Kurzweil PC3LE Musician's Manual page 364

Power User Tips
Advanced Tips
Create A User Shift Or Velocity Pattern For Custom Arpeggiations
The PC3LE's arpeggiator can trigger melodic sequences called shift patterns, and velocity
sequences called velocity patterns. Shift patterns allow you to trigger complex arpeggiations by
playing a single key, and velocity patterns allow you to add complex velocity changes to
arpeggiations. The PC3LE comes with a number of factory shift and velocity patterns, but you
can also program your own in Setup mode for custom arpeggiations and velocity patterns.
For details on using and creating shift patterns, see Shift Pattern (ShiftPatt) on page 7‐41. For
details on using and creating velocity patterns, see the Pattern setting under
Velocity on page 7‐37.
Record A Short Song For Use As A Riff, Record A Setup To Song Mode
Riffs are full songs or individual tracks of a song created in the PC3LE sequencer that you can
trigger in setup mode. Every zone in a setup can have itʹs own riff—a completely independent
sequence. Riffs can be used to accompany your playing like a backing track, but riffs give you
more options such as endless looping, stopping or starting different instrument parts, the ability
to transpose instruments or change tempo during playback, and many other options.
To create your own riffs, first record and save a sequence in Song mode. A riff can play single or
multiple tracks of a song at once. To get started with Song mode, see Chapter 13, Tutorial: Song
Mode. If you have a setup that you want to add newly recorded riffs to, it may be easier to record
the setup into Song mode. To do this, see Recording A Setup To Song Mode on page 7‐67. Lastly,
see Basics Of Using Riffs on page 14‐35 for tutorials on using and adding riffs to setups.
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