Pitch Bend Range; Monophonic; Legato Play; Portamento - Kurzweil K2661 Musician's Manual

Pitch Bend Range

Use this parameter to define how much the pitch will change when you move your Pitch Wheel.
Positive values will cause the pitch to bend up when the Pitch Wheel is pushed up, while
negative values will cause the inverse. Large positive values can cause samples to bend to their
maximum upward pitch shift before the Pitch Wheel is fully up. This will not happen when
bending pitch down.
Setups include a parameter called Bend Range (on the BEND page in the Setup Editor), which in
most setups does not affect the program-level Pitch Bend Range setting. This is because in most
setups the default value for Bend Range is Prog, which gives control of the pitch bend range to
each program in the setup. If you change the value of Bend Range to anything but Prog,
however, the setup will control the pitch bend range for all programs in the setup.
Setup 97 (the default control setup for defining the controller setting while you're in Program
mode) has its Bend Range parameter set to Prog, so unless you change the value, or use a
different control setup, individual programs control the pitch bend range while you're in
Program mode. For more about the Bend Range parameter, see page 7-18.

Monophonic

When off, the program is polyphonic—it can play up to 48 notes at a time. Notice that when the
Mono-mode parameter is off, the Legato Play parameter and the three Portamento parameters
do not appear on the COMMON page. This is because only monophonic programs can use

portamento.

When On, the program will play only one note at a time. This makes it possible to use
portamento, so the remaining parameters appear.

Legato Play

When Legato Play is on, a note will play its attack only when all other notes have been released.
This is useful for realistic instrumental sounds.
Portamento
This parameter is either on or off. The default value of Off means that portamento is disabled
for the current program.
Portamento is a glide between pitches. On actual acoustic instruments like violin and bass, it's
achieved by sliding a finger along a vibrating string. On most keyboards that offer portamento,
it's achieved by holding down a key that triggers the starting note, then striking and releasing
other keys. The pitch glides toward the most recently triggered note, and remains at that pitch as
long as the note remains on. The K2661 gives you two ways to get portamento. See the Attack
Portamento parameter below.
Program Mode and the Program Editor
The COMMON Page
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