The Front Panel; Pitch Wheel; Modulation Wheel - Kurzweil KME61 - REV A User Manual

Getting Started
Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port of the KME61 to the MIDI In port of the device
you want to control – another MIDI musical instrument or any device that accepts MIDI, such
as a computer with a MIDI interface or an integrated MIDI In port. This makes the KME61 a
MIDI control device, and you can use it to play other instruments, make recordings using
sequencers, or send MIDI System Exclusive (SysEx) messages for storing setups and effects
settings externally.
Using the KME61 as a MIDI Slave (MIDI In)
Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port of the instrument or device that you're using
as the MIDI master to the MIDI In port of the KME61. This makes the KME61 a MIDI slave,
enabling you to play its sounds from any MIDI instrument – keyboard, wind controller, drum
pads, whatever – or to control it via MIDI devices like dedicated sequencers or computers
running sequencing applications. The KME61 can receive 16 independent channels of MIDI
information.
MIDI Thru
The MIDI Thru port passes along whatever MIDI information the KME61 receives at its MIDI
In port (but not the MIDI information that the KME61 itself generates). This makes it easy to
include the KME61 in a chain of multiple MIDI devices, which is a common configuration
when you're using a computer for sequencing.
LCD Contrast control
Use this to control the LCD's contrast for best readability.

The Front Panel

The KME61's front panel is illustrated in detail below.
Master
Volume

Pitch Wheel

Master
Volume
Mod Wheel
Slider
Pitch Wheel
The Pitch Wheel typically performs a pitch bending function with upward motion bending
pitch upwards and downward motion bending pitch downwards. It also transmits MIDI
Pitchbend messages (MSB and LSB) to internal sounds and external MIDI for each active
zone.

Modulation Wheel

The Modulation Wheel may control a different characteristic of the sound. The Modulation
Wheel transmits MIDI controller #1 messages to internal sounds and external MIDI for each
active zone.
2-4
Mode
Menu
Buttons
Buttons
MODE
Data
Program
Setup
MIDI
Master
Panic
Data
Slider
Group/User Setups
Value
Buttons
LCD
USER SETUPS
GROUP
Piano 1 Piano 2 E Piano 1 E Piano 2 Pop Keys
Strings Voices
PROGRAMS FACTORY SETUPS
1 2
Demo
9 10
Soft Programs/Factory Setups
Buttons
Select Buttons
Clavier Organ Brass
Synths Pads Guitar Bass Drums Percussion
3 4 5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15 16
Select Buttons