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Kurzweil K2500RS, Musician'S Manual

The Kurzweil K2500RS Musician's Manual is a comprehensive guide to understanding and utilizing the features of this advanced keyboard workstation. Download the manual for free from manualshive.com to unlock the full potential of your K2500RS, with detailed instructions and tips for creating exceptional music.

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   Specifications

 

              Electrical Specifications

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

32-3

 

Environmental Specifications

 

Temperature ranges

For operation:

minimum 41

 

°

 

 F (5

 

°

 

 C)

maximum 104

 

°

 

 F (40

 

°

 

 C)

For storage:

minimum -13 

 

°

 

 F (-25

 

°

 

 C)

maximum 186

 

°

 

 F (85

 

°

 

 C)

Relative humidity ranges (non-condensing)

Operation and storage:

5Ñ95%

 

Physical Specifications

 

Overall dimensions

Width

16.9 in*

43 cm

Depth

13.9 in

35.4 cm

Height

5.1 in

13 cm

Weight:

24.65 lb

11.2 kg

* Excluding the rack-mount brackets

 

Electrical Specifications

 

AC supply: selectable; 100V, 120V, 220V, or 240V. 1.0 amps at 120 volts nominal

Safe voltage ranges

 

Voltage setting:

100V

120V

220V

240V

 

Safe voltage range:

85—107

95—125

180—232

190—250

Safe frequency range:

48—65

48—65

48—65

48—65

 

If the voltage drops below the minimum safe level at any voltage setting, the K2vx will reset, 
but no data will be lost. If the voltage exceeds the maximum safe level, the K2vx may overheat.

Summary of Contents for K2500RS

Page 1: ...ered trademark and Kurzweil K2vx and K2000 are trademarks ofYoung Chang Co All other products and brand names are trademarks registered trademarks of their respective companies Productfeaturesand spec...

Page 2: ...service personnel when A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged or B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled into the product or C The product has been exposed to rain or D The prod...

Page 3: ...tarting the Boot Loader 2 6 Boot loader Main Menu 2 6 Install System Install Objects 2 7 Run System 2 8 Hard Reset 2 8 Run Diags 2 8 Fixed Diags 2 8 User Interface Basics 3 1 Mode Selection 3 1 Mode B...

Page 4: ...in the Program Editor 6 4 Algorithm Basics 6 5 Common DSP Control Parameters 6 6 The Program Editor Pages 6 9 The Algorithm ALG Page 6 9 The LAYER Page 6 10 The KEYMAP Page 6 14 The PITCH Page 6 16 F...

Page 5: ...r Mode Page 11 1 The Soft Buttons in Master Mode 11 4 Guitar Wind Controller Mode 11 5 Object Utilities 11 6 Move 11 7 Copy 11 8 Name 11 9 Delete 11 9 Dump 11 10 Accessing the Object Utilities from th...

Page 6: ...nge 12 39 Edit Song Track Functions Thin 12 40 Edit Song Track Functions Remap 12 41 Edit Song Track Functions Grab 12 41 Edit Song STEP Page 12 43 Recording with the STEP editor 12 43 Soft Buttons on...

Page 7: ...Files 13 22 Soft Buttons in the Save Selection Dialog 13 24 Saving Individual Objects 13 24 Shortcuts when Saving Objects 13 24 Auditioning Objects in RAM 13 25 Saving Dependent Objects 13 26 The Name...

Page 8: ...MIDI Type 0 Files 13 66 DSP Functions 14 1 Introduction to Algorithm Programming 14 1 Additional Parameters 14 3 Filters 14 5 How to read the graphs 14 6 Equalization EQ 14 22 Pitch Amplitude Panner 1...

Page 9: ...Other Editors 17 1 The Intonation Table Editor 17 1 The Velocity Map Editor 17 3 Using the Velocity Map Editor 17 3 The Pressure Map Editor 17 6 Audio Outputs 18 1 Audio Configurations 18 1 Using the...

Page 10: ...rces 25 3 MIDI Control Source List 25 3 Main Control Source List 25 6 DSP Algorithms 26 1 Memory Upgrades and Other Options 27 1 Program RAM vs Sample RAM 27 1 Viewing RAM Objects 27 1 Choosing SIMMs...

Page 11: ...ANAPADS K25 A 5 BASS K25 A 6 BELLS K25 A 7 BRASS K25 A 8 DIGITAL K25 A 9 DKICKSNR K25 A 10 DRUMS K25 A 11 ENSEMBLE K25 A 12 ETHEREAL K25 A 13 FXSOUNDS K25 A 14 GUITARS K25 A 15 HYBPERC K25 A 16 HYBRI...

Page 12: ...Table of Contents TOC 12...

Page 13: ...separate outputs that can be con gured as stereo pairs or as individual mono outputs You can also use the separate outputs as insert points for outboard gear The K2vx offers eight SIMM sockets single...

Page 14: ...y exible truly vast collection of tools for sound creation and modi cation How the K2vx Works The K2vx integrates two MIDI driven components a sound engine and a global effects processor The sound eng...

Page 15: ...ctions you can get a quick understanding of the basics then move on to the more advanced features If you like to gure out your equipment for yourself and normally use manuals only as reference sources...

Page 16: ...Introduction How to use this manual 1 4...

Page 17: ...e K2vx Power up and start jamming If you hear distortion reduce the gain on your mixing board or use the pad if it has one Scroll through the Program list with the Alpha Wheel the large knob to the ri...

Page 18: ...you face the rear panel of the K2vx the power connector is toward the righthand side When you ve connected the cable at the K2vx end plug it into a grounded outlet If your power source does not have...

Page 19: ...Righteous Piano 2 Mondo Bass 3 Killer Drums 4 Weeping Guitar Octav Octav Panic View Chan Chan Set the volume at a comfortable level You ll get the best signal to noise ratio if you keep the K2vx at fu...

Page 20: ...ano 2 Mondo Bass 3 Killer Drums 4 Weeping Guitar Octav Octav Panic View Chan Chan When you want to change programs you have several options The K2vx has six different settings for responding to MIDI p...

Page 21: ...n Quick Access mode You ll see a display that looks like this QuickAccessMode Bank 1 For Show 1 Silk Rhodes POLY TOUCH Voice String NastyTrombone SINK MONSTA Waterflute Soon Jazz Trio 2 Fretless Bas V...

Page 22: ...ontrolled by the Local Keyboard Channel parameter MIDI RECV page in combination with the settings for the control parameters on the MIDI XMIT transmit page or the Setup mode page K2vx Boot Loader The...

Page 23: ...it is successful a screen such as the following will then appear FILE1 KOS DIR1 DIR FILE1 K25 File to Install FILE1 KRZ VLABEL VOL NewDrv Root Parent Cancel OK While this screen is displayed you can...

Page 24: ...he Hard Reset option causes all user RAM to be erased When you select this option a strict warning message is displayed You must press the up and down cursor keys simultaneously to actually erase the...

Page 25: ...receives MIDI information and con gure each channel to receive independent program volume and pan messages that override the normal Program mode settings MASTER MODE De ne performance and control char...

Page 26: ...d that is it has a white background with blue characters The Bottom Line The bottom line is divided into six sometimes fewer sets of reversed characters that serve as labels for the six buttons direct...

Page 27: ...roll through record tracks We ll let you know when applicable what the CHAN BANK buttons do The EDIT Button The EDIT button activates each of the K2vx s editors and acts as a shortcut to many pages wi...

Page 28: ...re most useful when you re scrolling through a short list of values or when you want to be sure you re changing the value by one increment at a time One press of the Plus or Minus button corresponds t...

Page 29: ...Edit Song TRACK page DISK MODE 2 leftmost soft buttons Issue SCSI Eject command to currently selected SCSI device CHAN BANK Hard format SCSI device List selected objects when saving objects left right...

Page 30: ...oose LFO1 for example is assigned to B5 Also for almost every parameter holding the ENTER button links the K2vx to your MIDI controller s Data slider if it has one Moving the Data Slider will run thro...

Page 31: ...gine on the current MIDI channel Pressing the Up or Down cursor buttons while holding CANCEL will transpose up or down an octave while using this feature This transposition will be remembered the next...

Page 32: ...User Interface Basics The Panel Play Feature K2vxR 3 8...

Page 33: ...Pressing one of the mode buttons selects that mode This is the mode s entry level At the entry level the LED of the selected mode is lit Only one mode can be selected at a time At the entry level you...

Page 34: ...an be edited The Sample Editor is entered from the Keymap Editor by selecting the Sample parameter and pressing EDIT When you enter the Sample Editor you ve worked through three nested levels of edito...

Page 35: ...play and edit setups which consist of three separate zones split or overlapping Each zone has its own program MIDI channel and control parameters Setups are great for performance situations whether y...

Page 36: ...ges program change volume and pan See Chapter 10 Master Mode Master mode described in Chapter 11 contains the parameters that control the entire K2vx Global settings for tuning transposition velocity...

Page 37: ...and end points as well as the information on the MISC page Keymaps collections of samples assigned to speci c velocity ranges and or keys Programs factory preset or user programmed sounds stored in R...

Page 38: ...ne For example if you assign an ID of 1 to a program you ve edited the K2vx will ask you if you want to replace the ROM program currently stored with that ID We ll discuss this further in Saving and N...

Page 39: ...eric pad to erase the selected character without moving any other characters Press the Delete soft button to erase the selected character All characters to the right of the cursor will move one space...

Page 40: ...you want to replace it and will suggest the same ID as the original object if it has an asterisk between its ID and its name it s a RAM object As with ROM objects you can cancel replace or change the...

Page 41: ...hem The K2vx selects the appropriate bank when you enter the object ID you want to work with To select Program 201 while in Program Mode for example just press 2 0 1 ENTER on the alphanumeric pad The...

Page 42: ...5 or 13 MASTER Mark This is handy for marking Program Editor pages that you use frequently Pressing this button will mark the currently selected page You can mark as many pages as you like Then you c...

Page 43: ...as you read the sections that follow LAYER 1 ALGORITHM KEYMAP C2 B2 C3 D4 D 4 D5 D 5 C6 C 6 C7 Sample Roots Keymap Layer Program Setup Individual digital sound recordings stored in ROM or RAM Up to 6...

Page 44: ...tes one of the 48 voice channels the K2vx can activate at any time If you have a program that consists of two layers covering the note range from C 0 to C 8 each note you trigger will trigger two voic...

Page 45: ...ons for quick transposition The top line will re ect the change This will transpose the K2vx as well as any MIDI devices connected to the K2vx s MIDI Out port Press both Octave soft buttons simultaneo...

Page 46: ...ribed in the Intuitive Entry section on page 3 6 For all other parameters however this method will switch between layers The Soft Buttons in the Program Editor The Program Editor s soft buttons are la...

Page 47: ...y rejoin within the algorithm or they may pass all the way through as split signals If the last block has two wires at its output we call it a double output algorithm If it has one wire it s a single...

Page 48: ...down at the blocks that make up the algorithm For each input arrow there s a corresponding control input page that you can select with the ve special soft buttons we mentioned above PITCH and F1 F4 A...

Page 49: ...rements Use this as a starting point to set the pitch where you want it to be normally This will shift the pitch of the currently selected layer and will affect the playback rate of sampled sounds Sam...

Page 50: ...is why you can set the KeyTrk parameter on the PITCH page to 0ct key and the K2vx will still increases in pitch by 100 cents key as you go up the keyboard It s because the KeyTrk parameter on the KEYM...

Page 51: ...ctions as well The units of measurement may differ but you ll almost always nd one or two adjustment parameters key and velocity tracking and two programmable control sources And remember we ve been t...

Page 52: ...esponding page The rst arrow points to the PITCH function The soft button for the PITCH page is already visible Press it to view the parameters affecting pitch for the currently selected layer The but...

Page 53: ...for the current layer This parameter s value cannot be set higher than the value for HiKey The standard MIDI key range is C 1 G 9 0 127 Middle C is C 4 ISP High Key HiKey Here you set the highest acti...

Page 54: ...t to OFF you get the minimum delay If it s set to ON you get the maximum delay This doesn t change the note s attack time just the time interval between the Note On message and the start of the attack...

Page 55: ...ed only with sounds that decay naturally otherwise the sounds will sustain forever When IgnRel is off the layer responds normally to Note Off messages This parameter can come in handy when your K2vx i...

Page 56: ...eters On the KEYMAP page key tracking affects the interval between notes The default value of 100 cents hundredths of a semitone gives you the normal semitone interval between each note Higher values...

Page 57: ...allowing a total of 12 notes before all the voices have been used This parameter is unnecessary if you re not using stereo samples and should be set to Off in that case Timbre Shift This parameter wo...

Page 58: ...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...

Page 59: ...gorithms and their available DSP functions The F4 AMP Page Press the F4 AMP soft button to call up this page which features ve of the six common DSP control parameters in this case controlling the nal...

Page 60: ...se the pad if the layer s sound distorts when played Note clipping can occur in earlier algorithm blocks as well If this is the case you ll probably want to try to remove the clipping in the earlier b...

Page 61: ...ameter setting Message values below 64 shift it left while those above 64 shift it right A setting of Auto assigns the pan setting of each note based on its MIDI note number In this case Middle C MIDI...

Page 62: ...two page con gurations for layers with stereo keymaps the rst one uses a single output algorithm and the second uses a double output algorithm With a single output algorithm stereo keymap layers let y...

Page 63: ...ial level for the three inputs This de nes the status of the effect when no control source signal is applied to the inputs For the Wet Dry Mix the range of levels is 0 to 100 For the two variable inpu...

Page 64: ...e Use this parameter to de ne how much the pitch will change when you move your MIDI controller s Pitch Wheel Positive values will cause the pitch to bend up when the Pitch Wheel is pushed up while ne...

Page 65: ...e cycle waveforms like sawtooth waves Furthermore some samples will not glide all the way up to the highest notes there s a limit to the amount of upward pitch shifting that can be applied to samples...

Page 66: ...y the rate and depth of the vibrato for each note The Amplitude Envelope AMPENV Page Amplitude envelopes have three sections attack decay and release The attack section determines how long each note t...

Page 67: ...ximizes the available display space Try lengthening one of the segment times The envelope graphic will stretch to ll the display from left to right When it lls the display it will shrink to half its s...

Page 68: ...on It then moves to its assigned level in the time speci ed Release segments 2 and 3 start at the nal levels of the segments before them Release segments 1 and 2 can be set to any level from 0 to 100...

Page 69: ...ss you want them to You can make the envelopes even more powerful by using envelope control This gives you realtime control over the rates of each section of the envelopes Press the ENVCTL soft button...

Page 70: ...many other pages Use it here to change the rate of one of the envelope sections without reprogramming the envelope itself This parameter doesn t give you realtime control over the envelope It is howe...

Page 71: ...its LFO1 is always local meaning that it s triggered with each Note On event and runs independently for each note in the layer LFO2 is local by default but can be made global This is done on the COMMO...

Page 72: ...parameter to determine the starting point of the LFO s cycle One complete cycle of the LFO is 360 degrees 0 degrees phase corresponds to a control signal value of 0 becoming positive Each 90 degree in...

Page 73: ...R s trigger switches off The ASR then goes into its release section If the ASR s trigger switches off before the attack section is complete the ASR goes directly to its release section Delay When the...

Page 74: ...ff ppp VEL TRIGGER SENSE Normal Reversed Normal The velocity trigger s level is expressed in terms of the standard dynamic markings of western music ppp pp p mp mf f ff and fff The K2vx converts each...

Page 75: ...e current layer If the current program already has its maximum number of layers the K2vx will tell you that you can t add any more If the current keyboard channel is a drum channel you can add up to 3...

Page 76: ...and all the control settings so you don t have to reprogram them Delete Layer DelLyr Delete the current layer When you press this button the K2vx asks you if you want to delete the layer press the Ye...

Page 77: ...o 22 Bop Rock Reggae 1 9 Cool Traps 1 Jazz Trio 2 18 Sly Acoust 2 All Percussion 3 22 Izit Jimmy 3 Heavy Metal 4 To Sequencer Octav Octav Panic View Enter Setup mode by pressing the Setup mode button...

Page 78: ...parameters on the Setup Editor page de ne what each of a setup s zones sends to the MIDI Out port They also determine how the K2vx responds to MIDI signals received from a MIDI controller connected t...

Page 79: ...to the Setup Editor page and the notes you triggered will be re ected in the vales for LoKey and HiKey They ll also be represented by the lines beneath the program names in the box at the left of the...

Page 80: ...witch pedal continuous control pedal data slider and mono pressure messages from your MIDI controller and how the K2vx remaps these messages to send to its own MIDI Out port See the discussion of the...

Page 81: ...Access page Or use the CHAN BANK buttons to scroll through the QA banks Each bank contains ten memory slots or entries where you can store programs or setups in any combination Any program or setup i...

Page 82: ...buttons to scroll through the ten entries The entry number will change both at the top of the page and at the left of the page As the entry number changes the highlighted objects at the center of the...

Page 83: ...7 factory preset effects stored in ROM You can use the Effects Editor to create your own effects selecting from 27 con gurations of effects types like chorus ange delay etc Preset effects are applied...

Page 84: ...A outputs to create a loop to an outboard effects processor you can bring the effects from the outboard unit into the K2vx and out the MIX outputs If you want to use only the outboard effects the eas...

Page 85: ...tup you select and won t change unless you change it in Effects mode Use this value when you want to use the same preset effect for every program or setup you select for example when recording multi t...

Page 86: ...standing FX Mode and FX Channel above for more information When you select a program or setup the K2vx checks the value of the FX Channel parameter It then selects the preset effect that s assigned to...

Page 87: ...editing the programs themselves You ll use this when you re playing or recording a multi timbral sequence and you want to apply a certain effect to every sound Setting the FX Mode to Master tells the...

Page 88: ...effects you create yourself uses one of 27 available con gurations The con gurations are simply different sets of familiar programmable effects generators the kind you d nd on any outboard effects un...

Page 89: ...TRIC EQ GRAPHIC EQ PARAMETRIC EQ DELAY MIXER PARAMETRIC EQ CHORUS MIXER CHORUS ROOM MIXER DELAY ROOM MIXER CHORUS HALL MIXER DELAY HALL MIXER EQ GATED REVERB MIXER EQ REVERSE REVERB MIXER PARAMETRIC E...

Page 90: ...OF VALUES CHORUS DELAY 0 to 60 milliseconds LFO SPEED 0 to 65 LFO DEPTH 0 to 99 DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 RIGHT LEFT LEVEL 0 to 10 Stereo Flange EditEffect Config Stereo Flange FlngDelay 1ms Dry Level 0 LFO S...

Page 91: ...to 99 DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 RIGHT LEFT LEVEL 0 to 10 4 Tap Delay EditEffect Config 4 Tap Delay Tap1Delay 345ms Dry Level 0 Tap2Delay 660ms Tap1Lvl R 9 L 0 Tap3Delay 355ms Tap2Lvl R 0 L 9 Tap4Delay 680ms T...

Page 92: ...CY DAMPING 0 to 9 ENVELOPMENT 0 to 9 EARLY DELAY 0 to 70 milliseconds EARLY DIFFUSION 0 to 9 LATER DELAY 0 to 70 milliseconds LATER DIFFUSION 0 to 9 DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 EARLY LEVEL 0 to 10 LATER LEVEL 0...

Page 93: ...s ENVELOPE Flat Decaying DECAY TIME 50 to 600 milliseconds ACCENT DELAY 50 milliseconds DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 ACCENT LEVEL 0 to 10 RIGHT LEFT LEVEL 0 to 10 Reverse Reverb EditEffect Config Reverse Reverb...

Page 94: ...Hz Band3 Lvl 6dB Name Save Delete Dump PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES BAND 1 FREQUENCY 0 1 to 12 60 KHz cycles per second BAND 1 LEVEL 12 DB BAND 2 3 FREQUENCY 0 1 to 12 80 KHz BAND 2 3 LEVEL 12 DB EQ LEVE...

Page 95: ...AY IN LEVEL 0 to 10 DELAY TIME 0 to 1500 milliseconds FEEDBACK 0 to 99 DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 EQ LEVEL 0 to 10 DELAY LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 Parametric EQ Chorus and Mixer EditEffect Config Para Chorus Mi...

Page 96: ...H FREQUENCY DAMPING Warm Soft Bright REVERB DECAY 0 1 to 1 2 seconds DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 CHORUS LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 REVERB LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 Delay Room Reverb and Mixer EditEffect Config Del...

Page 97: ...FREQUENCY DAMPING Warm Soft Bright REVERB DECAY 1 00 to 20 0 seconds DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 CHORUS LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 REVERB LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 Delay Hall Reverb and Mixer EditEffect Config De...

Page 98: ...DECAY TIME 50 to 600 milliseconds ACCENT DELAY 50 milliseconds EQ LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 ACCENT LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 REVERB LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 EQ Reverse Reverb and Mixer EditEffect Config...

Page 99: ...ChrR 1 Lvl3 8dB ChrL 1 Name Save Delete Dump PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES BAND 1 FREQUENCY 0 1 to 12 60 KHz BAND 1 LEVEL 12 dB BAND 2 3 FREQUENCY 0 1 to 12 80 KHz BAND 2 3 LEVEL 12 dB CHORUS EQ SOURCE EQ...

Page 100: ...aR 9 Lvl3 10dB FlaL 9 Name Save Delete Dump PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES BAND 1 FREQUENCY 100 Hz to 12 60 KHz BAND 1 LEVEL 12 dB BAND 2 3 FREQUENCY 0 1 to 12 80 KHz BAND 2 3 LEVEL 12 dB FLANGE SOURCE EQ...

Page 101: ...lete Dump PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES CHORUS DELAY 0 to 60 milliseconds CHORUS LFO SPEED 0 to 65 CHORUS LFO DEPTH 0 to 99 DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 DELAY DRY IN 0 to 10 DELAY CHORUS IN 0 to 10 DELAY TIME 0 to 7...

Page 102: ...Dump PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES FLANGE DELAY 0 to 60 milliseconds FLANGE LFO SPEED 0 to 65 FLANGE LFO DEPTH 0 to 99 FLANGE FEEDBACK 0 to 99 DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 DELAY DRY IN 0 to 10 DELAY FLANGE IN 0 to 1...

Page 103: ...Save Delete Dump PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES CHORUS DELAY 0 to 60 milliseconds CHORUS LFO SPEED 0 to 65 CHORUS LFO DEPTH 0 to 99 DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 DELAY DRY IN 0 to 10 DELAY CHORUS IN 0 to 10 DELAY TIME...

Page 104: ...Dump PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES FLANGE DELAY 0 to 60 milliseconds FLANGE LFO SPEED 0 to 65 FLANGE LFO DEPTH 0 to 99 FLANGE FEEDBACK 0 to 99 DRY LEVEL 0 to 10 DELAY DRY IN 0 to 10 DELAY FLANGE IN 0 to 1...

Page 105: ...1500 milliseconds 4 TAP FEEDBACK AMOUNT 0 to 99 EQ LEVEL 0 to 10 CHORUS LEVEL 0 to 10 TAP 1 4 LEVEL RIGHT LEFT 0 to 10 EQ Flange 4 Tap Delay and Mixer EditEffect Config EQ Flan 4Tap Mix LoPass 0 DlyEQ...

Page 106: ...Effects Mode and the Effects Editor Configurations and Parameters 9 24...

Page 107: ...he XMIT page are in effect only when a program is selected either in Program mode or in Quick Access mode If a setup is selected in Setup mode or in Quick Access mode the setup s MIDI settings overrid...

Page 108: ...ause problems If you deactivate your sequencer s Patch Thru feature set the Control parameter s value to Both and the K2vx will play normally Also you may want to set the value of the LocalKbdCh param...

Page 109: ...be left at values of Linear unless you really need to change them The linear maps will give you the most consistent results Pressure Map Transmit PressMap This is like the VelocMap but it controls the...

Page 110: ...the SysEx dump Volume V This parameter acts as a global override to the V parameter on the Setup Editor page described on page 7 4 When the V parameter is off the K2vx will not transmit initial volume...

Page 111: ...MIDI receiving capabilities of the K2vx When set to Omni the K2vx responds to incoming MIDI events on all MIDI channels and plays them on the current channel This is normally used for diagnostic purp...

Page 112: ...the default setting of 0 unless you have multiple K2vxs receiving SysEx messages from a single source In that case make sure each K2vx has a different SysExID Then you can direct SysEx messages to the...

Page 113: ...nge the MIDI channel You will notice that the Octave and soft Buttons now will transpose the information And you can even use it to change one type of MIDI controller to another Here s how it works Th...

Page 114: ...s parameter settings are retained When set to Demo the parameters are returned to default values when the unit is powered up The default value for the Power Mode parameter is User The following param...

Page 115: ...pan position of the current program as set on the OUTPUT page in the Program Editor A value of 0 is maximum offset to the left 64 is no offset and 127 is maximum offset to the right Changing the valu...

Page 116: ...with version 5 software QA Bank E Other K2vxs or K2500s similarly set when in Quick Access mode QA Bank K K1200s and v5 1000s when in Quick Access mode QA 0 127 With the K2vx in Quick Access mode whe...

Page 117: ...bank Previous to the addition of the Bank Change Controller Kurzweil had developed their own method of switching banks by using two program changes one to switch the bank the second to call up the pro...

Page 118: ...gram in current bank 1st PCH is ig nored since it s above 109 PCH value 127 PCH value 104 No change in current program 400s bank se lected pending next PCH MC 32 value 0 PCH value 99 Program 99 0s ban...

Page 119: ...Extended program change format but it goes one step further When receiving the incoming program change commands are interpreted just as they are in the normal Extended format But the resulting program...

Page 120: ...ntry within that bank 100 107 Selects QA bank 0n 1n 2n 3n 4n 5n 6n 7n in current memory bank 110 127 Ignored Depending on the QA bank entry you want to select you ll send the K2vx one or two program c...

Page 121: ...ry bank you can enter MC 32 values as high as 7 and PCH values as high as 107 for the rst program Change command And you can enter PCH values as high as 59 for the second program change command If the...

Page 122: ...ess 5 on the alphanumeric pad the K2vx selects for itself whatever program or setup is programmed for that bank and entry The K2vx then sends the following two program change commands to its MIDI Out...

Page 123: ...04 84 117 7 101 77 QA 0 127 Finally there s the QA Bank format for use with older MIDI devices Program change commands 0 127 only It works similarly to the other QA formats but the allowable range of...

Page 124: ...ge the program change number that will be sent When you ve set the channel and the program change number press the Send soft button to send the program change command Or press the Cancel soft button i...

Page 125: ...R Tune Adjusting the value of this parameter will tune every program in the K2vx by the amount you specify Tuning can be adjusted up or down 100 cents one semitone in one cent increments This paramete...

Page 126: ...tern music uses what is known as equal temperament This means that the interval between each semitone of the 12 tone octave is precisely the same as every other interval Many different intonation inte...

Page 127: ...ounds are routed to Output Group A The lead sound is panned fully right and the rhythm sounds are panned fully left You connect an insert cable to the A Right output The send side of the insert cable...

Page 128: ...ful subprogram that lets you monitor the MIDI messages from the K2vx s keyboard and those received via MIDI This is a good way to make sure you re receiving MIDI from MIDI masters It s also good for m...

Page 129: ...es After a few seconds the K2vx will return to the Program mode page Guitar Wind Controller Mode If you are using a wind controller or guitar controller with your K2vx you may not always get the sound...

Page 130: ...Save Objects dialog For a complete description of this interface see the Saving Individual Objects section on page 13 24 Here is what the Move object screen would look like with several objects select...

Page 131: ...uch as samples that are dependents of a particular keymaps the parent objects are automatically relinked to their dependents that have moved What this means is that you can move any objects to any new...

Page 132: ...an replace another object However when you select multiple objects for moving you cannot overwrite any objects Copy Pressing Copy from the Object Utility page takes you to the Copy utility The Copy ut...

Page 133: ...naming dialogs on the K2vx you can do a double press of the Left Right cursor buttons to put the naming cursor on the last character of the string This is helpful when putting unique characters at th...

Page 134: ...However this can lead to some interesting results Sample objects that reference the K2vx s ROM sample area will reference the same area when you load them back in via MIDI Accessing the Object Utilit...

Page 135: ...ermore you can easily make changes to your sequences For example you can change individual notes transpose parts or change instrumentation Lastly you can share the sequences you create with other musi...

Page 136: ...t changing your mind later though since you can always make changes after you ve recorded your initial tracks It will be most logical to assign Jazz Kit to one of the drum channels such as channel 1 I...

Page 137: ...Program 80 Mix Bass Locat 1 1 Track R Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111213141516 Record Play Stop Erase MISC MIXER Notice that the R on the Track line which stands for Record has moved to track 2 Also n...

Page 138: ...ow to check and change if necessary the endpoint When you press Stop you ll be asked to con rm and name this song Even though we ve just recorded four measures of silence when you save it and give it...

Page 139: ...EditSong EVENT Ch 1 Track 1 1 1 1 1 000 CTRL VOL 127 1 1 1 1 000 CTRL PAN 64 6 1 6 1 000 END Cut Copy Paste View AllOn Done Fortunately it s quite easy to change the endpoint from 6 1 to 5 1 to remov...

Page 140: ...ed tracks To learn about these check out the Quantize and Reference Quantize functions on the EditSong TRACK page 10 Make sure you are in Merge Mode On the SongMode MAIN page check the Mode parameter...

Page 141: ...ave the PlayMode parameter set to Loop Depending on the type of song you are recording you may also want to turn quantization off before you record your bass part SongMode MISC Events 186K STOPPED Rec...

Page 142: ...u stopped the bass track You can check the endpoint and change it too if you want using the Event Editor as described earlier Record the Remaining Instruments in Your Song Now that you ve de ned your...

Page 143: ...Track 3 then is the third track from the left 3 Use the alpha wheel to turn down the volume of the track by changing the position of the volume slider 4 Press the Keep soft button and con rm the chan...

Page 144: ...anel of the K2vx The Program mode LED will light and track 1 the drum track will be muted 3 Press the Program mode button again to unmute the drum track Using your K2vx s front panel buttons you can m...

Page 145: ...ld is replaced by the Used eld as shown below when the Song Status is REC READY or RECORDING to display the percentage of the record buffer not the RAM memory being used SongMode MAIN Used 0 REC READY...

Page 146: ...tempo changes recorded in real time are recorded as tempo events Fractional Tempos You can use fractional tempos 120 5 etc in your sequence However the initial tempo can not be fractional and you can...

Page 147: ...e value is still displayed The parameter is replaced with Setup when you select a Setup for playback or recording The Setup parameter functions similarly to Program Programs selected in Program Mode o...

Page 148: ...o overdub when recording on a track containing previously recorded data You ll usually want to set Mode to Merge when RecMode on the MISC page is set to Loop Otherwise each time through the loop the p...

Page 149: ...ny channel and the same channel can be assigned to more than one track However keep in mind that only one program can be assigned to a channel at a time so if you have more than one track assigned to...

Page 150: ...urrently positioned on either the Track or Channel elds or from the record enabled track if the cursor is positioned elsewhere As shown on page 12 17 a dialog appears that allows you to verify your in...

Page 151: ...r Song Objects per bank in banks 100 900 In the zeros bank there are 75 ID s 1 75 In the 200 s bank there are ID s 200 219 in the 300 s bank ID s 300 319 and so on Object accesses some useful database...

Page 152: ...OTH XMIT RECV OFF OFF CLOCK INT EXT INT TEMPO AUTO FIXED AUTO COUNTOFF OFF 1 2 3 1 CLICK OFF REC ON CNT REC CLICK CHANNEL 1 16 16 CLICK PROGRAM 1 999 198 CLICK KEY C 1 G9 C4 CLICK VELOCITY 1 127 90 Th...

Page 153: ...ong is saved you can not use this feature to erase individual notes UnLoop When recording in UnLoop Mode any existing tracks will be played back as if they were looping from Bar 1 Beat 1 to the End po...

Page 154: ...ill wait for a Note event before going into PLAYING or RECORDING status With the KeyWait On press the Play soft button while the sequencer is STOPPED or REC READY and the new status KEY WAIT will ash...

Page 155: ...Stop Song Continue Song Select and Song Position Pointer Clock Speci es the source clock as being internal or external When the Clock is set to external the K2vx will wait to receive MIDI clock data...

Page 156: ...e MAIN page The tracks in the new Song will be empty but all initial program volume and pan settings and all parameters in the MISC page remain set the same way they were in the previous Song In Out p...

Page 157: ...HAN BANK buttons at the same time will jump to the next Bank of 100 Programs Pan Position Position the cursor over any one of the sixteen Pan Position Knobs on the display and turn the Alpha Wheel to...

Page 158: ...below Soft Buttons on the MIX Page Record Play Pause and Stop work the same as they do on the MAIN page described earlier M 1 8 M 9 16 The eight mode select buttons to the left of the screen on the f...

Page 159: ...racks such as tempo and time signature control parameters for effects and arrangements and soft buttons for switching to other Song edit modes EditSong COMMON Track 1 Tempo 120 StartStep 1 TimeSig 4 4...

Page 160: ...you to save memory since you can repeat steps without having to duplicate the actual song data Another great feature within the arrangement editor gives you the ability to trigger Steps by striking a...

Page 161: ...rangement editor This feature is particularly useful when a drum kit Program or any other non pitched Program is used in a Song assigned to a Step of an Arrangement which is being triggered over a ran...

Page 162: ...yed with the program change from bar 1 The channel of the selected Event is displayed on the top line of the page When all of the Tracks are being viewed in the Event List the Track of the selected Ev...

Page 163: ...bpm End Point END Any Bar Beat Tick setting Note events have four editable values Note Number Attack Velocity indicated by a v Release Velocity indicated by a and Note Duration Note Number C 1 G9 Atta...

Page 164: ...ecorded MIDI data on the selected track s If any of these view parameters are set to Off the View soft button in the EditSong EVENT page will be in brackets as shown below indicating that you might no...

Page 165: ...riteria window parameters the Locate parameter is also found on each function Since these parameters are common to the various functions we will de ne them rst Then we ll describe the individual funct...

Page 166: ...for the To value to represent a value with ner resolution when a range of time is de ned in real time using the FromTo soft button Events Any and all types of MIDI events are available for editing sel...

Page 167: ...From eld in the Region Criteria Window and then press the Play soft button At this point every time you press FromTo the From Bar and Beat will re ect a location in the Song at each time the button p...

Page 168: ...of time on the current track use the Events parameter in the Region Criteria window to select a speci c MIDI event type you would like the edit function to affect Some event types provide you more cri...

Page 169: ...stTrack 1 d Events Notes Mode Erase d LoKey C 1 Hi G 9 d LoVel 1 Hi 127 d Locate 1 1 FromTo Play Stop Go Done DstTrack 1 16 Select a destination track for the events to be moved to with the DstTrack p...

Page 170: ...ng the Song s End point appropriately on all tracks This is similar to cutting a section out of a tape and splicing the ends EditSong TRACK Affects all tracks Function Delete d From 1 1 To 2 1 d d d d...

Page 171: ...0th of a Beat up to 26 Beats before aligning them to Grid locations Shift is used to compensate for any notes played too early or late Region Criteria Window Release Yes No Set the Release parameter t...

Page 172: ...the values originally played and the values of the velocities on the reference track Region Criteria Window Width 1 1 1 384 The Width setting determines the duration of a window of time centered arou...

Page 173: ...sually be easily detected Controller values are sometimes more dif cult to change since there can be inconsistent gaps of time in between each controller event EditSong TRACK Track 1 Function Change d...

Page 174: ...fset applied will decrease from the full amount of change described by Scale and Offset to little or no change as the Song approaches the Bar and Beat de ned in the To parameter Edit Song Track Functi...

Page 175: ...code you wish to have use the existing values once used by the Old controller to produce a different effect Edit Song Track Functions Grab Grab is similar to the Copy function except that the Grab fun...

Page 176: ...ll be played on the destination track s channel Location 1 1 Specify a Bar and Beat location in the destination track where the grabbed data will be placed with the Location parameter If the length of...

Page 177: ...ust strike a key The note you play will be displayed in the window on the right along with its velocity or duration If the Velocity parameter is set to Played then it will re ect the actual velocity y...

Page 178: ...and after the edited locations will be preserved Set to Merge to add note events to existing track data The DubMode value will re ect the last value given to the Mode parameter on the SongMode MAIN pa...

Page 179: ...ich you actually enter notes is used for each Step Locate The Bar Beat and Tick displayed as the Locate value is the location where the next Step entry will placed in the Song and once the Step is ent...

Page 180: ...keyboard and realtime performance controls for triggering steps but not every Song will utilize them When a Song containing an Arrangement is selected as the CurSong from the MAIN page three dashes a...

Page 181: ...ks of a Song being transposed as a Step will be transposed except for those tracks de ned as a Drum Track in the EditSong COMMON page of the Song called up by the Arrangement NOT the Arrangement Song...

Page 182: ...tack velocity of every Note event in the triggered Step s Song will be scaled to values determined by the attack velocity of the note you play when triggering Soft Buttons on the Edit Song ARRANGE Pag...

Page 183: ...program changes are defeated and the song plays the programs you assigned Effect Selection During Recording and Playback When you re recording or playing back a song the preset effect applied to the...

Page 184: ...eceived the Clock control sources are disabled Memory Limits While there s no actual time limit to the length of the songs you record their size is limited to 64K or to the maximum amount of available...

Page 185: ...and a Channel a unique channel assigned to that track The default setting of all tracks enabled to record on channels 1 16 will always work You can also record individual tracks from your source sequ...

Page 186: ...Song Mode Recording Multi timbral Sequences via MIDI 12 52...

Page 187: ...astly the K2vx offers MS DOS le system compatibility sample transfer using the standard audio le formats AIFF and WAVE and saving of song les as MIDI Type 0 format Disk Mode Page To enter Disk mode pr...

Page 188: ...button If the oppy you inserted is double density and you press the 1 4M soft button the format procedure will fail This is also true if the disk is high density and you press the 720K soft button If...

Page 189: ...nd an internally terminated Mac you re all set Just connect the Mac s SCSI port to either of the K2vx s SCSI ports and you re ready to roll The K2vx is internally terminated so in this case you ve sat...

Page 190: ...and can t be changed Once you ve made sure that all connected devices are set to different SCSI IDs you should be able to select the devices format them and start loading and saving les Formatting a S...

Page 191: ...ving to know in advance the SCSI ID of the removable drive A Macro le stores its references to drives by drive ID SCSI ID or Floppy or by either a Library or Unspeci ed designation see the section on...

Page 192: ...s a way to override this feature check its manual Any Disk mode operation will wake a disk in this case as well File List Dialog The le list dialog is displayed anytime you select a disk function to o...

Page 193: ...n indicator of the number of les in the currently displayed directory This number is grouped together with the number of selected les Sel 0 54 The rst number means No les selected and the number after...

Page 194: ...by scrolling the Current Disk parameter on the Disk Mode page There are exceptions to this however For example when a le is written to the drive using the Save function the index will subsequently be...

Page 195: ...oot directory as indicated by the Dir eld on the top line of the display the only effect of pressing Root will be reset the le index to1 if there are les in the directory The Parent soft button is use...

Page 196: ...space utility that can be used nd out how much space is being used on the current drive all of the les on the disk Also there is a List utility that can be used to calculate the size of all les within...

Page 197: ...eating a Directory with NewDir When you press NewDir you will rst name the directory that you are about to make for instance Directory name THINGS Delete Insert End Choose OK Cancel Pressing End will...

Page 198: ...rent directory to be the one just created The Directory Selection Dialog When making a new directory as well as in many of the disk functions you will be presented with the opportunity to change the c...

Page 199: ...copy a le from the currently selected device to the K2vx s RAM Press the Load button and a list of les stored in the currently selected device will appear Scroll through the list of les with the Alph...

Page 200: ...ct order that they are stored in the le Func LOAD Sel 0 5 Index 1 Sample 200 Tenor Sax1 G 2S 250K Sample 201 Tenor Sax2 C 3S 179K Sample 203 Tenor Sax3 F 3S 198K Keymap 200 Tenor Sax 176 Select Next T...

Page 201: ...would read Sample 293 Tenor Sax G 198K The status line at the top of the screen speci es the object function being performed Func LOAD the number of selected objects in the list followed by the total...

Page 202: ...at is currently highlighted This is a convenient way to nd a particular type of object in the list If you want to skip over the samples and the keymaps in an object list and jump right to the Programs...

Page 203: ...s the K2vx to also load the dependents You may wish to answer No if for instance you are simply loading in a Program or a Keymap as a template for use with other objects You can also manually select o...

Page 204: ...disk les with the caveat that some samples in a multiple oppy disk le cannot be auditioned because they reside on more than one disk These samples will still appear in the object list but their size...

Page 205: ...of the selected bank If an ID number is already in use increment the ID number until a free slot is found Cancel Cancel the mode selection and go back to choosing a bank Scrolling to a different bank...

Page 206: ...D numbers starting from 200 Here is an example that compares all of the above load modes EXAMPLE Starting with the following objects already stored in the K2vx internal RAM Program 200 Existing Prog1...

Page 207: ...ill override the instructions for each entry in the macro At this point the les will begin to load When all the les have been successfully loaded or the load process has been aborted the K2vx returns...

Page 208: ...is still possible to abort out of this by holding down the Plus or Minus button simultaneously while pressing Yes when you see the following question Abort this partial load Yes No More Load Function...

Page 209: ...gure your K2vx or another K2vx to your performance or sequencing needs For example you might save different Master les with every sequence you create using an external sequencer Then when you load the...

Page 210: ...es Saving Individual Objects You can select any group of objects in the K2vx s RAM for saving into a single le To save individual objects from the above dialog press Object The K2vx will display a scr...

Page 211: ...allows auditioning of Samples Keymaps Programs and Songs right from the Save Object dialog as well as all of the other object utility dialogs that are discussed later To activate this feature scroll...

Page 212: ...g four different RAM samples If you save these programs to a disk le and save dependent objects with them you ve created a le containing 30 programs and 120 dependent RAM samples So far so good Suppos...

Page 213: ...ch Relink by Name speeds up development of sounds is when making small adjustments to a program that has as its dependents a large amount of sample data you can separate the program and sample data so...

Page 214: ...een them by loading the parent le into a speci c bank that is the same bank or before the bank containing the objects you wish to re link to Note that this can only be taken so far since it would be i...

Page 215: ...in order for Relink by Name to function since they are the link between the higher level objects and the names of the dependents An important thing to notice about this particular Name Table is that t...

Page 216: ...pes NOTE In cases where duplicate names do exist in different banks load the le that contains the name table into a bank equal to or preceding the bank in which the le with dependent objects was loade...

Page 217: ...one step to direct all of the various program les to be loaded in After that any time you load in a song le containing a Name Table referencing these programs the songs should get relinked to the cor...

Page 218: ...the objects currently stored in the K2vx s RAM and because of this dependent relationships are available to be used as selection criteria This is what is displayed by the K2vx when the Multi button i...

Page 219: ...instance if you were scrolled to a Setup object when you pressed Multi pressing the Type soft button would set up the Type parameter to Setup This is usually used to quickly select or deselect all ob...

Page 220: ...Clear The K2vx would return to the object list display with the only the desired objects selected for saving Set For each of the objects in the speci ed range select the object For Example to select a...

Page 221: ...d bank Changing this parameter causes the StartId and the EndId to be set to the limits of the cho sen bank i e setting this to 300 s will set the StartId to 300 and the EndId to 399 Setting this para...

Page 222: ...currently in dexed item that is displayed is ignored unless it is al ready explicitly selected has an asterisk Specify All All Keymap All Program Keymap Sample Samples Only This parameter is used to...

Page 223: ...are dependents of a block of programs Select all the samples starting from ID number 398 Select all the objects that have piano in their object name Select the programs setups and effects that are de...

Page 224: ...te it add it to a Macro move it to a different directory open it if it is a KRZ or a MAC le etc Macros The K2vx lets you create lists of disk les called Macros The les can be located on any drive whet...

Page 225: ...rd Pause and Off The meaning of each of these modes is Off There is no Macro object in the K2vx memory Record A Macro object exists and the K2vx records any le load operations that occur Pause A Macro...

Page 226: ...CurrentDisk Floppy Startup Off Library Off more Load Save Macro Delete more The Macro Table When Macro Record mode is enabled after being in the Macro Off state a new object called a Macro Table gets...

Page 227: ...m the storage space taken up by the Macro Table If you are con dent that you have enough K2vx object memory installed and that you can allow the Macro Table to increase in size as you work then you ma...

Page 228: ...ven if at the current time the selected bank is empty Whatever you choose here for the load mode as well as your choice of bank will be saved in the Macro list For the sake of this example let s choos...

Page 229: ...the entries into the Macro le as we do for this example just press All The K2vx will go through the standard le saving dialog in which you choose a le name and select a directory to save the le in Le...

Page 230: ...ed loading in the SYNTH MAC le will have the effect of adding a duplicate set of entries into the in memory Macro Whatever method of loading you choose i e speci ed in the Macro or overriding the Macr...

Page 231: ...rt describes the information stored in a Macro entry and also tells how to the understand the settings of a displayed Macro entry Disk drive ID This represents what drive the file is to be loaded from...

Page 232: ...and then by pressing either the Left or Right cursor button on the front panel You will see a display that looks like this Mode The mode specified for loading in the file The following one letter cod...

Page 233: ...xact SCSI ID used in a Macro le that is to be loaded on someone else s disk drive since there is no way to predict the SCSI ID of the drive in advance Another use would be if you are consistently work...

Page 234: ...his is what the Library parameter on the Disk Mode page has been set to If the correct CD ROM has been placed in the drive the K2vx will load the le and then continue and load PNOPROGS KRZ from the op...

Page 235: ...PSE KRZ 200 F Select Check All OK Exit From the Load Macro page you can select one or more individual Macro entries for loading instead of having to load the entire Macro This is done using the Select...

Page 236: ...enabled go to the Load function highlight the Macro le you wish to edit and then either select certain entries from the Macro le by pressing Open to get to the Load Macro page or just press OK to load...

Page 237: ...s Mode Fill 4 entries selected Delete OK Cancel The initial settings of the parameters on these screens are always taken from the lowest indexed Macro entry that is selected on the Macro page In addi...

Page 238: ...ssary changes to the in memory Macro you can go to the Save Macro page to write selected or all entries to a new disk le or replace over the original Macro le you may have loaded in for editing Execut...

Page 239: ...IANO KRZ would be loaded in the 300 s bank and then NOISE AIF would be loaded in the 500 s bank Macro Insert It is possible to insert new Macro entries into the middle of the Macro Table if necessary...

Page 240: ...s method The Macro Table can be selected for saving and loading just like any other object When you load in a Macro Table using Load Individual Object it will overwrite any Macro Table already in memo...

Page 241: ...time to get out of the multiple le load process If you are aborting a Macro because the Disk Drive ID is incorrectly speci ed as evidenced by lots of Problem mounting disk errors you will need to hol...

Page 242: ...button to grab the text of a le name from the current disk as described previously If you press OK the K2vx will begin to search the disk for any les or directories that contain the search string in...

Page 243: ...were found you will also see No files found The K2vx will remember the last search string that you entered This makes it easy to repeat the same search If you press Util Find again the Search string...

Page 244: ...on Free The Free utility calculates the amount of free space on the current disk and displays the result on the Disk Utilities page This may take a small amount of time to calculate depending on the d...

Page 245: ...The K2vx remembers the most recent destination directory that a le was moved to If the current directory is different from the most recent destination directory you will see the question Use default d...

Page 246: ...The same message will be displayed if there is a le in the destination directory with the same name as the le to be moved File ATOMTOM KRZ not moved Renaming Files Press the Rename soft button from Di...

Page 247: ...ories Backup and Copy Functions File Backup To access the Backup function from the Disk Mode page rst make sure that the Current Disk is set to be the drive that you want to make a backup of Next pres...

Page 248: ...hange Next select the Backup mode when you see the following question Replace or increment mode Help Replace Increm Cancel Replace Any les to be transferred that already exist in the destination direc...

Page 249: ...ectory you will need to look in the Parent directory A large SCSI drive backed up in this way can be restored by individually backing up the removable media in the reverse direction Backup and Copy wi...

Page 250: ...ing Macro BOOT MAC completed The K2vx will go directly to Program Mode afterwards Deleting Banks in a Startup File You may want the Startup le to clear out one or all banks in the K2vx before loading...

Page 251: ...ns lines being able to use graphical le management interfaces for organizing les and directories being able to back up K2vx data using a PC compatible or Mac with commercially available software and e...

Page 252: ...t match a certain extension The standard extensions used on the les are AIF AIFF WAV WAVE MID MIDI Type 0 The rst time you enter the Export page after powering on or after a soft reset of the K2vx the...

Page 253: ...ic When you think of the difference between the sound of a piano and a saxophone you re thinking about their different timbres A dull sound has a strong fundamental and weak harmonics while a bright s...

Page 254: ...buttons to select the pages The PITCH soft button always selects the pitch control input page since the rst stage of every algorithm is invariably the pitch control The F1 F4 soft buttons select the c...

Page 255: ...Depending on the signal s input level and the amount of gain boost introduced by any given DSP function its output may clip which will alter the sound considerably Clipping may also occur as a result...

Page 256: ...effect on a DSP function over a sizable portion of the keyboard but have it increase or decrease throughout the rest of the keyboard s range Set high unipolar values for KStart when you want to remove...

Page 257: ...eystart settings below C 4 the effect on key tracking will be minimum at C 9 increasing with each note closer to the keystart setting and remaining constant for notes at and below the keystart setting...

Page 258: ...meaning that the cutoff will have a more dramatic effect on the sound The K2vx has one pole two pole and four pole lters available A one pole lter has a 6 dB per octave cutoff a two pole is 12 dB per...

Page 259: ...timbre of the sound but will reduce its overall amplitude EditProg F1 FRQ LOPASS Layer 1 1 Coarse C 4 262 Hz Src1 OFF Fine 0ct Depth 0ct Src2 OFF KeyTrk 0ct key DptCtl OFF VelTrk 0ct MinDpt 0ct Pad 0d...

Page 260: ...Filter 2POLE LOWPASS The two pole lowpass lter has a rolloff of 12 dB per octave above the cutoff frequency This is a two stage function so it has two control input pages The rst affects the cutoff fr...

Page 261: ...er is the same as using two one pole lowpass lters in successive algorithm blocks Since its resonance is xed at 6 dB it s also the same as using 2POLE LOWPASS with the resonance set to 6 dB You d use...

Page 262: ...pole Lowpass Filter with Separation 4POLE LOPASS W SEP 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 10 100 1000 10000 100000 Frequency in Hertz Amplitude in dB Resonance 12 dB cutoff frequency from C 4 to C 10 C...

Page 263: ...s lower it If no separation is applied there s a 24 dB per octave rolloff above the cutoff frequency EditProg F3 SEP 4P LOPASS Layer 1 1 Adjust 0ct Src1 OFF Fine 0ct Depth 0ct Src2 OFF KeyTrk 0ct key...

Page 264: ...h frequency partials pass through this lter unaffected At the cutoff frequency the signal is attenuated 3 dB There s a roll off of 6 dB per octave below the cutoff frequency The resonance is xed at 3d...

Page 265: ...ere s a one octave shift that is HIPASS with a cutoff frequency of C 3 will sound nearly the same as HIPAS2 with a cutoff of C 4 In other words HIPASS gives you greater attenuation of low frequencies...

Page 266: ...ASS creating a separation between the cutoff frequencies of the two lters Positive values raise the cutoff frequency of the second 2POLE HIPASS while negative values lower it If no separation is appli...

Page 267: ...nt to use Source 1 or 2 and assign an LFO to sweep the center frequency up and down Periodic phase shifts like those induced by an LFO on the center frequency will cause a vibrato like variation in th...

Page 268: ...le large values spread the drop in the phase shift over a broader frequency range Small values tend to affect just a few partials leaving others mostly untouched The affected partials seem to become d...

Page 269: ...010 to 5 000 octaves KEY TRACKING 200 octaves per key VELOCITY TRACKING 5 00 octaves SOURCE 1 Control Source list SOURCE 1 DEPTH 5 00 octaves SOURCE 2 Control Source list SOURCE 2 DEPTH CONTROL Contro...

Page 270: ...rtials at more than two octaves in either direction from the center frequency Two pole Notch Filter Fixed Width NOTCH2 The only functional difference between NOTCH2 and NOTCH FILTER is that the width...

Page 271: ...ntered in a region of the sound where the partials are weak You can easily boost these quiet signals with the parameters on the F4 AMP page 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 100 1000 10000 100000 Frequency...

Page 272: ...taves This gives you a one stage bandpass lter function Double Notch Filter with Separation DOUBLE NOTCH W SEP 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 100 1000 10000 100000 Frequency in Hertz Amplitude in dB Center...

Page 273: ...d cause the width control parameters to affect the width of the higher frequency notch more than the width of the lower frequency notch Negative values for separation will move the notches apart to th...

Page 274: ...nput page center frequency width and amplitude The center frequency is the center of the range of frequencies that will be boosted or cut by the amplitude setting The width is the entire range of freq...

Page 275: ...the center frequency then measuring the distance in octaves between the points on the curve where the amplitude is attenuated by 3dB See the diagram below 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 10 100 1000 10000 10000...

Page 276: ...input page F3 AMP soft button and adjust the amplitude of the range you speci ed with the center frequency and width settings You ll probably jump back and forth between these three pages until your...

Page 277: ...center frequency EditProg F2 WID PARA EQ Layer 1 1 Adjust 0 010oct Src1 OFF Depth 0 00oct Src2 OFF KeyTrk 0 000oct key DptCtl OFF VelTrk 0 00oct MinDpt 0 00oct MaxDpt 0 00oct more F1 FRQ F2 WID F3 AMP...

Page 278: ...e is that the width of PARA MID is xed at 2 2 octaves Consequently there s no control input page for the width 0 5 10 15 10 100 1000 10000 100000 Frequency in Hertz Amplitude in dB Gain 12 dB cutoff f...

Page 279: ...of cut or boost that s applied to notes below the cutoff frequency There s a gradual increase in the bass response for each successively lower note The location of the cutoff frequency will change so...

Page 280: ...the amplitude setting affects notes above the cutoff frequency 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 10 100 1000 10000 100000 Frequency in Hertz Amplitude in dB Gain 12 dB cutoff frequency from C 6 to C 10 C 6 C 10...

Page 281: ...000 100000 Frequency in Hertz Amplitude in dB Resonance 3 dB gain 12 dB cutoff frequency from C 2 to C 4 C 2 C 4 Steep Resonant Bass Frequency 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 10 100 1000 10000 100000 Frequenc...

Page 282: ...B KEY TRACKING 2 00 dB per key VELOCITY TRACKING 30 dB SOURCE 1 Control Source list SOURCE 1 DEPTH 96 dB SOURCE 2 Control Source list SOURCE 2 DEPTH CONTROL Control Source list MINIMUM DEPTH SOURCE 2...

Page 283: ...ge values for the Adjust parameter can cause a sound to clip which will distort most sounds considerably You may want this effect and using it won t damage anything but as a rule you ll want to avoid...

Page 284: ...METER RANGE OF VALUES ADJUST 100 KEY TRACKING 16 key VELOCITY TRACKING 200 PAD 0 6 12 18 dB SOURCE 1 Control Source list SOURCE 1 DEPTH 200 SOURCE 2 Control Source list SOURCE 2 DEPTH CONTROL Control...

Page 285: ...trol Source list MINIMUM DEPTH SOURCE 2 96 dB MAXIMUM DEPTH SOURCE 2 96 dB Balance and Amp BAL AMP This function has a two wire input and a two wire output The parameters on its control input page aff...

Page 286: ...e you assign one of these functions they can be used to combine two wire signals for the F4 AMP block or to enable you to apply another DSP function to the combined signals before the F4 AMP block The...

Page 287: ...an assign a waveform in the F1 block all subsequent blocks will allow you to assign only the added waveforms Or if the subsequent blocks allow you to assign the regular waveforms it s because the wiri...

Page 288: ...can tune the pitch of the waveform in terms of its actual frequency in Hertz as opposed to the usual method of tuning by key names The advantage to using the Fine Hz parameter is that you can maintai...

Page 289: ...yer 1 1 Coarse 100 0Hz Src1 OFF Fine 4 00x Depth 1 000x Src2 OFF KeyTrk 2 00x oct DptCtl OFF VelTrk 1 000x MinDpt 1 000x Pad 0dB MaxDpt 1 000x more F1 PCH F2 F3 F4 AMP more PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES C...

Page 290: ...adjust or ne Hertz adjust Non linear Functions HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATOR DISTORTION SHAPER DOUBLE SHAPER TWO PARAMETER SHAPER WRAP LOWPASS FILTER WITH CLIPPING PULSE WIDTH MODULATION The functions in...

Page 291: ...thm The three control input pages let you adjust the cutoff frequency of the rst high pass lter F1 FRQ the amount drive of the distortion function F2 DRV and the mix relative amplitude of the stimulat...

Page 292: ...c2 OFF KeyTrk 0 00dB key DptCtl OFF VelTrk 0dB MinDpt 0dB MaxDpt 0dB more F1 FRQ F2 DRV F3 AMP F4 AMP more PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES ADJUST 96 to 48 dB KEY TRACKING 2 00 dB per key VELOCITY TRACKING 9...

Page 293: ...Consequently your power chords may sound a little different from your expectations but you can also get some great effects with key and velocity tracking not to mention Sources 1 and 2 that aren t po...

Page 294: ...ound voice like The two series of graphs that follow show the effect of SHAPER on two typical single cycle waveforms The rst set of six graphs just below shows the evolution of a sine wave input as th...

Page 295: ...The following LCD page shows the SHAPER function in the F1 block but it can appear in other blocks as well EditProg F1 AMT SHAPER Layer 1 1 Adjust 0 100x Src1 OFF Depth 0 00x KStart C 1 unipola Src2...

Page 296: ...sine wave partials that are even harmonics of the input signal and the F2 ODD control parameters let you add distortion to sine wave partials that are odd harmonics of the input signal In simpler term...

Page 297: ...nd As you increase the Adjust value the buzz will increase and the pitch of the sound will begin to disappear Keep adding to the Adjust value and you ll end up with white noise regardless of the start...

Page 298: ...s the signal to clip it won t have much effect on the signal It s designed to be followed by DIST with the Adjust parameter for DIST set to a fairly high level The DIST function will drive all positiv...

Page 299: ...0 more F1 WID F2 F3 F4 AMP more PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES ADJUST 0 to 100 KEY TRACKING 8 00 per key VELOCITY TRACKING 100 PAD 0 6 12 18 dB SOURCE 1 Control Source list SOURCE 1 DEPTH 100 SOURCE 2 Con...

Page 300: ...then passed through the SHAPER whose Adjust value is set by the level of the sample input You might think of this function as an oscillator whose shape is controlled by the sample input signal Even if...

Page 301: ...ived which may or may not be useful Of course with equal temperament the ratios given above are not perfectly precise a perfect fth for example has a frequency ratio of 1 4983 not 3 2 If the frequenci...

Page 302: ...er a note both waveforms start at negative full scale If the slave s pitch control is set to a much lower value than that of the master the master waveform will reach positive full scale before the sl...

Page 303: ...4 51 full scale full scale full scale full scale full scale full scale Pitch of Master Sawtooth Pitch of Slave Sawtooth 1 3 x Master s Pitch of Slave Sawtooth 3 2 x Master s Pitch of Slave Sawtooth 10...

Page 304: ...DSP Functions Hard Sync Functions 14 52...

Page 305: ...gh and Pin 3 is Low Depending on your sample source a commercial DAT deck for example you may need to use a cable or a cable and adaptor with an RCA connector on one end and an XLR connector on the ot...

Page 306: ...evels with the Gain parameter on the Sample mode page If you re sampling through a microphone you ll probably want to use a preamp to optimize your signal to noise ratio If you don t have a preamp you...

Page 307: ...enever a clip occurs the K2vx will display the word CLIP above the meters and will ash the Master mode LED It will also give you the number of clips in each sample before you save it The meters are in...

Page 308: ...ples On the Sample page set Mode to Trigger Adjust Thresh to control triggering sensitivity This triggers the currently assigned click program The left input will trigger click key note number 1 right...

Page 309: ...00 dry Any edits you ve made to Program 199 are re ected in the sample you audition When you exit the Sample mode page the temporary keymap and program disappear until the next time you audition a sam...

Page 310: ...a keymap because it tells you how much transposition of the sample you will hear depending on its key assignment Once the sample is recorded and saved you may want to edit it using the TRIM page LOOP...

Page 311: ...at AES EBU L Mode Stereo R Thresh Off dB 60 40 16 8 4 0 Record Auto Timer Preview The rst difference is the fact that there are no parameters for gain and sample rate There s no need for a gain parame...

Page 312: ...og to digital convertor which can be very useful The digital out will have the same signal that is sent to the MIX outs So if you have all of your separate outs plugged in and therefore have no signal...

Page 313: ...the waveform display enabling you to see a larger or smaller segment of the waveform of the currently selected sample The top line of the display indicates the zoom position in terms of a fraction for...

Page 314: ...r to phase the samples by assigning each side to a separate keymap then delaying one of the layers slightly Units With the Units soft button you can change the units used to display the locations of t...

Page 315: ...les will each indicate their size even though they re referring to the same memory location This might lead you to believe that you re using more memory for samples than you actually are If you use th...

Page 316: ...ternative Start Volume Adjust AltVolAdjust This parameter sets the amplitude of the sample when the alternative start is used See Chapter 6 for a discussion of AltSwitch Decay Rate Use this parameter...

Page 317: ...e used when the Alt Switch control is Off or when the control source assigned to it is below its midpoint Ignore Release IgnRelease When set to a value of Off the sample will release normally when the...

Page 318: ...r the Start S and Alt A parameters Doing this will cause portions of other samples to be played which can create interesting effects Note that for RAM samples you won t see any waveforms displayed to...

Page 319: ...is split into two sections left and right divided by a vertical bar in the center This bar is thicker than the vertical lines representing the Start Alt Loop and End points and does not move when you...

Page 320: ...e right If you adjust the display Gain and Zoom of the sample while on the LOOP page you ll notice that the Gain affects the waveform on both sides of the loop point while the Zoom affects only the le...

Page 321: ...ng a second sample segment Sample 2 to be processed with the currently selected sample In these cases use the Samp2 soft button When you press it another page appears enabling you to select a second R...

Page 322: ...or hard The buffer is also cleared if you execute a master delete and select Delete everything Samp2 The Samp2 button as described earlier in the DSP page section enables you to select a segment of a...

Page 323: ...ton the K2vx will search inward from the start and end points you set until it nds the rst sample that exceeds the noise oor Everything outside the range will be left out You ll want to experiment wit...

Page 324: ...lect the VolAdjust parameter with the cursor buttons and use the Alpha Wheel to adjust the volume of the selected range You can cut boost the volume from 96 to 96 dB 4 Clear The result of this functio...

Page 325: ...pplies an equal crossfade that is the same at both ends of the deleted segment A value of MIX assigns a curve that will start the crossfade before the start point of the deleted segment and will end a...

Page 326: ...ample in the keymap of the rst layer or set them as the Left and Right samples in a stereo keymap Add a delay to one of the layers or keymaps to create the phase effect 8 Insert Zero This function wil...

Page 327: ...hat the sample rates differ If you mix samples with different rates you ll hear a pitch shift in the mixed sample If you don t want this pitch shift use the Resample function to match the sample rates...

Page 328: ...the sample rates of the two samples before inserting 11 Volume Ramp This function lets you apply a ramp to the volume of the selected sample range The Start Level and End Level parameters let you set...

Page 329: ...ple rate of the samples in the selected segment This is convenient for converting samples to new rates matching those of other samples to be mixed with or inserted into It s also useful for saving mem...

Page 330: ...nal result This function is extremely useful for ne adjustments in the length of a sample You can also apply greater amounts of warp for a wide range of effects Experimentation will give you an idea o...

Page 331: ...of Sample 2 right at the top To set up a MixBeat rst select the desired segment of Sample 1 using the Start and End parameters Then press the Samp2 soft button to select the sample to be mixed in and...

Page 332: ...Sample 2 will play on the rst fth and ninth beat of your six second Sample 1 segment The result will look something like the diagram below If you change Beat to 3 Sample 2 will play on beats 3 7 and...

Page 333: ...st mix of Sample 2 will be cut or boosted by the Vol adjust amount 19 Beat Volume Adjust This function works much like Mix Beat The difference is that you re not mixing in any samples you re just volu...

Page 334: ...sfade while the Curve parameter sets the shape of the crossfade curve The available values are LIN EXP COS EQL and MIX These curves are described below Crossfade and Volume Adjust Curves There are ve...

Page 335: ...ou return to Disk mode this le will be selected Once you ve loaded a sample or program le you can save it as a Kurzweil object You ll nd it it can be loaded and backed up much faster as a Kurzweil obj...

Page 336: ...size of the object in Kilobytes displayed as well The top line of the display will show the number of available objects of the selected type Use the soft buttons to highlight the object to be loaded T...

Page 337: ...ike even creating a separate range for each note This would allow you to tune each key independently to create microtonal tunings For keymaps that use a single timbre like the Grand Piano there s a ke...

Page 338: ...done on the KEYMAP page in the Program Editor using the Keymap parameter Once you ve done this just press the EDIT button and you ll enter the Keymap Editor If you want to edit a different keymap retu...

Page 339: ...the new key range partially overlaps an adjacent key range the existing key range will be adjusted to accommodate the new range If the new key range completely overlaps an existing key range the origi...

Page 340: ...se Tune Coarse Tune allows you to transpose a sample for a given range This is extremely useful when you have set the Root key of the sample for one note but want to assign the sample to a different p...

Page 341: ...ected and you see its values C 0 to G 10 the entire MIDI keyboard range The Sample parameter will have a value of 168 Silence C 4 Now you re ready to start assigning samples to key ranges within the k...

Page 342: ...4 B 4 key range and the Keymap Editor page reappeared the current key range would not be F 4 to B 4 but A 3 to B 4 This is because the K2vx automatically merges adjacent key ranges that are identical...

Page 343: ...ound engine responds to MIDI messages received at the MIDI In port and from the front panel as does the effects processor The K2vx s control sources use their own internal signal format for interpreti...

Page 344: ...equation that will process the combined signals from input a and input b EditProg FUN Layer 1 1 Input a Input b Function FUN1 OFF OFF a b FUN2 OFF OFF a b FUN3 OFF OFF a b 2 FUN4 OFF OFF a 2 b more LF...

Page 345: ...a curve illustrating the effect of the equations on the input signals The horizontal axis represents the possible values of the input to the FUN the combined control signals of inputs a and b The vert...

Page 346: ...ource like MWheel then the Mod Wheel will generate a control signal of 1 when fully down and 0 when fully up a b 2 The values of inputs a and b are added and the sum is divided by 2 This gives you the...

Page 347: ...fold change in the output value Here are a few possible output values Input values Output values a 1 b 1 1 a 1 b 0 01 a 1 b 1 0001 a 0 b 1 0 a 0 b 0 0 a 0 b 1 0 a 1 b 1 1 a 1 b 0 01 a 1 b 1 0001 a b T...

Page 348: ...ut value Quantize b to a This turns the control source assigned to input b into a stepped control source Instead of smooth transitions from minimum to maximum it will jump from minimum to maximum in s...

Page 349: ...true for the values marked by an asterisk when input b is unipolar lowpass f a b This equation might be called a lag equation Its effect is to introduce a delay in the K2vx s response to changes in t...

Page 350: ...e difference You ll get considerably different results for different input values of a and b a b y Think of this equation as reading y is replaced by the result of the function a b y The value of y in...

Page 351: ...ramp equations described later in this section see the note at the end of this chapter about the evaluation order of the FUNs You could also use LFOph1 or LFOph2 as inputs The rst three graphs below s...

Page 352: ...output value while the value of input b changes warp1 a b We call this the Vari slope equation The value of input a controls the mapping of values for input b If input b is a sawtooth wave different...

Page 353: ...The XOR operation is a subprogram that applies a truth table to each of the digits in the binary numbers that represent the values of inputs a and b Each of these numbers is a string of 16 digits bit...

Page 354: ...a discontinuity and the second shows how FUN2 in this case would make the signal continuous without drastically changing its shape If on the other hand you want the signal to become discontinuous you...

Page 355: ...resulting value is multiplied by 25 The result determines the frequency of the LFO If the value is a positive number the LFO has a rising sawtooth shape If the value is negative the LFO has a falling...

Page 356: ...b On a This works like the previous equation but the value of input b is sampled whenever the value of input a makes a transition from TRUE to FALSE Track b While a This equation also interprets the v...

Page 357: ...f the range between 1 and 1 Diode a b 5 is the same curve as diode a b shifted downward 1 4 of the range Diode a b 25 shifts the curve up 1 8 of the range and diode a b 25 shifts the curve down 1 8 of...

Page 358: ...n FUN2 and FUN3 This sequence of evaluation becomes signi cant if you assign a FUN as the input for another FUN You should always assign FUNs as inputs for higher numbered FUNs For example you might a...

Page 359: ...a 14 Tibetan 15 CarlosAlpha 16 Pyth aug4 17 Pyth dim5 As you scroll through the options for the Intonation parameter you ll notice an eighteenth entry with a name like Obj vn n This isn t really an in...

Page 360: ...the intervals of all the other notes Let s say you want to create an intonation table that ats the 5th in each octave Select the value on the G note displayed by the Intonation Table Editor and set i...

Page 361: ...K2vx sends to its MIDI Out port Normally you ll leave its value set to 1 Linear especially when you re recording sequences with a personal computer or hardware sequencer You might want to adjust this...

Page 362: ...he VelocityMap parameter then the K2vx will play notes at full volume only when the attack velocity values for those notes are 127 Notes with attack velocities from 0 to 15 will be played at the lowes...

Page 363: ...d parameter the shape of the curve changes to re ect the new value As an example let s assume that you re driving a MIDI slave synth from the K2vx s MIDI Out port and you get full amplitude sounds fro...

Page 364: ...e linear MIDI maps the internal maps are meant for the K2vx 1 Linear The default internal and MIDI pressure map 2 Easy 3 Easier 4 Easiest 5 Hard 6 Harder 7 Hardest To edit a pressure map select one of...

Page 365: ...dio output to the separate outputs is always dry that is the audio signal is sent to the separate outputs without passing through the global effects processor The MIX outputs and the headphone jack ar...

Page 366: ...signal into left and right sides again after the effects are applied Effects will be applied to both sides of the signal unless the Out A FX parameter is set to L Only in which case only the left side...

Page 367: ...levels to both outputs regardless of any panning that might be applied to them on the OUTPUT page This is a quick and convenient way to convert the MIX outputs into two mono outputs The parameter Out...

Page 368: ...the effects processor then to the MIX outputs The signals from the other synth and the mic as well as the K2vx s Output group A sounds will have effects applied to them before they appear at the MIX...

Page 369: ...nd delay it with an ASR This way you ll hear the vibrato only on notes that you hold for a second or so The stab will be done with a second ASR controlling pitch and amplitude The stab s ASR will be t...

Page 370: ...will still fade in and out because of the default settings of ASR2 The LFO page should now look like this EditProg LFO Layer 1 1 MnRate MxRate RateCt Shape Phase LFO1 0 16H 4 40H ASR2 Sine Odeg LFO2 2...

Page 371: ...1 00s more LFO ASR FUN VTRIG more To make the stab sound realistic we ll drop the amplitude at the same rate as the pitch To do this select the F4 AMP page press the more soft button once then press t...

Page 372: ...the ENTER button and striking G 3 on your controller s keyboard Use the cursor buttons to select the Src1 parameter and set its value to MPress 3 3 ENTER Cursor down once to the Depth parameter and se...

Page 373: ...2 time parameter and set its value to 1 06 seconds Cursor down once to select the Att2 level parameter and set its value to 1 Cursor right once then up once selecting the Att3 time parameter Set its v...

Page 374: ...RateCt parameter and set it to a value of Data Select the Shape parameter and set its value to Square That s it for the LFO page Next press the FUN soft button to select the FUNs page Select the Input...

Page 375: ...en cursor down to the VelTrk parameter and set a value of 0 70 Listen for the variation in the effect as you play with different attack velocities Now go back to the KEYMAP page and select different k...

Page 376: ...the nal Amp and to the audio outputs Consequently on the layer s OUTPUT page there are parameters to assign the output pair and pan position of each wire When you have one wire panned hard left and th...

Page 377: ...utton to select Layer 2 Set its LoKey and HiKey to D 4 and F 4 respectively Repeat this for Layer 3 setting its LoKey and HiKey parameters to F 4 and G 4 respectively Do the same for Layer 4 setting i...

Page 378: ...t the PITCH page and select the Src2 parameter Set its value to ENV2 1 2 1 ENTER Select the MaxDpt parameter and set its value to 300 cents Select the DptCtl parameter and set its value to VTRIG1 1 0...

Page 379: ...urrently selected object or parameter If it s not editable pressing Edit will do nothing There are editors available from every mode but Disk mode The effect of pressing Edit in each of the modes is l...

Page 380: ...ormance Guide Enters the Program Editor if the Program parameter is highlighted when Edit is pressed Disk mode has no effect Soft Buttons Functions change depending on current display page Function of...

Page 381: ...ries in the current Quick Access bank The layout of the alphanumeric pad corresponds to the layout of Quick Access bank entries as seen on the Quick Access mode page There s also a shortcut for select...

Page 382: ...pages you ve viewed Press ing it a fifth time will take you back to the ALG page On MIXER page of Song mode mutes either track 5 or 13 MASTER Mark This is handy for marking Program Editor pages that...

Page 383: ...unctions in its layers This list describes how each of the 200 factory preset programs can be modulated or altered by the various MIDI controls Only those controls which may not be immediately evident...

Page 384: ...ilton Vibrato Env Ctl Vibrato Filter Ctl 26 Synth Caliope Vibrato Env Ctl 27 Chiffloots Vibrato Chiff Pitch Vibrato 28 Bamboo Voices Vibrato Alt Atk Vibrato 29 Hyper Guitar Dly Vib Dly Vib 30 Dreamers...

Page 385: ...Mix 55 Garage Kit MW Alt Kit W D Mix Att Vel controls Hi Hat s decay 56 Techno Kit Alt Kick W D Mix Flange 57 General MIDI Kit W D Mix 58 Slam n Drums W D Mix Flange 59 Perc Section MW Cowbell Shaker...

Page 386: ...Mix Filter Depth 82 Synth Bass Filter Ctl 83 House Bass Vibrato Filter Vibrato GUITARS 84 Acoustic Guitar SoftPd 85 Steel Str Guitar Vibrato EQ Vibrato 86 12 str Guitar EQ SoftPd 87 Strummer Guitar V...

Page 387: ...w MW Solo Lines 111 SfzTrem Strings Sfz Envelope Triggered by In creased Att Vel 112 ClassicalStrings Vibrato Depth For Light Active Comping 113 SloClassical Str Decrescendo For Chordal Comping 114 Si...

Page 388: ...city Controls Strings Rel 140 DynamicOrchestra Light playing engages a horn flute string ensemble SostPed holds a chord and engages an ensemble suited to solo lines At forte bigger brass is enabled wi...

Page 389: ...od Speed W D Mix 158 Gongers Vibrato Pitch W D Mix Vibrato 159 Arrakis Grand Vibrato Depth Detune Vibrato Depth 160 Sisternal Vibrato Release Ctl Vibrato 161 PPG 4 Vibrato W D mix Env Ctl Vibrato 162...

Page 390: ...l Vibrato 184 Ethereal Strings Filter Sweep Filter 185 Dawning Sweep Fade 186 Synth Strings 187 Choir Fixer Vibrato Pan W D Mix Vibrato 188 Shine On Vibrato Filter Ctl Vibrato 189 ChoirStrings 190 Lau...

Page 391: ...Stereo Ens 8 PowerLead 42 Match Point Splt 76 PastaMan 9 TotalEnvironment 43 Pipes 1 77 HammerFlange 10 Combi Pluck 44 Pipes 2 78 Spaced Strings 11 Stop Time 45 Phantom Organ 79 Mist Strings 12 Ultra...

Page 392: ...100 1 99 100 200 299 100 199 300 399 900 999 A total of 999 objects of these types can be stored 99 of each type in the Zeros bank and 100 of each type in every other bank Quick Access Banks Songs Vel...

Page 393: ...bell 131 Partials 8 12 181 Shift Guitar 22 Trumpbone 82 Tambourine 132 Partials 13 20 182 Syn Guitar 23 Preview Drums 83 Handclaps 133 Partials 21 30 183 Syn Voices 24 Dry Kit1 84 Reverse Crash 134 Pa...

Page 394: ...Programs Setups and Keymaps K2500 ROM Keymaps 21 12...

Page 395: ...er 22 Delay Big Hall Delay Hall Mixer 23 Chorus Room Chorus Room Mix 24 Chorus Smallhall Chorus Hall Mix 25 Chorus Med Hall Chorus Hall Mix 26 Chorus Big Hall Chorus Hall Mix 27 Chor Delay Room Chorus...

Page 396: ...nner press the EFFECTS button Change FX Mode to Master and set FX Chan to the channel you will use to send the controller info You can also send program changes on this channel to switch effects so it...

Page 397: ...01 Accent Level 02 Dry Level 57 Right Level 66 Left Level 65 Accent Lvl L 50 Accent Lvl R 51 Parametric EQ Band 1 Freq 03 Band 1 level 04 Band 2 Freq 05 Band 2 level 06 Band 3 Freq 07 Band 3 level 08...

Page 398: ...elay EQ Src 16 4 Tap Delay Tap 1 Delay 24 Tap 2 Delay 25 Tap 3 Delay 26 Tap 4 Delay 27 Feed Delay 23 Feedback 17 Dry Level 57 Tap 1 Level L R 67 68 Tap 2 Level L R 69 71 Tap 3 Level L R 72 74 Tap 4 Le...

Page 399: ...th Rise S Positive Rising Sawtooth Rise Falling Sawtooth Fall S Positive Falling Sawtooth Fall 3 Step 3 Step Positive 3 Step 3 Ste 4 Step 4 Step Positive 4 step 4 Ste 5 Step 5 Step Positive 5 Step 5 S...

Page 400: ...1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 Rising Sawtooth 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 Positive Rising Sawtooth 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 Falling Sawtooth 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 Positive Falling Sawtooth 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0...

Page 401: ...6 Step 7 Step 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 Positive 7 Step 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 8 Step 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 Positive 8 Step 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 10 Step 1 1 90 180 270 0 360 0 Positive 10 Step 1 1 90...

Page 402: ...LFOs LFO Shapes 23 4...

Page 403: ...ps Preview Drums ve 5 octave kits two dry and three ambient a 2 octave kit and the General MIDI kit The keymap 30 General MIDI Kit adheres as closely as possible to the General MIDI standard for place...

Page 404: ...owbell 86 D 6 Handclap 87 D 6 Timbale 88 E 6 Timbale Shell 89 F 6 Conga Tone 90 F 6 Conga Bass Hi 91 G 6 Conga Slap 92 G 6 Conga Bass Low 93 A 6 Clave 94 A 6 Cabasa 95 96 B 6 C 7 Tambourine Shake 2 Oc...

Page 405: ...va Based on the pentatonic scale of Balinese and Javanese music 12 2Bali Java A variation on 1Bali Java slightly more subtle overall 13 3Bali Java A more extreme variation 14 Tibetan Based on the Chin...

Page 406: ...Note Numbers and Intonation Tables List and Description of Intonation Tables 24 4...

Page 407: ...essages Some of these hardware control sources have physical controls hard wired to transmit them That is there are certain physical controls that always generate these control signals Every time you...

Page 408: ...e a particular control source parameter For example if you assign MPress as the value for the Src1 parameter on the PITCH page in the Program Editor then that layer s pitch will be affected whenever a...

Page 409: ...Editor the available values for GLFO2 and the values for GASR2 s trigger will lack the local control sources listed above as well as the three special MIDI control sources and the FUN constants The av...

Page 410: ...s MIDI controller 04 messages will send MIDI controller 04 messages to the K2vx by default 5 MIDI 05 PortTim This is the standard MIDI controller number for portamento time control The K2vx always res...

Page 411: ...honic programs when the controller signal is at 64 or above It won t affect polyphonic programs 66 MIDI 66 SostPD MIDI controller 66 is defined as Sostenuto Switch The control assignment param eter Fo...

Page 412: ...on all 16 MIDI channels Main Control Source List This list contains all but the last three control sources in the MIDI Control Source list It also contains the following control sources All are local...

Page 413: ...pulling the Pitch Wheel fully down usually generates a control signal value of 1 this control source generates a value of 1 when the Pitch Wheel is pulled fully down 38 Global ASR GASR2 When the Glob...

Page 414: ...ume regardless of how many notes you re playing this is independent of the effect of attack velocity on volume To set this up you would go to the F4 AMP page in the Program Editor and set the Src1 par...

Page 415: ...Like A Clock and B clock they look for an ex ternal clock signal and if none is received they respond to the K2vx s internal clock 62 63 Global Random Variant 1 and 2 GRandV 1 GRandV 2 These are also...

Page 416: ...0 and 1 101 Inverse Attack Velocity InvAttVel This is the opposite of AttVel generating a signal value of 0 in response to attack velocity values of 127 102 Polyphonic pressure PPress This unipolar c...

Page 417: ...in Chapter 6 in the Performance Guide 115 LFO1 Phase LFO1ph This bipolar control source generates it signal based on the cycle of LFO1 When the phase of LFO1 is 0 degrees the signal value of LFO1ph i...

Page 418: ...note is released and stays on until the note has completed its release faded to silence then it switches to 0 It will stay on if a note is sustained even if its trigger key string whatever is re lease...

Page 419: ...you can create mono like layers within a polyphonic program The remaining control sources are constants which appear only when you re assigning control sources as inputs for the FUNs Assigning one of...

Page 420: ...l sources 25 14 226 230 0 58 to 0 66 231 235 0 68 to 0 76 236 240 0 78 to 0 86 241 0 88 242 0 90 243 0 91 244 0 92 245 0 93 246 250 0 94 to 0 98 251 0 99 Note There are no control sources that corresp...

Page 421: ...2POLE LOWPASS BANDPASS FILT NOTCH FILTER 2POLE ALLPASS NONE AMP PANNER PARA BASS PARA TREBLE PARA MID 2PARAM SHAPER Algorithm 3 errR rrterrR rrrrrrR rrtyrrR rrrrrrR rrty d jk u GH cvvvvvvm M vvvvvvvvv...

Page 422: ...x AMP AMP AMP 2PARAM SHAPER LPCLIP SINE NOISE Algorithm 7 5rrrrrrrr6 errR rrterrR rrrrrrR rrTerrR rrt7rrR rrt d jk u i gh cvvvvvvm M vvvvvvbNvvvvvvb PITCH 2POLE LOWPASS BANDPASS FILT NOTCH FILTER 2PO...

Page 423: ...P SAW NONE SINE LF SIN SAW LF SAW SQUARE LF SQR WRAP LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SW SHP SAW NONE SW DST x AMP AMP LPCLIP SINE NOISE AMP Algorithm 9 errR rrterrR rrterrR rrterrR rrterrR rrt d...

Page 424: ...LF SQR WRAP PITCH LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SINE LF SIN SW SHP SAW NONE SW DST x AMP AMP LPCLIP SINE NOISE AMP Algorithm 12 errR rrterrR rrterrR rrterrR rrtYrrR rrt d gk jk gk u gh cvvvvvv...

Page 425: ...SAW LF SAW SQUARE LF SQR WRAP LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SW SHP SAW NONE WRAP Algorithm 14 5rrrrrrrr6 errR rrterrR rrTerrR rrt7rrR rrrrrrR rrty d jk u i GH cvvvvvvm M vvvvvvbNvvvvvvvvvvvvvv...

Page 426: ...N PWM SAW LF SAW SQUARE LF SQR WRAP LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SW SHP SAW NONE SINE LF SIN SAW LF SAW SQUARE LF SQR WRAP AMP U AMP L BAL AMP Algorithm 16 errR rrterrR rrterrR rrrrrrR rrterr...

Page 427: ...PASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SW SHP SAW NONE SINE LF SIN PWM SAW LF SAW SQUARE LF SQR WRAP AMP MOD OSC SHAPE MOD OSC NONE Algorithm 18 errR rrterrR rrtYrrR rrrrrrR rrterrR rrt d jk u gk gh cvvvvvvm M vvvvvvv...

Page 428: ...NONE SHAPE MOD OSC NONE Algorithm 20 errR rrterrR rrtYrrR rrterrR rrterrR rrt d jk u gk gk gh cvvvvvvm M vvvvvvbcvvvvvvbcvvvvvvb SW DST x GAIN GAIN XFADE AMPMOD PITCH LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER...

Page 429: ...SIN SAW LF SAW SQUARE LF SQR WRAP x GAIN GAIN XFADE AMPMOD NONE NONE LP2RES SHAPE2 Algorithm 22 5rrrrrrrr6 errR rrterrR rrTYrrR rrt7rrR rrtYrrR rrt d jk u JU u gh cvvvvvvm M vvvvvvm M vvvvvvb SW DST...

Page 430: ...F SIN SAW LF SAW SQUARE LF SQR WRAP x GAIN GAIN XFADE AMPMOD NONE LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SW SHP SAW SINE LF SIN NONE AMP LPCLIP SINE NOISE Algorithm 24 errR rrterrR rrtYrrR rrterrR rrtY...

Page 431: ...vvvvm M vvvvvvbNvvvvvvvvvvvvvvbn PITCH AMP U AMP L BAL AMP LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SW SHP SAW NONE SINE LF SIN SAW LF SAW SQUARE LF SQR WRAP x GAIN GAIN XFADE AMPMOD NONE Algorithm 26 er...

Page 432: ...vvvbcvvvvvvbcvvvvvvb SW DST AMP SYNC M SYNC S LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SW SHP SAW SINE LF SIN NONE LPCLIP SINE NOISE Algorithm 28 errR rrterrR rrterrR rrterrR rrt d d gk gk gh cvvvvvvbcvv...

Page 433: ...x AMP AMP SINE LF SIN SYNC M SYNC S LPCLIP SINE NOISE AMP Algorithm 30 errR rrterrR rrtYrrR rrtYrrR rrt d jd G u gh cvvvvvvm ML M vvvvvvb SYNC M SYNC S LOPASS HIPASS ALPASS GAIN SHAPER DIST SW SHP SA...

Page 434: ...DSP Algorithms 26 14...

Page 435: ...ce Fresh alkaline batteries will last up to two years so you ll have very few worries about losing your RAM program information Nonetheless we recommend that you back up your programs songs etc by sav...

Page 436: ...M for the K2vx is 30mm x 90mm approximately 1 2 inches x 3 5 inches Below is a list of some SIMMs that will work with your K2vx Hitachi HB56A48A 4Mx8 Hitachi HB56A49A 4Mx9 TI TM124EU9B TM124EU9C 1Mx9...

Page 437: ...panel or into the ventilation holes Any cleaners you may want to use should be applied to your cleaning cloth you can then carefully wipe the surfaces of the K2vx Floppy Disk Drive Maintenance As lon...

Page 438: ...can ignore the Wheel Center reading it doesn t apply to the K2vx The fourth line represented by XXXX gives a readout identifying the buttons you press The diagnostic program can also be used to check...

Page 439: ...also be slightly noisier than programs routed to Output Groups B C or D As with an external effects unit maximizing the input signal level using the methods described above will improve the signal to...

Page 440: ...r conditioning equipment starting up The solution in all cases is to get a more direct connection between your K2vx and any other computer based equipment and the building s power Floodlights large po...

Page 441: ...should appear Also check the suggestions on the following pages If it s still not happening the next step is to shut off the power and call your dealer Other Possible Problems Condition Possible Cause...

Page 442: ...be per manently lost if this occurs See the information on battery selection and replacement elsewhere in this manual LCD is too dark or too light to read 1 Contrast not adjusted Select Master mode an...

Page 443: ...internal SCSI drive must be removed It is much simpler to just make sure that the K2vx is at one end of the SCSI chain A note about active termination The K2vx uses active termination of the SCSI bus...

Page 444: ...ored shell of the SCSI connector on the end of the cable is connected to ground and is safe to touch but the brass colored pins inside eventually lead to the SCSI interface chip and are vulnerable One...

Page 445: ...ow access it ne Accessing a K2vx Internal Drive from the Mac Access PC is one of the many programs for the Mac which allow it to format read and write to DOS oppy disks and removable SCSI cartridges H...

Page 446: ...to specify the ID the K2vx will use for storing the sample The K2vx sample number is mapped from the destination sample number as follows Sample Number K2vx ID 0 uses lowest unassigned ID between 200...

Page 447: ...plished in an open loop con guration by connecting the MIDI Out port of the K2vx to the MIDI In port of the MIDI Data Recorder Go to the Sample Editor and select the K2vx sample you wish to transfer S...

Page 448: ...Sample Dump if the length of the sample to be loaded exceeds the amount of available sample RAM plus the length of the existing sample If the K2vx accepts the sample load the previously existing samp...

Page 449: ...torage to the K2vx Once the samples have been loaded to the K2vx you can use the Keymap and Sample Editors as you would with any other sample Check your manuals for Alchemy or Max for the speci cs Kee...

Page 450: ...MIDI and SCSI Sample Dumps SMDI Sample Transfers 29 8...

Page 451: ...gth is either 1 2 3 or n representing the number of sequential MIDI bytes that make up the eld A length of n means that the eld is of a variable length that is determined by its contents or sub elds A...

Page 452: ...ream format is more ef cient for data transmission while the nibble format is easier to read and write software for For example to send the following four K2vx data bytes hex 4F D8 01 29 decimal 79 21...

Page 453: ...ct not found no object with that ID exists 5 RAM is full To request information about an object use DIR 04h type 2 idno 2 The type and idno identify the object The response is an INFO message INFO 05h...

Page 454: ...a Dump soft button or in response to a READ message The mode eld is used to determine how the idno eld is interpreted If mode 0 The idno speci es the absolute ID number to write to which must exist mu...

Page 455: ...e WRITE messages Due to the large amount of incoming data during a bank dump containing many objects the receiving K2vx may have a more sluggish response to front panel use and keyboard playing during...

Page 456: ...able Byte 3 Repeat count number of clicks for Alpha Wheel the count is the delta difference from 64 that is the value of the byte minus 64 equals the number of clicks A Byte 3 value of 46h 70 dec equa...

Page 457: ...leftmost 22 one 01 B 23 two 02 C 24 three 03 D 25 four 04 E 26 five 05 F rightmost 27 six 06 AB 28 seven 07 CD two center 29 eight 08 EF 2A nine 09 YES 26 0A NO 27 Alphanumeric pad Edit Exit CANCEL 0...

Page 458: ...the screen was in the middle of redrawing and you should request the display again The reply to PARAMVALUE will be a variable length ASCII text string Some values like keymaps programs samples etc inc...

Page 459: ...are two types of banks in the K2vx s memory memory banks which store and organize the programs and other objects you create and Quick Access banks where you can store programs and setups for one butto...

Page 460: ...ention all the other control sources this gives you enormous control over whatever sounds you assign to the layers in a drum program Editor The complete set of parameters used to modify a particular a...

Page 461: ...bank can hold up to 100 objects of each type so we refer to them as the 100s bank the 200s bank and so on The ID of an object determines which bank it s stored in An object with an ID of 399 for exam...

Page 462: ...Read Only Memory one of the two basic types of computer memory You can retrieve the information stored in ROM but you can t write save new information to it The onboard sounds of your K2vx are stored...

Page 463: ...hile editing The Transposition parameter on the Program mode page for example has a default value of 0 Change the value to change the parameter s effect on the current program Variable Architecture Sy...

Page 464: ...Glossary 31 6...

Page 465: ...instrumental sounds waveforms and noise 20 KHz maximum bandwidth Optional stereo sampler with analog and digital inputs Sound ROM expandable to a total of 24 Megabytes 4 SIMM sockets for optional sam...

Page 466: ...vx FEATURES 32 2 Realtime internal and MIDI control of effects parameters MIDI standard sample dump load capability SMDI sample dump load capability System Exclusive implementation MIDIScope for analy...

Page 467: ...13 9 in 35 4 cm Height 5 1 in 13 cm Weight 24 65 lb 11 2 kg Excluding the rack mount brackets Electrical Specifications AC supply selectable 100V 120V 220V or 240V 1 0 amps at 120 volts nominal Safe v...

Page 468: ...cations Messages Altered Note Number 0 127 0 11 sets intonation True Voice 0 127 0 127 Key Velocity Note ON O O Note OFF O O After Touch Keys X O Channels O O Pitch Bender O O Control Change O 0 31 32...

Page 469: ...Synth Basses House Basses BELLS K25 Bell Sounds Bell Pads Percussive Bell Comps BRASS K25 Brass Winds Solo Trumpets Muted Trumpet Emulations Solo Trombones Bass Horn Emulations Solo Flutes Piccolo Em...

Page 470: ...s Clean Percussive Organs Pipe Organs Velocity Sensitive Organs Organ Like Synths PNOEPNO K25 Piano E Pianos Classical Pianos Rock Pianos Pianos w Strings or Choir Bright and House Pianos Stylized Pia...

Page 471: ...4 Alaska 235 Analog Saw Pad 236 Poly Analog 1 237 Poly Analog 2 238 Poly Analog 5th 239 Bright and Fat 240 Saw Teeth 241 9 Osc Sweep 242 Big Synthy 1 243 Saw Repeater Sawtooth 244 Sawz 245 Big Jupiter...

Page 472: ...ini Lead 8 229 Poly Mini 230 Mini 2 231 Poly Mini 2 Pseudamentos 232 PseudamentoCS 233 Pseudamento 2 234 Pseudamento 3 235 Pseudamento 5 236 Pseudamento 6 237 Pseudamento 7 238 MonoLead 1 239 PRS Wow...

Page 473: ...Pad 216 Slo Generic OBX 217 Prophet 5 Mello 218 Prophet 5 Mello5 219 Slo PWM 220 Soft PWM 221 Soft PWM 7 Philtered Pads 222 Slow Filter 223 JB Synth Pad 224 Sawphaze 225 Sawphaze 7th 226 Solina Phaze...

Page 474: ...221 Bass Lead 222 Bass Rhodes 223 Dubb Bass 224 Mooger Bass 225 Big Res Bass 226 AnalogBass D 227 Saw Bass 228 Synth Bass 1 229 WonderSynth Bass 230 Mondo Bass 231 Mogue Bass 2 232 Mogue Bass 3 233 Do...

Page 475: ...05 d50 Voce 2 206 Leningrad 207 With Tinklers 208 Lullaby 209 Tranquility 210 Tranquil Bell 211 PM S Bell Pad 212 Digiphaze 213 Blistener 214 Simmbell 215 Bell Tree Big Bell Percussive Bell Comps 216...

Page 476: ...ute 2 224 EchoFlute Piccolo Emulations 225 Piccolo 226 Orch Piccolo 3 Sax Emulations 227 Tenor Sax 228 Kenny s Tenor 229 StreetCorner Sax 230 Get Real Bari Sax Sections 231 Fake Sax 232 Hybrid Sax 233...

Page 477: ...uzz Lite 2 222 Growl 223 Cycler 2 224 Farr Feesah 225 Rezzysteppy 226 Whipstep 227 Deetuara II 228 Shap Mod Oscar 229 Backwards 2 230 Backwards 3 231 Backwards 4 Digital Clavs 232 Klikomp too 233 Klik...

Page 478: ...ick 232 Klik Kick 233 Cut Kick SNARES 234 Kick Drums 235 AMB SNARE 1 236 Rock Snare 1 237 Pop Snare 238 Dance Snare 239 Sharp Snare 240 AMB SNARE 2 241 Big Snare 2 242 Short Snare 2 243 Deep Cut Snare...

Page 479: ...5 Zing 2 236 Thwick 1 237 Klap 1 238 Klap 2 239 Simmons 240 Synth Tom Percussion 241 Log Drum 2 242 Shaker Thing 243 High Shaker 244 Native Drum 245 Dyn Perc 246 5 Drums Low Drum Kits 247 Dyn Snare Ki...

Page 480: ...ings 2 203 W Tell Orchestra 204 Touch Orchestra 205 Orch Hit 206 Slo Ensemble 207 Mello Slo Ens 208 Voice w upper Str 209 ChoirStrings 1 210 St Choir Strings 211 Syn Orch Winds 212 Syn Orch Pad Layere...

Page 481: ...0 Angelia 231 DreamVox 2 232 Low World Vox 233 Enya Vocal Pad 234 Slo Syn Pad 235 DreamVox Air Pads 236 Sisternal II 237 Sisternal 3 238 SloSynPad 2 CS 239 Snare Thing Pad 240 Flatliners 241 Fair Brea...

Page 482: ...sive Things 214 Aliens 215 Crashear 216 Pell ShakThing 2 217 Pell Thing 3 218 What Natureal Sounds 219 Criks 220 Sinebird 221 Sinebird 2 222 Sineforest 223 RainforestCrunch 224 Chirps Strange Loops 22...

Page 483: ...ylon Ensemble 2 227 A Gtr Ensemb CS 228 3 Guitars CS 229 All Guitars CS Jazz Guitars 230 Slo Chorus Gtr 231 Stereo Jazz Guit 232 Clean Lead Gtr 233 Jazz Dream 234 Steriojazzguitar Guitar Mutes 235 Mut...

Page 484: ...n 210 Choir Stabs 211 Resimallet 212 Perc Flute 213 Gateperc Too 214 Islanders 215 Driver 4 216 Driver 5 Percussive Pads 217 D50 Voicebell 218 Vox Marimba 219 Wet Voices 220 New Dawn 2 221 Wood Pad 22...

Page 485: ...ce 222 Stack Pad 4 223 String Machines Hybrid Stacks 224 Fairlite Like 225 String Stack 226 Golck n Brass 227 Grand String 228 LA Stack 229 Rock Stack 230 All in the Fader 231 Utopian Comp 232 Gargant...

Page 486: ...ipes 1 212 Pipes 2 213 Pipes 3 214 Sanctuary Pipes 215 Sanctuary Pipes2 216 Flute Pipe1 C MW 217 Flute Pipes 2 218 Cath Pipes C MW 219 Cathedral Pipes2 220 Pedal Pipes 2 221 Pedal Pipes 3 222 Pipes 2...

Page 487: ...70 227 Honky Tonk 228 Yama E Piano Electric Grands 229 Electric Grand 230 Grand Electric 231 Grand n Elec 4 232 Grando Elec 5 233 Grand Elec Choir 234 Warm E Grand 1 Rhodes Pianos 235 Classic E Piano...

Page 488: ...Med Str 216 Grand Strings 217 Quick Strings MW Layered Solo and Ensemble Strings 218 Mixed Strings 219 Chmbr Strings 220 Baroque Strings 221 ClassicalStrSect 222 Silk Strings 1 223 Slo Classical St 22...

Page 489: ...ch Fixer 202 St Slo Voices 203 Smooth Choir 204 Dream Vox 2 205 Vox 2 206 Breath Pad 1 207 The Voice 208 Angels 209 Chant 210 Belle Orchestra 211 Fake Vox 3 212 Fake Vox II 213 PM s Choir Pad 214 Voic...

Page 490: ...K2vx Program Farm VOX K25 Appendix A 22...

Page 491: ...se were re programmed for greater signal to noise ratio and re organized for ease of use The Effect page in the program editor always points to an Effect program and has several parameters for real ti...

Page 492: ...have saved all user objects to disk because memory will be cleared Step 1 Load the compatibility le as Everything Overwrite Everything Merge mode will work too Step 2 Load the le s you wish to port i...

Page 493: ...re saving the entire bank both objects will be saved to the le If the effect was saved to a different bank or you are selecting only individual programs to be saved to disk be sure to answer yes to th...

Page 494: ...K2vx Compatibility Converting programs from the K2vx to K2000 Appendix B 4...

Page 495: ...e 900s bank There you will nd programs keymaps samples effects performance setups and QA banks All Orchestral ROM sounds can be combined with your existing 8 Megs of base sound ROM 4 Megs of Stereo Pi...

Page 496: ...pes 920 Dynamic Trumpet 969 Pedal Pipes 921 Copland Sft Trp 970 Church Bells 922 Orch Trumpet Percussion 923 Soft Trumpet 971 Glockenspiel 924 Strght Mute Trp 972 Xylophone 925 French Horn MW 973 Chim...

Page 497: ...ussion 968 Bass Cello Vio 920 Timpani 969 Cello Vla Cello 921 Snare Roll 970 Cello Vla Vln 922 Snare Hit 971 Ens Strings 2 923 Orch Bass Drum 972 Solo Section 1 924 Orch Crash 973 Solo Section 2 925 T...

Page 498: ...921 Snare Roll 980 Organ Wave 8 922 Snare Hit 981 Buzz Wave 2 923 Orch Bass 982 Ahh Buzz Wave 924 Orch Crash 983 OB Wave 1 925 Tam Tam 984 OB Wave 2 926 Triangle 985 OB Wave 3 927 Tamb Roll 988 Jackh...

Page 499: ...n String String fade String swell 790 Fluid Grand Wet Dry mix 791 Haunted Piano Harp balance Wet Dry mix 792 Xylopiano Release ctl Wet Dry mix 793 Grand Harp Lead Lead tremolo Lead fade Lead tremolo S...

Page 500: ...er Wet Dry mix Vibrato rate depth 926 Slow Horn Vibrato Wet Dry mix None 927 F Horn Con Sord Timbre brighter Wet Dry mix Vibrato depth 928 F Horn a2 MW Timbre brighter Wet Dry mix None 929 French Horn...

Page 501: ...imbre darker Wet Dry mix Swell 951 Chamber Section None Wet Dry mix Vibrato depth 952 Sfz Strings MW Tremolo None Swell 953 Sweet Strings Fade out Wet Dry mix Vibrato depth 954 Baroque Strg Ens Bass b...

Page 502: ...975 Timpani Alt attack Wet Dry mix None Sus ped enables key up layer for rolls 976 Timpani Perc Alt attack timp None None Sost ped enables bass drum Sus ped damp ens 977 Big Drum Corp None Enables bot...

Page 503: ...les bell layer Vibrato depth 991 Synth Dulcimer Filter modulation Wet Dry mix None Sus ped dampens 992 Glistener Vibrato depth None Vibrato depth 993 Afro Multi CTL None Pitch control None 994 Tranqui...

Page 504: ...stral ROM 900 Common Manfare 901 Tutti Passage 902 Swan Lake 903 Magic Bell Pad 904 Take the L Train 905 Yankee Doodle 906 Lyric Cue 907 Orchestrator 908 Toy Jam 909 Ethereal Harp 910 Cemetary Night 9...

Page 505: ...ments This inner and outer range structure is also maintained in the drum corps programs 977 980 and orchestral percussion programs 978 979 It is easy to memorize the placement of instruments if you t...

Page 506: ...umbs alternating on the keys C 4 and D 4 Keep that same left right left right hand motion going but simply add your index ngers to play the next black keys which would be A 3 in the left hand and F 4...

Page 507: ...much more Combined with the powerful on board Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology VAST capabilities of your K2vx this new palette of sounds gives your instrument unmatched potential The Contemp...

Page 508: ...1 Koto Followers 870 Elect 12 String 822 Hybrid Horn 871 Dyn Jazz Guitar Keyboards 872 Pedal Steel 823 Dyno EP Lead 873 Strummer DistGtr 824 ParaKoto 874 Rock Axe 825 Super Clav 875 Hammeron 826 Strat...

Page 509: ...Sax 875 India Jam L1 820 Koto 876 India Jam L2 821 Mbira 877 World Jam 2 L1 Individual Percussion Roots 878 World Jam 2 L2 822 Tabla Ta 879 World Jam 2 L3 823 Tabla Tin 880 World Jam 2 L4 824 Tabla Dh...

Page 510: ...x 869 EDrum2 HH Close 820 Koto 870 EDrum2 Clap 821 Mbira 871 EDrum2 Conga 822 Tabla Ta 872 Hi Proc Tom 823 Tabla Tin 873 Hi Mid Proc Tom 824 Tabla Dhin 874 Lo Mid Proc Tom 825 Tabla Bayan Dha 875 Lo P...

Page 511: ...mporary ROM Effects Appendix D 5 Contemporary ROM Effects 800 PercussiveRoom 801 BrtEmptyRoom 802 MosqueRoom 803 NewGated 804 ChorusSlapRoom 805 ChorusBassRoom 806 NewChorusHall 807 Spacious 808 WashL...

Page 512: ...Vibrato 798 Prepared Piano Alt switch mbira Wet Dry mix 799 Tack Piano Stack Bellfade Wet Dry mix Pitch env mbira Ethnic World Instruments 800 Jungle Jam Thisprogramusesthemirrorimagedrummapping symme...

Page 513: ...er Perc balance Rotary speaker 832 Drawbar Organ CS Rotary speaker Filter ctl Brass Reeds 833 Bebop Alto Sax Attack ctl Vibrato 834 Soft Alto Sax Vibrato Swell 835 Soprano Sax Vibrato Swell Vibrato Sw...

Page 514: ...st ped chokes cym bal F 5 854 EDrum Kit 2 Filter ctl A 1 C2 F 6 C7 Wet Dry mix Loops 855 Dog Chases Tail Various loop effects Tempo pitch Loops below E4 are tuned to play together as are loops above E...

Page 515: ...Clav Vibrato Sweep rate ctl Vibrato 880 Anna Mini Vibrato Vibrato 881 Ballad Stack Swell Swell 882 Big Stack Vibrato Env ctl Vibrato 883 BrazKnuckles Swell EQ 884 Hybrid Breath Envelope ctl EQ Envelop...

Page 516: ...ed in the Contemporary ROM 800 Dark Jungle 825 Plucky Toys 801 Lay It Down Funk 826 Big Pretender 802 World Bells 827 Low Octave Jam 803 Praise Hymn 828 Low C Groove 804 Perc Ensemble 829 Orient 805 S...

Page 517: ...k 6 15 AMP Adjust 6 17 Key tracking 6 18 Pad 6 18 Sources 1 and 2 6 18 Velocity tracking 6 18 Amp control 14 31 AMP MOD 14 49 AMP MOD OSC 14 48 AMP U AMP L 14 32 Amplitude envelope 25 11 Attack segmen...

Page 518: ...hanging song playback programs 12 49 Channel count 25 8 Channel state 25 6 Channels on and off 10 9 Chaotic LFOs FUNs 16 13 Characters 5 3 Choose File Name Function 13 37 Cleaning your K2500 28 1 Clea...

Page 519: ...ew 16 1 Controlling envelopes 6 27 Controlling LFO rate 6 30 Copy disk mode 13 61 on Object Utilities page 11 8 Song Mode TRACK Page 12 34 Copying layers 6 33 Creating a Macro 13 41 Creating Directori...

Page 520: ...page 6 21 Effect preset 6 21 Effect Selection During Recording and Playback 12 49 EffectChan in Song mode 12 26 Effects selecting 9 3 Wet Dry mix 6 21 EFFECTS button 5 6 Effects bypass 5 6 20 4 Effec...

Page 521: ...our pole highpass filter 14 13 Four pole lowpass filter 14 10 Free Utility 13 58 Freeze pedal 6 13 Freeze pedal MIDI 69 25 5 Front panel MIDI 3 7 Front panel navigation 3 1 Front panel reference 20 1...

Page 522: ...3 6 Inverse attack velocity 25 10 Invert 15 22 J Jump to page 5 6 20 4 K K2000 SysEx compatibility 30 1 K2000 Compatibility Disks B 1 K2500 Features 1 1 32 1 K2500 Overview 1 1 K2500 Program Farm A 1...

Page 523: ...15 15 Loop state 25 12 Looping amplitude envelopes 6 26 LOPAS2 14 9 LOPASS 14 7 Low frequency waveforms Coarse adjust 14 37 Sawtooth 14 37 Sine 14 37 Square 14 37 Low key 6 11 Low velocity parameter 6...

Page 524: ...49 x GAIN 14 49 Mixing outboard effects with the K2500 s 18 3 Mod Wheel MIDI 01 25 4 Mode 15 4 Mode buttons 3 1 Mode buttons Program and Setup Editors 20 3 Mode Selection 3 1 Mode selection 4 1 Modes...

Page 525: ...hestral ROM Programs C 2 Orchestral ROM Programs with Controller Assign ments C 5 Orchestral ROM Samples C 4 Orchestral ROM Setups C 10 Output Assignment and control 6 18 Double wire algorithms 6 20 G...

Page 526: ...Editor 17 6 Pressure maps 10 3 10 6 Pressure sensitivity 11 2 Previous page 5 6 20 4 PROGRAM button 5 6 Program change formats 10 10 Program change type 10 2 10 6 Program changes Extended 10 11 Kurzw...

Page 527: ...12 Sample RAM vs Program RAM 27 1 Sample recording aborting 15 6 Sampler triggering from keyboard 15 5 Samples Adjusting volume 15 36 Assigning to keymaps 15 36 triggering from audio signals 15 4 Tun...

Page 528: ...s Loading 12 50 Memory limits 12 50 Recording via MIDI 12 50 Synchronizing 12 49 Sostenuto MIDI 66 25 5 Sostenuto pedal 6 13 Source 1 6 8 Source 2 6 8 Special button functions 5 6 Specifications K2500...

Page 529: ...14 4 Upper and lower amp 14 32 User amplitude envelope 6 24 Using the Digital Outputs 15 8 Using the MIX Outputs 18 1 Using the modes 4 3 Using the Velocity Map Editor 17 3 Using your K2500 in a SCSI...

Page 530: ...SHP 14 48 x SHAPE MOD OSC 14 48 Wet Dry mix 6 21 Wet dry mix 9 2 Wind controller controlling K2500 with 11 5 WRAP 14 45 Wrong sample being dumped 29 6 X x AMP 14 49 x GAIN 14 49 x SHAPE MOD OSC 14 48...

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