Editing Samples - Kurzweil PC3LE Musician's Manual

Editing Samples

To enter the Sample Editor, first select the program you wish to edit in Program mode. With the
program selected, press the Edit button to enter the Program Editor, then press the V.A.S.T. soft
button to enter the V.A.S.T. Program Editor. In the V.A.S.T. Program Editor the KEYMAP page
will be selected (if not press the KEYMAP soft button.) With the KeyMap parameter selected on
the KEYMAP page, press the Edit button again to enter the Keymap Editor. On the EditKeymap
page, select the KeyRange parameter and use the Alpha Wheel or ‐/+ buttons to choose one of
the available key ranges (if there is more than one keyrange.) You can edit the existing sample of
a keyrange, or choose a new sample for the keyrange and edit that. When the Keymap
parameter is selected you can hold the Enter button and trigger notes to select different key
ranges.
If you want to select a different sample, use the cursor buttons to select the Sample parameter.
Use the Alpha Wheel to select a sample. Press the Edit button once more, and you'll enter the
Sample Editor. The sample will play through the effects of the current program. The name of
stereo samples end with an S. To use a stereo sample, the Stereo parameter must be set to On in
the V.A.S.T. Program Editor, and two keymaps must be selected, see The KEYMAP
Page on page 6‐19 for details.
There are two sample editing pages—MISC (Miscellaneous) and TRIM. The soft buttons for
these pages are visible when you enter the Sample Editor. You can trigger notes at any time
while you're editing, to hear your changes as you make them.
The Miscellaneous (MISC) Page
On the MISC page, you'll set several parameters that affect the behavior of the current sample.
These parameters affect the entire sample. The right side of the top line displays the root
number and RootKey of the sample. For stereo samples, L or R is displayed after the Root#
parameter to indicate that you are viewing parameters for the left or right channel of the sample.
Use the Chan/Layer buttons to move between channels of stereo samples. Although you can
edit parameters for the left and right channels of a sample, both channels can only be heard if
the Stereo parameter is set to On in the V.A.S.T. Program Editor, and the same keymap is selected
for the Keymap1 and Keymap2 parameters in the V.A.S.T. Program Editor. If the Stereo
parameter is set to Off in the V.A.S.T. Program Editor, only the left channel of stereo samples
will be heard in mono. If the sample is part of a group of sample roots, you can also use the
Chan/Layer buttons to scroll through each sample in the group. A representative MISC page is
shown below:
Parameter
Root Key Number
Pitch Adjust
Range of Values
C -1 to G 9
Variable (depends on sample rate)
Keymap and Sample Editing
Editing Samples
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