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GETTING STARTED GUIDE
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It's the sound.
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Part Number 910588-004
Rev. 004
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  • Page 1 GETTING STARTED GUIDE ® It’s the sound. ® ™ Part Number 910588-004 Rev. 004...

  • Page 2: Getting Started

    Getting Started Features of the K2700 Getting Started This guide will give you a quick overview of the K2700. For more details, download the K2700 Musician’s Guide from www.kurzweil.com. Features of the K2700 Sounds • FlashPlay technology utilizing 4.5GB of instrument Samples including: •...

  • Page 3: Keyboard And Controllers

    A Half Damper pedal (also known as a continuous switch pedal) can be used to allow for “half pedaling” sustain techniques when playing K2700 piano programs. Each jack also supports dual switch pedals, allowing up to 4 switch pedals to be used.

  • Page 4: Quick Start

    Quick Start Setting Up the K2700 1. If your K2700 has been out in the cold during shipping, give it time to warm up to room temperature before powering it on, since condensation may have formed inside. 2. Place the K2700 on a keyboard stand or on a hard, flat, level surface.

  • Page 5: Automatic Powersaving

    (If you have a CC pedal plugged into the CC (VOLUME) jack, make sure it is set to the maximum volume position.) 4. If you are using speakers and the K2700 is not loud enough, turn up the volume on your amplifier or mixer.

  • Page 6: The Front Panel

    VOLUME Slider The VOLUME Slider controls the volume level of the AUDIO OUT and HEADPHONE jacks. Display The display is the main user interface for the K2700. Use the display to view Program and Multi names, controller assignments, and editing functions.

  • Page 7: Category Buttons

    Getting Started The Front Panel Soft Buttons The 6 buttons below the display are called soft buttons. Soft buttons change their functions depending upon which page is being displayed. The functions of the soft buttons on each page are described in the bottom row of the display. Navigation Buttons The Navigation buttons move the cursor in the display and allow you to select the current parameter to be edited.

  • Page 8: Transpose Buttons

    The Front Panel TRANSPOSE Buttons The TRANSPOSE buttons can be used to change the tuning of notes played on the K2700 keyboard in semitones (also known as half steps). The current transpose amount is shown in the top line of the display. Press both TRANSPOSE buttons simultaneously to reset the transposition to 0.
  • Page 9 Getting Started The Front Panel ARPEGGIATOR Section Use the ARP and LATCH buttons to control the K2700’s Arpeggiator, and the CC SEQ button to control the CC Sequencer. TEMPO Section Use the TEMPO section to set the tempo of the Arpeggiator, the rate of tempo synced FX (such as Delay), or the tempo of the current Multi or Song.

  • Page 10: Ribbon Controller

    LED next to the +48V On button will be lit. For more details on using the front panel AUDIO INTERFACE section and rear panel AUDIO IN jacks with various input sources, see Appendix C in the K2700 Musician’s Guide, available from www.kurzweil.com.

  • Page 11: The Rear Panel

    MIDI transmitting port, and the IN port is the MIDI receiving port. To use the K2700 as a MIDI controller for another sound module, use a MIDI cable to connect the K2700’s MIDI OUT port to the MIDI input port of the module that you want to control.

  • Page 12: Usb Ports

    The Rear Panel USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect the K2700 to a computer or USB hard drive in order to do the following: • Stream stereo audio between the K2700 and a DAW running on a computer.
  • Page 13 The SW1 (SUSTAIN) jack is also compatible with continuous switch pedals (Half-Damper) that use a 1/4 inch tip-ring-sleeve plug (such as the Kurzweil KP-1H). When connected to the SW1 (SUSTAIN) jack, a Half Damper pedal enables finer control of Sustain than a standard switch pedal.

  • Page 14: Headphone Jack

    AUDIO IN LEFT/RIGHT Jacks Use the AUDIO IN jacks to mix external audio sources with the sounds of the K2700, apply effects to external audio sources, or route external audio sources to a computer for recording or processing in a DAW. This is useful for playing along with backing tracks from a portable music player, computer, or other electronic instrument.

  • Page 15: Selecting Programs

    Getting Started K2700 Sounds K2700 Sounds The K2700 contains Programs and Multis. A Program is typically a single instrument sound such as a Piano, Organ, or Synth. Programs are organized by instrument type in 13 categories. A Multi is a combination of Programs arranged as layers and/or splits across the keyboard.

  • Page 16: Selecting Multis

    Controller assignments can be adjusted in Program Edit Mode and Multi Edit Mode. For details on using the controllers in Program and Multi Mode, see the K2700 Musician’s Guide, available from www.kurzweil.com.

  • Page 17: Splits And Layers

    Multi, additional Multi Controller and FX settings can be edited in Multi Edit Mode. Modes Program Mode The K2700 always powers up in Program Mode, where single instrument sounds can be played directly from the keyboard, or multitimbrally via MIDI. Saving Programs...

  • Page 18: Multi Edit Mode

    Info The Info Page shows the currently installed operating system and sound object versions. Use this page to check if your K2700 is up to date with the most recent software and sounds posted at www.kurzweil.com. Reset You can return the K2700 to the Factory default state by doing a Reset.

  • Page 19: Double Button Presses

    User objects that you have created can be saved to a USB Flash Drive. Loading from External Storage User objects can be loaded onto the K2700 from a USB Flash Drive. This allows you to load new sounds from Kurzweil or other developers, or to load sounds that you have previously saved.
  • Page 20 Getting Started Double Button Presses Select Next Unused ID When selecting an ID number to save a previously saved User object, press the PREVIOUS and NEXT buttons simultaneously to jump between selecting the previously used ID number, and the next unused ID number. Search The Search page allows you to find any term or series of characters within the currently selected list or range of values.
  • Page 24 ® It’s the sound. ®...

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