Data Entry; The Alpha Wheel; The Plus/Minus Buttons; The Alphanumeric Pad - Kurzweil K2600 Musician's Manual

The Exit Button
Press Exit to leave the current editor. If youÕve changed the value of any parameter while in that
editor, the K2600 will ask you whether you want to save your changes before you can leave the
editor. See page 5-3 for information on saving and naming. The Exit button also takes you to
Program mode if youÕre on the entry level page of one of the other modes. If at some point you
canÕt seem to get where you want to go, press Exit one or more times to return to Program mode,
then try again.

Data Entry

The data entry section of the front panel includes the Alpha wheel, the Plus/Minus buttons, and
the 14-button alphanumeric pad.

The Alpha Wheel

The Alpha Wheel is especially useful because it can quickly enter large or small changes in
value. If you turn the Alpha Wheel one click to the right, youÕll increase the value of the
currently selected parameter by one increment. One click to the left decreases the value by one
increment. If you turn it rapidly, youÕll jump by several increments. You can also use the Alpha
Wheel to enter names when youÕre saving objects.

The Plus/Minus Buttons

These buttons are located just under the Alpha Wheel. The Plus button increases the value of the
currently selected parameter by one, and the Minus button decreases it by one. These buttons
are most useful when youÕre scrolling through a short list of values, or when you want to be sure
youÕre changing the value by one increment at a time. One press of the Plus or Minus button
corresponds to one click to the right or left with the Alpha Wheel. These buttons will repeat if
pressed and held.
Pressing the Plus and Minus buttons simultaneously will move you through the current list of
values in large chunks instead of one by one. Often this is in even increments (10, 100, etc.).
DonÕt confuse these buttons with the +/- button on the alphanumeric pad. This button is used
primarily for entering negative numeric values and switching from uppercase to lowercase
letters (and vice versa).

The Alphanumeric Pad

As its name implies, this set of 14 buttons lets you enter numeric values, and to enter names one
character at a time. Depending on where you are, the K2600 automatically enters letters or
numerals as appropriate (you donÕt have to select between alphabetic or numeric entry).
When youÕre entering numeric values, press the corresponding numeric buttons, ignoring
decimal places if any (to enter 1.16, for example, press 1, 1, 6, Enter). The display will reßect
your entries, but the value wonÕt actually change until you press Enter. Before pressing Enter,
you can return to the original value by pressing Cancel. Pressing Clear is the same as pressing 0
without pressing Enter.
When entering names, you can use the Left/Right cursor buttons or the <<< / >>> soft
buttons to move the cursor to the character you want to change. Use the labels under the
alphanumeric buttons as a guide to character entry. Press the corresponding button one or more
times to insert the desired character above the cursor. The Cancel button is equivalent to the
>>> soft button, and Enter is the same as OK. The Clear button replaces the currently selected
character with a space. The +/- button toggles between uppercase and lowercase letters.
User Interface Basics
Data Entry
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