Specifications

Startup

Startup—the Details

2-3

Connecting MIDI

ThesimplestMIDIconfigurationusesasingle5‐pinMIDIcable:eitherfromtheMIDIOutport

ofyourPC3LEtotheMIDIInportofanotherinstrument,orfromtheMIDIOutportofanother

MIDIcontrollertotheMIDIInportofthePC3LE.Thereareallsortsof

possibleconfigurations,

includingadditionalsynths,personalcom puters,MIDIeffectsprocessors,andMIDIpatchbays.

Dependingonyoursystem,youmaywanttousethePC3LE’sMIDIThruporttopassMIDI

informationfromaMIDIcontrollertothePC3LEandontothenextdeviceinyoursystem.You

can

alsoconnectMIDIdevicestothePC3LE’sMIDIOutport,whichcansendchannelizedMIDI

informationfromthekeyboardorthroughthePC3LEfromyourMIDIcontroller.

YoucanalsousethePC3LE’sUSBComputerporttosendandreceiveMIDI.Bydefaultthe

PC3LEwillshowupasaUSB

MIDIdevice.IfyouchooseUSBTemporaryDrivefromStorage

mode,thePC3LEwilltemporarily(whileonthatStoragemodepage)becomea“virtualstorage

device”andUSBMIDIwillbedisabled.Differenthostprogramsonyourcomputer may

indicatevariouserrorsastheUSBMIDIdeviceisnolonger

present.LeavingStoragemodewill

restoreUSBMIDIfunctionality.

USBMIDIand5‐pinMIDIcanbeusedatthesametime;theMIDIsignalswillbecombinedinto

asingle16‐channelMIDIstream.

Pedals

PlugyourswitchorcontinuouspedalsintothecorrespondingjacksonthePC3LE’srearpanel.

WerecommendusingtheKurzweilpedalsdescribedonpagepage 1‐4,butyoucanusealmost

anyswitchorcontinuouspedal,aslongasitadherestothefollowingspecifications(asmost

pedalsdo):

Switchpedals

‐inchtip‐sleeveplug

Continuouspedals 10‐kOhmlinear‐taperpotentiometer,

‐inchtip‐ring‐sleeveplug

withthewiperconnectedtothetip.

Ifyouuseathird‐party(non‐Kurzweil)switchpedal,makesureit’sconnectedbeforeyouturn

onyourPC3LE.Thisensuresthatthepedalwillworkproperly(itmightfunctionbackward—off

whenit’sdownandonwhenit’s

up—ifyouturnonyourPC3LEbeforeplugginginthepedal).

Similarly,don’tpressanyofyourswitchpedalswhilepoweringup,becausethePC3LEverifies

eachpedal’sorientationduringpowerup.Ifyou’ repressingapedal,youmightcauseittowork

backward.

Thepedalsareindependentlyassignablewithineach

zoneofeverysetup.Herearethedefault

settingsforthethreepedalsyoucanusewiththePC3LE:

SwitchPedal1 Controller64(Sustain)

SwitchPedal2 Controller66(Sostenuto)

ContinuousControlPedal1 Controller11(Expression/Vol ume)