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K2661 Getting Started Guide
Index
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Contents
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IMPORTANT SAFETY & INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION
RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERFERENCE
INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS
Important Safety Instructions
Kurzweil International Contacts
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Contents
Page
Page
Page
1-1
Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview of the K2661
1-2
VAST Synthesis
KB3 Tone Wheel Emulation
1-3
How the K2661 Works
The Accessory Files
Do I Have Everything?
How to Use This Manual
1-4
2-1
Chapter 2 Startup
Quick Startup Checklist
Start Jamming!
2-2
Startupthe Details
Before You Start...
Connecting the Power Cable (Line Cord)
Connecting the Audio Cables
Connecting MIDI
Connecting SCSI
Switching On the Power
SmartMedia
2-4
Playing the Presets
Getting Around
Programs
Page
Setups
Quick Access
2-8
The Other Modes
Software Upgrades
3-1
Chapter 3 User Interface Basics
Mode Selection
Mode Buttons
Navigation
The Display
Pages
3-3
The Top Line
The Bottom Line
The Soft Buttons
The Cursor Buttons
The Chan/bank Buttons
Data Entry
The Alpha Wheel
The Plus/Minus Buttons
3-5
The Alphanumeric Pad
Double Button Presses
3-6
Intuitive Data Entry
Changing the Current Layer in Multi-Layer Programs
Search
Renaming Multiple Objects
Page
Mixdown and MIDI Faders Pages
Mixdown Page
MIDI Faders Pages
Quick Song Recording and Playback
4-1
Chapter 4 The Operating Modes
What the Modes Are
Selecting Modes
4-2
The Operating Modes Selecting Modes
4-3
Nested Editors
Using the Modes
Program Mode
Setup Mode
4-4
Quick Access Mode
Effects Mode
MIDI Mode
Master Mode
Song Mode
Chapter 5 Editing Conventions
Introduction to Editing
Whats an Object?
5-2
Object Type and ID
Saving and Naming
5-4
EditProgram:Save||||||||||||||||||||||||
Save|Righteous|Piano|as:|ID#200|||||||||
Object||||||||||||||Rename|Save|||Cancel
ROM Objects
5-5
RAM Objects
Keyboard Naming
5-6
Deleting Objects
Dependent Objects
5-7
Memory Banks
Saving and Loading FilesDisk Mode
5-8
Editing Conventions Special Button Functions
Special Button Functions
6-1
Chapter 6 Program Mode
6-2
VAST Program Structure
Program Mode VAST Program Structure
6-3
Figure 6-1 VAST Program Structure
6-4
KB3 Program Structure
KB3 Mode
KB3 Channel
6-5
Real-time Controls in KB3 Mode
EditSetup:COMMON|||||||||||||||All|Zones
Song||:O|None||||||||||||||||Sync|:Off|| Mutes|:Zone|Mutes|||||||||||||||||||||||
<more|||||||||COMMON|ARPEG||RIBCFG|more>
Playing KB3 Programs
MIDI Control of KB3 Programs
6-7
6-8
The Program Mode Page
Program Names in Parentheses
6-10
Control Setup
The Soft Buttons in Program Mode
Chapter 7 Setup Mode
7-2
Loading Older Setup Versions
The Control Setup
7-3
Zone-status LEDs in Setup Mode
7-4
Chapter 8 Quick Access Mode
8-2
K2661 QA Banks
9-1
Chapter 9 Basic Effects Mode
Introduction
Terminology
K2661 audio outputs
Studio
9-3
FXBus (also called Insert FXBus)
Aux FX Bus (Aux Bus)
FX Preset
Algorithm
Size/PAUs
FXMods
Bus Overrides (or BusMods)
FXCtrl
Studio Editor
9-5
MAIN Page
9-6
Soft Buttons in Effects Mode
Soft Buttons: Conguring Bypasses
9-7
Effects Bus Editor
9-8
Effects Send Page
9-9
The CTRL Page
Effects Control Mode (FXCtrl)
Effects Control in Embedded Editors
9-10
Effects Channel (FX Chan)
Studio
9-11
Bypass and Mute pages
Creating a Custom Bypass Scene
The EQBYP Page
9-12
The FX Bypass Page
The Bus Mute Page
9-13
Chaining Effects
9-14
Gain Staging in Effects Chains
Checking Out Some Chains
The Structure of Kurzweil Digital Effects (KDFX)
The Studio
9-15
9-16
Basic Effects Mode The Structure of Kurzweil Digital Effects (KDFX)
Figure 9-2 KDFX structure
EQs
FX Presets
program outputs
physical outputs
Aux effect Mixer
Software Organization
Controlling Effects
9-18
Controlling Effects with a Sequencer
Controlling Effects with SysEx messages
Chapter 10 MIDI Mode
The TRANSMIT Page
10-2
Control Setup
Channel
Transpose
Control
10-3
Velocity MapTransmit (VelocMap)
Pressure MapTransmit (PressMap)
Program Change (PChng)
10-4
Buttons (Bttns)
The RECEIVE Page
10-5
Basic Channel
MIDI Receive Mode (MIDI Mode)
All Notes Off
Program Change Type (ProgChgType)
10-6
Velocity MapReceive
Pressure MapReceive
System Exclusive ID (SysExID)
SCSI ID
Bend Smooth
The Channels Page
10-8
Enable
Program
Pan
Volume
Output Pair (OutPair)
Program Change Formats
Extended and Kurzweil Program Change Types
10-10
10-11
0-127 Program Change Type
Quick Access BanksExtended (QA Ext)
10-12
Quick Access BanksKurzweil (QA Kurz)
10-13
QA 0127
QA Formats and MIDI Transmission
10-14
The Soft Buttons in MIDI Mode
Program Change (PrgChg)
Send|Program|Change:||||||||||||||||||||
On|Channel||2,|Send|Program|||0|||||||||
Chan-||Chan+||Prog-||Prog+||Send||Cancel
Chapter 11 Master Mode
The Master Mode Page
Tune
11-2
Transpose
KB3 Channel
Velocity and Pressure Touch (VelTouch and PressTouch)
Intonation
11-3
Conrm
Intonation Key (IntonaKey)
The MAST2 Page
11-5
The Vocoder
11-6
Using the Vocoder
11-7
11-8
11-9
11-10
View Mode
11-11
Digital Output Format
AES Output Length
The Soft Buttons in Master Mode
Object
Delete
11-12
Util
|Select|what|to|display:||||||||||||||||
MIDI||Objects|Voices|Stealer|||||||Done|
Sample
GM
Reset
Guitar/Wind Controller Mode
Object Utilities
Move
Copy
Name
Delete
Dump
Using the Object Utilities from the Editor
12-1
Chapter 12 Song Mode
Getting Started with the Sequencer
What is a Sequencer?
A Word about the Local Keyboard Channel
12-2
Tutorial: Recording a song
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12-7
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12-12
Tutorial: Arrangements
Creating an Arrangement
12-13
12-14
12-15
Recording Additional Tracks
Maximizing Track Use
12-16
Triggering Arrangement Steps From the Keyboard
12-17
RAM Tracks
Two Important Concepts
12-18
Creating RAM Tracks
12-19
Using Song Mode
Selecting a Song for Playback
12-20
Effect Selection During Recording and Playback
12-21
12-22
12-23
Memory Limits
Loading MIDI Files From Disk
Recording Multi-timbral Sequences via MIDI
Song Mode: The MAIN Page
12-25
Current Song (CurSong)
Tempo
12-26
Recording Track (RecTrk)
Program
Channel (Chan)
Setup
12-28
Volume (Vol)
Pan
Mode
Location (Locat)
Mode Indicators (+ and x):
Activity Indicators ([)
Track Status Indicators
Track Channels
Soft Buttons on the MAIN Page
Record|Pause|||Stop||Erase||MISC||MIXER|
12-30
Save this song? Dialog
Save New song? Dialog
Erase Track Dialog
Song Mode: The MISC Page
12-33
RecMode
12-34
PlayMode
12-35
KeyWait
Locate
AutoIn
AutoOut
Input Quantize (Quant)
Grid
Swing
Sync
12-37
Clock
Tempo
CountOff
Click
ClickCh
ClickVel
Soft Buttons on the MISC Page
12-39
Song Mode: The MIX Page
Pan Position
Volume Level
12-40
Track Status Indicators
Quick Mute Track Bank Indicator
Soft Buttons on the MIX Page
Update|initial|prog/vol/pan?||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Yes||||No||
Chapter 13 Basic Disk Mode
13-2
Disk Mode Page
DiskMode||||Samples:131072K|Memory:1480K
<more|||Load|||Save||Macro||Delete|more>
Using SmartMedia Cards
13-3
SCSI Termination
13-4
Using your K2661 in a SCSI System
Directories
Path
13-5
Path|=|\
Path|=|\SOUNDS\
Startup
Library
Verify
Disk Drive Information
13-6
Macro On Indicator
Disk Mode Soft Buttons
File List Dialog
The File Index
Soft Buttons in the File List Dialog
13-10
Total
Quick Scrolling to Subdirectories
Creating Directories
Creating a Directory From the Disk Mode Page
Creating a Directory in the Save Dialog
The Directory Selection Dialog
Disk Mode Functions
Loading Files
Loading Individual Objects
Page
13-16
Sample||293|Tenor|Sax||||G#-||||198K
Func:LOAD|||||Sel:0/5||||||||Index:|||1||
Shortcuts when Loading Objects
13-18
Loading Dependent Objects
Load|dependent|objects?|||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Yes||||No||
Auditioning Samples from a Disk File
Load Function Dialog
Bank Status Indicator
Loading Methods
13-20
13-21
Selecting Multiple Files to Load
Aborting a Multiple File Load
More Load Function Features
Saving Files
Soft Buttons in the Save Selection Dialog
Saving Individual Objects
Shortcuts when Saving Objects
More Features of the Save Dialog
13-27
Use|current|directory|for|BOTTLE.K26?||| (Path|=|\)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||||Change||OK|||Cancel
Auditioning Objects in RAM
13-28
Saving Dependent Objects
13-29
Save|dependent|objects?|||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||||Names|||Yes||||No||
The Name Table
13-30
Working with Relink-by-Name
Page
13-32
Not Loading the Name Table
13-34
Relink-by-Name Processing Time
Storing Objects in the Memory Banks
The Multiple Object Selector Page
Using the Multiple Object Selector: An Overview
Operating Modes: The Select Parameter
Multiple Object Selector Soft Buttons
13-37
13-38
13-39
Entering Selection Criteria in the Multiple Object Selector
13-40
13-41
Page
14-1
Chapter 14 Sampling and Live Mode
Setting Up For Sampling
Cables and Input Jacks
Entering The Sampler
14-2
Sampling Analog Signals
14-3
Input
14-4
14-5
Recording Samples
14-6
14-7
14-8
Sampling the K2661s Output
Sampling Digital Signals
14-9
14-10
Live Mode
Creating a Live Mode Program
14-11
Live Mode Programs
Some Ideas for Using Live Mode
14-12
14-13
14-14
15-1
Chapter 15 Audio Outputs
Audio Congurations
15-2
Audio Routing: Programs to KDFX
Audio Routing: KDFX to Audio Outputs
15-3
Using the Digital Outputs
Page
Appendix A K2661 Boot Block
Starting the Boot Block
Boot Block Main Menu
Updating K2661 Software
A-2
File types
A-3
Running Diagnostic Tests
Resetting the K2661
Page
B-1
Appendix B Standard K2661 ROM Objects
Groove Setups
Special Purpose Setups
B-2
Setups
See Groove Setups (above) for information about setups 130.
B-3
Programs
B-4
B-5
B-6
B-7
B-8
B-9
B-10
B-11
B-12
B-13
B-14
B-15
B-16
B-17
B-18
B-19
B-20
B-21
B-22
B-23
B-24
B-25
B-26
Page
C-2
Programs
Programs
Setups
QA Banks
Keymaps
C-3
Keymaps
Samples
C-4
Program Control Assignments
Ethnic / World Instruments
Keyboards
Brass and Reeds
C-5
Drum Kits
Loops
Basses
Guitars
C-6
Pads
C-7
Controller Assignments: Contemporary ROM Block
Secondary Effects
C-8
Program Control Assignments
C-9
C-10
C-11
C-12
C-13
C-14
C-15
Setup Control Assignments
C-16
C-17
C-18
Page
D-2
Programs
Programs
Setups
QA Banks
Keymaps
D-3
Keymaps
Samples
D-4
Program Control Assignments
D-5
Brass
Section Strings
D-6
Plucked Strings
Keyboards
Percussion
D-7
Controller Assignments: Orchestral ROM Block
Secondary Effects
D-8
Program Control Assignments
D-9
D-10
D-11
Setup Control Assignments
D-12
Appendix E General MIDI
GM Drum Kits
E-2
General MIDI Programs
General MIDI Programs
Standard Mode Controller Assignments
E-4
E-5
E-6
E-7
E-8
E-9
E-10
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