Kurzweil K2500RS, Musician'S Manual

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MIDI Mode
The Receive (RECV) Page
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The available values for this parameter are None, and 1Ð16. The default is None, which disables
the local keyboard feature, since you may not want to send your MIDI controllerÕs MIDI
information to devices connected to the K2vxÕs MIDI Out port. If you want to use Setup mode
on the K2vx, however, you will have to change the setting of this parameter. This is because
LocalKbdCh enables you to take advantage of the K2vxÕs three setup zones, even if your MIDI
controller transmits on only one MIDI channel at a time.
It is important to understand that a Setup is a control oriented function. On the keyboard
version of the 2000, the keyboard itself will transmit on up to three channels when in Setup
mode. But with the rack, if your keyboard only sends information on one MIDI channel, you
need a way to turn that information on one channel into three channels. This is what the Local
Keyboard Channel parameter does. It takes the signal coming in one channel and turns it into
different information, depending on where you are in the 2000.
The Local Keyboard Channel will change the way the 2000 performs in other modes as well. It
changes the incoming information depending on what you have displayed in the 2000. For
instance, if you are in Program Mode with Channel 5 in the display, then the information
coming in on channel 1 will be turned into channel 5 and you will hear the program assigned to
channel 5. But if you turn Local Keyboard Channel off by setting it to None, then if you send on
channel 1, you will hear the program that is assigned to channel 1, even if you are looking at
channel 5.
Local Keyboard does more than just change the MIDI channel. You will notice that the
and - soft Buttons now will transpose the information. And you can even use it to change one
type of MIDI controller to another.
HereÕs how it works. The K2vx will receive MIDI information on the channel that corresponds
to the value you set for this parameter, and will relay it to its MIDI Out port, using the MIDI
channels currently shown in the display. If youÕre in Program mode (or in Quick Access mode
with a program selected), the K2vx will relay the LocalKbdCh MIDI information to the channel
to which the program is assigned. If youÕre in Setup mode (or in Quick Access mode with a
setup selected), the K2vx will relay the LocalKbdCh MIDI information to all the channels
currently shown in the display.
The K2vx will also remap the six controller messages found on the MIDI XMIT page (and in the
Setup Editor). This enables you to receive Modulation (01), Foot (04), Data (06), Mono Pressure,
Sustain (64), and Sostenuto (66) messages from your controller and remap them to any
available value on the K2vxÕs Control Source List. The chart below will clarify.
The control message …gets sent to the MIDI control
received from your number assigned as the value for
controller… this parameter on the MIDI XMIT page
Modulation (01) ModWhl
Sustain (64) FtSw1
Sostenuto (66) FtSw2
Foot (04) CPedal
Data (06) Slider
Mono Pressure Press
The controllers listed in the second column correspond to the control source parameters on the
MIDI XMIT page and in the Setup Editor. When youÕre in Program mode, the values that
youÕve set for these six parameters on the MIDI mode XMIT page determine what control
message gets sent to the K2vx and to its MIDI Out port when the K2vx receives the control
messages in the Þrst column. When youÕre in Setup mode, the values for these same six
parameters on the Setup Editor page determine which control signal is sent.