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Chapter 10
MIDI Mode
Press the MIDI mode button to enter MIDI mode. Here you'll configure the K2500's response to
incoming MIDI messages, as well as customize those that the K2500 sends to other MIDI
devices in your system. MIDI mode is also where you choose the Control Setup, which sets the
controller behavior for your programs.
When you enter MIDI mode, you'll see one of the three available MIDI mode pages. When you
exit MIDI mode, the K2500 remembers which page you were on. The next time you select MIDI
mode, that page appears.
The Transmit (XMIT) Page
Note: a number of parameters that were on the MIDI XMIT page in pre-V2 versions of the
K2500 software are now handled from with Setup mode. Refer to Chapter 7 for complete
details on the new Setup mode features.
Press the XMIT soft button, and the MIDI XMIT page appears. Use these parameters to control
how the K2500 sends MIDI information to its MIDI Out port. These settings will affect the
K2500's response to your MIDI controller (like Mod Wheel messages, etc.). It also affects the
responses of other MIDI devices receiving MIDI from the K2500, when the Local Keyboard
Channel parameter is set to match the transmission channel of your MIDI controller.
It's important to remember that many of the settings of the XMIT page are in effect only when a
program is selected, either in Program mode or in Quick Access mode. If a setup is selected, in
Setup mode or in Quick Access mode, the setup's MIDI settings override the corresponding
settings on the XMIT page. The XMIT page looks like this:
MIDIMode:TRANSMIT|||||||||||||||||||||||
CtlSetup: 99|Ctl|Setup|||||||||||||||||||
Channel|:1|||||||||||||||ProgChng|:On|||
Transpos:0ST|||||||||||||Buttons||:Off||
Control|:Both||||||||||||ChgSetups:KeyUp
VelocMap:1|Linear|||||||||||||||||||||||
PressMap:1|Linear|||||||||||||||||||||||
XMIT||| RECV||| CHANLS| PrgChg| RsetCh| Panic
PARAMETER
CONTROL SETUP
CHANNEL
TRANSPOSITION
CONTROL
VELOCITY MAP
PRESSURE MAP
PROGRAM CHANGE
BUTTONS
CHANGE SETUPS
Keep in mind that only the Program Change Type, Program Change, and Buttons parameters
will operate as programmed if the LocalKbdCh parameter does not match the transmit channel
RANGE OF VALUES
Setup list
1 to 16
60 semitones
Both, MIDI, Local
Velocity Map list
Pressure Map list
Off, On
Off, On
Immed, KeyUp
MIDI Mode
The Transmit (XMIT) Page
DEFAULT
97 Control Setup
1
0
Both
1 Linear
1 Linear
On
On
KeyUp
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- Page 1 MIDI Mode The Transmit (XMIT) Page Chapter 10 MIDI Mode Press the MIDI mode button to enter MIDI mode. Here you’ll configure the K2500’s response to incoming MIDI messages, as well as customize those that the K2500 sends to other MIDI devices in your system.
- Page 2 MIDI Mode The Transmit (XMIT) Page of your MIDI controller. If you set them to match, the remaining parameters will take effect as well. Control Setup This is where you define the Control Setup, layer one of which is used by all K2500 programs. Refer to chapters 6 and 7 of this manual for more information on the Control Setup.
- Page 3 MIDI Mode The Transmit (XMIT) Page Also important: Both the transmit and receive velocity maps should be left at values of Linear unless you really need to change them. The linear maps will give you the most consistent results. If you have a keyboard model of the K2500, keep in mind that the setting of the Veltouch parameter in Master mode also has an effect on the transmit velocity map.
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Page 4: The Receive (Recv) Page
MIDI Mode The Receive (RECV) Page The Receive (RECV) Page Press RECV to select the Receive page, where you define the K2500’s response to incoming MIDI signals. MIDIMode:RECEIVE|||||||||||||||||||||||| BasicChannel: 1|||||||||SysExID:|||0||||| MIDI|Mode|||:Multi|||||SCSI|ID:|||6||||| AllNotesOff|:Normal||||BendSmooth:On|||| ProgChgType|:Extended||LocalKbdCh:None|| VelocityMap:|1|Linear||BankSelect:Ctl|32 PressureMap:|1|Linear||PowerMode|:User|| XMIT||| RECV||| CHANLS| PrgChg| RsetCh| Panic PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES DEFAULT... - Page 5 MIDI Mode The Receive (RECV) Page sequence, for example, if you’re driving your K2500 from one of Roland’s hardware sequencers. Setting this parameter to Ignore will take care of this problem. Regardless of the setting for this parameter, the K2500 will always respond to its own Panic button by shutting off all active notes and controllers.
- Page 6 MIDI Mode The Receive (RECV) Page Local Keyboard Channel (LocalKbdCh) Note: You won’t generally want to change the setting of the Local Keyboard Channel parameter unless you are using the rack version of the K2500. The available values for this parameter are None, and 1–16. The default is None, which disables the local keyboard feature, since you may not want to send your MIDI controller’s MIDI information to devices connected to the K2500’s MIDI Out port.
- Page 7 MIDI Mode The Receive (RECV) Page The controllers listed in the second column correspond to the control source parameters on the MIDI XMIT page and in the Setup Editor. When you’re in Program mode, the values that you’ve set for these six parameters on the MIDI mode XMIT page determine what control message gets sent to the K2500 and to its MIDI Out port when the K2500 receives the control messages in the first column.
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Page 8: The Channels Page
MIDI Mode The Channels Page The Channels Page Press the CHANLS soft button to select the CHANLS page, where you can define numerous parameters for each MIDI channel independently. Use the CHAN/BANK buttons to select the MIDI channel you wish to work on. The CHANLS page is very useful when you’re doing multi-timbral sequencing, with programs assigned to numerous MIDI channels. - Page 9 MIDI Mode The Channels Page Volume This sets the volume for any program assigned to the currently selected channel. A value of 0 is silence, and a value of 127 is full volume. The value of this parameter will change in response to MIDI Volume (MIDI 07) messages, unless the VolLock parameter (described below) is set to On.
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Page 10: Program Change Formats
0–127 only. Extended Other K2500s (or K2000s) similarly set, plus all other instruments that use the Bank Change controller Kurzweil K1200s, and 1000s with version 5 software QA Bank E Other K2500s (or K2000s) similarly set, when in Quick Access... - Page 11 Extended setting and the Kurzweil setting is this: In Extended, the K2500 will receive and respond to both the Bank Change controller and double program change method, but it will always transmit the Bank Change controller. When set to Kurzweil, the K2500 will receive and transmit only the double program change method.
- Page 12 MIDI Mode Program Change Formats If your K2500 is already in the memory bank you want to use, you can send it single PCHs from 0 to 99, to select programs within that memory bank. If you want to change the memory bank, the K2500 must receive either an MC 32 message with value 0–9, or a PCH with value 100–109.
- Page 13 PCH: value 127 PCH: value 104 No change in current program; 400s bank is selected pending next PCH When you send Kurzweil program changes via MIDI, the K2500 always sends two PCHs. A few examples: Front panel selection: program change commands sent:...
- Page 14 MIDI Mode Program Change Formats We’ll discuss the receiving side first. When you’re using this format, the K2500 will respond to either MC 32s or PCHs. The acceptable ranges of values are different, however, as is the interpretation the K2500 makes. Instead of responding by selecting programs, the K2500 responds by selecting entries within the currently selected Quick Access bank.
- Page 15 MIDI Mode Program Change Formats If the Zeros Memory Bank is Currently Selected 1st program change 2nd program change Resulting selection: command received: command received: MC 32: value 0 PCH: value 6 No change (the K2500 interprets this as QA bank 0, entry 6. There is no QA bank 0.
- Page 16 MC 32 type. The currently selected memory bank is not included the program change command. Quick Access Banks—Kurzweil (QA BANK K) In terms of receiving program change commands, this works almost exactly like the QA Bank E format.
- Page 17 MIDI Mode Program Change Formats The transmitting side of this format is similar to the QA Bank E format as well, as the following diagram shows. The banks and entries you select are translated into two standard program change commands sent in rapid succession. Entry selected from alphanumeric pad (or Currently selected...
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Page 18: The Soft Buttons In Midi Mode
MIDI Mode The Soft Buttons in MIDI Mode The Soft Buttons in MIDI Mode The first three soft buttons select the three MIDI mode pages. The PrgChg soft button lets you send a program change command on any MIDI channel. The RsetCh soft button lets you return all channel parameters to their default values.