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Summary of Contents for KME-61 VERSION 2 SOFTWARE

Page 1: ...rights reserved SP2 is a trademark of Kurzweil All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Product features and specifications are subject...

Page 2: ...he product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled into the product C The product h...

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Page 5: ...gs 14 Troubleshooting 15 CHAPTER 1 Performance Features 1 Overview 1 Front Panel 2 Rear Panel 4 Program Sound 5 Setups 6 Rhythm Patterns and Metronome 7 Using Quick Access Bank 10 Using Multi Function...

Page 6: ...Effect 2 Selecting Effect 2 Wet Dry Mix 3 Bypassing Effect 3 CHAPTER 1 Tutorials 1 Programming with Layers 1 Splitting in Program mode 4 CHAPTER 1 Troubleshooting FAQ Frequently Asked Questions 1 Mai...

Page 7: ...hang SP2 stage piano Here s a brief description of all the essential operations you need to know to get started with your SP2 immediately Through this manual means Button For an example Yes means you...

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Page 9: ...ikely discover some new ideas Also the information about upgrades and service will be very valuable for you Main Features The Sound The SP2 offers 64 voices of polyphony and features balanced left and...

Page 10: ...ver 64 multiple effects and 64 reverbs These effects can be applied to both setups and programs and the wet dry mix can be controlled in real time very easily You can also program the internal multi e...

Page 11: ...page 2 1 If you need more help on using the SP2 s many features you should read all of Chapter 3 and 4 Chapters 5 and 6 give more information on global functions and description of some typical applic...

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Page 13: ...Demo Songs 2 14 Software Upgrades 2 15 Troubleshooting 2 15 Setup Attaching rubber feet After you unpack the carton and make sure that all of the components are in the box attach the four stick on ru...

Page 14: ...ant to use proper type of cables The cables should have each 1 4 inch stereo tip ring sleeve plugs on one end to connect to the SP2 and the other end of cable should have the same 1 4 inch stereo plug...

Page 15: ...Chapter 2 SP2 Getting Started connecting powered speakers Figure 2 3 connecting powered speakers connecting an audio mixer Figure 2 4 connecting an audio mixer 3...

Page 16: ...MIDI MIDI IN The MIDI In port is for receiving MIDI data When another MIDI device sends MIDI data to control the SP2 this makes the SP2 a MIDI slave which enabling you to use the SP2 as a sound modul...

Page 17: ...y control signals etc Figure 2 7 SP2 as a MIDI master By connecting a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port of the SP2 to the MIDI In port of another MIDI device you can use the SP2 as a MIDI master to pl...

Page 18: ...The following figure shows how simple this can be Figure 2 9 SP2 connected to an external sound module K2600r via MIDI Connecting More Sound Modules With MIDI you are not limited to just one add on s...

Page 19: ...eviation for Universal Serial Bus which is a serial bus standard to interface devices The SP2 support Plug and Play feature of Windows XP How to Install Device Driver What you need 1 Any PC Windows XP...

Page 20: ...the device manager SP2 connected as USB Audio Device 8 For install device driver you need to update device driver of USB Audio Device Select USB Audio Device and press right mouse button and Select U...

Page 21: ...d 10 And next step select Install a list of specification Advanced radio button and click next 11 Now select Don t search I will choose driver to install and click next 12 Click Have Disk button 13 Ok...

Page 22: ...again for further steps 16 Now make sure uncheck Show compatible hardware Select Kurzweil in manufacturer and select Kurzweil SP2X MIDI for SP2X or select Kurzweil SP2 MIDI for SP2 Finally press Next...

Page 23: ...You can see the warning box again press Continue Anyway button 19 Driver install is in progress 20 After a while Install finished press Finish button 21 In the device manager you can see new device n...

Page 24: ...e a new device name in Sound and Audio Devices Properties 23 Now you can also see a new device name in any sequencer software Nuendo in picture Use USB Type A cable which is the most widely used type...

Page 25: ...ke sure it s connected before you turn on your SP2 Also do not press any of your pedals while powering up or it might work backwards because the SP2 verifies each pedal s orientation during power up P...

Page 26: ...There are three demo songs Press numeric button in Sound Select Data Entry region to select one of the demo songs like Figure 2 14 Figure 2 14 Starting Demo Songs 3 If you want to stop the demo befor...

Page 27: ...r our home page http www kurzweilmusicsystems com For software installation instructions refer to Chapter 6 Software Upgrades Troubleshooting No Text in Display If no messages are displayed when you t...

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Page 29: ...a wide variety of features For logical and friendly operation the front panel is divided into three different regions z The Performance Effect region provides real time controllers for modifying your...

Page 30: ...rnal metronome rhythm patterns in realtime by tapping it Global The Global menu provides several parameters that you can control the SP2 with In the Global menu you can make changes that affect the en...

Page 31: ...n There are two buttons labeled Yes and No below the display These buttons have multiple functions For example when playing rhythm patterns pressing Yes button means Play and pressing No button means...

Page 32: ...inuous Control CC Pedal Jack You can plug a control pedal in here A control pedal is very useful when controlling volume expression vibrato and more MIDI effects with your foot You can use a Kurzweil...

Page 33: ...tage to leaving the power on Programs Programs consist of presets that include various instrumental sounds and 60 types of drum patterns With such a variety of excellent sounds the SP2 can be many ins...

Page 34: ...t Setups While you can play just one sound at a time within a program a setup consists of two or more programs Setup mode shines most during live shows You can combine up to four distinct sounds in a...

Page 35: ...and Metronome Selecting Rhythm Patterns The SP2 has 60 types of pre recorded drum patterns as well as a metronome When used with these features the Yes and No buttons below the display function as Pla...

Page 36: ...display will look like Figure 3 7 Figure 3 7 Drum Pattern Number Displayed Pressing Play button below the display will start the rhythm pattern and Stop button will stop the play While playing rhythm...

Page 37: ...o times will do the same thing While patterns are playing you can still play the keyboard and change programs using Program Setup button If you want to stop patterns playing during performance enter R...

Page 38: ...r created programs and setups We call them Quick Access bank You can quickly save sounds to those slots within Quick Access bank and later select any of the stored programs or setups with a single pre...

Page 39: ...Quick Access bank in the order Especially for situations when a few bands may share a single keyboard instrument such as church gigs or practicing rooms having your own Quick Access bank will be reall...

Page 40: ...clude MIDI data zone volume effect wet dry mix and tempo control The functions of Knobs A D depend on Knob mode Each time you press Knob Mode button Knob mode will be selected alternately and the corr...

Page 41: ...weil rack modules such as PC2R K2000R K2500R and K2600R If you want to change the default setting see Assigning Knobs on page 4 12 in Chapter 4 Programming Your SP2 Zone Volume You can control the vol...

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Page 43: ...o modify existing programs setups and effects to your own specific use or taste Use the following list to find specific information more quickly Easy Editing 4 2 Changing Effect Setting 4 4 Editing Se...

Page 44: ...grams in each using Layer and Split button Layering Layering is playing two sounds on the same part of the keyboard The procedure is as follows 1 Select a program If you want to mix another sound with...

Page 45: ...4 4 Figure 4 4 The display indicates that the added split is 053 Bass Guitar You can select a split sound with Sound Select button like when you select sounds for layering and the SP2 splits the keybo...

Page 46: ...Reverb consist of presets such as Room Hall Chamber etc You can change effects for each block with Effect and Reverb button in Program mode The chart below shows the available effects 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 47: ...For more information about the effects and reverbs refer to Appendix B 7 Effects and Reverbs Figure 4 8 The display in Effect Editor mode 3 Select the desired type of effect with the upper part of So...

Page 48: ...icate the type and the variation number of the reverb associated with the currently selected program Figure 4 12 The display in Reverb Editor mode 3 Select the desired type of reverb with the upper pa...

Page 49: ...er Simple Motion etc After making selection select the desired preset with one of the the lower 8 buttons 4 While holding down Effect button press Reverb button Make sure that the two LEDs in each but...

Page 50: ...on of up to 4 distinct programs which can be individually played on different regions of the SP2 s keyboard Each region is called a Zone Each zone has its own parameter set which define MIDI transmit...

Page 51: ...Pressing Edit button will light the LED in it and the display will show the information about Main sound Users can edit parameters associated with those sounds with Layer or Split button Select sounds...

Page 52: ...nd the display will look like Figure 4 18 Low Velocity High Velocity Figure 4 18 Setting the Lowest Velocity Using Sound Select Buttons as numeric buttons enter the lowest velocity for the sound you w...

Page 53: ...gs You can change the effect setting for setups the same way as you do with programs Without changing the effect setting for Main sound will be globally applied to the entire setup Pedal Setting Somet...

Page 54: ...g Press Setup button and Edit button While holding down Knob Mode button turn one of the knobs you want to program Figure 4 23 Selecting a Knob to be programmed The display will show which knob will b...

Page 55: ...4 Assign a MIDI control number you want with Sound Select buttons and press Enter button For more information about MIDI control number refer to the MIDI Implementation Chart in Appendix A Figure 4 25...

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Page 57: ...information use the following list Local 5 2 Touch Drum Map Entry Value Tuning 5 2 Dump MIDI Scope Reset 5 4 Entering Global Mode Press the Global button to enter Global mode After you enter Global m...

Page 58: ...standalone use and Off is used with a computer sequencer or external MIDI processor Figure 5 3 Touch This parameter determines how sensitively the keyboard responses to your playing By default a valu...

Page 59: ...ob A happens to be all the way to the left when you select a new setup and the entry value assigned to Knob A is 95 You don t want it to suddenly jump to the current value Since the knob is all the wa...

Page 60: ...right left and right again set the entry value to a very low number other than 0 such as 5 The value is so low that you won t hear the effect but as you turn the knob to the right the first time it wi...

Page 61: ...DI data the data show up on the display You can monitor if the SP2 properly receives incoming MIDI data When you select MIDI scope the display will show ScP scope message The Yes button will clear the...

Page 62: ...the SP2 will ask you if you are sure Press Yes button one more time and the you will see a prompt asking rL Really to be sure for the last time This will prevents you from executing a hard reset inad...

Page 63: ...page will answer any questions you might have about how to download files and get them into your SP2 http www kurzweilmusicsystems com downloads html The software upgrades filenames are in the format...

Page 64: ...n means Yes and pressing program button means No Figure 6 2 5 Thus if you decide to install software upgrades press Metronome button while the display is showing uOS 6 Then the display will show u O S...

Page 65: ...more time 11 If everything works well the loading may take up to 18 minutes After the software loading is completed the display will show OK message which means that the software upgrade has been suc...

Page 66: ...Chapter 6 Update Miscellaneous Menus As described above when the display shows uOS you can select more menu options including diagnostic with Up and Down buttons 4...

Page 67: ...l multi effects consist two independent effect blocks called Effect and Reverb You can determine which effect block each program or setup goes thorough We call it Signal Routing The SP2 has 64 effect...

Page 68: ...re 7 3 When you select a program or setup the LEDs in the Effect and Global buttons will indicate the current effect routing Figure 7 3 Routing Effect Selecting Effect 1 Press Effect button 2 Make sur...

Page 69: ...the sound engine The Reverb controls how much of the processed signal coming from Effect block goes to Reverb block and gets Reverb block s effect applied to it Bypassing Effect Sometimes you need to...

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Page 71: ...and punchier sounds or layering a few similar sounding programs Brasses Strings Analog Synths etc to fatten the sounds Layering in Program mode The program mode is automatically selected when power is...

Page 72: ...on from red to amber and L26 will appear on the display The color change of LED means that the SP2 is in Editing mode and L26 indicates that program number 26 is L ayered Figure 8 2 3 Press Drum Perc...

Page 73: ...100 Figure 8 5 5 Press Store button in the Edit region and press Yes button below the display The SP2 will ask you once more to be sure One more press of Yes button will complete the saving procedure...

Page 74: ...nds on different parts of the keyboard Creating New Sounds with Layering and Splitting We are going to create a sound which combines guitar sound in the upper register and bass sound in the lower regi...

Page 75: ...Split button next to Layer button The display will show p53 Pd Clav o Bass Now you have a bass sound assigned to the lower register of the keyboard Figure 8 10 5 Select Zone Volume mode with Knob Mod...

Page 76: ...lete the saving procedure and the display will show q01 indicating the slot number you just stored your program in You can select one of the stored programs with Q Access button at any time Figure 8 1...

Page 77: ...ythm 1 Pressing Yes button below the display will start the selected rhythm pattern Figure 8 14 3 Select Effect wet Dry mode with Knob Mode button Adjust the tempo of the rhythm pattern with knob 4 Fi...

Page 78: ...rn playing With one more press of Rhythm button you will return to Program mode Figure 8 17 When editing always try to listen to the sounds closely Also comparing the edited sounds to the similar soun...

Page 79: ...pter from the wall if your SP2 will be off for a long period of time Common Problems Below is a list of the most commonly encountered problems and diagnoses for each Power Problems The normal power up...

Page 80: ...the demo songs If there is no sound from your SP2 check the following 1 Set the master volume slider all the way down Gradually move the slider upwards 2 Check the position of the MIDI controller foo...

Page 81: ...you are trying to control the SP2 from an external MIDI device such as a drum machine and the SP2 does not respond to incoming MIDI information properly check following items 1 Set external device to...

Page 82: ...edal until after the unit has completed its power up sequence Control Pedal Problems If you are having problems making a control pedal work properly check these 1 Be sure the pedal is plugged into the...

Page 83: ...PM0023A 230 VAC Adapter Model PM0024A Safe voltage range 100 125 Volts RMS 200 230 Volts RMS Safe frequency range 58 65 Hz 48 65 Hz Power Consumption Voltage Level Power Consumption 120 VAC 0 35 Amps...

Page 84: ...an 112 dBA balanced using 60 dBFS signal Stereo Channel Separation 96 dB Headphone Output Output impedance 47 Ohm nominal Maximum output level 4 dBu 0 5 Volts RMS with 32 Ohm load Parameter Reference...

Page 85: ...Change 0 32 1 2 4 6 38 7 10 11 64 66 67 91 93 96 97 98 99 100 101 120 121 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O bank select mod wheel breath controller foot cont...

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Page 87: ...ignments Factory Setting Knob A MIDI 6 Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C MIDI 23 Knob D MIDI 24 FootSW 1 MIDI 64 Sustain C C Ped MIDI 11 Expression Mwheel MIDI 1 Mpress MIDI 33 01 Stereo Grand Knob A MIDI 6 Knob...

Page 88: ...remolo Depth 12 Dyno My E Pno Knob A Lopass Freq Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C MIDI 23 Knob D MIDI 24 Mwheel Tremolo Depth 13 Digital E Piano Knob A Timbre Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C Layer Enable Knob D MIDI 24 Mw...

Page 89: ...nob D MIDI 24 Mwheel Vibrato 24 Harpsichord Knob A Notch Freq Knob B Layer Enable Knob C Amp Depth Knob D MIDI 24 Mwheel Decay Depth 25 Film String Knob A Lowpas Freq Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C MIDI 23 Kno...

Page 90: ...wheel Vibrato Depth 36 saxes X trumpets Knob A Layer Swtich Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C MIDI 23 Knob D MIDI 24 Mwheel Vibrato Depth 37 Indy lead Knob A Lowpas Freq Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C MIDI 23 Knob D MIDI...

Page 91: ...epth 48 Attack Stack Knob A Timbre Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C MIDI 23 Knob D MIDI 24 Mwheel Pitch Shift 49 Acoustic Guitar Knob A Timbre Knob B Timbre Knob C MIDI 23 Knob D MIDI 24 Mwheel Tremolo 50 Chorus...

Page 92: ...ich Mwheel MIDI 1 62 Rhythm Maker Knob A Pitch Shift Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C MIDI 23 Knob D MIDI 24 Mwheel AmpEnv CTL 57 Studio Drums 1 2 Knob A Lowpass Filter Knob B MIDI 13 Knob C MIDI 23 Knob D MIDI...

Page 93: ...Appendix B SP2 Program and Effect List SP2 Effects and Reverbs B 7...

Page 94: ...8 13 EfxCt 2 45 77 SndCtl8 109 14 46 78 SndCtl9 110 15 AuxBnd2 47 79 SndCt10 111 16 Gen 1 48 80 Gen 5 112 17 Gen 2 49 81 Gen 6 113 18 Gen 3 50 82 Gen 7 114 19 Gen 4 51 83 Gen 8 115 20 52 84 PortCtl 11...

Page 95: ...Z in the Global menu Choose the layout that is most suitable for your performance style For example the General MIDI map is useful for playing back General MIDI format MIDI files The next page shows h...

Page 96: ...Appendix C SP2 Drum Map Normal C 2...

Page 97: ...Appendix C SP2 Drum Map GM ReMap C 3...

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Page 99: ...MIDI OUT 5 MIDI Thru 5 MIDI91 2 MIDI93 2 mixer 2 3 Numeric Display 2 13 Options 2 Pedal 2 13 Pedal Jacks 4 Power Jack 5 power supply 2 Power Switch 5 powered speakers 3 Program Sound 5 Program Sound P...

Page 100: ...Appendix C SP2 Drum Map Wet Dry Mix 3 XLR plug 2 Index 2...

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