Kurzweil K2500RS, Musician'S Manual

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Program Mode and the Program Editor
The Program Mode Page
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tell you that you have selected a drum program without being on one of the drum channels.
Unlike normal programs on the K2vx, which can contain up to 3 layers, drum programs can
have as many as 32 layers.
Even though drum programs donÕt have to have drum sounds assigned to them, we use the
name drum program because that is the most likely purpose for a program with 32 layers. The
only limitation for a drum program is that it must be played on a MIDI channel that has been
designated as a drum channel. A drum channel can play any program - it does not have to play
a drum program, but a drum program must be played on a drum channel.
You can have up to 8 drum channels on the 2000. Channels 1 through 8 are drum channels by
default, but you can change this to be channels 1 through 7 plus the channel of your choice. To
set that channel, go to the Master page and set the Drum Channel parameter to any value
between 9 and 16 to select that channel plus 1 through 7. In the example above, DrumChan on
the Master page has been set to 12.
The Soft Buttons in Program Mode
If the value of the Local Keyboard Channel parameter (on the RECV page in MIDI mode)
matches the transmission channel of your MIDI controller, you can use the Octav- or Octav+
soft buttons for quick transposition. The top line will reßect the change. This will transpose the
K2vx as well as any MIDI devices connected to the K2vxÕs MIDI Out port. Press both Octave
soft buttons simultaneously to reset the transposition to zero. Changing the transposition with
the soft buttons will also change the corresponding setting on the MIDI XMIT page. If the Local
Keyboard Channel parameter is not set to match the transmission channel of your MIDI
controller, the Octave soft buttons will have no effect.
Pressing the Panic soft button will send an All Notes Off message and an All Controllers Off
message on all 16 MIDI channels. If you press the View soft button, the current programÕs name
will be displayed in large letters. Press it again to return to the normal display.
Use the Chan- and Chan+ soft buttons to change the current MIDI channel. This changes the
MIDI channel the K2vx uses internally, as well as the channel youÕre using to send information
to other synths connected to the K2vxÕs MIDI Out port (MIDI slaves). Changing the current
MIDI channel with the soft buttons will also change the corresponding setting on the MIDI
XMIT page.
ProgramMode||||Xpose:0ST|||<>Channel:9||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@ |141|Slo|Ensemble||||
Drum|Program|||||| # | 142|W|Tell|Orchestra
|11|layers|||||||| # | 143|(Jazz|Band)|||||
|||||||||||||||||| # |144|(Rock|Quartet)||
DrumChans:|1-7,|12 # |145|Gargantuanism|||
%%%%%%^%%%%%%^%%%%$ | 1 46|Wee p ing|Gu i tar||
Octav- | Octav+ | Panic| | View|| | Chan-| | Chan+
Current drum channels are 1-7 and 12.
Current MIDI channel is 9. Parentheses
around drum program names show that
they won’t sound on this channel.