Splits And Layering - Kurzweil V150 Owner's Manual

Using Your V150/V110

Splits and Layering

affect any number of the features of the sound. You can get some amazing effects with many of
the sounds—try using the sliders with some of the sounds in the Synth and Pad categories. The
effect varies with each sound. Appendix C contains information about what each slider does for
each of the sounds.
Transposing the Keyboard
The transposition feature allows you to play in one key, and have the instrument play in
another. This can be useful when accompanying a vocalist who may find the written key of a
song too high or low, or when playing with a transposing instrument such as a clarinet or
saxophone.
To change the transposition, press the display button labeled Transpose. A zero appears to
indicate no transposition. Use the Up/Down buttons to change the transposition upward or
downward as desired; each press raises or lowers the sound by one half-step. To restore the
standard key, press both buttons simultaneously, and the display will again show no
transposition. If Remember Preferences is set to Yes, transposition is remembered when the
power is turned off. You can save transposition in a Panel Memory (see page 3-15 for details).
Tuning Adjustments
If you're playing with other instruments, you may find that those instruments are not tuned to
the exact pitch of the V150/V110 (which never goes out of tune). Rather than tuning the other
instruments, you can quickly adjust the tuning of the V150/V110. Press and hold the display
button labeled Transpose. This selects the Tuning feature; you can adjust it using the Up/Down
buttons. Press the Preferences button to return to normal operation.
See page 3-19 for more information about tuning.
Splits and Layering
The V150/V110 offers much more than simple keyboard playing. The instrument allows you to
play two completely separate parts simultaneously, each one with two sounds combined. These
features are referred to as splitting and layering the keyboard, and allow you to create a wide
variety of instrumental textures and effectively play more than one part at the same time.
Splitting Sounds
To split the keyboard into separate sections, simply press the display button underneath the
word Split in the display. The left side of the keyboard will now play a separate sound from the
right side, and the name of the left side sound will be displayed above the word Split.
Note that the light in the display button goes on, indicating that the Split sound is being edited.
This means that any sound selection button pressed will change the Split sound (the left-hand
sound) instead of the Main sound (the right-hand sound). The Up/Down buttons will also
change the Split sound. You can select any sound for the Split sound.
If you want to change the Main sound instead, press the display button labeled Main. Its light
will light, indicating that that sound is now being edited.
To remove the keyboard split, simply press the display button labeled Split to edit the split
sound, and then press the same button again. The Split sound name will be erased, indicating
that no Split sound is active, and the Main sound will again be edited. The Main and Split sound
choices can be saved in a Panel Memory (see page 3-15 for details).
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