Kurzweil PC3LE Musician's Manual page 344

Tutorials: Setup Mode
Basics Of Using Riffs
Riffs can also be triggered by the keyboard keys. Since keys can't stay on (toggled) like switches
and pads can, it is common to have another key (usually right next to the trigger key) to release
the riff. Set the trigger and release keys for a riff by setting the Trigger and Release ranges on the
RIFF2 page to a range of one key each. You can also transpose riffs when triggering them from
the keys. See the next tutorial for details.
Transposing A Riff As It Is Triggered
Riffs triggered from the PC3LE's keyboard can be transposed as they are triggered. One
common use for this feature is to create a bass riff that can be triggered by the left hand. In this
tutorial we will look at a setup that is configured this way, and look at some settings we can
change to trigger the transposing riff in different ways.
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Play a note on the left hand end of the keyboard to hear the electric bass riff that is loaded with
this setup. If you let the bass riff play without pressing any other keys, you will hear that the riff
is a four bar loop. When you press another key on the left hand end of the keyboard, the bass riff
waits until its next downbeat and then transposes the riff and restarts the loop. To stop the riff,
press the Stop button to the left of the display.
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Press the Exit button until you reach the ProgramMode page. Next, press the Setup mode button,
located with the mode buttons to the left of the display. This will bring you to the Setup mode main
page.
Use the - / + buttons or Alpha Wheel to select the setup 64 Old School Jam or use the
alphanumeric pad to enter 64 and press Enter (see below.) This setup splits the keyboard between
an electric bass riff on the lower notes of the keyboard and an electric piano on the higher notes of
the keyboard. There are also drum riffs that play from pads 1 and 2.
Next, lets edit this setup to see how this riff is being transposed and triggered. With the setup 64
Old School Jam selected, press the Edit button on the front panel. This will bring you to the CH/
PROG page of the setup editor (see below.)