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Program Mode

The KEYMAP Page

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.

Alternative Switch (AltControl and AltMethod)

Many,butnotall,PC3Ksamplerootshavebeenpre‐assignedacarefullychosenalternate

samplestartpointthatcanbeselectedusingtheAlternateSwitchfeature(AltControland

AltMethodparameters).Thisfeatureallowsyoutocontrolthesampleplaybackstart/endtime

triggeredbyanycontrolsource.(Thealternatesamplestart

pointcanbeadjustedbyeditinga

sample,seeEditingSamples on page 14‐9andTheTRIMPage on page 14‐12fordetails.)

UsetheAltControlparametertospecifyacontrolsourcethatwillcausethesampletobeginor

endattheAltpoint.ThenusetheAltMethodparametertochoosebetweenswitched

and

continuouscalculationoftheAltpoint.IfthevalueofAltMethodisSwitched,thePC3Kwilluse

theAltpointwhentherelevantcontrolsourceisatavaluegreaterthan64atNote Start.If

AltMethodisContinuous,theAltpointwillvarydependingonthevalue

oftherelevantcontrol

sourceatNoteStart.

Asanexample,supposeyou’ reworkingwithaflutekeymapandwishtocontroltheamountof

chiffheardatthebeginningofthesound.OntheKEYMAPpageintheProgramEditor,set

AltControltoMWheel.NowtheModWheelcontrolshow

muchoftheinitialsampleattackis

used.IfyousetAltMethodtoSwitchedandmovetheModWheelatleasthalf‐wayup,atNote

Startthesamplewillbeginatthepre‐setalternatestartpoint(inthiscase,slightlypasttheinitial

chiff).IfyousettheAltMethod

toContinuous,thePC3Kwillinterpolatethesample’sstarting

pointbasedonthepositionoftheModWheel.IftheModWheelis75%ofthewayupatNote

Start.thesamplewillbegin75%ofthewaybetweennormalandalternatestartpoints.

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