Special Double Button Presses In The Keymap Editor; Keymap Editor Parameters - Kurzweil K2600 Musician's Manual

Assign
The Assign soft button lets you select a sample, then specify the key range to which itÕs
assigned. This enables you to insert a new key range within the current keymap. When you
press the Assign soft button, a dialog appears that prompts you to select a keymap from the
Keymap list. Scroll through the list, then press the OK soft button. YouÕll then be prompted to
deÞne the new key range by triggering the notes you want to be the lowest and highest notes of
the range. (Press the Cancel soft button if you change your mind.) When you trigger the low and
high notes, the new key range is inserted. If the new key range partially overlaps an adjacent
key range, the existing key range will be adjusted to accommodate the new range. If the new key
range completely overlaps an existing key range, the original key range will be replaced.

Special Double Button Presses in the Keymap Editor

Suppose you have a sample whose root key is C 4, and you want to assign it to A 0, because you
donÕt expect to play it often. If you want it to play back without transposition, youÕll have to
adjust the Coarse Tune parameter. Calculating the right value for Coarse Tune can get tedious if
youÕre assigning a large number of samples. Fortunately, thereÕs a short cut.
1. Assign a sample root to a key range, either using the Lo, Hi, and Sample parameters or
using the Assign soft button.
2. Highlight the value of the Coarse Tune parameter.
3. Press the Plus/Minus buttons at the same time. The value of Coarse Tune changes
automatically. If the sample is assigned to one note, the K2600 sets Coarse Tune so that the
note plays the sample without transposition. If the sample is assigned to a range of notes,
the K2600 sets Coarse Tune so that the middle note of the range plays the sample without
transposition.

Keymap Editor Parameters

Master Transpose
This parameter does not really pertain to the keymap itself. Instead it is identical to the
Transpose parameter found on the MIDI-mode TRANSMIT page. If you change the value here,
the same value will be reßected on the MIDI-mode TRANSMIT page, and vice versa. It
transposes the entire instrument globally. The reason it is placed on this page is that it will allow
you to assign samples across the entire keyboard easily, when you are using a keyboard that has
fewer than 88 notes.
As with the Transpose parameter on the MIDI-mode TRANSMIT page, if you have the rack-
model K2600, this parameter will not transpose without using the Local Keyboard Channel
parameter (refer to page 10-7 for more on the Local Keyboard Channel).
Key Range
This parameter shows you which key range youÕre currently viewing or editing. Changing the
value of this parameter selects a different key range, and shows you the sample assignment of
that key range, as well as other parameters related to that key range. Use this parameter to move
from one key range to another within the keymap, and assign different samples without adding
new key ranges, as well as editing the transposition, tuning, volume and velocity crossover (if
any) of the sample root assigned to the key range.
Sampling and Sample Editing
The Keymap Editor
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