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Program Mode

V.A.S.T. and KB3 Programs

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Alternatively,atemporarycontrollercanbesetforuseintheTemporaryTAPcontrollerfield,or

youcantaptheTapsoftbutton.TheTemporaryTAPcontrollerworksonlywhileontheTap

TemposcreenandwillremainselectedwhenaccessingtheTapTemposcreenfromothermodes,

buttheselection

willreturntoOFFthenexttimethePC3LEisturnedon.

Youcanalsoassignacontroller(suchasafootswitch)tocontrollerdestination168,TapTempo,

tobeusedasataptempobuttonwhennotviewingtheTapTempopage.Thiscanbedoneinthe

Control

Setup(seeTheControlSetup on page 7‐69.)AnyMIDIvaluesreceivedbydestination168

sendatapsignaltothetaptempofunction.Thiswouldbebestusedwithaassignableswitch(or

footswitch.)ConfiguretheselectedswitchsothatitisToggled,hasit’sOnandOffControlsset

to

destination168(TapTempo,)and settheOnandOffValuestoanyvalueotherthanNone.

EntryandExitStateshouldbesettoNone.

V.A.S.T. and KB3 Programs

ItisimportanttounderstandthedifferencebetweenV.A.S.T.programsandKB3programs.

V. A . S . T. programscontainupto32layers.Eachlayercontainseithersamples(mostoftenused

torecreateconventionalinstrumentsounds,)orKVAoscillators(usedforvirtualanalog

synthesis.)Eachlayerispresettobetriggeredbythekeyboard

inspecificrangesandvelocity

levels.Theabilitytotriggersomanylayersresultsindetailedandmorerealisticprograms.Each

layerisalsoroutedthroughsophisticateddigitalsignalprocessing(DSP)algorithmswhich

shapethetoneandotherbehaviorsofthesounds.

KB3programsuseamuchdifferentarchitecture.Thereare

nolayersoralgorithms,justasetof

oscillators(designedtoemulatethetonewheelsinaHammondOrgan)thatstartrunningas

soonasyouselectaKB3program.We’vedoneextensivetestingandanalysiswithseveraltone

wheelorgans,andcreatedourownmodelstoemulatetheuniquetone

wheelsound.Each

oscillatoroperatesindependently,andhasitsownpitchandamplitudesettings.The

oscillators—we’llcallthemtonewheelsfromhereon—aredividedintoanupperandlower

group.Theuppertonewheelsuse thesamplesinthe PC3LE’skeymapstogeneratesound,while

thelowertonewheelsusesine

waves.

KB3programsaredifferentenoughfromV.A.S.T.programsthatweusethetermKB3modeto

describewhat’sgoingonwhenyouplay aKB3program.WheneveryouplayaKB3program,

youareinKB3mode.YoucanfindKB3programsbypressingtheOrgancategorybuttonwhile

inProgrammode.TheprogramsthatuseKB3modewilllighttheKB3LEDtotheleftofthe

knobs,indicatingthatthePC3LE’sknobsandswitchesarenowdedicatedtotheorgancontrols

thatarelabeledonthefrontpanel.KB3programwillalsobedisplayedintheprogrammode



infobox.

Note: YoucanplayKB3programsonlyonasinglechannelatatime.Whenachannelotherthan

thecurrentlyselectedchannelisusingaKB3program,theinfoboxontheprogrammodemain

pagewillindicatewhichMIDIchannelisusingaKB3program.

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