Kurzweil K2500RS, Musician'S Manual

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Song Mode
Edit Song: ARRANGE Page
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Step
The number of steps in an arrangement defaults to 1. All other steps are then added when
needed. The step of the Arrangement selected for editing is displayed as the Step. Use the
CHAN/BANK arrows to select the different steps in your Arrangement. StartStep on the
EditSong: COMMON page, as well as the key ranges of the steps, control what steps are
played.
The behavior and control of each step is deÞned with the parameters described below.
Song
The Song is the ID# and name of a Song Object in memory that will play back in proper
numerical order with the other steps in an arrangement or will respond to any triggering from
a deÞned keyboard range in that step. This songÕs (up to) 16 tracks will play in addition to any
tracks in the current song.
Mutes
The possible sixteen tracks of the current stepÕs Song can be individually muted. When the
selected stepÕs display has tracks with an (M) in this Þeld, those tracks will be muted during
play back of the Song in the Arrangement.
Xpose
Each Step in an Arrangement can impose a transposition on the Song selected in its Song
parameter during playback. Xpose determines how many semitones a StepÕs Song is
transposed above or below the SongÕs original key during playback of that step in an
Arrangement.
All tracks of a Song being transposed as a Step will be transposed, except for those tracks
deÞned as a Drum Track in the EditSong : COMMON page of the Song called up by the
Arrangement, NOT the Arrangement Song itself.
Times
The number of times that a Song is looped before an Arrangement moves on to its next Step can
be determined with Times. You can set this value to repeat the Song up to 120 times before the
next Step is played. An inÞnite loop can be set for any Step, but the Arrangement will play that
Step until
Stop is pressed.
Mode
The Mode setting found in the Arrangement editor determines whether an Arrangement plays
the next Step or if the sequencer will stop after playing the current Step.
Triggering Steps from a Key
There are four parameters along the bottom of the Arrangement edit page that are settings for
real time control of the Steps in an Arrangement. Triggering and transposing Steps from a MIDI
keyboard, transmitting on the TriggerChan (see page 12-26), is possible when the TriggerCtl
parameter, found on the COMMON page, is set to ON, or when the selected controller input
activates arrangement control.
LowKey
The Þrst parameter, LowKey, is the setting for the lowest note in a keyboard range, that when
played by the TriggerChan, will trigger the start of the current Step. Triggering a Step from the
LowKey will play back its Song in its original key transposed the number of semitones set in
the Xpose setting. As you play up the keyboard chromatically, the Step will transpose its Song