The Top Line; The Bottom Line; The Soft Buttons; The Cursor Buttons - Kurzweil X-Pro Series Getting Started Manual

The Top Line

On the top line of most pages, there's a reminder of which mode you're in and which page
you're on. Many pages display additional information in the top line, as well. The
Program-mode page above, for example, shows you the current amount of MIDI transposition
and the currently selected MIDI channel. The top line is almost always "reversed"—that is, it
has a white background with blue characters.

The Bottom Line

The bottom line is divided into six (sometimes fewer) sets of reversed characters that serve as
labels for the six buttons directly beneath the display. These labels—and the functions of the
buttons—change depending on the currently selected page. Consequently the buttons that
select these functions are called "soft" buttons.

The Soft Buttons

The soft buttons are called "soft" because their functions change depending on the currently
selected mode and page. Sometimes they perform specific functions, like changing MIDI
channels in Program mode. In the Program Editor and other editors, they're also used to move
to different pages of programming parameters. If a soft button's label is in all capital letters
(KEYMAP, for example), pressing the corresponding soft button takes you to a page of
parameters. If the soft button is labeled in lower-case or mixed-case letters (Save, for example),
the soft button performs some kind of function.

The Cursor Buttons

To the right of the display are four back-lit buttons arranged around the alpha wheel (see The
Alpha Wheel below.) These are called the cursor buttons. They move the cursor around the
currently selected page, in the direction indicated by their position, either up, down, left, or
right. The cursor usually appears as a highlighted (reversed) rectangle, but for some fields it's an
underscore. It marks the value of the currently selected parameter.
Programming the X-Pro involves selecting various parameters and changing their values. Select
parameters by highlighting their values with the cursor. You can change the highlighted value
with any of the data entry methods described in the data entry section below.
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