Kurzweil KDFX, Manual

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Real-time Control of KDFX
Using KDFX live from the K2500 keyboard
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Watching Remapping in action
You can conÞrm that this reassignment is going on by assigning a MIDI controller to a physical
controller, and then using Intuitive Entry on a different parameter to see how it responds. Use
the example above: assign MWheel as the Destination for CPed1. Then go down to the
Destination for CPed2, hold down the
Enter key, and move the Foot Pedal plugged into CPed1.
Instead of ÒFootÓ popping into the ÒDestÓ column, youÕll see ÒMWheelÓ, since the incoming
Foot commands are being remapped to Modulation Wheel.
You can also see this happening if you go right from Setup mode into Master:Utility mode and
ask to display MIDI. Any incoming events that are being re-assigned to ÒOffÓ by the current
Setup will not display at all, and any events that are being remapped will show up in their
modiÞed form.
Do I Need to Worry About This?
In many ROM Setups, the Sliders, Wheels, and Pedals are assigned to their normal physical
controllers, but in others, they are not. In the Default Setup (99), only the pitch wheel,
modulation wheel, channel pressure, and the sustain, sostenuto, and soft pedals are assigned.
However, the Control Setup used when you are in Program mode, 97 Control Setup, has all of
the physical controllers assigned, so 97 may make a better starting point when building your
own Control Setups.
Keep in mind that you only have to deal with this in Zone1 of the Setup, because thatÕs where
all the controller action is.
Also, remember that this is not an issue in Program mode, nor when using the K2500 with an
external sequencer. In those cases the LocalKbdCh should be set to ÒNoneÓ, and there is no
restriction or remapping on the MIDI data coming into the K2500.
KDFX in Program Mode
If you are playing the K2500 in Program mode, then you must make sure that the Current
channel of the K2500 (at the upper right of the Program Mode screen) agrees with the FX
Channel (on the Effect Mode screen). Otherwise the local keyboard commands, while they will
control the other current Program parameters, will not address KDFX. You can avoid dealing
with this problem by setting
FX Chan to ÒCurrentÓ.
Control Setups and on-board controllers
Control Setups are a special type of Setup that is used only in Program mode. Although
Control Setups have KDFX modulation routings in them, they are actually ignored, in favor of
the KDFX modulation routings of the Program that you are using.
So why bother with them? HereÕs why: In every Setup, as we have seen, there are several pages
where the real-time functions of the physical controllersÑsliders, footswitches, control pedals,
wheels, ribbons, switches, channel pressure (aftertouch), velocity maps, and arpeggiatorÑare
set. When you are in Program mode, Programs donÕt contain that information. It has to come
from somewhere, however, and so thatÕs where a
Control Setup comes inÑitÕs where all the
real-time controller settings can be found when you are in Program mode.
The Control Setup is accessed from MIDI modeÑpress MIDI , then the XMIT soft button, and
the Control Setup (ÒCtlSetupÓ) is displayed on the top line of the screen.