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Program Mode

The Program Editor

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AnadditionalKeymapparameterappears.Thetwokeymapparametersaredistinguishedas

Keymap1andKeymap2.TheKEYMAPpageparameterswillaffectbothkeymaps.Whenthe

StereoparameterissettoOn,theOUTPUTpageforthecurrentlayerwillshowanadditional

pairofPanparameters.

ThePC3LEcontains

bothstereoandmonosamples.Keymapsdesignedforstereouseare

labeledwithnamesbeginningwith“Stereo”orendingin“Left,”“Right,”“L,”or“R.”Forstereo

keymapplayback,setStereo“On”andassigncorrespondingLeftandRightkeymapsto

Keymap1andKeymap2respectively.Forkeymapsbeginningwith“Stereo,”assign

thesame

keymaptobothKeymap1and Keymap2.IfyouselectthesamekeymapforKeymap1and

Keymap2,thePC3LEautomaticallyusestheleftsideforKeymap1andtherightsidefor

Keymap2.

Onceyouhavethekeymapsassigned,gotothe OUTPUTpageandsetthepanningforeach

sample

asdesired.Keepinmindthatusingstereokeymapsreducesthepolyphonyofthe

program.Forexample,ifyouhadatwo‐layerprogramwithstereokeymapsineachlayer, each

noteyouplaywoulduse4ofyour128voices,allowingatotalof32notesbeforeallthevoices



havebeenused.

Ifyou’ renotusingstereosamples,youshouldsetthisparameter’svaluetoOff.

Timbre Shift

Thisparameterworksonlyonmulti‐samplekeymaps , andchangestherootselectionforeach

keyyouplay.Withthisparameteryoucanradicallyalterthecurrentlayer’stimbre(basicsound

characteristics).The

natureofthechangedependsonthetimbreitself,sothisparametercallsfor

experimentation.Basically,timbreshiftingchangesanote’stimbrebyimposingdifferent

harmonicqualitiesontothenote.Atimbre‐shiftednoteretainsitsoriginalpitch,butits

harmonicsarethoseofthesametimbreatahigheror

lowerpitch.Positivevaluesforthis

parametertendtobrightenasound,whilenegativevaluesdarken.

Here’sanexample.Ifyoushiftthetimbreup4semitones,thenplayingC4willresultinthepitch

C4,butwillactuallyplaythesamplenormallyassignedtoG

3,andshiftitspitchupfour

semitones.Thiswillincreasetheplaybackrateofthesample,soalthoughthepitchremains

normal,thetimbreisbrighter. You’dgetthesameeffectbysettingtheXposeparameteronthe

KEYMAPpageto‐4semitones,thensettingtheAdjuston

thePITCHpageto+4semitones.For

multi‐samplelayerswithnarrowkeyranges,largeamountsoftimbreshiftingwillcause

differentsamplerootstobeplayedback.

Playback Mode

Thisgivesyounumerousoptionsformanipulatingthesamplesinthecurrentlayerasyou

triggerthem.Normalleavesthesamplesunaffected,

whileReverseplaystheminreverse.Ata

valueofReverse,thesampleswillcontinuetoloopaslongasnotesaresustained.Toplaythem

justonceinreverse,youwouldadjustthelengthofthelayer’samplitudeenvelope(explained 

laterinthischapter).BiDirect(bidirectional)causesthesamples

toloopinfinitely,alternating

betweennormalandreversedplayback.Noisereplacesthesampleswithawhitenoise

generator.

Alternative Controller (AltControl)

SeeAlternativeSwitch(AltControlandAltMethod)below.

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