Controllers - Kurzweil K2700 Musician's Manual

Program Mode

Controllers

OCTAVE Soft Buttons
The OCTAVE- and OCTAVE+ soft buttons can be used to change the tuning of notes
played on the K2700 keyboard in octaves. The current transpose amount is shown in
the top line of the Display. Press both OCTAVE soft buttons simultaneously to reset the
transposition to 0. The OCTAVE soft buttons also transpose MIDI notes sent to the USB
and MIDI Out ports.
SPLIT and LAYER Soft Buttons
Use the SPLIT and LAYER soft buttons to split and layer multiple Programs across the
keyboard. For details see
MIDI In/Out Activity Indicators
MIDI In/Out activity indicators are displayed at the top of the screen (shown as 2 MIDI
port symbols with "I" for "in" and "O" for "out"). These indicators briefly light up when
MIDI has been recently sent to or received by the K2700's MIDI/USB ports. If the symbol is
green, this indicates there has been MIDI activity on that port in the last few seconds. If the
symbol is red, this indicates there has been communication with the external software editor
on that port in the last few seconds. If the symbol is grey, this indicates there has been no
MIDI activity on that port in the last few seconds.
Controllers
In Program Mode, you can use the K2700 physical controllers (the Knobs, Sliders, Buttons,
Wheels, Pedals, Pads, Ribbon, ARPEGGIATOR section, and TEMPO section) to modify an
instrument sound during a performance to add variation or expression.
Move a controller to view the assigned parameter name and value in the Display.
Note: Assigned parameter names are not visible in List view, or if the Global Mode "Show
Controllers" parameter is set to No.
If you make changes to the current Program using any of the controllers, the SAVE button
lights up to indicate that a change has been made to that Program. For more information on
the SAVE button, see
VAST Program Controller Assignments
In each of the Factory VAST Programs, each Knob, Slider and Button in the front panel
CONTROL section will usually perform an assignment related to labels printed between
the Knobs and Sliders. Some controls may have different assignments per Program. When a
controller is moved, the name of the current assignment is shown in the Display. Controller
assignments can be adjusted in Program Edit Mode.
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"The Split and Layer Soft Buttons" on page
Save User Programs on page
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