Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910251 CHAP 12 Getting Started Manual page 9

Mix Your Song
The SongMode:MIX page lets you change the panning and volume levels for the tracks in your
song. Needless to say, this is one of the most important steps in the completion of your song
production, and potentially one of the most creative. This example will keep things simple by
showing you how to change the volume level of one of your instruments. We'll also take a
quick look at the track mute feature.
1. Press the MIXER soft button to bring up the SongMode:MIX page.
The icons that represent pan position knobs and volume level faders resemble the controls
on a traditional mixing board. Manipulating them should be quite intuitive. Simply
position the cursor over a pan position knob or volume level fader, then turn the alpha
wheel to set the level you want.
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Track 3 Volume Level Fader
For example, suppose you want to turn down the organ on track 3:
2. Use the arrow keys to position the cursor over track 3's volume level fader on the
SongMode:MIX page.
Although the tracks aren't numbered on the SongMode:MIX page, they are laid out
logically: left-to-right, from 1 through 16 consecutively. Track 3, then, is the third track
from the left.
3. Use the alpha wheel to turn down the volume of the track by changing the position of
the volume slider.
4. Press the Keep soft button and confirm the change.
Now when you play back the song, track 3's volume will start playing at the newly set
level.
You can also record real-time volume and pan changes from the MIX page or enter
numeric values for these parameters on the MAIN page.
Using the Mode Buttons to Mute a Track
Finally, we'll take a quick look at the track mute feature, which lets you use the K2500's mode
buttons to mute individual tracks. This can be invaluable during mixdown.
You may have noticed a horizontal line underneath the sliders for tracks 1 through 8 on the
SongMode:MIX page. As the illustration below shows, this is the "Quick Mute Track Bank
Indicator", showing which bank of eight tracks will respond to the eight track mute buttons on
the front panel of the K2500. If you're looking for the track mute buttons on the front panel of
your K2500, they're the eight mode buttons (Program, Setup, etc.); press one of these buttons
Song Mode
Getting Started with the Sequencer
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