Using The K150X; Communicating With The K150X; The Buttons On The Front Panel - Kurzweil K150 User Manual

Using the K150X

In this chapter you'll be introduced to the button-pads of the K150X, and briefed on what the individual buttons do and how
they work. This will lead into a discussion of the editors and how to use them.

Communicating with the K150X

All your interaction with the K150X is through the front panel button-pad and display.
Using the buttons on the front panel, you tell the K150X what to do. The K150X gives information back to you visually
through its display, and audibly through its audio output, enabling you to listen to changes as you make them.

The Buttons on the Front Panel

From here on, we're going to divide the buttons on the front panel into 2 halves: the left button-pad and the right button-pad,
as shown in Figure 2-1. Each of these halves is used to perform different functions.
CHANNEL
F1
PROG
SAVE
CHORUS
INCR
CTRLS
NEXT
The Left Buttonpad
The left button-pad is used to select parameters to edit, and to perform various other operations while editing. Although there
are only 12 keys, they perform many operations by doing different things depending on what you're up to and how you got
there. Sequences of previous button selections can make a difference in what a button does. (Don't worry, the display helps
you keep track of your button selections.)
On the Buttons. Written on the buttons are names or abbreviations for what they do if you press them directly (i.e. if you
haven't just pressed the EDIT button), as shown in Table 2-1.
Button Meaning
F1 Function #1
F2 Function *2
F3
Function #3
SAVE save
CANC cancel
UNDO undo
INCR increment
TUNE MIDI
F2 F3
REGION LAYER
CANCEL UNDO
VIB EQ
DECR CLR
MISC
PREV EDIT
left button-pad
Figure 2-1. The Front Panel Buttons.
Left Button-pad Buttons
changes - we'll get back to them
save the current changes
cancel all changes since the last time save was pressed
undoes (re-does) the last value change
increment the value (i.e. raise it)
LEFT
1
4
7
NO
-
right button-pad
Table 2-1
What It Does
2-1
CENTER RIGHT
2 3
5 6
8 9
YES
0 ENTR