Alesis K2661 6-3

Program Mode

VAST Program Structure

6-3

Figure 6-1 VAST Program Structure

Zone

8Eight keyboard zones—

each with independent

program, MIDI channel,

and control assignments

Selected for performance

and 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 ranges

Individual digital sound

recordings stored in

ROM or RAM; stereo

samples use two

voices of polyphony

Contents

Main ii 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 World Wide Web Home Page: 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 Page Page Page Page 12-7 Page Page Page Page 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 i Index A B C D E F G H I M N O P iv Q R S v T U V W