Connecting Scsi; Switching On The Power; Playing The Presets - Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910251 CHAP 2 Reference Manual

Startup

Playing the Presets

Connecting SCSI

You may not have a hard disk or other SCSI device to connect to your K2500 right away, but if
you do, you can connect it to either of the SCSI ports. Please read the following information
carefully; it's very important. Also, there's a collection of SCSI tips in Chapter 10 of the Reference
Guide.
CAUTION: If you plan to connect more than one SCSI device to the K2500 (including an Apple
Macintosh®), you must terminate your SCSI chain properly. Turn to Chapter 13 and read the section
called "SCSI Termination." You can lose data, and possibly damage your K2500 and SCSI devices if
they're not terminated properly.

Switching On the Power

The power switch is located at the lower left of the front panel. When you power up, the
display will briefly say "Welcome to the K2500!" The Program Mode display will then appear.
It looks like the diagram below (the programs shown in the diagram don't necessarily exist):
ProgramMode||||Xpose:0ST|||<>Channel:1||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@|198|James|Jams||||||
KeyMap|Info|||||||#|199|Default|Program|
|Grand|Piano||||||#| ||1|Righteous|Piano|
||||||||||||||||||#|||2|Mondo|Bass||||||
||||||||||||||||||#|||3|Killer|Drums||||
%%%%%%^%%%%%%^%%%%$|||4|Weeping|Guitar||
Octav-| Octav+| Panic|| Sample| Chan-|| Chan+
Set the volume at a comfortable level. You'll get the best signal-to-noise ratio if you keep the
K2500 at full volume (turn the volume knob fully clockwise), and adjust the level from your
mixing board. You may also want to adjust the display contrast. This is done with the Contrast
parameter in Master mode. See Chapter 11. As you trigger notes from your MIDI controller,
you'll see the MIDI LED flash. If it doesn't flash, check your MIDI cables and connections.
Playing the Presets
There are three things you'll want to check out right away: programs, setups and Quick Access
banks. In performance situations, you'll be selecting your sounds using one of these three
methods.
Programs
The K2500 powers up in Program mode, where you can select and play programs stored in
ROM or RAM . Programs are preset sounds composed of one to three layers of samples or
waveforms—they're called patches, voices, and presets on other instruments. If you've left
Program mode, just press the Program mode button to return.
Take a minute to familiarize yourself with the Program mode display. It gives you some helpful
basic information, like the MIDI transposition, what MIDI channel you're on, and which
program is currently selected. The box at the left of the display tells you which keymap is used
by each layer of the current program (a keymap is a collection of samples). The line under each
keymap name gives a rough indication of the keyboard range of the layer. In the figure below,
the Grand Piano keymap covers the full range from C 0 to C 8. You can change MIDI channels
with the Chan- and Chan+ buttons under the display. You can transpose by octaves by
pressing the Octav buttons under the display (if the LocalKbdCh parameter on the RECV page
in MIDI mode matches the transmitting channel of your MIDI controller—see Chapter 10). The
bottom line of the display identifies the function of each of the buttons beneath the display.
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