User Manual

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Master Mode
UTILS (UTILITIES)
UTILS (UTILITIES)
PressingtheUTILSsoftbuttoncallsuptheUTILITIESpage,whichgivesyouaccesstotwo
analyticanddiagnostictool.Additionally,pressingthetworight‐mostsoftbuttonswillcallup
theUTILITIESpagefromanymodeoreditor.TheUTILITIESpageappearsasshownbelow:
PressingtheMIDIsoftbutton
launchesMIDIScope™,ausefulsubprogramthatletsyou
monitortheMIDImessagesfromthePC3KandthosereceivedviaMIDI.Thisisagoodwayto
makesureyou’rereceivingMIDIfromMIDImasters.It’salsogoodformakingsureyour
controlsareassignedasyouwantthem,checkingyourattack
velocities,checkingyour
controllervalues,etc.
PressingtheVoices softbuttoncallsuptheVoiceStatuspage,whichshowsthePC3K’sactive
voicechannels asyouplay. TheVoiceStatuspagesdisplayseachactivevoiceasasolid
rectangularblock—formonovoices—ordisplaysstereopairsofvoicesasa>for
theleftchannel
voiceanda<fortherightchannelvoice.Whateversymbolthepagedisplays,whenthekeyofa
voiceisreleased,thatvoice’ssymbolontheVoicesStatuspageturnsintoadotduringthe
releaseportionofthatvoice’senvelope.Whenthevoicedecaysto
silence,itisnolongeractive,
andthedotdisappears.TheVoiceStatussymbolsappearsasshownbelow:
TheVoiceStatuspagegivesyouanindicationoftheenvelopelevelofeachvoice,though not
necessarilythevolumelevel.Nonetheless,thiscangiveyouavaluableindication ofhowyour
voices
arebeingused.Forexample,ifallormostofthevoicesareactive,thenthere’sagood
chancethatwhenvoicestealingtakesplaceanaudiblevoicewillbereallocated.
TheVoicesutilityworksabitdifferentlyforKB3programs.ThePC3Kusesonevoiceof
polyphonyforeverytwo
tonewheelsinaKB3program.IntheVoicesutility,thevoicesusedby
thetonewheelsappearassolidrectangularblock,meaningthatthevoicesareusedfortheKB3
program.Theydon’tgetreallocatedatanytime,sincethey’realwayson,evenifyou’renot
playinganynotes.Any
voicesnotdedicatedtoaKB3programbehavenormally.Soifyouhave
asetupthatcontainsaKB3programinonezone,andVASTprogramsinoneormoreother
zones,youcanmonitorthevoiceallocationofthenon‐KB3voicesinthesectionofthedisplay
that
isn’tconstantlyfilledwithsolidrectangula rblocks.
CPUusageisdisplayedinpercentontheb ottomofthepage,whichreflectshowmuchofthe
PC3K’stotalavailableCPUpowerisbeingusedfrommomenttomoment.Generally,having
morevoices,complexProgramsandeffectsinuseatoncewillresult
inhigherCPUusage.