Connecting Headphones; Connecting Midi; Basic Midi Hookup - Kurzweil sp88x User Manual

Getting Started

Connecting Headphones

Connecting Headphones
The Phones jack is designed to drive 100 ohm or greater headphones. Lower
impedance is safe too but the volume level can be reduced. You can also use a stereo Y
adapter and connect two headphones at the same time if they are 100 ohms or greater.
You can use headphones and an audio system at the same time; plugging in the
phones does not affect the line outputs at all. Note that if the instrument is switched to
mono mode as described above, the phones signal will also be mono, that is, the same
signal is heard from left and right.
The signal at the phones jack is just as high a quality as that at the line output jacks
described above. So if you prefer to use a single stereo cable to your audio system and
do not intend to use headphones, you can use the headphones output to drive your
audio system.

Connecting MIDI

The Stage Piano is a great live performance instrument all by itself but you can expand
its capabilities almost endlessly by using its MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital
Interface) connectors.

Basic MIDI Hookup

The simplest application of MIDI is to connect and control an external sound module
for more sounds, more polyphony, and more timbre control than the internal sound
module offers. The drawing below shows how simple this really is to do.
A B
Figure 2-4
The external sound module can be almost anything: a K2000R, K2500R, K2600R,
Kurzweil MicroPiano, and a world of other possibilities from alternative
manufacturers. It could be another keyboard synthesizer or large digital piano as well,
in fact nearly anything with a MIDI In connection.
With this simple setup you may be able to play up to 3 sounds at once; one from the
Stage PianoÕs sounds and 2 from the external module, if it is multitimbral. The external
module can make use of more of the Stage PianoÕs MIDI controls as well such as the
A Ribbon, lower B ribbon, and control pedal. MIDI Setups mode, which is covered in
Chapter 4, is used to control a setup like this.
2-6
MIDI L
In
MIDI
Out
Mode Select / Param Edit Parameter Sound / Setup Select
Global Grand Pno 1 Stage Pno 1 Bright Pno Piano & Str 1 Tack Piano Bright E Grand
Panic Grand Pno 2 Stage Pno 2 Sustain Pno Piano & Str 2 Tite E Grand Warm E Grand
Intemal Sound MIDI Program Chorus Wet / Dry Reverb Wet / Dry Stereo Local Internal Voices 1 2 3 4 5 Ld/Dmp
Volume / Controller
MIDI Bank Sel Lo A Ribbon
Internal/Steup Row Select MIDI Bank Sel Hi Hold or Center Touch
1 3 5 7 9 11
MIDI Channel B Ribbon Up 2 4 6 8 10 12
Destination Hold or Zero Effect
L R Trem Dig EP Digital EP Rock Org 1 Ballad Org 1 Perc Org Fast Str 1
B Ribbon Down St Hard EP Dig EP & Str Pad Rock Org 2 Ballad Org 2 Org & Piano Fast Str 2
Zone Intemal Effect Hold or Zero MIDI In
6 7 8 9 0 +/-
Key Range Lo Control Slider
Key Range Hi Control Pedal Set Chg Chan MIDI Setups
MIDI Prog Chg Store Edit Play Transpose Switch Pedal R Tune 17 19 21 23 25 27
Velocity Curve Switch Pedal L 18 20 22 24 26 28
Destinations: Effects:
0 - Bank Select MSB 5 - Portamento Time 10 - Pan 16 to 19 - Gennral Control 1 to 4 65 - Portamento Switch 70 - Sound Variation 75 to 79 - Sound Control 6 to 10 92 - Effects 2 Depth 97 - Data Decrement 102 to 119 - Undefined 0 - None
1 - Modulation Wheel 6 - Data Entry MSB 11 - Expression 20 to 31 - Undefined 66 - Sostenuto Pedal 71 - Timbre Control 80 tp 83 - General Control 5 to 8 93 - Chorus Depth 98 - Non-Reg Parm LSB 120 to 127 - Channel Mode Set 1 - Room & Chorus
2 - Breath Controller 7 - Volume 12 - Effect Control 1 32 - Bank Select LSB 67 - Soft Peal 72 - Release Time 84 - Portamento Control 94 - Effects 4 Depth 99 - Non-Reg Parm MSB 128 - Send as Pitch Bend 2 - Bright Room & Chorus
3 - Undefined 8 - Balance 13 - Effect Control 2 33 to 63 - LSB for 1 to 31 68 - Legato Switch 73 - Attack Time 85 to 90 - Undefined 95 - Effects 5 Depth 100 - Registered Parm LSB 129 - Send as Pressure 4 - Bright Stage & Chorus
4 - Foot Controller 9 - Undefined 14 to 15 - Undefined 64 - Sustain Pedal 69 - Hold Pedal 74 - Brightness 91 - Reverb Depth 96 - Data Increment 101 - Registered Parm MSB 101 - Registered Parm MSB 4 - Foot Controller
MIDI Connections to External Module
R
L R
SP88
Classic EP Dyno EP
Dig E Grand Hard Dyno EP
No Yes Built-In Effects
Award Winning Soungs
13 15
14 16
Touch Str St Slo Str Pad Flexible MIDI Controller
St Slo Strings Slow Dig Pad
Cancel Enter
Stage Piano
29 31
30 32
5 - Hall & Chorus
6 - Bright Hall & Chorus
7 - Large Hall & Chorus
8 - Large Bright Hall & Chorus
9 - Deep Space
MIXER