Kurzweil K2600 Musician's Manual page 74

Program Mode and the Program Editor
KB3 Mode
Out port. On the other hand, in this case your MIDI sourceÕs transmitting channel must match
the K2600Õs local keyboard channel for anything to work. Furthermore, for KB3 programs, some
of the MIDI Controller numbers listed in Table 6-3 wonÕt necessarily work.
Things are a bit different for playing setups. In this case, you must use the local keyboard
channel to be able to play and control all of the setupÕs zones. Set LocalKbdCh to match the
channel your external MIDI source is using (so if, for example, your MIDI source transmits on
Channel 1, set LocalKbdCh to 1). All MIDI information that the K2600 receives on the local
keyboard channel gets remapped to the channels and control destinations used by the zones in
the setup.
The K2600 also remaps certain MIDI Controller messages that it receives on the local keyboard
channel, so that they correspond (in most cases) to the default assignments for the K2600Õs
physical controllers (Mod Wheel, sliders, ribbons, etc.). While this ensures that the physical
controllers work in a consistent and relatively standard fashion for most setups and VAST
programs, it necessitates a few adjustments to make incoming MIDI Controller messages control
the KB3 features listed in Table 6-3. Without these adjustments, some of the KB3 features wonÕt
respond to MIDI Controller messagesÑthis is true when youÕre playing programs as well as
when youÕre playing setups.
To make everything work properly, you need to make sure that all the appropriate physical
controllers are assigned for KB3 control. Physical controller assignments are handled by setups,
and are deÞned by parameters on several pages in the Setup Editor (Table 10-1 on page 10-8 lists
the physical controllers that get remapped by the local keyboard channel). Each zone of a setup
has its own controller assignments. Programs donÕt have controller assignments, so they
ÒborrowÓ them from a special setup thatÕs reserved for that purpose. This setup is called the
control setup; itÕs determined by the value of the CtlSetup parameter (on the TRANSMIT page
in MIDI mode). You can read about control setups in detail on page 6-10.
When youÕre playing a setup on the local keyboard channel, each zone that uses a KB3 program
must have the appropriate physical controller assignments. When youÕre playing a KB3
program, Zone 1 of the control setup must have the appropriate physical controller assignments.
There are two ways to conÞgure a setup properly for KB3 control:
¥ Edit an existing setup, adjusting some of the physical controller assignments (see
page 20-11).
¥ Use the KB3 setup that weÕve provided for your convenience. ItÕs in a Þle on one of the
accessory disks that came with your K2600 (see page 20-12).
KB3 Control: A Summary
Whenever you want to play a KB3 program, make sure that the KB3 setup is assigned as the
control setup. When you want to play a setup containing a KB3 program, make sure that the
zone that uses the KB3 program has the same physical controller assignments as the KB3 setup.
When youÕre creating a setup that will use a KB3 program, use the KB3 setup as your starting
point.
One Þnal wordÑfor nowÑabout using the local keyboard channel: all the MIDI information
received on the local keyboard channel also gets sentÑafter being remappedÑto the K2600Õs MIDI
Out port. ThereÕs a thorough discussion of the local keyboard channel beginning on page 10-7.
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