Specifications

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Sustain Pedal (SusPdl)
Whenthisparameterison,thelayerwillrespondtoallsustainmessages(Controllerdestination
64,Sustain).Whenoff,thecurrentlayerwillignoresustainmessages.On2meansthatthe
sustainpedalwillnotcatchthereleaseofanotethatisstillsoundingwhenthesustainmessage
isreceived;
thiscanbeveryusefulinaprogramthatusesamplitudeenvelopeswithalong
releasetime.
Sostenuto Pedal (SosPdl)
WhenSostenutoison,thelayerwillrespondtoallsostenutomessages(Controllerdestination
66,Sostenuto).Whenoff,thelayerignoressostenutomessages. Sostenuto,asyoumayknow,isa
featurefoundonpianos
thathavethreepedals.PressingtheSostenutopedalonapiano(usually
themiddlepedal)sustainsthenoteswhosekeysyouwereholdingdownwhenyoupressedthe
pedal.Notesplayedafterthepedalisalreadydowndonotgetsustained.
Freeze Pedal (FrzPdl)
Thisparameteractivatesordeactivatesthelayer’sresponseto
Freezepedalmessages
(Controllerdestination69,Freeze).TheFreezepedalcontrolcausesallnotesthatareonto
sustainwithoutdecayuntiltheFreezepedalcontrolgoesoff.Ifanoteisalrea dydecaying,itwill
freezeatthatlevel.
Ignore Release (IgnRel)
WhenIgnRelisoff,thelayerrespondsnormallytoNoteOff
messages.Whenon,thelayerwill
ignoreallNoteOffmessagesthatitreceives.Thisshouldbeusedonlywithsoundsthatdecayto
silencewhenanote isheld,otherwisethesoundswillsustainforever(presstheCanceland
Enterbuttonssimultaneouslytostopsustainednotes.)Thisparametercan
comeinhandywhen
yourPC3LEisslavedtoadrummachineorsequencer,whichsometimesgeneratesNoteOns
andNoteOffssoclosetogetherthattheenvelopedoesn’thavetimetoplaybeforethenoteis
released.IfusedincombinationwithThrAttorTilDec(seebelow,)IgnRelallowsyou
play
staccato,yetstillheartheentirelengthoftheattackanddecaysectionsoftheamplitude
envelope.
Hold Through Attack (ThrAtt)
Whenon,thisparametercausesallnotesinthelayertosustainthroughtheentirefirstattack
segmentoftheiramplitudeenvelopes,evenifthenoteshavebeenreleased.Ifyouhave
asound
withaslowattack,oranattackthat’sdelayedwiththedelaycontrol,settingthisparameterto
Onwillmakesureyournotesreachfullamplitudeevenifyou’replayingfast.WhensettoOff,
noteswillreleaseassoonasyoureleasethenote(generateaNote
Off).Ifthefirstattacksegment
ofthelayer’samplitudeenvelopeisveryshort,youprobablywon’tnoticeadifferencebetween
valuesofOnandOff.
Hold Until Decay (TilDec)
Whenon,thisparametercausesallnotesinthelayertosustainthroughallthreeattack
segmentsintheiramplitudeenvelopesevenifthe
noteshavebeenreleased.Loopedamplitude
envelopeswillnotloop,however,ifthenotesarereleasedbeforereachingtheendofthefinal
attacksegment.Noteswillgointotheirnormalreleasesiftheyarereleasedaftertheenvelope
haslooped.WhensettoOff,noteswillreleaseassoon
asaNoteOffmessageisgenerated.