The Output Page - Kurzweil K2000 - MUSICIANS GUIDE Musician's Manual

Program Mode and the Program Editor
The Program Editor—Pages
Key Tracking
This uses the MIDI note numbers of the notes you play as a control source affecting the
individual amplitudes of each note in the current layer. Positive values increase the amplitude
as you play higher-pitched notes. For example, if the key tracking is .20 dB/key, then C#4 will
be .20 dB louder than C 4 if triggered with the same attack velocity. If the value for this
parameter were negative, C#4 would have less amplitude than C 4. A word of caution here:
values above 0.30 dB/key (or below Ð0.30) can generate extremely high amplitude levels. If you
set this parameter that high without lowering the value of the Adjust parameter to -12 dB or
lower, your sound may clip, which can be useful, but it isnÕt necessarily what you want.
Velocity Tracking
This essentially adjusts the steepness of the curve applied by the VelTouch setting (Master
mode). At a value of 0, every note in the current layer would have the same amplitude,
regardless of its attack velocity. When the value is positive, note amplitude increases as attack
velocity increases. When the value is negative, note amplitude decreases as attack velocity
increases. Larger values increase the range between minimum and maximum amplitude, so
with a large positive value, the amplitude will be low when you play softly. Small values
decrease the range between min and max, so with a small positive value, youÕll get nearly full
amplitude even with light attack velocities.
Pad
Select one of four attenuation levels for cutting the amplitude of the current layer before the Þnal
amp stage (Pre-amp pad). Use the pad if the layerÕs sound distorts when played. Note:
clipping can occur in earlier algorithm blocks as well. If this is the case, youÕll probably want to
try to remove the clipping in the earlier block, if possible.
Sources 1 and 2, Depth Controls
These are common DSP control parameters, which in this case let you assign control sources to
affect the amplitude of the current layer. The functions of common DSP control parameters are
explained in their own section earlier in this chapter.

The OUTPUT Page

This page is reached by pressing the OUTPUT soft button. This is where you route the signal to
the eight separate outs, and to the MIX outputs, with or without passing through the effects
processor on the way. If youÕre using the MIX outputs, select Output Group A if you want the
layer to appear at the MIX outputs with effects, or Output Group B, C, or D if you want the
layer to appear dry at the MIX outputs.
The OUTPUT page gives you broad control over the audio signal. You can adjust the output
routings of every layer in every program, enabling you to take maximum advantage of the
K2vxÕs ßexible audio output capabilities.
There are actually four different conÞgurations of the OUTPUT page. The one you see depends
on whether the current layer uses a stereo keymap, and whether it uses a double-output
algorithm. A double-output algorithm is one whose signal path is split into two parts before
Þnal ampliÞcation.
Regardless of the pageÕs conÞguration, there are parameters for adjusting the Output Group,
the Pan position, the Output Mode, the Gain, the Crossfade control, and the Crossfade sense.
Layers that use stereo keymaps, or that use double-output algorithms, have additional sets of
Output Group and Pan parameters on their OUTPUT pages.
The following page is for a layer with one keymap and a single-path algorithm.
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