The Basic Page - Kurzweil PC3LE Musician's Manual

Program Mode
The Program Editor
accidentally set the MIDI Value to 0, but wouldn't know it because None would still be
displayed. If you edit the parameters of a program and suddenly can't produce any sound
from the program, this may be the cause. In this case, either set the MIDI Value for Expression
to something other than None, or use the Control Source that you set for Expression to increase
the MIDI Value.

The BASIC Page

On the BASIC page you can adjust basic settings for the currently selected program (see below.)
OutGain
Adjust the output level of the currently selected program by up to ‐96 dB or +20 dB.
Bend Up, Bend Down
Use these parameters to define how much the pitch will change when you move your Pitch
Wheel. You can set either Bend parameter to bend by up to 72 half‐steps up or down. Pitch
values are set in cents, where 100 cents = 1 half‐step. For both Bend parameters, positive values
will cause the pitch to bend up, while negative values will cause the pitch to bend down. Large
positive values can cause samples to bend to their maximum upward pitch shift before the Pitch
Wheel is fully up (or down). This will not happen when bending pitch down.
Category
This parameter sets the category that the program will be program will be grouped with when
you press one of the Category buttons from the Program mode main page. For example, if you
were to edit a program in the Leads category that you want to use primarily as a Synth Bass, you
could make it appear in the Syn Bass category by changing this parameter to SynBass. While
this parameter is selected, you can choose a category by pressing the corresponding Category
button on the front panel. You can also set a category by using the Alpha Wheel or ‐/+ buttons. In
addition to the category set here, all edited programs can be viewed by pressing the User
Category button.
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