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For each zone, you can set Activate/Program Type/Program/FX Slot/ARP Slot/Transpose/Pan/
Volume/Destination.

Zone Edit

Changes the on/off state of the selected Zone.

Activate

Determines the type of Program.
You can select either a normal Program or a drum Program.
The list of Programs changes according to the selected type.

Program Type

Selects the Program (Core Voice) assigned to the selected Zone.
You can select Programs with the ALPHA WHEEL or the [IN] / [DECREASE -] buttons.

Program

Select the FX Bus. You can select one of the effect buses from A to D, and select Bypass to disable effects.

FX Slots

You can select the arpeggiator (ARP) from among 8 types from A to H. Selecting None will disable the arpeggiator.

ARP Slots

Transpose adjusts the pitch of the selected Zone. You can adjust transposition in semitones using the ALPHA
WHEEL or the [IN], [DECREASE -] buttons.

Transpose

Pan adjusts the left and right stereo balance of the selected Zone. Default value is 0.

Pan

Set the volume for the selected zone (range 0-127).

Volume

Chapter 3.

Sound Mode

Summary of Contents for SP7 Grand

Page 1: ...English Manual MUSICIAN S GUIDE ...

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Page 3: ...ignated DC adaptor to an AC outlet of the correct voltage 3 This product should only be used with a standard voltage if not please use an appropriate adaptor that is recommended by the manufacturer 4 When opening and closing the key cover be careful not to pinch hands or fingers Make sure your digital piano is rated for the AC voltage supplied in the area in which the piano will be used The voltag...

Page 4: ... 4 Audio Mode 4 1 General 42 4 2 Audio Input 43 4 3 Vocal Processor 46 Chapter 5 Global Mode 5 1 Global 1 48 5 2 Global 2 49 5 3 Control 50 5 4 LED Color 55 5 5 Demo 56 5 6 Info 56 Supplementary Provisions Supplementary Provisions A Controller Destination 57 Supplementary Provisions B MIDI Destination 60 Supplementary Provisions C Velocity Map 61 3 7 ARP Arpeggiator 35 3 8 Aux FX Preset Master FX ...

Page 5: ...use If any of the above are missing please contact your Kurzweil dealer Always use the original packing carton to prevent damage during storage or transport SP7 stage piano DC power supply AC power cord Sustain pedal switch type Warranty card USB cable Balanced cables Power on the SP7 by pressing the Power button on the right rear panel CAUTION Be sure to use the supplied DC power adapter 15V 2 5A...

Page 6: ...Dual ATST synthesis platform Includes 2GB of high quality realistic instrument samples extracted directly from the K2700 480 x 282 pixel high resolution 4 3 color LCD touch screen with GUI interface All controller knobs and buttons are equipped with programmable full color LEDs 256 voices of polyphony 512 factory Multis 301 factory Sounds 8 zone MIDI controller String and pedal resonance modeling ...

Page 7: ...ase the DECREASE and INCREASE buttons After confirming that the DECREASE and INCREASE button LEDs are lit run the SP7Update exe program on the computer Check that Kurzweil SP Bootloader is displayed in the Device menu Press the Start Program button to start the update When the update is finished a completion message will appear at the bottom of the screen Exit the program and reboot the SP7 to com...

Page 8: ...rn the master volume all the way down on your amplifier or mixer Using standard 1 4 inch audio cables first plug into the input jacks of your amplifier or mixer then plug the other end of the cables into the SP7 AUDIO OUT jacks Connecting in this order minimizes the possibility of static discharge damage For a mono signal only use the LEFT MONO jack and leave the RIGHT jack unplugged If you are us...

Page 9: ...s if enabled and Tempo The title bar just below the status bar shows the preset ID and name Search button and Menu button Note Depending on the selected function and page the title bar will display different information LCD The MAIN knob controls the volume level of the AUDIO OUT The MONITOR knob controls the MONITOR and HEADPHONE outs VOLUME Section The TRANSPOSE buttons allow you to change the t...

Page 10: ...joystick defaults to pitch bend for the X axis left and right and modulation for the Y axis up and down The function of the joystick can be user customized on the Control page in Global Mode JOYSTICK The CURSOR buttons are the five buttons immediately below the display The ARROW buttons move the on screen cursor left up down right and the SELECT button invokes the selected item field Use the curso...

Page 11: ...O or STRING etc along with their USER designation As such they will display in both the USER and selected instrument category CATEGORY Buttons INPUT 1 2 GAIN Knobs The INPUT GAIN knobs allow you to adjust the volume of the audio signal connected to the corresponding AUDIO INPUT jacks on the rear panel Note If you turn up the INPUT GAIN knobs with nothing connected to the rear panel AUDIO INPUT jac...

Page 12: ...bo Jacks Connect headphones to the 1 4 inch HEADPHONE jack located on the left rear panel Headphone volume can be adjusted through the front panel MONITOR knob You will need a 1 8 inch to 1 4 inch adapter in order to use headphones that have a smaller mini plug connector Note The HEADPHONE and MONITOR OUT share the same audio bus and are both controlled by the MONITOR volume knob HEADPHONE Jack Co...

Page 13: ... power adaptor Before plugging the AC power cord into an AC receptacle connect the DC power adaptor to the SP7 DC Power jack located on the rear panel CAUTION Please use the supplied DC power adapter 15V 2 5A Using the wrong DC power adapter may cause damage to the product If the adapter is damaged or the adapter is lost please contact your Kurzweil dealer DC Power Jack Use the CC VOLUME jack to c...

Page 14: ... of PIANO E PIANO CLAV ORGAN STRING PAD ENSEM BLE BRASS WINDS SYNTH GUITAR BASS DRUMS PERC MISC and USER In the SoundList page you can scroll through and select from the list of categories displayed on the left side of the screen or you can press one of the physical CATEGORY buttons on the right side of the front panel Via either method the first Sound in that category is automatically selected Se...

Page 15: ...5 1 5 buttons displayed on screen ALPHA WHEEL or DECREASE INCREASE buttons to set precise values Tempo 1 9 Menu These functions appear when you touch the Menu button displayed at the top right of the screen The SP7 always powers up in SOUND mode by default and is the mode for selecting and editing Sounds You can edit the currently selected Sound by tapping the Menu button at the top of the screen ...

Page 16: ...ctivates all sounding notes and resets controller values by sending an All Notes Off message and a Reset All Controllers message on all 16 MIDI channels Panic Chapter 2 Favorite Mode Press the FAVORITE mode button to access Favorite mode Store your most needed 64 multi presets for quick and easy recall during performance Favorites are organized into 4 Groups labeled A to D with each group containi...

Page 17: ...ns on the left The selected Group button is displayed as active in white and its corre sponding 16 members are displayed in a 4x4 grid on the right To select a specific Favorite either tap the desired Favorite tile on the right or use the front panel physical CATEGORY buttons to load the corresponding Sound 2 3 Assign a Favorite Select a Sound from the SoundList in SOUND Mode and then enter FAVORI...

Page 18: ...as a designated color Since the color of the category to which each Sound belongs is also displayed it is easy to see at a glance which category a given Sound belongs to The Sounds built into the instrument are called Factory Presets and as such they have a letter F in front of the Preset ID to help identify them Sounds created by the user are called USER presets and they have a letter U in front ...

Page 19: ...PIANO CLAV ORGAN STRING PAD ENSEMBLE BRASS WINDS SYNTH GUITAR BASS DRUMS PERC and MISC The USER Sound category is displayed at the end In the Sound List page you can scroll and select the categories displayed on the left or you can select each category through the Category buttons on the right side of the front panel When you select a category the first Sound in that category is automatically sele...

Page 20: ...t has the same function as the Program in the Zone Edit menu on the left You can also use the ALPHA WHEEL or the INCREASE and DECREASE buttons to select a Core Voice Program This parameter sets the lowest Key value of each Zone Key Lo This parameter configures the highest Key value of each Zone Key Hi The Pan parameter sets the panning left right stereo placement of each Zone Pan The Volume parame...

Page 21: ...so be displayed in the 13 instrument categories Preset Category Preset Volume adjusts the overall volume of Sound preset You can set the value from 0 to 127 Preset Volume If the Tempo mode is set to Preset in GLOBAL Mode the preset BPM Preset BPM is changed to the value set in the Common page for each Sound preset Preset BPM A latched arpeggiator allows an arp pattern once initially triggered to c...

Page 22: ...with the ALPHA WHEEL or the INCREASE DECREASE buttons Program Select the FX Bus You can select one of the effect buses from A to D and select Bypass to disable effects FX Slots You can select the arpeggiator ARP from among 8 types from A to H Selecting None will disable the arpeggiator ARP Slots Transpose adjusts the pitch of the selected Zone You can adjust transposition in semitones using the AL...

Page 23: ... velocities Velocity Slope The Velocity Offset parameter also changes the velocity response but in a more direct way by adding or subtracting a constant value to the key velocity When it is set higher than the reference value 64 it produces a louder sound than the actual performance Conversely when it is set smaller than the reference value it produces a quieter sound than the actual performance V...

Page 24: ...ster release time Env Release The Cut Off parameter controls the frequency above which the signal is attenuated Higher cutoff values allow higher frequencies to pass be audible and thus output a brighter sound Lower cutoff frequencies gradually remove more of the upper frequency spectrum and produce darker tones Filter Cut Off The Resonance parameter controls the amount of emphasis applied at the ...

Page 25: ...er to play one note or multiple notes at once Phonic When Portamento is ON Porta Time determines the speed of transition between notes played Porta Time Reverb Send lets you determine how much of the Zone s audio signal is sent to the Aux FX s reverb Reverb Send Fine Tuning adjusts the pitch of the selected Zone in cents Fine Tuning Pitchbend Sens lets you set how sensitive the selected Zone will ...

Page 26: ...shold Attack The Release parameter controls how long it will take for the compression to relax once the signal has fallen below the threshold Release Input Brightness provides a low pass filter to the signal feeding into the distortion circuit Input Brightness Output Brightness provides a low pass filter to the signal following the distortion circuit Output Brightness The Compressor offers adjustm...

Page 27: ...put Level The Bit Crusher section is a digital degradation distortion It intentionally introduces quantiza tion noise and aliasing artifacts allowing you to adjust the Bit Resolution Down Sampling Factor Output Brightness and Output Level Bit Crusher Low pass filters that reduce high frequencies above the set frequency 6dB and 12dB slopes are available The higher the slope the steeper the cut off ...

Page 28: ... must designate one or the other by way of the Type selector Mod Wah Modulation Wah wah Select from 3 waveforms shapes Triangle Sine and Async sine Waveform Determines the frequency of signal modulation Higher values equal faster rates Rate Sets the depth of the pitch modulation Higher values equal wider pitch variations Depth Adds delay in front of the modulated signal Higher values equal longer ...

Page 29: ...s equal deeper comb filtering variations Feedback Controls the amount of effected signal fed back into the input to intensify the flanging effect Delay Adds delay in front of the modulated signal Higher values equal longer delay line times and thus phase variations Dry Wet Determines the balance between unaffected dry and effected wet signals Higher values equal a more effected signal Rate Determi...

Page 30: ... signal Depth Controls the amount of effected signal fed back into the input to intensify the phasing effect Feedback Determines the balance between unaffected dry and effected wet signals Higher values equal a more effected signal Dry Wet Select the default rotation speed of the speaker Slow or Fast Default Speed Chapter 3 Sound Mode Select the angle of the microphone relative to the front of the...

Page 31: ...erate an increasingly wider and more pronounced doppler effect There are 4 types of Wah Wah effect available Dynamic Up Dyn Up Dynamic Down Dyn Down Dynamic Up Sharp DynUp Sharp and Low Frequency Oscillator LFO Directivity This flavor of wah wah increasingly opens the filter with higher harder velocity playing Dynamic Up Dyn Up Dyn Down behaves in reverse of Dyn Up and increasingly opens the filte...

Page 32: ...onse Decay Dyn options only With the LFO wah wah option selected the Dyn Sensitivity dial is replaced with an LFO Rate parame ter Instead of velocity triggering the wah wah effect a low frequency oscillator LFO controls a sustained modulation of the filter creating an auto wah effect which is time sync d to the value set for the LFO Rate parameter Available values are 8 bar 4 bar 2 bar 1 bar 2d 1 ...

Page 33: ... page Time Set the amount of delayed signal that is routed back to the input Set to the lowest possible value to generate a single echo Set to the max value to endlessly repeat the signal Feedback A lowpass filter placed after the delay line can be used to attenuate and color the high frequencies of the delayed signal High Damp A lowpass filter placed in front of the feedback loop can be used to a...

Page 34: ...Controls the curvature of the modulation waveform Lower values generate smoother subtler sine wave shapes whereas higher values have a sharper more abrupt character square wave Shape This controls the amount of post FX Bus signal sent to the aux Reverb Reverb Balance the post FX Bus signal left to right in the stereo field Pan This controls the output level of the post FX Bus chain Volume Mix is t...

Page 35: ... can run its patterns following one of 3 methods as played None upwards Up or downwards Down Key Sort Swing Time creates a swing rhythm by changing the note length and interval It can be set to OFF 25 50 or 75 The higher the value the stronger the swing feel Swing Time The arpeggiator plays at the root tempo specified on the Zone Edit Common page The Speed parameter provides 3 options that allow y...

Page 36: ...ike notes where smaller percentages create more staccato like results Gate Time When the Velocity Type is set to Fixed the Fixed Velocity parameter determines the uniform velocity of all notes in the pattern Higher values increase the intensity while lower values decrease it Fixed velocity The Fixed Key field allows you to specify a single note pitch A0 C8 that will trigger for any pattern step St...

Page 37: ... Tie Creates a musical tie in relation to the previous note in the pattern A new note attack is not struck unless the pitch itself changes Chord Plays a chord instead of playing a single note for that specified step OFF Turns off the specified step OFF Turns off the specified step Type Key The Key parameter assigns the notes you play to the individual pattern steps Up to 5 notes are possible label...

Page 38: ...from 3 waveforms shapes Triangle Sine and Async Sine Pre LPF A lowpass filter placed in front of the feedback loop can be used to attenuate the high frequencies of the signal Lower values produce progressively darker tones Rate Determines the frequency of signal modulation Higher values equal faster rates Depth Sets the depth of the pitch modulation Higher values equal wider pitch variations Delay...

Page 39: ...helving filter that boosts reverb frequencies above the designated point Tone Gain Determines the amount of gain applied at the chosen Tone Freq and above Time This parameter controls the reverb decay time RT60 Larger values equal longer reverb times Damp This high frequency dampening control places a lowpass filter after the reverb and can be used to atten uate the high frequencies present in the...

Page 40: ...anges are made to a sound within the Edit menu it becomes possible to save that edited sound as a new User sound To save tap the MENU button in the upper right hand corner which reveals several options Click the Save button When you click the Save button a save confirmation dialog window appears Do you want to save changes If you do not want to save the changes press the No button If you do want t...

Page 41: ...to 16 characters Naming User Sounds To store the preset tap Okay and it will be saved to the selected ID If another Sound already exists at the selected ID the Okay button changes to Replace If you select Replace the user Sound already residing in that ID location will be overwritten If you select Cancel the saving process is canceled and you are returned to the page you were editing including upp...

Page 42: ...ing studio environments Audio mode consists of General Input 1 and Input 2 Depending on parameter settings the input vocal processor In VoxProc can be configured 4 1 General General tab includes Input Ch Link Input Channel Link In Moni Level Input Monitor Level Monitor Mode Playback Level Vocal Proc Route Vocal Processor Route and USB settings Input Ch Link Input Channel Link Sets inputs 1 and 2 t...

Page 43: ...ut monitoring in your computer DAW software to avoid feedback Vocal Proc Route Vocal Processor Route No Vocal Proc Disables all vocal processing VP on input1 The vocal processor is applied to the Input 1 signal VP on input2 The vocal processor is applied to the Input 2 signal Note The vocal processor can only be applied to one input at a time 4 2 Audio Input The input section consists of Input Dyn...

Page 44: ...elected from Triangle Sine and Async sine Rate Sets the signal modulation rate Depth Sets the depth of the chorus Higher values increase the pitch change Delay Adds a delay to the modulated sound signal Dry Wet Sets how much the effect is applied P EQ Parametric EQ P EQ can be assigned to 4 frequency ranges For each band you can set the frequency Freq Q value Q and Gain parameters LPF 6dB Reduces ...

Page 45: ...me to a complete stop Slow Rate Sets the slow speaker rotation speed Fast Rate Sets the fast speaker rotation speed Radius Sets the rotational radius of the speaker WahWah Dynamics Dyn Up Dynamic Up When the Wah effect starts the volume increases from low to high Dyn Down Dynamic Down When the Wah effect starts the volume decreases from loud to low Dyn Up Sharp Dynamic Up Sharp When the Wah effect...

Page 46: ... and 2 Vocal Processors In 1 2 Vocal Proc provide vocal specific tools pitch correction and auto harmony generation The Vocal Processor tab appears when you set up the Vocal Processor in the General page Vocal Processors include Pitch Correction PchCor Pitch Correction Vibrato PchCor Vib Pitch Correction Harmony PchCor Har Tight Pitch Tight Pch Digital Voice DIGI Vox Shaky Voice Shaky Vox Fixed Pi...

Page 47: ...hen enabled Auto Gender automatically recognizes the gender of the input voice and adjusts the formants of the generated harmonies to match Key Specifies the musical key center that the auto harmonies will be built around Scale Sets the musical scale that the harmonies is generated in Humanization Intentionally creates random inaccuracies in the timing and pitch of the generated harmonies giving t...

Page 48: ... can set from hard touch to light touch Hard 3 2 1 Normal 3 2 1 Light 3 2 1 Fix applies one velocity regardless of the actual velocity See Appendix C Velocity Map Ctrl Override Controller Override A function that allows all Sound presets to use the same controller when using the controller sections knobs buttons joysticks pedals rather than the parameters of the controller assigned to each Sound p...

Page 49: ...s you to select between Single and Multi for input MIDI signals Blink Tempo Enables the Alpha wheel LED ring to blink at the current Global BPM tempo value LCD Bright Adjusts the screen brightness of the touch screen LED Bright Adjusts the brightness of LEDs such as knobs and buttons Str Reso Enable String Resonance Enable Enable or disable the String Resonance feature Str Reso Level String Resona...

Page 50: ...are changed To save the controller settings you must press the EDIT button before editing them Note 2 If you modify the controller value the controller override Ctrl Override on the Global1 page is automatical ly changed to On Select the knob to be edited from among the eight knobs P1 to P8 Other knobs can be changed in the same way Controller 5 3 Control Chapter 5 Global Mode The control knob con...

Page 51: ...value of the controller knob from 0 to 127 Initial State When a Sound is selected the initial value of the controller to be loaded is set to a value between 0 and 127 Initial State Send Determines whether to load the initial state value when changing the Sound Destination Destination specifies the function to be assigned to the controller Destination consists of 8 categories System MIDI CC AUX Eff...

Page 52: ...0 to 127 when the controller button is off Off Value Set the value from 0 to 127 when the controller button is on On Value Destination specifies the function to be assigned to the controller Destination consists of 8 categories System MIDI CC AUX Effect AUX FX AUX EQ AUX EQ Zone Insert Effect Zone IFX Audio Effect Audio FX Vocal Processor Vocal Proc Notes Within each category you can specify detai...

Page 53: ...Target Min Value Max Value Initial State and Initial State Send parameters Joystick EDIT Select the direction to edit X X Y Y Other direction also can be changed one by one Controller It can be specified differently depending on the selected destination Depending on the destination assigned to each controller you can select None Preset System Zone1 16 Zone ALL FX A D FX ALL Input 1 2 Input ALL etc...

Page 54: ... Pedal Edit page lets you edit the Controller Destination Target Off Value On Value and Initial State Button Type parameters Pedals Select the pedal to be edited from SW1 SW2 or CC Other pedals can be changed individually Controller Destination specifies the function to be assigned to the controller Destination consists of 8 categories System MIDI CC AUX Effect AUX FX AUX EQ AUX EQ Zone Insert Eff...

Page 55: ...lue specified by On Value Off loads the value specified by Off Value Initial State It determines how the button works when the button is pressed When set to Momentary On Value is sent when pressed and Off Value is sent when released When set to Toggle each pedal press alternates between sending its On Value and Off Value Button Type 5 4 LED Color You can change the LED color of the knobs and butto...

Page 56: ...he LCD firmware with the LCD Update button For details see 1 3 Firmware Update page Soft Reset Restores the factory default system settings while maintaining user presets Hard Reset Erases all information including user presets and completely resets the SP7 Grand to its factory default settings If you press the Reset button a pop up information appears If you select OK the reset is completed and t...

Page 57: ...6 CC 27 CC 28 CC 29 CC 30 CC 31 CC 32 CC 33 CC 34 CC 35 CC 36 CC 37 CC 38 CC 39 CC 40 CC 41 off System MIDI CC CC 42 CC 43 CC 44 CC 45 CC 46 CC 47 CC 48 CC 49 CC 50 CC 51 CC 52 CC 53 CC 54 CC 55 CC 56 CC 57 CC 58 CC 59 CC 60 CC 61 CC 62 CC 63 Sustain Porta On Off Sostenuto Soft Pedal CC 68 CC 69 CC 70 Resonance Env release Env attack Cutoff Env decay Vib rate Vib depth Vib delay CC 79 CC 80 CC 81 ...

Page 58: ...Feedback Dly to Rev Dly to Cho EQ Low Gain EQ Mid Low Gain EQ Mid High Gain EQ High Gain Output Volume AUX FX AUX EQ Zone IFX Pan Reverb Send Cho Dly Send Output Volume Pan Reverb Send Cho Dly Send Lead Process On Off Auto Harm On Off Auto Harm Volume Note 0 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 Note 5 Note 6 Note 7 Note 8 Note 9 Note 10 Note 11 Note 12 Note 13 Note 14 Note 15 Note 16 Note 17 Note 18 Note 1...

Page 59: ... 78 Note 79 Note 80 Note 81 Note 82 Note 83 Note 84 Note 85 Note 86 Note 87 Note 88 Note 89 Note 90 Note 91 Note 92 Note 93 Note 94 off System MIDI CC Note 95 Note 96 Note 97 Note 98 Note 99 Note 100 Note 101 Note 102 Note 103 Note 104 Note 105 Note 106 Note 107 Note 108 Note 109 Note 110 Note 111 Note 112 Note 113 Note 114 Note 115 Note 116 Note 117 Note 118 Note 119 Note 120 Note 121 Note 122 No...

Page 60: ...C 19 62 CC 62 105 CC 105 20 CC 20 63 CC 63 106 CC 106 21 CC 21 64 Sustain 107 CC 107 22 CC 22 65 Porta On Off 108 CC 108 23 CC 23 66 Sostenuto 109 CC 109 24 CC 24 67 Soft Pedal 110 CC 110 25 CC 25 68 CC 68 111 CC 111 26 CC 26 69 CC 69 112 CC 112 27 CC 27 70 CC 70 113 CC 113 28 CC 28 71 Resonance 114 CC 114 29 CC 29 72 Env release 115 CC 115 30 CC 30 73 Env attack 116 CC 116 31 CC 31 74 Cutoff 117 ...

Page 61: ...t 5 Hard 1 Velocity Curve Preset 6 Light 3 Velocity Curve Preset 7 Light 2 Velocity Curve Preset 8 Light 1 126 120 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 8 126 120 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 8 126 120 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 8 126 120 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 8 126 120 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 8 126 120 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 8 126 120 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 8 126 120 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 8 Supplementary Provision Supplementary...

Page 62: ...ine I O 2 XLR combo inputs Product size 1350mm X 384mm X 148mm Weight 12 5Kg Power DC Power adapter 15V 2 5A Pedal Input 2 Switch pedal inputs supports a single half damper pedal 1 switch sustain pedal is included half damper pedals sold separately 1 Continuous Control Pedal Input pedal sold separately Headphone output 1 4 stereo headphone output Additional accessories Acrylic music board sold sep...

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