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Program Mode

The Program Editor

Alternative Switch (AltControl and AltMethod)

Many,butnotall,PC3LEsamplerootshavebeenpre‐assignedacarefullychosenalternate

samplestartpointthatcanbeselectedusingtheAlternateSwitchfeature(AltControland

AltMethodparameters).Thisfeatureallowsyoutocontrolthesampleplaybackstart/endtime

triggeredbyanycontrolsource.(Thealternatesample

startpointcanbeadjustedbyeditinga

sample,seeEditingSamples on page 12‐9andTheTRIMPage on page 12‐12fordetails.)

UsetheAltControlparametertospecifyacontrolsourcethatwillcausethesampletobeginor

endattheAltpoint.ThenusetheAltMethodparametertochoosebetween

switchedand

continuouscalculationoftheAltpoint.IfthevalueofAltMethodisSwitched,thePC3LEwill

usetheAltpointwhentherelevantcontrolsourceisatavaluegreaterthan64atNoteStart.If

AltMethodisContinuous,theAltpointwillvarydependingonthevalue

oftherelevantcontrol

sourceatNoteStart.

Asanexample,supposeyou’ reworkingwithaflutekeymapandwishtocontroltheamountof

chiffheardatthebeginningofthesound.OntheKEYMAPpageintheProgramEditor,set

AltControltoMWheel.NowtheModWheelcontrolshow

muchoftheinitialsampleattackis

used.IfyousetAltMethodtoSwitchedandmovetheModWheelatleasthalf‐wayup,atNote

Startthesamplewillbeginatthepre‐setalternatestartpoint(inthiscase,slightlypasttheinitial

chiff).Ifyousetthe

AltMethodtoContinuous,thePC3LEwillinterpolatethesample’sstarting

pointbasedonthepositionoftheModWheel.IftheModWheelis75%ofthewayupatNote

Start.thesamplewillbegin75%ofthewaybetweennormalandalternatestartpoints.

Emulating Legato Play

IfyouplacetheAltpointaftertheinitialattacktransientsof thesample,thenyoucanusetheAlt

Switchtoemulatelegatoplayinginanacousticinstrument.Asanexample,setKeymapto

14 Flute.NowsettheAltControlparametertoChanSt(ChannelState).Nowifyouplay

notes

separately,theinitialbreathychiffwillbeheard.Butifyouplaythenoteslegato(connecting

themsmoothly),theAltpointisusedandyoudonothearthechiff.ThisisbecausetheChanSt

isturnedonaslongasanynoteisbeingheld.Mostofthe

PC3LE’sROMsampleshavetheirAlt

pointssetforpurposesoflegatoplay.Inmostcasesthedifferenceinattacksissubtle,butfor

somesounds,likedrums,thedifferencecanbemorenoticeable.

The LAYER Page

PresstheLAYERsoftbuttontocalluptheLAYERpage.Hereyou’llsetanumberofparameters

thataffectthecurrentlayer’skeyboardrange,attackandreleasecharacteristics,andresponseto

variouscontrols.

Parameter Range of Values Default

Low Key C -1 to G 9 C 0

High Key C -1 to G 9 C 8

1 2 ... 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 ... 378 379

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