Specifications

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Keymap and Sample Editing
The Keymap Editor
layerusingtheLoKeyand HiKeyparametersontheLAYERpageintheV.A.S.T.ProgramEditor.
Ifeachlayercoverstheentirerange,theneachnoteyouplayedwouldtrigger20voices(onefor
eachlayer).Youwouldonlyhearonedrumpernotebecausealltheotherlayersaretriggering

“Silence.”Becauseofthevoice‐stealingalgorit hmsinthePC3LE,thevoiceswouldalmost
immediatelybecomeavailableagain,sincetheyhavenoamplitude.Butforonebriefinstant,the
voicewouldbetriggered,whichcouldcauseothervoicestobecutoff.
Youcanalsocreatemulti‐velocitykeymaps—thatis,keymaps
thatwillplaydifferenttimbres
dependingontheattackvelocitiesofyourNoteOnevents.Program6PopPowerPiano,for
example,usesakeymapwiththreevelocityranges.Eachkeyrangeinamulti ‐velocitykeymap
containstwoormoredistinctsamplerootsthatthePC3LEchoosesbetween,according
tothe
attackvelocityofthenote.SeeVelocityRanges(VelRng) on page 12‐5fordetails.
TheKeymapEditorisnestedwithintheV.A.S.T.ProgramEditor.ToaccesstheKeymapEditor,
presstheEditbuttonwhileinProgramMode,thenpresstheV.A.S.T. softbuttontoenterthe
V.A .S.T.ProgramEditor.The
firststepinusingtheKeymapEditoristoselectthekeymapyou
wanttoedit.ThisisdoneontheKEYMAPpageintheV.A .S .T. ProgramEditor,usingthe
Keymapparameter.Onceyou’vedonethis,justpresstheEditbutton,andyou’llenterthe
KeymapEditor.Ifyouwantto
editadifferentkeymap,presstheExitbuttontoreturntothe
KEYMAPpageintheV.A.S.T.ProgramEditorandselectthedesiredkeymap.Ifyouwantto
buildakeymapfromscra tch,startwiththekeymap999Silence(seeBuildinga
Keymap on page 12‐7).Thiskeymaptemplatecontainsonekey
rangefromC0toG10,andisa
convenientstartingpointforaddingkeyrangesandassigningsampleroots.TheKeymap‐editor
pagelookslikethis:
Parameter Range of Values
Sample Sample Root list
Key Range Variable from C0-G10
Low Key C 0 to G 10
High Key C 0 to G 10
Velocity Range (VelRange) Variable from ppp-fff
Low Velocity (Lo) ppp-fff
High Velocity (Hi) ppp-fff
Coarse Tune –128 to 127 semitones
Fine Tune -49 to 50 cents
Master Transpose -126 ST to127 semitones
Volume Adjust ± 24 dB