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Master Mode

UTILITIES

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MIDI

PressingtheMIDIsoftbuttonlaunchesMIDIScope™,ausefulsubprogramthatletsyou

monitortheMIDImessagesfromthePC3LE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.

VOICES

PressingtheVoi ces softbuttoncallsuptheVoiceStatuspage,whichshowsthePC3LE’sact ive

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PC3LE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rectangular

blocks.

CPUusageisdisplayedinpercentontheb ottomofthepage,whichreflectshowmuchofthe

PC3LE’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.

About

PressingtheAboutsoftbuttoncallsupthe generalinfoandcreditspageforthePC3LE.Press

anykeytoleavethispage.

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