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Program Mode

The COMMON Page

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Mono Sample XFade

Whenapplyingportamentotomulti‐sampledsounds(AcousticGuitar,forexample),thePC3K

willplaymorethanonesamplerootasthepitchglidesfromthestartingpitchtothe ending

pitch.Thismaycauseasmallclickateachsampleroottransition.Youcaneliminateclicksby

settingtheMono

SampleXFadeparametertoOn.WhentheMonoSampleXFadeparameteris

settoOn,thePC3Kperformsacrossfadeateachsampleroottransitiontoeliminateclicks.

Globals

Thisisanothertoggle,whichaffectsLFO2,ASR2,FUNs2and4.Whenoff,these threecontrol

sourcesarelocal;theyaffecteachindividualnoteinthelayersthatusethemasacontrolsource.

Theybeginoperatingeachtimeanoteinthatlayeristriggered.

WhentheGlobalsparameter

issettoOn,thesecontrolsourcesbecomeglobal,thatistheyaffect

everynoteineverylayerofthecurrentprogram,they’renotspecifictoanyonelayer.When

thesecontrolsourcesareglobal,theybeginoperatingassoonastheprogramisselected.When

Globalsareon,LFO2,

ASR2,andFUNs2and4willappearontheirrespectivepagespreceded

bytheletterGtoindicatethatthey’reglobal.

You’lluseglobalcontrolsourceswhenyouwanttoaffect allnotesinaprogramuniformly,and

localcontrolsourceswhenyouwanttoaffecteachnoteindependently.For

example,you’dusea

globalLFOcontrollingpitchtocreateaLeslieeffectonanorgansound,sinceyouwanttheeffect

appliedtoallthenotesyouplay.You’dusealocalLFOcontrollingpitchtocreateavibratofora

soloviolin,sinceyouwanttobeableto

varytherateanddepthofthevibratoforeachnote.

Output: Gain, Pan, and Pan Mode

TheOutputparametersontheCOMMONpageallowyoutoadjustthefinal‐stagegainand

panningofthepost‐FXsignal.UsetheOutGainparametertocutorboostthesignal.Usethe

OutPanparametertopanthesignal;negativevaluespan theaudiosignaltotheleftchannel,

positive

valuestotheright,andavalueofzeropanstothecenter.

WhentheOPanModeissettoFixed thepanpositionremainsasdefinedwiththeOutPan

parameter,ignoringMIDIpanmessages.WhentheOPanModeissetto+MIDI,MIDIpan

messages(MIDI10)willshiftthesound

totheleftorrightofthePanparametersetting.Message

valuesbelow64shiftitleft,whilethoseabove64shiftitright.

Demo Song

TheDemoSongparameterallowsyoutochoosethedemosongforthecurrentprogram.The

demosongisashort,pre‐programmedsongthatgivesyouademonstrationoftheprogramina

musicalcontext.Youcanplayaprogram’sdemosonginanypageintheProgrammodeby



pressingthePlay/Pausebutton,andstopthesongbypressingtheStopbutton(bothbuttonsare

locatedundertheMODEbuttonsonthefrontpanel).

WhenintheProgra mmodeentry‐levelpage,youcanhearademosonginwhateverprogram

youwantbypressingthePlay/Pausebuttonwithone

programselected,andthenselecting

anotherprogram.NoneoftheKB3programshavedemosongs,butbythismethod,youcould, 

forexample,hearthedemosongforprogram83BigOldJupiterplayedwiththeKB3program

53Testify.

Note:Youcanalsotriggerandstopdemosongswith

asimultaneousdoublebuttonpressoftheupand

downcursorbuttons.