Setup Mode; Effects Mode; Midi Mode; Master Mode - Kurzweil K2600 Musician's Manual

The Operating Modes
Using the Modes

Setup Mode

Setup mode lets you select, play, and edit setups. Setups consist of up to eight separate zones,
split or overlapping, each having its own program, MIDI channel, and control parameters.
Setups are great for performance situations, whether youÕre playing multiple K2600 programs
or controlling additional synths connected to the K2600Õs MIDI Out port. Chapter 7 describes
Setup mode and the Setup Editor in detail.
If youÕre using a MIDI controller, you can make use of Setup mode even if your MIDI controller
can transmit on only one MIDI channel at a time. To do this, go to the RECEIVE page in MIDI
mode (by pressing the RECV soft button while in MIDI mode), and set the Local Keyboard
Channel parameter to a value that matches the transmit channel of your MIDI controller. When
you select Setup mode, the K2600 will interpret incoming MIDI information according to the
settings for the currently selected setup. See the discussion of the Local Keyboard Channel
parameter in Chapter 10 for details.
Setup mode also gives you access to Sample mode via the Sample soft button.
Quick Access Mode
Another feature for live performance, Quick Access mode enables you to combine programs and
setups into banks of ten entries. Each of these programs or setups can be selected with a single
alphanumeric button. Different banks are selected with the Chan/Bank buttons. ThereÕs a
selection of factory preset banks, and you can use the Quick Access Editor to create your own
banks and store them in RAM. ThereÕs a full description in Chapter 8.
Quick Access mode gives you access to Sample mode via the Sample soft button.
You can use Quick Access banks as a way to remap incoming or outgoing Program Change
commands. See Program Change Formats on page 10-11.

Effects Mode

Effects mode sets the behavior of the KDFX effects processor. The Effects-mode page lets you tell
the K2600 how to select preset studios (programmed effects conÞgurations) when you change
programs or setups, or lets you choose a preset studio thatÕs applied to every K2600 program.
The Studio Editor allows you to tweak the preset studios, and create your own. Chapters 9
and 15 show you how. You can also listen to the sounds of various effects while in Effects mode,
without selecting different programs.

MIDI Mode

YouÕll use MIDI mode to conÞgure the K2600Õs interaction with other MIDI instruments, by
setting parameters for transmitting and receiving MIDI. YouÕll also use it to conÞgure your
K2600 for multi-timbral sequencing. On the CHANNELS page, you can assign a program to
each channel, and enable or disable each channelÕs response to three types of MIDI control
messages: Program Change, volume and pan. You can also override program output
assignments, and adjust overall program gain. See Chapter 10.

Master Mode

Master mode, described in Chapter 11, contains the parameters that control the entire K2600.
Global settings for tuning, transposition, velocity and aftertouch sensitivity, and other
preferences are adjusted here. You can also get to the SampleMode page from here, using the
Sample soft button.
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