Kurzweil PC88 Manuals

Manuals and User Guides for Kurzweil PC88. We have 4 Kurzweil PC88 manuals available for free PDF download: Service Manual, Musician's Manual, A Step By Step Manual, User Manual

Kurzweil PC88 Musician's Manual (110 pages)

Brand: Kurzweil | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 2 MB

Electrical
4
Environmental
4
Audio
4
Table of Contents
5
Introducing the PC88

9
- For People Who Never Read Manuals
  9
- Internal Voices
  9
- Unpacking the Unit
  10
- Setup
  10
- Installing the Music Rack
  11
- Demo Sequence
  11
- Internal Voices
  12
- Assigning Controllers
  12
- MIDI Setups
  13
- Effects
  15
- Just the Beginning
  15
- A Note about the VGM Board and the Pc88Mx
  15
- Checking Battery Voltage Level
  16
Setup, Connections, and Controls

17
- Setting up the PC88
  17
- Connections
  17
  - Power
    17
  - Audio
    17
  - Pedals
    18
  - MIDI
    18
- Front Panel Controls
  19
  - Display (LCD)
    19
  - Cursor Buttons
    19
  - Sound/Setup Select
    20
  - Zone Buttons
    20
  - Zone Parameters
    21
  - Data Entry
    23
  - Intuitive Entry
    23
  - Jump Editing
    25
  - Assignable Controllers, Buttons, and Wheels
    25
  - Master Volume
    26
  - Panic
    26
  - Effects
    26
Internal Voices

27
Setups and Zones

31
Zone Parameters

35
- Zone Parameters and Internal Voices
  35
- MIDI Transmit
  36
  - MIDI Channel
    36
  - Destination
    36
  - Pitchbend Range
    36
- Program
  37
  - Bank
    37
  - Entry Transmit
    38
  - Bank Mode
    39
  - Program Number Display
    39
  - Program Name Display
    40
- Key Range
  40
  - Low, Hi
    40
  - Note Map
    40
- Transpose
  41
- Velocity
  42
  - Velocity Scale
    42
  - Velocity Offset
    42
  - Velocity Curve
    43
  - Velocity Minimum, Velocity Maximum
    44
- Controllers
  45
  - Getting Around
    46
  - The Continuous Controllers
    46
  - MIDI Controllers and Other Parameters
    47
  - Scaling
    48
  - Entry and Exit Values
    49
  - The Switch Controllers
    49
  - Do These Parameters Always Mean Something
    50
  - Do I Need All those Pedals
    51
  - Multiple Controllers
    51
- Storing a Setup
  53
  - Names
    53
  - Dumping a Setup
    54
  - Deleting a Setup
    54
The Arpeggiator

55
- Arpeggiator Active
  56
- Key Range
  56
- Zone Enable
  56
- Latch Mode
  57
- Play Order
  57
- Beats
  58
- Initial Tempo
  58
- Duration
  58
- Velocity Mode and Fixed Velocity
  58
- Note Shift
  58
- Shift Limit
  59
- Limit Option
  59
- Glissando
  60
- Available MIDI Controllers
  60
- Copying the Arpeggiator
  60
Effects Editing

61
- Internal Effects
  62
- Internal Reverb Wet
  62
- Internal Reverb Time
  62
- Internal Effects Wet
  62
- Internal Effects Delay
  62
- Saving Effects
  62
- VGM Effects
  63
  - Copying Effects
    63
  - Effects and Drum Sounds
    63
- MIDI Control of Effects
  64
- Transmitting PC88 Effects Settings to a Sequencer
  64
MIDI Receive

65
- Channel On/Off
  65
- Program
  65
- General MIDI Considerations
  66
Global Parameters

67
- Local Control
  68
- Clock
  68
- Transmit Clock
  68
- Touch
  68
- Effects Change Mode
  68
- Change Setups
  69
- Setup Change Channel
  69
- MIDI in
  69
- Tuning and Receive Transpose
  70
- Bank Select Control
  70
- All Notes off
  70
- General MIDI
  70
- Device ID
  70
- Transmit Buttons
  71
- Transmit Reverb Sysex
  71
- Memory Available
  71
- Reset PC88
  71
- Dump All Setups
  71
- Midiscope
  72
PC88 in the Real World

73
- At a Gig
  73
- In the Recording Studio
  73
- In the MIDI Composing Studio
  74
- In the Home
  74
Internal Voices

75
VGM Board Voices

77
- General MIDI Voices
  77
- Expansion Voices
  78
Drum Sounds

79
- General MIDI
  79
- Kurzweil Drums
  81
- Latin Percussion
  83
- Orchestral Percussion
  84
Effects Algorithms

85
MIDI Setups

87
- Standard Setups
  87
- VGM Setups
  89
  - Application Notes
    90
- Default Setup Parameters (Generic Template
  91
- Default Controller Assignments (Internal Voices
  92
- Setup Template
  92
Continuous Controllers in the MIDI Specification

95
- The First 64: 14-Bits
  95
- The Switches: 64-69
  96
- Sound Controllers: 70-79
  97
- Controllers 80-97
  98
- 102-119: Uncharted Territory
  99
- 120-127: Mode Messages
  100
PC88 Internal Diagnostics

101
- Entering Diagnostics
  101
- Running the Debug Sequence
  101
- Exiting Diagnostics
  102
- MIDI Implementation Chart
  103

Kurzweil PC88 Service Manual (123 pages)

Brand: Kurzweil | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 3 MB

Kurzweil PC88 A Step By Step Manual (57 pages)

Brand: Kurzweil | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 0 MB

Kurzweil PC88 User Manual (27 pages)

Sibelius Sound Set

Brand: Kurzweil | Category: Stereo System | Size: 1 MB

Table of Contents
3
1 Introduction

4
2 Overview

5
- Requirements
  5
- Package Structure
  6
- Files
  8
3 Installation

9
- General
  9
- Mac os X
  10
- Windows
  11
4 Using the Sound Set

12
- Selecting the Sound Set
  12
- Preferred Sounds
  13
5 Working with Sounds

15
- Articulations/Techniques
  15
- Dynamics
  18
- The Mixer
  20
- Implied' Techniques
  22
6 Common Terms

23
7 Contact and Support

25
8 Credits

26

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