from being too high.
Button SW2 (also labeled Chorus/Vib On/Off) activates or deactivates the chorus and vibrato
effects built into many of the organ voices in Internal Voices mode.
Button SW2 (also labeled Rotary Fast/Slow) changes the speed of the rotary-speaker effect thatÕs
built into many of the organ programs in Internal Voices mode. Press SW2 once to light its LED
and apply a rapid rotary effect. Press it again to return to a slower effect. If a program doesnÕt
have a built-in rotary effect, or if you turn the effect off by pressing the FX-B button, this button
doesnÕt do anything. Button SW2 also has uses in some of the non-organ programs. Check out
Program 96 and listen for the changes in the sound as you switch the button on and off.
Button SW3 (also labeled Chorus/Vib Depth) sends MIDI Controller 12 (EfxCt 1), which may or
may not have an effect, depending on the current program. It sends a value of 127 when on,
and 0 when off.
Although Buttons SW4 and SW5 arenÕt in the same region as SW1ÐSW3, they work in a similar
manner (theyÕre located above the Pitch Wheel and Mod Wheel). By default, SW4 activates the
arpeggiator when itÕs on, and deactivates it when itÕs off. The default setting for SW5 is to send
MIDI Controller 29 with a value of 127 when itÕs on; it sends MIDI Controller 29 with a value
of 0 when itÕs off.
The functions of SW1ÐSW5 in Internal Voices mode are deÞned by the internal setup, but
theyÕre programmable. If you want them to do something else, you can edit the internal setup
and change the buttonsÕ assignments. Keep in mind, however, that this will affect all programs
in Internal Voices mode.
The functions of Sliders AÐD depend not only on the performance mode, but also depend on
whether the EQ button is on. When the EQ button is off, the sliders operate as follows:
¥ Slider A controls the wet/dry mix for FX-A, the multi-effect block. You wonÕt notice any
change in the effect level unless the FX-A button is on.
¥ Slider B controls the wet/dry mix for FX-B, the reverb block. You wonÕt notice any change in
the reverb level unless the FX-B button is on.
¥ Slider C is usually a timbre control, although it can vary from program to program. Slider D
has different functions depending on the current program.
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