Kurzweil K2700 Musician'S Manual Download Page 1

Page: 1 / 372

It’s the sound.

™

Part Number 910589-002

Rev. 002

Summary of Contents for K2700

Page 1: ...It s the sound Part Number 910589 002 Rev 002...

Page 2: ...the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time When unplugging the power supply cord do not pull on the cord but grasp it by the plug 11 Care should be take...

Page 3: ...ms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug...

Page 4: ...dbeck Dr 220 Newbury Park CA 91320 Tel 800 431 2609 Fax 818 597 0411 Email info americanmusicandsound com www kurzweil com www facebook com kurzweilmusicsystems www twitter com KurzweilMusic www youtu...

Page 5: ...tton Presses 1 18 Program Mode 2 1 Selecting Programs 2 1 Program Demo 2 2 The Display 2 3 Controllers 2 4 The Split and Layer Soft Buttons 2 8 Save User Programs 2 11 Multichannel MIDI in Program Mod...

Page 6: ...With KVA Oscillators 3 78 Editing FM Layers 3 87 FM Operator Mute Page 3 87 FM MAIN Page 3 88 FM Operator Page 3 91 FM Layer Page 3 96 FM Amp Output Page 3 102 FM Alt Input Page 3 104 Editing KB3 Prog...

Page 7: ...Parameters 4 10 Keymap and Sample Editing 5 1 The Keymap Editor 5 1 Building a Keymap 5 8 Editing Samples 5 10 Multi Mode 6 1 Selecting Multis 6 1 The Display 6 2 Controllers 6 4 The Split and Layer S...

Page 8: ...8 3 The MAIN Page 8 5 The MIXER Page 8 14 The MISC Page 8 17 Soft Button Functions 8 19 The FILTER Page 8 20 The FX Page 8 22 The TRACK Page 8 23 The EVENT Page 8 36 Global Mode 9 1 MAIN 1 Page 9 1 MA...

Page 9: ...1 Common Problems 10 1 MIDI Problems 10 5 Pedal Problems 10 6 Other Problems 10 6 MIDI Implementation A 1 Specifications B 1 Audio Interface C 1 AUDIO INTERFACE Section C 1 Rear Panel AUDIO IN Jacks...

Page 10: ...ading audio Samples from WAV AIF and Kurzweil files KB3 ToneReal organ simulations with 9 sliders as drawbars FM Classic 6 operator FM synthesis KSR Kurzweil String Resonance piano string resonance si...

Page 11: ...al controllers Two switch pedal jacks are typically used to control two state i e on off parameters such as sustain sostenuto and soft pedal A Half Damper pedal also known as a continuous switch pedal...

Page 12: ...If you have a MIDI CC pedal also known as a MIDI expression or volume pedal plug it into the CC1 VOLUME jack for volume control 8 If you are using speakers turn the master volume all the way down on y...

Page 13: ...ee K2700 Sounds on page 1 14 for more details on selecting Programs or Multis 1 To hear a Program Demo song for the current Program press the 0 MISC and KEYPAD buttons simultaneously 2 To hear the cap...

Page 14: ...ttons Display Pads Soft Buttons Pitch Wheel and Modulation Wheel VOLUME Slider SAVE Button and EDIT Button EXIT Button ARPEGGIATOR Section TEMPO Section TRANSPORT Section Ribbon Controller VOLUME Slid...

Page 15: ...er clockwise or clockwise to select the previous or next value Turn the Alpha Wheel slowly to change the value by one increment or turn it quickly to jump several increments PREVIOUS and NEXT Buttons...

Page 16: ...IATION button will typically modify the sound by adding an orchestral string section or synth pad layer or enabling an effect For KB3 Organ Programs the VARIATION button controls the Rotary Speaker sp...

Page 17: ...e the buttons in the TRANSPORT section to control recording and playback in Song mode SAVE Button and EDIT Button These buttons are used when editing Programs Multis or other User objects In Program M...

Page 18: ...n to enable phantom power When phantom power is enabled the LED next to the 48V On button will be lit For more details on using the front panel AUDIO INTERFACE section and rear panel AUDIO IN jacks wi...

Page 19: ...ble into the Power jack MIDI IN and OUT Ports Use the MIDI ports to communicate with other MIDI modules and controllers The OUT port is the MIDI transmitting port and the IN port is the MIDI receiving...

Page 20: ...nd SW2 jacks to connect switch pedals One switch pedal is included with the K2700 In Program Mode SW1 SUSTAIN defaults to controlling Sustain and SW2 defaults to controlling Sostenuto For KB3 Organ Pr...

Page 21: ...2a and SW2b In Program Mode the default assignments are SW1a Sustain SW1b Sostenuto SW2a Sostenuto SW2b Soft Pedal To emulate the 3 pedals of an acoustic piano plug a single switch pedal into the SW1...

Page 22: ...T A B jacks to connect to an amplifier or mixer See Quick Start on page 1 3 for details AUDIO IN LEFT RIGHT Jacks Use the AUDIO IN jacks to mix external audio sources with the sounds of the K2700 appl...

Page 23: ...ogram The selected CATEGORY button will turn on Use the Alpha Wheel or PREVIOUS and NEXT buttons to select Programs from the selected category Select a Previously Saved User Program Press and turn on...

Page 24: ...10 Programs Multis use the CHANNEL LAYER ZONE TRACK buttons to select a different Quick Access Bank Programs or Multis which are not stored in a Quick Access Bank can be browsed by using the ALPHA WHE...

Page 25: ...d FX settings can be edited in Multi Edit Mode Modes Program Mode The K2700 always powers up in Program Mode where single instrument sounds can be played directly from the keyboard or multitimbrally v...

Page 26: ...it Mode to create custom sound combinations To save a copy of the Multi with the changes you ve made press the SAVE button once to view the Save Dialog The Save Dialog allows you to choose an ID numbe...

Page 27: ...MISC and KEYPAD buttons simultaneously Song Demo To hear the capabilities of the K2700 you can play the multi channel demo songs Press the USER and 0 MISC buttons simultaneously to listen to a multi...

Page 28: ...d lower case characters regardless of what you type After typing a term and pressing the ENTER button the search page finds and selects the first instance of the term in the list if it exists in the l...

Page 29: ...gram that was selected the last time Global Mode was exited Selecting Programs In Program Mode use any of the methods below to select a Program Note When Quick Access view is selected the CATEGORY but...

Page 30: ...o select Programs by ID number Type an ID number followed by pressing the ENTER button to select the associated Program Select a Category Default Program Each category has a Category Default Program t...

Page 31: ...sed on ID number only and ignoring Category KEYPAD on When the USER button is on only User Programs can be browsed by using the ALPHA WHEEL or PREVIOUS NEXT buttons ordered based on Category order the...

Page 32: ...ditor on that port in the last few seconds If the symbol is grey this indicates there has been no MIDI activity on that port in the last few seconds Controllers In Program Mode you can use the K2700 p...

Page 33: ...SPOSE buttons also transpose MIDI notes sent to the USB and MIDI Out ports PITCH WHEEL Use the PITCH WHEEL to perform pitch bends The Bend Up and Bend Down amount can be adjusted for each Program in P...

Page 34: ...EGGIATOR Section ARP and LATCH Buttons Press the ARP button to turn the Arpeggiator On or Off When the Arpeggiator is On the ARP button lights up The Arpeggiator allows you to easily play arpeggios or...

Page 35: ...dal into the SW1 SUSTAIN jack and a dual switch pedal into the SW2 jack For details see Dual Switch Pedals on page 1 12 Continuous Switch Pedals Half Damper The SW1 SUSTAIN jack is also compatible wit...

Page 36: ...rams and volumes After creating and saving a Split or Layer Multi you can edit additional Multi parameters in Multi Edit mode The Split Function When you create a Split in Program Mode you are creatin...

Page 37: ...r Program selected for the layered Zone 2 Program Use the ALPHA WHEEL or CATEGORY buttons to select a different Program for the layered Zone 2 Program 4 You may wish to adjust additional Layer paramet...

Page 38: ...are the left and right parameters respectively below the Key Range label With one of these parameters selected set the Key Range by using the Alpha Wheel the Previous Next buttons or use the keypad f...

Page 39: ...ess the Save button once to view the Save Dialog The Save Dialog allows you to choose an ID number to that will be associated with the program you are saving When viewing the Save Dialog you can quick...

Page 40: ...ting of the existing Program by pressing Save or choose a different ID Naming a User Program To rename the Program first press the RENAME soft button The Display shows the current Program name Use the...

Page 41: ...m an external MIDI device Changing the MIDI Channel The current MIDI Channel is shown on the right side of the top line of the Display Press the CHANNEL LAYER ZONE TRACK Up or Down buttons to change t...

Page 42: ...ord a multichannel song in Program Mode this can cause the FX of your song to change when changing Channels on the K2700 to record different tracks In this case setting the Global Mode FX Mode paramet...

Page 43: ...Program Mode Panic 2 15...

Page 44: ...ss the EDIT button Program Types The K2700 contains VAST and KB3 Programs VAST Programs can use layers of samples and synthesis suitable for generating a wide variety of traditional instrument sounds...

Page 45: ...of a program into the DSP ALG of any other layer Dynamic VAST Combine different DSP functions in any order you like including parallel and serial configurations FM Layers FM layers contain a set of os...

Page 46: ...editing in Program mode up to 32 layers per program A keymap processed through an algorithm modulated by control sources Up to 128 sample roots assigned to play at programmable key and velocity range...

Page 47: ...r details on each of the Program Edit Mode pages See The Soft Button Functions on page 3 75 for details on soft button functions in Program Edit Mode pages Layers Use the CHANNEL LAYER ZONE TRACK butt...

Page 48: ...cated by showing the Assign symbol in the top right corner of the display when selected Select an Assigned Parameter When the PARAMS Page Parameter column is selected hold the ENTER button and move a...

Page 49: ...n FX Chain is selected which contains controller assignments these parameters are automatically added to the Parameters page Parameter Column The Parameter column shows all Program and FX parameters f...

Page 50: ...ollowed by the ENTER button or use the Alpha Wheel or the Previous Next buttons The K2700 s physical controllers each use one of the available MIDI CC numbers so you must choose one of the other avail...

Page 51: ...or the Program Editor the same value will be used for any other program you select if you select another program that uses a value of None for the same parameter These values remain set even if you do...

Page 52: ...eter is created and can not be changed A PARAMS page Parameter will control any Program Edit or FX Edit parameter which has it s source field set to the same destination number For details see PARAMS...

Page 53: ...ge 3 16 Aux1 Mod Aux2 Mod The KEYMAP Page on page 3 44 Alt Control The LAYER Page on page 3 49 Enable The DSP Modulation DSP MOD Page on page 3 60 Source 1 Source 2 Depth Ctl The OUTPUT Page on page 3...

Page 54: ...ce field for the parameter holding the ENTER button and sending a CC value from the external MIDI controller Note The K2700 s physical controllers each use one of the available MIDI CC numbers so you...

Page 55: ...n field A parameter s Destination is automatically set when the Parameter is created and can not be changed A PARAMS page Parameter will control any Program Edit or FX Edit parameter which has it s so...

Page 56: ...phaser tremolo panner rotary distortion EQ compression filter envelope following filter frequency stimulator ring modulator frequency offset pitch LFO and stereoizer The selected Chain can be edited b...

Page 57: ...s useful when you want to use the same type of effect for multiple channels typically used for Reverb or Delay You apply an aux effect to the program on a MIDI channel by sending the audio from that c...

Page 58: ...the program s unprocessed dry signal Setting Type to dB is useful for setting a precise send value The level of signal sent to the Chain is set in dB the higher the value the more processed signal you...

Page 59: ...ayer A Program can have up to 8 Insert Chains any combination of common and layer specific inserts The Layer specific parameters are the same as on the FX page except they apply only to the current la...

Page 60: ...se the pitch to bend up while negative values will cause the pitch to bend down Large positive values can cause samples to bend to their maximum upward pitch before the Pitch Wheel is fully up or down...

Page 61: ...tonation maps Intonation Key The Intonation Key parameter allows you to set a different Intonation Key for each program The Intonation Key parameter works just like the Global mode Int Key parameter e...

Page 62: ...mperament tuning it is possible to edit a user Tuning Map in order to apply equal temperament tuning When layering piano with other instruments using equal temperament non stretched tunings using an e...

Page 63: ...ermines how many seconds a note takes to glide one semitone half step toward the pitch of the next played note For example at a setting of 12 keys second the pitch would glide an octave every second S...

Page 64: ...te in every layer of the current program they re not specific to any one layer When these control sources are global they begin operating as soon as the program is selected When Globals are on LFO2 AS...

Page 65: ...me Active steps are lit with a blue LED muted steps are not lit and the currently playing step is lit with a red LED Press a Pad to toggle the step between active and muted muted steps are set to velo...

Page 66: ...y 8 fields will use the selected velocity value Single Pad When the Single Pad parameter is set to Off multiple Pads can be played at the same time When the Single Pad parameter is set to On only a si...

Page 67: ...Program will be played on the selected Channel number This is useful for advanced users especially when using the Pads to play external MIDI equipment or software instruments on a computer that depend...

Page 68: ...n also select and edit patterns for note shifting velocity shifting and duration either as independent patterns or as a combination of all three in Step Sequencer mode The Arpeggiator also has several...

Page 69: ...tings are no longer being used State Use the State parameter to turn the Arpeggiator On or Off In Program Mode the State parameter can also be controlled by pressing the ARP button in the front panel...

Page 70: ...ngs require using the Latch switch In Program Mode the Latch switch can be controlled by the LATCH button in the front panel ARPEGGIATOR section or by a switch pedal by setting one of the Global Mode...

Page 71: ...note it doesn t have to be the same note the whole time every note you play in the arpeggiation range gets latched Autohold is similar to Auto Holding at least one arpeggiated note on and playing oth...

Page 72: ...limit again Here s a very simple example Suppose that the only note in the Arpeggiator cycle is C4 Shift Amount is 4 a third and Shift Limit is 7 so notes won t get shifted above G4 The Arpeggiator pl...

Page 73: ...Shift Amount parameter is set to a value other than 0 Shift Limit determines how far up or down the Arpeggiator can shift the arpeggiated notes Try setting Shift Limit to 12 or 24 to create an arpegg...

Page 74: ...tons to enter the note shift amount for each step You can set a step to a value of none by entering 127 and then scrolling down one more step A step with the value none causes the arpeggiator to play...

Page 75: ...the G4 The second note will be either B4 the next note chronologically or F5 the previous note chronologically that is the last arpeggiated note If the second note is B4 the third note will be either...

Page 76: ...te of the arpeggiator will randomly choose a velocity within the given range See the table below for velocity ranges The Velocity Modes Chimp1 through Chimp4 function in a similar fashion to the Human...

Page 77: ...elocity patterns A Velocity Pattern shifts the velocity of each arpeggiated note according to a sequenced pattern Select a factory pattern or create a custom user pattern using the pattern editor see...

Page 78: ...or Previous Next buttons to enter the velocity shift amount for each step Note For patterns with negative velocity values if the velocity of the first played note is low enough that a pattern step co...

Page 79: ...ator Beats value Select a factory pattern or create a custom user pattern using the pattern editor see below for details Editing Duration Patterns You can edit the highlighted pattern by pressing the...

Page 80: ...number Height Velocity level Width Duration The line under each oval changes length depending on the Beats value for the current step Number Steps Use the Number Steps parameter to set the number of...

Page 81: ...100 will sustain the note for the entire length of the step Beats Beats sets the length of time between each step in the sequence which allows you to alter the rhythm of a sequence Beats is set in fr...

Page 82: ...s is an easy way to discover the different possibilities of the CC Sequencer or to find a preset similar to what you want and continue to edit it from there You can save your current settings as a CC...

Page 83: ...s the end of the sequence When the Sync parameter is set to Every Note the sequence begins playing as soon as the program is selected and it restarts whenever it reaches the end of the sequence or whe...

Page 84: ...Mode when the MIDI Dest parameter is set to Zone the CC messages will be sent to the K2700 Program and to the MIDI and USB ports In Multi Mode when the MIDI Dest parameter is set to Zone the CC messag...

Page 85: ...value to send higher CC values For example when Scale is set to 200 a CC sequencer value of 62 will be sent as 126 Scale Mod Use the Scale Mod parameter to change the range of CC values sent by the se...

Page 86: ...the Scale and Add parameters have been applied The other Mode parameter settings each display a preset 16 step sequence Each step of the sequence has a red dot representing a CC value from 0 to 127 Pa...

Page 87: ...adjustment value of each sample in the keymap to each note played by the oscillator within those sample Key Ranges To prevent this select Keymap 999 Silence When a DSP oscillator is being used as a l...

Page 88: ...ach keyboard key The default value of 100 cents gives you the normal semitone half step interval between each note a cent is a hundredth of a semitone Higher values increase the interval lower values...

Page 89: ...rol source This can be useful for emulating legato playing of acoustic instrument sounds by skipping the initial attack section of samples for legato notes Use the Alt Control parameter to select a co...

Page 90: ...amped strings of the held down C key will audibly ring providing a highly tuned echo commonly known as sympathetic string resonance The String Resonance parameter works in conjunction with the FX pres...

Page 91: ...key very lightly so that a note is not played but the key s strings will still become undamped and will resonate when other keys are played KSR can simulate this behavior To do so select the layer in...

Page 92: ...ent layer The Low Velocity and High Velocity parameters set the lowest and highest active velocities for the current layer Velocity values are set in 8 standard musical dynamics markings ppp fff The 8...

Page 93: ...down and a MIDI note on message is received by the layer When the Trigger parameter is set to Reverse notes are triggered when a key is released and a MIDI note off message is received by the layer v...

Page 94: ...hen the control source is out of the range set by Enable High and Enable Low The layer will be deactivated when it is in this range Opaque An opaque layer blocks all higher numbered layers in its key...

Page 95: ...when using a compatible continuous switch pedal such as the Kurzweil KP 1H On3 emulates the behavior of an acoustic piano s sustain pedal by increasing the release portion of the current layer s ampl...

Page 96: ...amplitude envelope even if a key is released This is useful for layers which have a long amplitude envelope attack segment or an attack that s delayed with the layer delay parameters Setting this para...

Page 97: ...select an algorithm by ID number A diagram of the selected algorithm is shown in the center of the page showing the selected DSP functions and audio signal flow wiring In the diagram the audio signal...

Page 98: ...r control source such as an LFO or envelope The DSP functions are represented in the algorithm diagram as rectangular blocks Each DSP function has one or more parameters to which you can adjust and ap...

Page 99: ...s higher sound quality through anti aliasing In order to select a DSP function you must first select an algorithm with the appropriate block size and wiring Depending on the size and wiring of the sel...

Page 100: ...parameter to select the number of inputs for the currently selected DSP block Num Blocks Use the Num Blocks parameter to select the number of blocks for the currently selected DSP block Outputs Use th...

Page 101: ...fields The function parameters are listed along the left hand side of the DSP CTL page and the DSP MOD page The label of each function parameter depends on its function in the current program s algori...

Page 102: ...dle C For example with a positive KeyTrk value playing middle C causes no change in modulation depth playing each key further above middle C increases the modulation depth by the KeyTrk amount and pla...

Page 103: ...age shows each function parameter of the current layer s algorithm You can coarsely adjust the selected function parameter in these left hand fields The function parameters are listed along the left h...

Page 104: ...the Depth parameter Source 1 control source values between the minimum and maximum will scale the amount of modulation between no effect and the amount set by the Depth parameter Source 2 Use the Sour...

Page 105: ...ams To control panning for all layers at once use the Out Pan parameter on the Program Edit Common page Pan and Pan2 Use the Pan parameter to adjust the panning of the current layer s pre FX signal Ne...

Page 106: ...the left or right of the Pan parameter setting Message values below 64 shift it left while those above 64 shift it right When Pan Mode is set to Auto each note is panned based on its MIDI note number...

Page 107: ...rogram was originally a PC2 program and that it uses the PC2 drum map The Kurz2 map designates that the current drum kit uses a K2700 drum map all factory drum programs use this map The Kurz2 map is s...

Page 108: ...ope contains more detail than a user envelope and allow samples of acoustic instruments to sound more realistic When the Mode parameter is set to User several amplitude envelope parameters appear The...

Page 109: ...To create a sustaining amplitude envelope simply set the Decay1 level to a nonzero value Level for Decay1 can be set from 0 to 100 Release1 Release2 Release3 When the Mode parameter is set to User th...

Page 110: ...e control parameters are cumulative For example if you set attack to be controlled by Keytrk and VelTrk the resulting change on Attack would be affected by the combination of the values produced by Ke...

Page 111: ...ontrol source When Keytrk is greater than 1 000x notes above C 4 will make the envelope section run faster while notes below C 4 will make it run slower When Keytrk is less than 1 000x notes above C 4...

Page 112: ...the rate of the selected amplitude section When the control source selected for the Source field is at any value above it s minimum value the Adjust amount is applied to the rate of the selected ampl...

Page 113: ...ter in the layer The envelope 2 and 3 parameters are the same as the amplitude envelope parameters with a few exceptions ENV2 and ENV3 are bipolar envelope values can be set from 100 to 100 The ENV2 a...

Page 114: ...signed to control some parameter before you ll hear the effect 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...

Page 115: ...though it s often indistinguishable since global LFOs start running as soon as the program containing them is selected even if you don t play any notes One complete cycle of the LFO is 360 degrees and...

Page 116: ...the Mode parameter is set to Repeat the ASR will play the attack section then will immediately play the release section then will loop repeatedly through the attack and release sections until the ASR...

Page 117: ...nipolar or bipolar depending on their settings Most MIDI controllers are unipolar so their 0 127 range gets scaled to 0 to 1 Some MIDI controllers can be bipolar as well For example the control source...

Page 118: ...yers into the current program preserving all envelopes and control settings On the Import Layer page use the Source Program field to select a program to copy use the alpha wheel or the PROG or PROG so...

Page 119: ...gram may be stolen by the new Program if there are not enough FX resources for both Programs You may hear a sudden jump in volume if the output of a Program is too quiet or too loud without its FX Cha...

Page 120: ...the Parameters page DELETE Press the DELETE soft button to delete the current Program factory Programs can not be deleted Press DELETE and you will be given a choice to DELETE or CANCEL Press DELETE a...

Page 121: ...ors can also be combined with other layers using keymaps Basic Use of KVA Oscillators Minimal Settings for Basic Use of KVA Oscillators These are the minimal settings that a KVA layer needs in order t...

Page 122: ...ch of the oscillator Setting KVA Oscillator Type The K2700 comes with 25 Different KVA oscillators see the sections below for details on each type The tables below list KVA oscillators by type and fun...

Page 123: ...t Algorithm 5 at the top of the page Use the cursor buttons to select the function block and use the alpha wheel to select the SYNC SQUARE master function Next press the MORE soft button to change sof...

Page 124: ...ms created with KVA oscillators can become much more expressive by introducing variation with DSP modulation For a KVA oscillator layer you can use DSP modulation just as you would for keymap layers s...

Page 125: ...L page press the DSP MOD soft button to reach the DSP Modulation page On the left side of the screen choose the parameter for LP Frq and then press the right cursor button to reach the LP Frq sub page...

Page 126: ...W SHP Sawtooth Shaper This oscillator combines a dull sawtooth waveform with an input signal and passes the input signal through a shaper effect which can produce timbres similar to FM synthesis When...

Page 127: ...of 50 PWM produces a square wave The further the PWM Wid parameter is set from 50 the narrower the pulse width becomes changing the shape of the output waveform and thus altering the oscillator s tona...

Page 128: ...y played Detune affects two of the saw waves one is detuned above the original root pitch and the other is detuned below the original root pitch The third saw wave always plays the root pitch and is n...

Page 129: ...technique remember that the maximum amplitude of each key is set by the current keymap You can still control the overall parameters of a natural envelope by using the AMP ENV page Note The samples fro...

Page 130: ...e and combined with additional layers and VAST synthesis features For details on loading files see LOAD on page 9 15 FM Layer Structure Each FM layer contains 6 Operators in 1 of 32 algorithms The 6 O...

Page 131: ...heard as audio signals and which are used as modulation sources The algorithm diagram to the right of the Alg parameter shows each Operator as a numbered box with lines between each operator to show h...

Page 132: ...erator Parameters Each Operator contains an envelope generator which controls the output level of the Operator Use the Operator envelope generator parameters to control the output level of the Operato...

Page 133: ...et to rate values from 0 99 Smaller rates make changes happen slowly while larger rates make changes happen quickly The L3 parameter can be set to values from 0 99 where 0 is equivalent to silence or...

Page 134: ...more complex timbres Input Source Use the Input Source parameter to select an input for the selected Operator When Input Source is set to Normal the selected Operator receives input from Operators in...

Page 135: ...Sensitivity is set to 1 7 the selected Operator uses the output level set for the Operator on the FM Main page when a note is played with the highest possible velocity Notes with lower velocities wil...

Page 136: ...notes are played A left and right curve can be applied allowing for separate scaling of high and low notes Keyboard level scaling is useful for emulating acoustic instruments in which higher and lower...

Page 137: ...en no effect and the amount set by the Level Depth parameter Level Source 2 Use the Level Source 2 parameter to modulate the Operator output Level with a physical controller or other control source Le...

Page 138: ...hen the Freq Source 1 control source is at its maximum value Freq Source 1 will apply the amount of modulation set by the Freq Depth parameter Freq Source 1 control source values between the minimum a...

Page 139: ...the maximum modulation depth of Freq Source 2 When a Freq DepthCtl control source is at its maximum value Freq Source 2 will apply the amount of modulation set by the Freq MaxDpt parameter FM Layer Pa...

Page 140: ...erators in the layer When an Operator is being used as an audio source changes in Operator amplitude are heard as changes in volume When an Operator is being used as a modulation source changes in Ope...

Page 141: ...n be set to values from 0 99 0 is the slowest and 99 is the fastest FM LFO Shape Use the FM LFO Shape to select an LFO shape for the FM LFO The FM LFO can apply amplitude and pitch modulation to the F...

Page 142: ...th be set to a value greater than 0 To use a physical controller other than the Modwheel go to the Parameters page select the FM Mod parameter then select a different physical controller using the Con...

Page 143: ...eater than 0 on the FM Operator Page To use a physical controller other than the Modwheel go to the Parameters page select the FM Mod parameter then select a different physical controller using the Co...

Page 144: ...to 48 half steps from the original pitch of the note played Rate 1 Level 1 When a note is played the Rate 1 parameter determines the rate at which the pitch changes from Level 4 to Level 1 Rate 2 Leve...

Page 145: ...higher velocities For example with a positive Vel Track value playing a velocity of 0 causes no change in amplitude playing each velocity further above 0 increases the amplitude by the Vel Track amoun...

Page 146: ...e amount of modulation set by the Depth parameter Src1 control source values between the minimum and maximum will scale the amount of modulation between no effect and the amount set by the Depth param...

Page 147: ...Page In classic FM synthesis Operators containing sine wave oscillators are used to frequency modulate other Operators in various configurations in order to create complex timbres FM layers allow you...

Page 148: ...used as a modulation source so for these Keymaps the Adjust parameter may need to be turned down Keymaps with simple timbres may be too quiet to apply modulation so for these Keymaps the Adjust param...

Page 149: ...source layer as a modulation source select an Operator on the FM Operator page and set the Input Source parameter to Alt Adjust Use the Adjust parameter to set the output level of the selected Alt Inp...

Page 150: ...nt of modulation set by the Depth parameter Source 1 control source values between the minimum and maximum will scale the amount of modulation between no effect and the amount set by the Depth paramet...

Page 151: ...ased on the MIDI note number of each note played Positive Key Track values will progressively increase amplitude for each note played above middle C and progressively decrease amplitude for notes play...

Page 152: ...on depth with a physical controller or other control source When a DepthCtl control source is at its minimum value the Source 2 modulation depth will be set to the value of the MinDpth parameter When...

Page 153: ...Keymap in cents Fine Hz Use the Adjust parameter to adjust the pitch of the Keymap in Hertz Source 1 Use the Source 1 parameter to modulate the Keymap pitch with a physical controller or other contro...

Page 154: ...lue of the MaxDpth parameter DepthCtl control source values between the minimum and maximum will scale the Source 2 modulation depth between the values of the MinDpth and MaxDpth parameters MinDpth Us...

Page 155: ...them in a KB3 program the 92nd is reserved to produce key click Because the oscillators start running as soon as you select a KB3 program there are always voices available unlike VAST programs which s...

Page 156: ...ault assignments for factory KB3 programs include CC Pedal 1 volume controls preamp volume which emulates the volume control of an organ preamp The Preamp Resp parameter must be set to On for this to...

Page 157: ...B3 Editor is similar to the Parameters page in the VAST Editor See The PARAMS Page on page 3 6 for details In the KB3 Editor the Parameters page contains some parameters which do not appear on any oth...

Page 158: ...ed by a CC pedal plugged into the rear panel input labeled CC Pedal 1 volume With a setting of Foot volume can be controlled by a CC pedal plugged into the rear panel input labeled CC Pedal 2 With a s...

Page 159: ...n Volume Use the Volume parameter to set the preset volume of each of the nine drawbars The available values will be 0 8 or 0 127 depending on the setting of the Steps parameter Tune This parameter le...

Page 160: ...Upper Vol Adjust Upper Volume Adjust This parameter lets you adjust the amplitude of the upper tone wheels relative to amplitude of the lower tone wheels NumToneWheels Number of Tone Wheels This param...

Page 161: ...uneven rolled off response Mellow is somewhere between Bright and Junky You can also apply EQ to control wheel volumes based on the frequencies of each tone wheel See KB3 Editor The EQ Page on page 3...

Page 162: ...ters in VAST programs For a full description of these modulation source and depth parameters see Subpage Parameters on page 3 61 KB3 Editor The AMP Page The AMP page parameters for KB3 programs are si...

Page 163: ...are based on sine waves then this acts similarly to a real EQ Each EQ section has Gain G Frequency F and Width W controls Frequency controls the center frequency of the band Width controls the bandwid...

Page 164: ...Switch button 6 labeled Percussion Loud Soft Decay This parameter switches between fast and slow percussion settings Specific fast slow times are set with the DecayTime parameters You can toggle betwe...

Page 165: ...u can control the amplitude and decay time of the percussion effect for all combinations of the PERC page Volume and Decay parameter settings You can also adjust the level of the organ relative to the...

Page 166: ...ise relative to the highest tone wheel s pitch The pitch is controlled by a steep lowpass filter applied to white noise The filter s cut off frequency is controlled relative to key number higher keys...

Page 167: ...y The selected key will use the key click volume set by the Volume parameter Each key below the selected key will have progressively quieter key click For example with Key Track Amount set to 5 0 key...

Page 168: ...ons From the Program editor the program s Insert and Aux Chains can be edited from the FX and LYR FX pages In Multi Edit Mode Chains selected for Aux overrides can be edited from the FX page A Chain i...

Page 169: ...nto the selected effect box can be changed by numeric entry with the Alpha Wheel or with the buttons and can be changed with either the effect box or the Effect field at the bottom of the page highlig...

Page 170: ...uring effects mods MOD1 MOD3 All pages are essentially identical in appearance and function See below for an example MOD page Box The Box parameter specifies which effect box in the Chain to which the...

Page 171: ...ess that CC number is already used by another FX Mod in which case it will share the existing Parameter using that CC number or physical controller The program Parameters page allows you to set a defa...

Page 172: ...Pedal 1 30 Pad 2 81 Button 2 103 Pad 11 12 Slider 1 31 63 82 Button 3 104 Pad 12 13 Slider 2 64 Sw Pedal 1a 83 Button 4 105 Pad 13 14 Knob 5 65 84 106 Pad 14 15 66 Sw Pedal 1b 2a 85 Button 5 107 Pad 1...

Page 173: ...u can edit the Effects only Control sources These are Control sources that can be used by the effects Mods in the current Chain The parameters on these pages work exactly like those of the correspondi...

Page 174: ...t an initial MIDI value for each assignment This allows you to reuse the same Chain in several Programs and each of the Chain FX Mods can have a different controller assignment or initial value in eac...

Page 175: ...tons 4 8 The Chain Utility Soft Buttons Some of the soft buttons in the Chain Editor perform a function when pressed as well as some of the Mode buttons INFO On this page you can use the TEXT soft but...

Page 176: ...the Delete soft button to delete the current Chain factory Chains can not be deleted FX BYPASS On the Chain Edit Main page press the FX BYPASS soft button to temporarily bypass the currently selected...

Page 177: ...the output signal is 20 wet processed and 80 dry unprocessed A setting of 50 wet means the dry and processed signals are roughly equal in level In some effects separate Wet Dry parameters are provide...

Page 178: ...anges the configuration of the effect to simulate a wide array of room types and sizes including booths small rooms chambers halls and large spaces Because this parameter changes the structure of the...

Page 179: ...minal and usually optimal for the given Room Type InfinDecay when turned On causes the reverb tail to decay infinitely When it s Off the decay time is determined by the Rvrb Time or LateRvbTim paramet...

Page 180: ...DelayScale or very slow Tempos Some Delay effects will simply go to a maximum value and stay there while in some a calculation is made that automatically cuts the delay times in half thereby maintaini...

Page 181: ...0 bandpass filters per channel each of whose gain is adjustable from 12 dB to 24 dB Like all graphic equalizers the filter response is not perfectly flat when all gains are set to the same level excep...

Page 182: ...es A wide range of Compression and Expansion effects is available in the K2700 The various effects include different combinations of Compressors with soft knee characteristic the compression action co...

Page 183: ...eduction in the compressor It is essentially the same parameter as Out Gain with which it is summed The minimum is 79 0 and the maximum summed gain MakeUpGain Out Gain is 24 0 dB Expansion Effects con...

Page 184: ...igger determines whether the gate timer will reset itself each time the sidechain signal goes above the threshold If it is On the timer resets itself and therefore the gate stays open as long as the s...

Page 185: ...ectrum generally referred to as a comb filter In the K2700 the flanger is a multi tap delay line all but one of whose taps can have their lengths modulated up and down by a low frequency oscillator LF...

Page 186: ...f reverb which produces a delayed train of closely spaced reflections or impulses As time passes the spacing between the impulses gets wider which creates a discernible buzzy pitch that gets lower as...

Page 187: ...e levels it moves down The highest possible resonant frequency is 8372 Hz the lowest is 0 Hz This parameter s range is 100 to 100 Resonance is the resonance of the filter adjustable from 0 to 50 dB At...

Page 188: ...o Min Freq and Max Freq are the low and high limits of the resonant frequency as the filter is swept You can set the Min Freq higher than the Max Freq in which case the filter will sweep upside down r...

Page 189: ...ow pass prior to the first distortion stage The other low pass controls follow their respective distortion stages Range is 16 to 25088 Hz Rotating Speakers An effect that includes Rotating Speakers br...

Page 190: ...ry and you can expect the effect of this parameter to be rather subtle The range is 0 to 360 0 degrees Mic Angle is the angle of the virtual microphones in degrees from the front of the rotating speak...

Page 191: ...LFO The range is 0 to 10 00 Hz or 0 to 12 00 x the tempo Rate Scale multiplies the speed of the LFO rate into the audio range The range is 1 to 25088 x When above 16x the values increment in semitone...

Page 192: ...s the left channel s LFO out of phase with the result that the effect turns into an auto balancer Out leaves the left LFO alone Pitcher Pitcher applies a filter to the input signal which has a series...

Page 193: ...the width is set to 50 the result is a square wave This parameter has no effect if other waveform types are chosen Range is 0 to 100 Osc1Smooth smooths removes the higher harmonics from the Saw Saw a...

Page 194: ...e a higher frequency than the other Range is 16 to 25088 Hz Pan High Mid Low sets the pan position for each band Range is 100 fully left to 100 fully right Delay High Mid Low sets the delay for each b...

Page 195: ...oot within each key range You can mix samples of different timbres within a single Keymap and even tune individual keys to any pitch by defining key ranges to single notes and assigning samples to eac...

Page 196: ...a sample root to the current key range Depending on the nature of the sample root an individual sample or a block of sample roots the sample s name looks a bit different in the display Each sample s...

Page 197: ...ffset using the Coarse Tune and Fine Tune parameters see below The Key Range parameter shows you which key range you re currently viewing or editing key ranges are named by their lowest and highest no...

Page 198: ...oft button to toggle the top line between displaying VelRange and Key Range Low Velocity Lo High Velocity Hi Use these parameters to set the velocity range of the current key range If you extend the c...

Page 199: ...he top line of the page displays Key Range then the CHANNEL LAYER ZONE TRACK buttons will scroll between the available key ranges in the key map if the current key map has more than one key range The...

Page 200: ...range the existing key range will be split into two Key Ranges with the new Key Range between the two At this point you must change at least one parameter of the new Key Range before editing a differe...

Page 201: ...you have a sample whose root key is C 4 and you want to assign it to A 0 because you don t expect to play it often If you want it to play back without transposition you ll have to adjust the Coarse T...

Page 202: ...change to say Strike High Key Now trigger F 1 MIDI note number 29 The display will return to the Keymap Editor page The Key Range parameter will show A 0 F 1 and the Sample parameter will show the sa...

Page 203: ...want to build a Keymap that uses the same sample in several adjacent key ranges and you plan to add a bit of detuning to the samples in each range You might think that you could build the Keymap firs...

Page 204: ...one of the available key ranges if there is more than one Key Range You can edit the existing sample of a Key Range or choose a new sample for the Key Range and edit that When the Keymap parameter is...

Page 205: ...o parameter is set to Off in the Program Editor only the left channel of stereo samples will be heard in mono If the sample is part of a group of sample roots you can also use the CHANNEL LAYER ZONE T...

Page 206: ...etting for ReleaseRate To create an extended sample loop that will play data after the sample s loop on key up set the Alternative Start sample pointer after the sample end pointer then set a relative...

Page 207: ...se parameters Start The Start point determines the beginning of the current sample You can truncate the beginning of the sample by increasing the value of the Start parameter You might do this to remo...

Page 208: ...ID will be deleted Trimmed portions before the Start or Alternative Start points whichever has a lower value will be lost upon saving to a user ID and whichever parameter had a lower value will have...

Page 209: ...e When Quick Access view is selected the CATEGORY buttons always select an entry in the current Quick Access bank Browse All Multis Make sure the USER button is off then use the ALPHA WHEEL or PREVIOU...

Page 210: ...by playing each key in the range VIEW Soft Button and Quick Access View Press the VIEW soft button to switch between the default Large view List view and Quick Access view Quick Access view shows the...

Page 211: ...top line of the LCD display Press both OCTAVE soft buttons simultaneously to reset the transposition to 0 The OCTAVE soft buttons also transpose MIDI notes sent to the USB and MIDI Out ports SPLIT and...

Page 212: ...t The remaining buttons sliders and knobs are typically assigned to various effects and synthesis parameters TRANSPOSE Buttons The TRANSPOSE buttons can be used to change the tuning of notes played on...

Page 213: ...nt can be adjusted in Multi Edit Mode In most Factory Multis the Ribbon is assigned to the Aux pitch bend parameter by default The Ribbon will bend the pitch up or down from the current pitch no matte...

Page 214: ...O Section Use the TEMPO section to set the tempo of the current Multi The Multi tempo typically sets the tempo of the Arpeggiator riffs and the rate of tempo synced LFOs and FX such as Delay To set th...

Page 215: ...er pedal enables finer control of Sustain than a standard switch pedal Half Damper control is enabled for Programs in the Piano category Programs outside of the Piano category will respond to a Half D...

Page 216: ...The Split Function When you create a Split in Multi Mode you are activating a new Zone in the current Multi The previously active Zones will keep their previously assigned keyboard ranges After this...

Page 217: ...ve You can continue to activate additional Zones with the Stat parameter Program The Program parameter for the first available Zone determines the Program for the left hand side of the Split also know...

Page 218: ...ment use the cursor buttons to select the Pan parameter for one of the Zones To set a Pan value use the Alpha Wheel the Previous Next buttons or use the keypad function of the Category buttons to type...

Page 219: ...er Multis can be saved to ID numbers from 4096 to 8191 If you are saving a Multi that has not been previously edited the next available unused ID number will be selected If you are saving a previously...

Page 220: ...n to insert a blank space The selected character and all characters to the right will move one space to the right Use the Delete button to delete the current character all the characters to the right...

Page 221: ...then recording will begin you can set metronome and other recording settings in Song mode 7 Press the PLAY PAUSE button to stop recording You will see a Save New Recording dialog where you can review...

Page 222: ...bothers you set the MonoPress parameter to Off on the Song Event Filter Recording page see The FILTER Page on page 8 20 This will prevent Mono Pressure messages from being recorded to any track Altern...

Page 223: ...ets say zones one and two were bending during bar 1 If you want to separately record zone three during bars 1 and 2 you will probably want to delete the existing bend messages from zone three s track...

Page 224: ...tons to change each value When certain parameters are selected additional editor pages or functions can be accessed by pressing the EDIT button The EDIT icon appears at the top of the screen when the...

Page 225: ...AUDIO IN pages Patterns on the ARP page Shift Velocity and Duration Assign Assign is the secondary function of the Enter button You can use the Assign function to quickly select parameters or set valu...

Page 226: ...ield is selected hold the Enter button and move a physical controller to assign the moved controller or When an FX Page Mod Override field is selected hold the Enter button and press one of the keyboa...

Page 227: ...key of the Zone the right Key Range field sets the highest key of the Zone You can also set the lowest key higher then the highest key and vice versa This allows you to split a Zone into two areas wh...

Page 228: ...rnal MIDI instruments or software For example an Exit Volume message of 0 could silence an external MIDI instrument when exiting a Multi For Zones which are playing local programs Exit Volume should t...

Page 229: ...n expand polyphony by assigning each zone to a different alternating note map For example if you have two K2700s you can assign two zones to each play the same program on a different K2700 thereby dou...

Page 230: ...s to the same channel but only one Program can be loaded in a channel at a particular time The Program loaded will be whichever program change message is received last Bank Mode The Bank Mode paramete...

Page 231: ...ge to 50 Midi Program The MIDI Program parameter determines the MIDI Program change message that the currently selected Zone sends when the Multi is loaded You can set this parameter to a MIDI Program...

Page 232: ...bon Controller Velocity Mode The Velocity Mode parameter determines the method that the K2700 maps the keyboard s strike velocity to MIDI velocity Set to Traditional the keyboards velocity will transl...

Page 233: ...rwise all of your velocities will end up as zeroes well ones actually since a MIDI note on with velocity zero is interpreted by some modules as a note off message So to get true inverse scaling that i...

Page 234: ...y Low Velocity will have a smaller value than High Velocity but you may also create a gap in velocity response by setting High Velocity to a lower value than Low Velocity Input Channel The Input Chann...

Page 235: ...ber with a setting of M indicates that the zone will be playable only from the external MIDI controller and not from the K2700 keyboard You can also choose Any L M or Any M for the Input Channel setti...

Page 236: ...ogram parameter use the Destination field In the Destination list destinations that are assigned to parameters for the Program of the current Zone will show the Program Parameter name next to the Dest...

Page 237: ...one When Mode is set to MIDI CC the controller can send MIDI control messages When Mode is set to Chord the controller can play a chord containing up to 8 notes Note When Controller is set to ArpOn Of...

Page 238: ...the current Multi is exited by selecting another Multi or Program You can set this parameter to None On or Off This parameter affects the selected switch controller for all Zones Exit State should ty...

Page 239: ...Off the Do parameter appears The Do parameter determines whether the key will play a note and perform a switch function or whether the key will only perform a switch function Set the Do parameter to B...

Page 240: ...ters are set to produce values outside of this range By default each continuous controller sends CC values 0 127 0 at its lowest position and 127 at its highest position These values can be multiplied...

Page 241: ...s set to 200 the controller sends CC values 0 127 0 at its lowest position and 127 at its middle position through its highest position With the Add parameter set to 64 the controller sends CC values 6...

Page 242: ...alue of a continuous controller when the current Multi is exited by selecting another Multi or Program You can set this parameter to None or 0 127 This parameter affects the selected continuous contro...

Page 243: ...n value springs back to its zero point automatically when you lift your finger off the ribbon When Spring is Off the Ribbon value remains at its current value when you lift your finger off the Ribbon...

Page 244: ...lume control It scales between 0 and the current value of Volume 12 MIDI 12 Default assignment for Slider 1 13 MIDI 13 Default assignment for Slider 2 14 21 MIDI 14 21 MIDI Controllers 14 21 22 MIDI 2...

Page 245: ...121 RstCtls Resets Controllers to defaults in the corresponding channel 122 Local Reserved for use by MIDI specification 123 Notes Off Sends Note Off Message to all playing notes in the corresponding...

Page 246: ...or Latch Pedals mode 0 63 off 64 127 on 161 Panic Sends an all notes off message and an reset all controllers message on all 16 MIDI channels 162 SoloZn Solo Zone Values above 64 will solo the zone th...

Page 247: ...ation the name of the selected Intonation Map will be displayed For example 18 EastMed 181 Chan Int Key Selects the Intonation Key C through B in a MIDI channel in real time On the Multi Edit CONTROLS...

Page 248: ...for the current zone in a Multi enter the Multi editor go to the Arpeggiator page and set Arp Mode to Classic Set Shift Mode to Patt and select a Shift Pattern from the Shift Pattern field If using mu...

Page 249: ...propriate scale You could also create a Multi for a song with multiple zones each with its own pre set key and appropriate shift pattern That way for each chord change you could move a different contr...

Page 250: ...in turn affect the useful range of the physical controller With a shift pattern of 12 notes the 128 different notes that the K2700 can trigger are evenly spaced over the range of the controller Patte...

Page 251: ...rnal the Tempo parameter disappears from the display Clock Source When Clock Source is set to Internal the Multi will determine its tempo with the Tempo field When Clock Source is set to External the...

Page 252: ...lue LED muted steps are not lit and the currently playing step is lit with a red LED Press a Pad to toggle the step between active and muted muted steps are set to velocity None For details on the Arp...

Page 253: ...ong that you wish to use for your riff Note the song ID as well as the desired track and start stop points 2 Go to Multi mode and edit a Multi On the Multi Edit Overview page choose the program that y...

Page 254: ...to On For example if Transpose is set to On and you have a riff based around D4 set the Root Note to D4 so that the riff will play in tune with other Zones It is also useful to set the Root Note to a...

Page 255: ...t zone Trigger Range Use the Trigger Range parameters to set the keyboard range that will trigger the Riff The left and right Trigger Range parameters set the lowest and highest keys that will trigger...

Page 256: ...fferent riffs or arpeggiators With Riff Tempo set to External the riff will sync to external MIDI clock You can also manually choose a tempo by selecting a value from 20 to 400 Trigger Master The Trig...

Page 257: ...tarting so you can trigger the riff to start ahead of time and have it start in sync at the down beat of the next measure With Trigger Type set to Any Beat if there is already a something playing to s...

Page 258: ...r song playing to sync to the current riff will wait for the playing riff or song to restart its loop if Loop is set to On before starting see Loop on page 7 33 for looping riffs and Loop on page 8 11...

Page 259: ...to On before starting see Loop on page 7 33 for looping riffs and Loop on page 8 11 for looping songs This way you can release the riff to stop ahead of time and have it stop in sync at the start of t...

Page 260: ...ing Riff Zone 1 for the Release Master parameter Then if you set Down Beat for the Release Type parameter when released the riff would always wait until its next down beat to stop Duration Duration ch...

Page 261: ...ription 163 Riff OnOff If Riff is set to On on the RIFF page values 64 127 will trigger the riff values 0 63 will release the riff 165 Riff Duration Controls the Riff Duration parameter The Duration v...

Page 262: ...ync Type parameter to Any Beat will keep arpeggiators in sync to the same beat pulse across multiple Zones When the Sync Type parameter is set to Any Beat playing an arpeggiator in one Zone will wait...

Page 263: ...on of each CC Sequencer parameter In Multi Mode the CC Sequencer works the same as in Program Mode except there is one CC Sequencer per Zone The CC Sequencer in each Zone can each have different setti...

Page 264: ...resources for other channels Set each MIDI channel to Y to enable effects or to N to disable effects The K2700 has 32 units of effects resources that can be used to load effects chains Each FX chain r...

Page 265: ...fully wet A value of p can be set by entering 1 and then pressing the Enter button or by using the Alpha wheel or buttons to scroll below 0 Note In most factory Programs the send level for Aux 1 is c...

Page 266: ...desired controller on the Multi Controls page This must be done for each Zone that you wish to apply the Mod override controller The Multi Controls page allows you to set entry exit values as well as...

Page 267: ...ich means the Multi will use the Analog In FX settings on the Global Mode AUDIO I O page for details see AUDIO I O on page 9 27 Set Mode to Multi Specific Effects to enable specific Analog In FX setti...

Page 268: ...ssigned within the Multi To view the Mods of the selected Audio Input Chain select the Chain field and press the EDIT button to enter the Chain Editor then go to the Chain Info page see Ch 4 The Effec...

Page 269: ...ime depending on the number of Zones in the selected Multi See Show Zone Info on page 9 3 for details New Zone NEW ZN Create a new Zone placed above the highest existing Zone Duplicate Zone DUP ZN Cre...

Page 270: ...ess the IMPORT M PAD soft button to view the Import Pads from Multi page which allows you to import Pads settings from other Multis On the Import Pads from Multi page use the From Multi and From Zone...

Page 271: ...unctions In Multi Edit Mode the Mode buttons perform a secondary function when pressed PROGRAM Solo Zone Press the PROGRAM Mode button to temporarily solo the currently selected Zone MULTI Mute Zone P...

Page 272: ...fore recording to a track or making any kind of edit to the current song you should save the current version of your song if you have made unsaved changes that you wish to keep After doing this if you...

Page 273: ...is Playing or Recording press the STOP button to stop playback or recording and reset the song s location to the bar and beat previously specified by the Locate parameter If the location previously sp...

Page 274: ...d a track and pressed STOP The PLAY NEW soft button allows you to play the song with your last recorded performance You will likely want to hear this first Pressing PLAY OLD will play the current song...

Page 275: ...a user program see Save User Programs on page 2 11 for more details Pressing NO If you decide not to save or rename NO returns you to the Song mode page in which you were last recording Changes to th...

Page 276: ...recording is not armed Rec Ready Appears when the Record button is pressed while Song Status is Stopped When Rec Ready is displayed it indicates that Song mode is waiting to start recording Song This...

Page 277: ...s turned on see Control Chase on page 8 17 Programs selected in Program Mode are selected as the program on the current Rec Track when you enter Song mode Follow these steps to change the current Rec...

Page 278: ...change the Song Status to Stopped The initial tempo can also be changed at the top of the event list for the Tempo track on the EVENT page Make sure to save the song after changing the initial tempo...

Page 279: ...also be set at the top of each track s event list see The EVENT Page on page 8 36 Setting Initial Values For All Tracks An important last step before saving a finished song is to store initial values...

Page 280: ...gs for a track For example an initial Pan setting will reset any Pan adjustments that you make during playback each time the song is stopped and played from the start of bar 1 or if the song is stoppe...

Page 281: ...ssages CC 10 received while in Program Mode Locate The Bar and Beat displayed as the Locate value changes to show the current location of the song during playback and recording You can set this to a n...

Page 282: ...me Out point but they are actually being re recorded linearly over absolute Bars and Beats until you press Stop The End point of the Song is extended automatically when Stop is pressed To use the UnLo...

Page 283: ...ivity Indicators are small squares with a colored circle in the middle During playback and recording the circle will flash when any MIDI events are executed When the Overdub Mode parameter is set to M...

Page 284: ...track since that s the most recent Program Change command received on that channel Drum Track Any of the song s tracks can be defined as a Drum Track so that their Note events do not get transposed if...

Page 285: ...k s settings whenever a song is loaded Initial values for each track can be seen at the top of the Event page When recording to an unused track the track s Pan and Vol parameters will have an initial...

Page 286: ...fter you have recorded to a track make sure the song is stopped press the RECORD button to change the song status to Rec Ready select a different Program then press the RECORD soft button again to cha...

Page 287: ...Button Press the KEEP soft button to view the Keep dialog which allows you to capture the current values for each track s program panning and volume as the initial values After using the Keep dialog r...

Page 288: ...re starting playback This ensures that the volume panning program changes and other controllers for the song are correct regardless of where you start the song With Control Chase set to Off the sequen...

Page 289: ...ith Metronome set to CountOff the metronome plays only during count off if the CountOff parameter is set to something other than Off Count Off This parameter determines the number of measures the K270...

Page 290: ...unctions are using Events When calculating Event Statistics a pair of note on and note off events are considered a single event All other events are stored as single events on the K2700 The Event Stat...

Page 291: ...o Off all notes are ignored during recording playback With Notes set to On only the notes within the specified note range with velocities within specified velocity range are recorded played Key Range...

Page 292: ...h Bend This parameter enables disables pitch bend events to be recorded played back Program Change This parameter enables disables program changes to be recorded played back this includes Controllers...

Page 293: ...have an AuxFX Ch parameter Instead in Song Mode the Aux 1 and 2 Chains are determined by the FX Track parameter on the Song Mode MAIN page see FX Track on page 8 12 for details The program in the sel...

Page 294: ...for each function For example Quantize and Transpose apply only to notes while Remap applies only to Controllers The Locate parameter is always positioned on the bottom left of the page Note Before u...

Page 295: ...ers MonoPress PitchBend ProgChange PolyPress Some event types are available only for certain Functions When Events is set to All all MIDI events on the track s you are editing that occur in the region...

Page 296: ...of To in a similar fashion If you haven t selected either the From or To parameter pressing FROM TO during playback updates From or To or both depending on the current playback location the value of t...

Page 297: ...tracks then the destination track will be All tracks as well Location Bars Beats Ticks Use the Location parameter to specify a bar beat and tick location in the destination track where the copied eve...

Page 298: ...recorder Bounce will always put the copied events at the same place in time on the Destination Track that they were on the source track Destination Track 1 to 16 Select a destination track for the bo...

Page 299: ...e of blank tape to an existing segment of recording tape Location Bars Beats Ticks Use the Location parameter to specify a bar beat and tick location in the destination track where the blank time will...

Page 300: ...This function is different from the erase function because not only does it remove the events from the selected time it will delete the entire selected range of time from the song modifying the song...

Page 301: ...s setting determines the size of the Quantize grid expressed as a fraction of a Bar with a 4 4 meter Set Grid to 1 1 for whole note grid 1 16 for sixteenth notes All of the standard note durations and...

Page 302: ...f bars beats and ticks Events can not be shifted before Bar 1 Beat 1 Tick 0 Amount Bars Beats Ticks The Amount parameter specifies the number of bars beats and ticks that the selected MIDI events are...

Page 303: ...e function to change the MIDI Note numbers of the selected Note events Semitone 128 to 127 semitones An increment of one semitone represents a change of one MIDI Note number You can transpose Note eve...

Page 304: ...elected track is All tracks then the destination track will be All tracks as well No matter what channel the current track source track in the source song is set to when you use the grab function the...

Page 305: ...ntage Values can be scaled from 0 to 20 000 Offset 128 to 127 Offset can be used alone or in conjunction with Scale to add or subtract a set amount to or from the original or scaled values Values for...

Page 306: ...d Offset will be applied You can set Mode to NegRamp to achieve the opposite dynamic effect of PosRamp NegRamp works in the same way but the amount of Scale and Offset applied will decrease from the f...

Page 307: ...events you will hear the note played although the duration will be short If you have scrolled through a Sustain CTRL 64 message with a value of 127 then you will hear the note sustain as if the sustai...

Page 308: ...he first column represents the Bar and Beat Locations of the different events in a song Scroll through the events on the selected track s with the Alpha Wheel or type a specific Bar and Beat on the al...

Page 309: ...vAt Release Velocity indicated by a vRl and Note Length Len Note Name Number C 1 to G 9 Attack Velocity vAt 0 to 127 Release Velocity vRl 0 to 127 Note Length Len Bar Beats Ticks MIDI Controller Even...

Page 310: ...ccess the tempo track use the CHANNEL LAYER ZONE TRACK buttons to navigate to track 1 then press the CHANNEL LAYER ZONE TRACK down button The tempo track functions the same as the other tracks except...

Page 311: ...8 40...

Page 312: ...audio routing To enter Global Mode from another Mode press and turn on the GLOBAL Mode button MAIN 1 Page The MAIN 1 page in Global Mode allows you to adjust global tuning effects settings display an...

Page 313: ...in a Quick Access Bank can be browsed by using the ALPHA WHEEL or PREVIOUS NEXT buttons When Quick Access view is selected press and hold one of the Keypad buttons 0 through 9 to store the currently s...

Page 314: ...e A B Audio Output setting The A B Audio Output icon shows the Audio Output setting of each Zone This icon corresponds with the Output parameter on the Multi Edit MAIN page If Output is set to Auto bo...

Page 315: ...liders wheels CC pedal respond to movement When set to instant moving a controller will result in the assigned parameter immediately jumping to the current controller value With some parameters an abr...

Page 316: ...c FM synthesizers FM layers loaded from classic FM synthesizers may sound different loaded FM layers will often sound brighter Default Song The Default Song parameter determines which song will be use...

Page 317: ...n Program Mode each Program uses a tempo to set the tempo of the Program s Arpeggiator CC Sequencer and tempo synced LFOs and effects When this parameter is set to Program each Program will use its pe...

Page 318: ...rk best for those with a light touch Linear The K2700 default map Linear allows MIDI velocities to pass unchanged It follows a linear response Hard1 Hard2 Hard3 Makes it increasingly harder to produce...

Page 319: ...ity expression but you may want to choose a different map if the default does not suit your playing style The Pad Velocity Map can be set to the same settings that are available for the Velocity Map p...

Page 320: ...tandard for modern western music 2 Just Tunings are defined based on the ratios of the frequencies between intervals The original tuning of Classical European music 3 Just b7th Similar to Just but wit...

Page 321: ...n to bring up the save dialog which allows you to rename the map and choose an ID to save to Edited user intonation maps can be saved to IDs 32 127 Press the Exit soft button to return to the Global M...

Page 322: ...a switch pedal The Arp Latch assignment allows you to latch held notes to be played by the arpeggiator by holding down a switch pedal When using the Arp Latch assignment make sure the arpeggiator is...

Page 323: ...being used instead of the Multi mode pedal settings Rotary Override By default KB3 organ programs have the Slow Fast speed control for the Rotary speaker effect assigned to the Variation Button and th...

Page 324: ...ight separate documents using folders in a file cabinet By default all storage devices have at least one root directory To organize files in a USB device you can create additional directories as well...

Page 325: ...gged into the K2700 Store All Press the ALL soft button to store all user objects into a single file or press CANCEL to return to the previous page After pressing STORE you must select a directory and...

Page 326: ...Previous Next buttons Left and Right navigation buttons and soft buttons Press the OK soft button to finish the operation LOAD Use the LOAD page to load compatible files from a storage device To view...

Page 327: ...file To load individual objects use the LOAD page to highlight a compatible file type then press the OPEN soft button to view a list of objects within the file The objects in the list are grouped by...

Page 328: ...ory Keymaps Samples such as oscillator wave Samples will be remapped to use K2700 keymaps and samples and will often sound very close or the same as on the original instrument Some legacy K2 series fa...

Page 329: ...mples are loaded to the K2700 s user sample flash memory Samples remain in the K2700 even when the power is off until they are manually deleted Also once Samples are loaded to the K2700 s user sample...

Page 330: ...BazZ 4103 VA1 Lead Suppose you were to load a K27 file containing the following Programs File to be Loaded Program ID Program Name 4097 Synth Horn 4098 NYJazzy 4099 Saxxy 4100 Stabbatha The two tables...

Page 331: ...Mode parameter is set to LOCAL the MIDI data will only be transmitted locally If you want to play the K2700 but not send any MIDI information to other MIDI instruments then select LOCAL If you want to...

Page 332: ...parameter to any of the following three settings Ctl 0 MIDI Bank change messages are received with controller number 0 Ctl 32 MIDI Bank change messages are received with controller number 32 Ctl 0 32...

Page 333: ...ogram Mode MIDI channel Sysex ID The SysEx ID parameter determines the ID number for the unit if you are using more than one device with the same MIDI manufacturer ID number You can set this parameter...

Page 334: ...f If this is not done you will simultaneously trigger the K2700 from the external sequencer and from the currently selected song in Song mode Xmit Transport Use the Xmit Transport parameter to enable...

Page 335: ...details Use the navigation buttons to highlight the object that you wish to move or delete then press the SELECT soft button to select the object Selected objects are marked with an asterisk and mult...

Page 336: ...into the K2700 s flash memory The Total available field allows you to monitor how much user sample space is available The Largest free chunk field shows you how much contiguous user sample space is av...

Page 337: ...hen press the OK soft button Next you will be brought to the Fill from Id page where you must select an ID to store the new keymap and program The preview function will save the created program and ke...

Page 338: ...o Output A in Program Multi or Song mode can also be routed to USB only or Audio Out A jacks and USB by setting Synth A Dest to USB or Out Pair A USB Synth B Dest The Synth B Dest parameter determines...

Page 339: ...too loud in comparison to the sounds of the K2700 Analog In Ns Gate The rear panel AUDIO IN jacks have a noise gate that prevents low level system noise from being heard in some cases such as when no...

Page 340: ...00 s physical controllers See the About Effects Chain Mods section below for more details In Multi Mode if a Multi is selected which has its Audio Input Mode set to Use Global Mode Effects any Mods as...

Page 341: ...al 2 26 Slider 7 77 Pad 6 94 Pad 8 5 8 27 Slider 8 78 95 Pad 9 9 Knob 9 28 Slider 9 79 Knob 4 96 101 10 29 Variation Button 80 Button 1 102 Pad 10 11 CC Pedal 1 30 Pad 2 81 Button 2 103 Pad 11 12 Slid...

Page 342: ...reo pair outputting a separate left and right signal The K2700 can also mix stereo signals to a mono signal by plugging an audio cable into the Left Audio Out A jack and nothing into Right Audio Out A...

Page 343: ...ks will not be recorded through USB The record track and any effects on the Record Enabled Armed track in the DAW will not be heard while recording Record Keyboard to DAW through USB Monitor Keyboard...

Page 344: ...to Yes and select an FX Chain with the Analog In FX Chain parameter Keyboard parts will not be recorded or monitored through USB Record Vocals Dry Monitor with Reverb in Headphone Mix Only Use these s...

Page 345: ...ts A and DAW Playback from Analog Outputs B By plugging the Analog Outputs A and B into separate channels of an analog mixer you can have easy volume and mix control over the Keyboard sounds and the D...

Page 346: ...annel The Prog parameter allows you to view and change the Program number of each Channel The Pan and Vol parameters allow you to view and adjust the left right panning MIDI CC 10 and channel volume M...

Page 347: ...the TAP button a few times at the desired rate or use the TEMPO knob In Program Mode System Tempo can control the rate of each Program s Arpeggiator and CC Sequencer as well as the rate of any tempo...

Page 348: ...IN soft buttons to view the MIDI Scope page for the MIDI Out or In ports where you can monitor MIDI messages in real time The MIDI OUT Scope page allows you to view MIDI messages sent from the K2700 w...

Page 349: ...bol the page displays when the key of a voice is released that voice s symbol on the Voices Status page turns into a D during the release portion of that voice s envelope When the voice decays to sile...

Page 350: ...tem Mode press the RUN K2700 soft button to return to Program Mode Hard Reset A Hard Reset restores all Global mode settings to their factory defaults and deletes all User objects Press the HARD soft...

Page 351: ...9 40...

Page 352: ...which retains information without power Common Problems Below is a list of the most commonly encountered problems and diagnoses for each Power Problems This is the normal power up sequence 1 The displ...

Page 353: ...fferent wall outlet power strip or extension cord If there s evidence of the unit receiving power but operation is abnormal check if one of the following might be the issue ISSUE The wall outlet volta...

Page 354: ...DY Slowly turn the volume control up ISSUE The signal source selection on the audio system or mixer is incorrect REMEDY Set the volume of the audio or mixer to the lowest level select the correct sign...

Page 355: ...e and it is turned down REMEDY Select a different Multi Or change the problematic controller setting by editing the Multi in Multi Edit Mode ISSUE The audio system input is set for low impedance inste...

Page 356: ...of the receiving device REMEDY Change the channel on either the K2700 or on the device such that the channels match If there are problems with the internal sound module receiving MIDI from an external...

Page 357: ...p Other Problems If your problem is not covered in this chapter or if none of the suggestions seem to work be sure to check Kurzweil s website for additional K2700 information that may have been publi...

Page 358: ...10 7...

Page 359: ...h Keys X O Channels O O Pitch Bender O O Control Change O 0 31 32 63 LSB 64 127 O 0 31 32 63 LSB 64 127 Controller assignments are programmable Program Change 0 to 2 097 151 0 511 Standard and custom...

Page 360: ...Arpeggiator Latch button CC Sequencer On Off button 2 Switch pedal inputs each supporting single dual switch pedal or single half damper pedal 2 Continuous control pedal inputs 2 Transpose buttons Rib...

Page 361: ...al quality of analog audio signals received by the rear panel AUDIO IN jacks INPUT 1 GAIN INPUT 2 GAIN Knobs The INPUT 1 GAIN and INPUT 2 GAIN knobs independently control the input levels of the rear...

Page 362: ...ntom power into the AUDIO IN LEFT RIGHT XLR jacks phantom power should be enabled When plugging a microphone into the AUDIO IN LEFT RIGHT 1 4 jacks phantom power should be disabled Signal Level LEDs T...

Page 363: ...the rear panel AUDIO IN Jack Type and Cable Plug Type listed in the right column and set the AUDIO INTERFACE section controls listed in the left column to the settings in right column Finally use the...

Page 364: ...Phantom Power Disabled LED Off Microphone Level Balanced Signals For use with a microphone dynamic or self powered condenser type AUDIO IN Jack Type XLR Cable Plug Type XLR Balanced 3 wire Hi Z On Bu...

Page 365: ...C 5...

Page 366: ...eter 3 17 BendRange Up Parameter 3 17 Bend Up Ct 7 9 Bend Up ST 7 9 Brightness 10 2 Bump 7 11 7 18 Buttons Double Press Panic 2 14 Program Demo 1 18 C Cascade Mode 3 81 Category 3 17 CATEGORY Buttons...

Page 367: ...arameter 7 19 Expand 7 10 7 18 Expanders 4 16 Expression 9 38 F Factory 10 6 B 1 File Name 9 15 Files Load Fill 9 15 Loading 7 8 7 15 9 15 Load Overwrite 9 15 Saving See Store FILL 9 15 9 19 Filters 4...

Page 368: ...6 15 7 13 Multi Edit 2 11 7 1 10 4 Program 2 1 to 2 15 MODE Buttons 1 6 Mode Parameter 7 14 7 17 MOD Pages 4 3 MODULATION WHEEL 1 7 Mod Wheel 7 21 Momentary 7 14 mono 9 38 Mono A 1 Monopressure 1 2 Mo...

Page 369: ...set Restoring Factory Defaults 10 6 Reverb 4 11 Ring Modulation 4 26 Root 5 11 RootKey 5 11 Root Note 7 26 Rotating Speakers 4 22 Rubber Feet See Feet Rubber Rvrs Compress 7 11 Rvrs Crossfade 7 11 Rvr...

Page 370: ...igger 3 50 Troubleshooting 10 1 Tune Parameter 9 1 Tuning 1 7 A 1 Type Parameter 7 14 U USB MIDI 9 4 9 20 USB Port 7 6 USB Ports 1 11 User Bank 9 19 V Value 3 8 Variation Button 7 21 VARIATION Button...

Page 371: ......

Page 372: ...It s the sound...

Search results

Summary of Contents for K2700

Reviews:

Kurzweil K2700, Musician'S Manual, Page: 1 / 372

Search results

Summary of Contents for K2700

Reviews: