Kurzweil K2600 Musician's Manual page 37

Startup
Playing the Presets
KB3 Programs
The architecture of KB3 programs is different from that of VAST programs. KB3 programs donÕt
have layers; they rely on oscillators that mimic the tone wheels used in many popular organs.
Consequently, the info box shows only the waveform used in the program.
ProgramMode||||Xpose:0ST|||<>Channel:1||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@|751|Prog|Rock|Organ|
KB3|Program|||||||#|752|Syn|Rock|Organ||
|Mellow|Vox|||||||#|753|Dirty|Syn|B|||||
||||||||||||||||||#|754|CleanFullDrawbar
||||||||||||||||||#|755|Loungin|||||||||
%%%%%%^%%%%%%^%%%%$|756|MildGrunge||||||
Octav-|Octav+|Panic||Sample|Chan-||Chan+
Because of their architecture, KB3 programs require different processing within the K2600, and
they donÕt work on ÒregularÓ channels. They require a special channel to handle the KB3
programÕs voices. You can choose any of the 16 MIDI channels to be the KB3 channel, but you
can have only one KB3 channel, and KB3 programs play only on that channel (VAST programs
work just Þne on the KB3 channel, by the way).
By default, Channel 1 is designated as the KB3 channel (you can change it in Master mode). If
the current channel isnÕt the same as the KB3 channel, and you select a KB3 program, you wonÕt
get any sound, because a non-KB3 channel canÕt handle a KB3 program.
In the following diagram, Channel 2 is the current channel, but Channel 1 is the KB3 channel.
The info box tactfully lets you know what the KB3 channel is, and parentheses appear around
the names of all KB3 programs, to further remind you that KB3 programs arenÕt available on the
current channel. To get Program 753 to work in this case, youÕd have to change the current
channel back to Channel 1, or go to Master mode and change the KB3 channel to Channel 2.
ProgramMode||||Xpose:0ST|||<>Channel:2||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@|751|(Prog|Rock|Organ
KB3|Program|||||||#|752|(Syn|Rock|Organ)
|Mellow|Vox|||||||#|753|(Dirty|Syn|B)|||
||||||||||||||||||#|754|(CleanFullDrawba
KB3Chan|is|Ch|1|||#|755|(Loungin)|||||||
%%%%%%^%%%%%%^%%%%$|756|(Mild|Grunge)|||
Octav-|Octav+|Panic||Sample|Chan-||Chan+
Live Mode Programs
Programs 740Ð749 are designed expressly for Live mode, a feature that enables you to take a
signal from the Analog sampling input (this requires the sampling options, of course), and route
it through the DSP algorithms. Programs 740Ð749 will not play unless youÕre receiving a signal
at the Analog sampling input. See page 14-41 for more about Live mode.
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