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Program Mode

The Program Editor

Pan Table

Thefactorypresetpantablesarekey‐specificpanningschemesbywhichthenotethateachkey

producesisuniquelypanned.Thesetablesareparticularlyusefulforproducingthest ereo

imageofadrumsetwhencreatingpercussionprograms,orforproducingthestereoimageofa

pianowhencreating

pianoprograms.

Crossfade and Crossfade Sense (XFadeSense)

TheCrossfadeparameterletsyouselectacontrolsourcetofadethecurrentlayer’samplitude

fromzerotomaximum.WhenXFadeSenseisNormal,thelayerisatfullamplitude whenthe

Crossfadecontrolisatminimum.WithXFadeSensesettoReverse,thelayerisatzeroamplitude

when

theCrossfadecontrolisatminimum.

ThisparameterissimilartotheSrc1andDepthparametersfortheAmpfunctiononthe 

DSPCTLandDSPMODpages,buttheattenuationcurvefortheCrossfadeparameteris

optimizedspecificallyforcrossfades.

Tocrossfadetwolayersinthesameprogram,assignthesamecontrol

sourcefortheCrossFade

parametersinbothlayers,thensetoneoftheirXFadeSenseparameterstoavalueofNorm,and

theother’stoRvrs.

Drum Remap

TheDrumRemapparametershouldgenerallynotbechanged.Thisparameterlets thePC3LE

knowhowdrumprogramsaremappedsothatdrumsoundscan

beproperlyremappedwhen

usingtheGeneralMIDI(GM)drummap(seebelow.)Kurz1designatesthatthecurrentdrum

programwasoriginallyaPC2program,andthatitusesthePC2drummap(programs113‐119

usethismap.)Kurz2designatesthatthecurrentdrumkitusesthenewPC3LE

drummap(all

otherfactorydrumprogramsusethismap:120,241‐248,369‐376.)Thenewdrummapissimilar

tothatofthePC2,excepttom‐tomsoundshavebeenmovedintooctaveC3‐C4,sotheyaremore

easilyplayablewiththemainkickandsnaredrumsounds

inthatoctave.Wheneditingakit,

makesuretofollowthelayoutofthedrummapbeingusedifyouwanttobeabletoproperly

remapthekittotheGMdrummap.ProgramsthathavetheDrumRemapparametersettoOff

willnotbeviewedby

thePC3LEasdrumprogramsandwillnotbeaffectedwhenremappingto

theGMdrummap.

Inmostkeyboardsandsynthesizers,drumprogramsaremapped asdictatedbytheGeneral

MIDI(GM)industrystandard.TheGMdrummapisn’toptimallyintuitiveintermsof

playability,sowedevelopedourown

uniquekeymapthatismoreintuitiveandlendsbetterto

performance.However,theGMdrummapissocommonplacethatmanyplayersfeelmost

comfortableplayingdrumprogramswiththeGMdrummap.So,wedesignedthePC3LEsuch

thatyoucanremapdrumprogramstotheGMdrummap.You

cansetdrumprogramstoremap

totheGMdrummapinMasterMode.OntheMasterMode2screensetthedrumremap

parametertoGM.Toreturndrumprogramstotheiroriginalmaps,setthisparametertoNone.

SeeDrumRemap on page 9‐9intheMasterModechapter

formoreinformation.

Exclusive Zone Map

TheExclusiveZoneMapisanotherparameterthatappliesprincipallytodrumprograms.When

usingadrumprogram,youmaywanttheclosedhi‐hatsoundsto“cutoff”openhi‐hatsounds.

Sinceyoucanremapthekeymapsofdrumprograms,thisparameterremaps“cutoffkeys”



accordingly.

LikeDrumRemap,youcanusethisparameteronanyprogram,butyouprobablywon’twantto

dothis.

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