Specifications

Editing Conventions
Introduction to Editing
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Chapter 5
Editing Conventions
Introduction to Editing
Editingprograms,setupsandsongsonthePC3LEalwaysinvolvesthreebasicoperations:mode
selection,navigation,anddataentry.
First,selectthemodethatrelatestotheobjectyouwanttoedit—aprogram,asetup,etc.Then
selecttheobjectyouwanttoedit,andpresstheEditbuttontoenter
theeditorwithinthatmode.
Forprograms,setups,songs,andquickaccessbanks,theseobjectsare“selected”whenyouare
onthemainpageoftheircorrespondingmode.InthesecasesyoucanpresstheEditbuttonwith
anythingselectedontheirmainpagetoaccesstheireditor.Oftentheirwill
bemoreobjects
insideofthese“mainpage”editors,suchasshiftpatternsandvelocitypatterns,andtheycanbe
editedbyselectingtheirparameterwiththecursorandpressingtheEditbutton.Aneditor
containsalltheparametersthatdefinetheobjectyou’reprogramming.
Next,navigatearoundtheeditor’spage(s)
withthesoftbuttonsandselectparameterswiththe
cursor(arrow)buttons.Whenyou’veselectedaparameter (itsvalueishighlightedbythe
cursor),youcanchangeitsvaluewithoneofthedataentrymethods.Whenyouchangeavalue,
you’llnormally hearitseffectontheobjectyou’ re
editing.ThePC3LEdoesn’tactuallywrite
youreditingchangestomemoryuntilyousavetheobjectyou’reworkingon.Itthenallowsyou
tochoosebetweenwritingovertheoriginalobject,orstoringthenewlyeditedversioninanew
memorylocation.
What’s an Object?
Ifyou’vebeenwonderingwhatwemeanbytheterm“object,”it’sanexpressionweusefor
anythingthatcanbenamed,saved,deleted,oredited.AcompletelistofthelatestPC3LE
factoryobjectscanbefoundatkurzweil.com.Here’salistofallthetypesofobjects:
Programs Factory‐preset
oruser‐programmedsoundsstoredinROMorflash
memory.Aprogramisoneormorelayersofsoundgeneratedbysamples
oroscillators,whichisthenroutedthroughdigitalsignalprocessing.
Setups Factory‐presetoruser‐programmedMIDIperformancepresetsconsisting
ofupto16zones,eachwithitsownprogram,
MIDIchannel,and
controllerassignments,and(optionally)arpeggiationand/orriff
specifications.
Songs Sequencefilesloadedintomemory,orMIDIdatarecordedinSongmode.
QuickAccessbanks Factory‐presetoruser‐programmedbanksoftenentrieseach,thatstore
programsandsetupsforsingle‐buttonaccessinQuickAccessmode.
Shiftpatterns Factory‐preset
oruser‐programmedsequ ences ofnoteshiftinforma tion,
usedbythearpeggiatorfordetailedarpeggiations,orbytheShiftKey
Numbercontrollerdestination.
Velo cit ypatterns Factory‐presetoruser‐programmedsequencesofnotevelocityshift
information,usedbythearpeggiatorfordetailedvelocitytriggeringin
arpeggiation.