Page 1 Version 3 Software Orchestral and Contemporary ROM Blocks ©2000 All rights reserved. Kurzweil is a product line of Young Chang Co.; Kurzweil, K2000, PC2, and VGM are trademarks of Young Chang Co. All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Page 2: Radio And Television Interference
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents Young Chang Distributors ............................... iii Chapter 1 System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 2 System Software ............................. 1-1 Major Features in Version 2 ............................ 1-2 Sampling/Audio Features..........................1-2 Sample-Editing Features:..........................1-3 Other Version 2 Features ............................1-3 Intonation Table Editor ............................ 1-3 Attack Control ..............................
Page 6 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Contents The Preview Soft Button ..........................2-6 Sampling the K2000’s Output ......................... 2-6 Sampling Digital Signals..........................2-6 Cable ................................... 2-7 Format ................................2-7 Using the Digital Outputs.............................. 2-7 Editing Samples................................2-8 The Function Soft Buttons in the Sample Editor ....................2-8 Zoom- and Zoom+............................
Page 7 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Contents 14 Time Warp..............................2-24 15 Pitch Shift ..............................2-25 16 Mix Beat............................... 2-25 17 Replicate ..............................2-27 18 Mix Echo..............................2-27 19 Beat Volume Adjust ........................... 2-28 20 Crossfade Loop (XfadeLoop) ........................2-28 Crossfade and Volume Adjust Curves ........................ 2-29 Reading Samples ................................
Page 8 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Contents Soft Buttons on the MAIN Page........................... 3-22 Record................................3-22 Play ................................... 3-22 Pause................................. 3-23 Stop ................................... 3-23 Erase.................................. 3-23 MISC ................................. 3-23 MIXER ................................3-23 The Save Dialog (Save this song?) ........................3-24 The Save Dialog (Save NewSong?)........................3-24 The Erase Track Dialog............................
Page 9 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Contents TrackDest................................3-37 DrumTrack ............................... 3-37 Soft Buttons on the COMMON Page ........................3-37 Song Editor: The EVENT Page..........................3-37 Location ................................3-38 Bar, Beat, and Tick............................3-38 Event Type and Value............................. 3-38 Soft Buttons on the EVENT Page......................... 3-39 Song Editor: The TRACK Page ..........................
Page 10 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Contents Mode ................................. 3-51 Track Functions: Thin ............................3-52 Percent ................................3-52 Track Functions: Remap ............................3-52 Track Functions: Grab............................3-53 SrcSong (Source Song)............................ 3-53 DstTrack (Destination Track)......................... 3-53 Location ................................3-54 Times................................3-54 Song Editor: The STEP Page ..........................3-54 Recording With the STEP Editor..........................
Page 11 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Contents The File Index ................................4-5 Select ..................................4-6 Root .................................... 4-7 Parent ..................................4-7 Open................................... 4-7 Pressing Open on Directories.......................... 4-7 Pressing Open on Files ............................. 4-7 OK ....................................4-7 Cancel ..................................4-8 Total.................................... 4-8 Quick Scrolling to Subdirectories ..........................
Page 12 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Contents The Macro Page ..............................4-37 Macro Modes ................................4-37 The Macro Table ..............................4-38 How to Make a Macro File............................ 4-39 Creating the Macro ............................4-39 Saving the Macro File ............................. 4-40 Loading the Macro File ..........................4-41 Macro Entries................................
Page 13 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Contents Reverb in Multi FX..............................B-2 Gated Reverb ................................B-2 Reverse Reverb ................................. B-2 Parametric EQ................................B-3 Graphic EQ................................B-3 Stereo Chorus................................B-3 Stereo Flange................................B-3 Stereo Delay ................................B-4 4 Tap Delay................................B-4 Other ..................................B-4 Appendix C Special Button Presses Mode Buttons...................................C-1...
Page 15: System Software Versions 2 And 3
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 2 System Software Chapter 1 System Software Versions 2 and 3 This manual is a supplement to the Musician’s Guide for the K2000 and K2000R. It describes the new features introduced by Versions 2 and 3 system software, as well as the Orchestral and Contemporary ROM options.
Page 16: Major Features In Version 2
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 2 System Software Major Features in Version 2 The major changes to the System software for Version 2 pertain to the sampling option: • There’s an enhanced sample editor, with graphic waveform display, cut/copy/paste sample editing, non-real time DSP functions, and numerous miscellaneous improvements.
Page 17: Sample-Editing Features
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 2 System Software Sample-Editing Features: • Graphic display of sample waveform, with zoom and gain control, calibrated in dB • View and edit samples either by a numerical index of the individual sample elements, or by the sample’s length in seconds •...
Page 18: Note Triggering
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 2 System Software Note Triggering You can trigger notes with key release (key-up) instead of key attack (key-down). Just set a value of Rvrs (Reverse) for the Trig parameter on the LAYER pge in the Program Editor. The initial velocities of notes triggered this way are determined by the release velocities of the keys that trigger them.
Page 19: Sampling The K2000'S Output
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 3 System Software Sampling the K2000’s Output If you’re in Analog sampling mode, and there are no cables connected to the K2000’s Analog sample input, you can sample the K2000 itself. This is done by triggering a note, then pressing the Record soft button.
Page 20: Disk System Improvements
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 3 System Software Disk System Improvements • A new parameter, Verify, has been added to the Disk page. This option, which is off by default, double-checks the data integrity of all your backup, copy, and save operations. Veriﬁcation also, however, increases the time required for these operations;...
Page 21: Sequencer Improvements
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 3 System Software data and merge user-created programs in K2000 format, even when loading foreign CD-ROM formats (Akai, Roland). • The “re-link by name” feature lets you save objects independently of their dependent objects, which can be stored in separate ﬁles.
Page 22: New Parameters On The Midi Receive Page
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 3 System Software New Parameters on the MIDI Receive Page The Bank Select parameter allows you to choose between having the K2000 respond to Controller 0 or Controller 32 (or both). The reason for this is that various manufacturers have chosen one method or the other.
Page 23: New Shortcuts
System Software Versions 2 and 3 Version 3 System Software GKeyNum is a control source that uses the key number (global) to modify whatever it is assigned to control. Higher notes have a very different effect from lower notes. You can use this new Source to control any K2000 parameter, such as F/X depth, or to scale amplitude or pitch.
Page 24: Guitar/Wind Controller Mode
Guitar/Wind Controller Mode If you’re using a guitar controller or wind controller with your K2000, you may not always get the sound you expect. Since these controllers sometimes send MIDI Note On commands before sending Breath or Volume data, you might not hear all of the attack transients that characterize each instrument.
Page 25: Sampling With The K2000
Sampling with the K2000 Setting Up For Sampling Chapter 2 Sampling with the K2000 Setting Up For Sampling Before you begin sampling, you’ll need to connect the proper cables from your sample source to your K2000. The cables and input jacks you use depend on the sample format you choose, and the output conﬁguration of your sample source.
Page 26: Input
Sampling with the K2000 Setting Up For Sampling Running your sample signal through a mixer before sending it to the K2000 will give you the most ﬂexibility in controlling your signal level, since you can use its gain or pad if needed. This may add noise to the signal, however.
Page 27: Rate
Sampling with the K2000 Setting Up For Sampling The meters are inoperative during actual sampling, so make a few tests of your levels before you begin to record. Rate After you’ve set your levels, you need to select the sample rate. You have four rates to choose from.
Page 28: Threshold (Thresh)
Sampling with the K2000 Setting Up For Sampling Threshold (Thresh) The Thresh parameter controls when the K2000 actually begins sampling incoming signals. If you set it to a value of Off, sampling begins immediately when you press the Record soft button. Otherwise the K2000 waits for the incoming signal to exceed a speciﬁed threshold before beginning to record.
Page 29: Monitor (Mon)
Sampling with the K2000 Setting Up For Sampling Monitor (Mon) The Monitor parameter provides a convenient way to listen to what you’re recording. When set to a value of On, any signal received at the analog sample input will appear at the K2000’s MIX outputs and the headphone jack.
Page 30: The Timer Soft Button
Sampling with the K2000 Setting Up For Sampling The Timer Soft Button If you need to delay the beginning of your sample recording, you can press the Timer soft button instead of the Record or Auto soft buttons. This begins a ten-second countdown before sample recording actually starts.
Page 31: Cable
Sampling with the K2000 Using the Digital Outputs does not appear when sampling digitally. Any monitoring you wish to do must be done from the sample source. Cable Set the Cable parameter to a value of Coaxial or Optical, depending on the type of cable you’re using.
Page 32: Editing Samples
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples Editing Samples Most of the functions within the Sample Editor follow a general pattern. There are two ways to enter the Sample Editor. If you start from Master mode and press the Sample soft button, then select a sample and press Edit, you can hear the isolated sample.
Page 33: Gain- And Gain
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples Gain- and Gain+ Also active only for the TRIM and LOOP pages, these buttons increase or decrease the magniﬁcation of the currently displayed sample waveform, enabling you to see the waveform in greater or lesser detail. At the left of the display, you’ll see the magniﬁcation setting, which is expressed in dB units.
Page 34: Name, Save, Delete, And Dump
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples colon ( ) following the parameter’s name will change to an arrow ( ) to indicate that it is linked. > You can link any or all of the four sample points. When sample points are linked, moving one of them will move the linked points correspondingly.
Page 35: Root Key Number
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples The default values shown in this diagram reﬂect the settings for the Default program 199. EditRomSample:MISC|||||||||||||||||||||| RootKeyNum||:G#1||||LoopSwitch:On||||||| PitchAdjust|:-12ct||Playback||:Normal||| VolumeAdjust:0.0dB||AltSense||:Norm||||| AltVolAdjust:-0.5dB|IgnRelease:Off|||||| DecayRate|||:3bB/s||SampleSize=101Kb|||| ReleaseRate|:106dB/|SampleRate=19200Hz|| <more|||MISC|||TRIM|||LOOP|||Link||more> Parameter Range of Values Root Key Number C -1 to G 9 Pitch Adjust Variable (depends on sample rate) Volume Adjust...
Page 36: Decay Rate
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples Decay Rate Use this parameter to specify how long the sample will take to decay (fade) to zero amplitude when a note is sustained, either by holding the key (or other note trigger), or with the sustain pedal.
Page 37: The Trim Page
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples The TRIM Page The TRIM page lets you set the Start, Alt, Loop, and End points of the current sample. The top line tells you whether you’re editing a ROM or RAM sample, and indicates the zoom setting. At the left of the display is the Gain (display magniﬁcation) setting.
Page 38: The Loop Page
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples End, looped samples loop in the same way while notes are sustained. As soon as you release the notes, however, the samples play through to the Alt point before going into release. The Loop (L) parameter sets the beginning of the looped portion of the current sample. Although you can adjust this parameter while you’re on the TRIM page, you’ll normally want to adjust it while viewing the LOOP page, so you can see the loop transition points, enabling you to create as smooth a loop as possible.
Page 39: The Dsp Page (Ram Samples Only)
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples “disappears” off the far right side of the display, and “reappears” at the thick dividing bar at the center of the display. The waveform again progresses to the right, representing the ﬁnal portion of the loop segment. It reaches the dotted vertical transition line, representing the End point of the sample, where it jumps once again to the loop point and repeats the cycle.
Page 40: The Soft Buttons On The Dsp Page
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples Please keep in mind that the Start and End parameters on the DSP pages are not the same as the sample Start (S) and End (E) parameters that you set on the TRIM and LOOP pages. When you’re working on one of the sample DSP functions, Start and End position refer to the range of the sample that you want to process.
Page 41: Copy
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples Copy Use this button to store the selected sample segment in a buffer without altering the current sample. The copied segment remains in memory until you replace it with another cut or copy command, or until the K2000 is shut off. Paste This button has an effect only after you’ve cut or copied a sample segment using the Cut or Copy soft buttons.
Page 42: Normalize
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples 1 Normalize F:Normalize||Start:0.000||||End:6.000||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV -6dB>||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| **************************************** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Cut||||Copy||Paste||Samp2|||Go||||Done| With the Normalize function, you can rescale the amplitude of the selected sample segment to optimize its level relative to other samples. The Normalize function uniformly boosts the amplitude of the current sample range as high as possible without clipping, stopping just before the loudest element of the sample would be clipped.
Page 43: Volume Adjust
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples 3 Volume Adjust F:VolAdjust||Start:1.019||||End:5.126||| VolAdj:0dB|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV -6dB>||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| **************************************** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Cut||||Copy||Paste||Samp2|||Go||||Done| Use this function for a uniform cut or boost in the amplitude of the selected sample segment. This function will clip samples if you adjust the volume too high. This won’t hurt the K2000, and you may ﬁnd it useful in some applications.
Page 44: Reverse
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples Unlike the Clear function, Delete erases the samples within the selected range and shortens the sample, like cutting a section out of a tape and splicing the ends. If you want to silence a segment of the sample without shortening it, use the Clear function.
Page 45: Invert
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples 7 Invert F:Invert|||||Start:0.000||||End:6.000||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV -6dB>||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| **************************************** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Cut||||Copy||Paste||Samp2|||Go||||Done| Use this function to invert the waveform of the selected sample range. The results will vary depending on the type of sample. For an interesting phase effect, make a copy of a sample, then invert the copy, then assign it to the keymap of a second layer in a program that uses the original sample in the keymap of the ﬁrst layer (or set them as the Left and Right samples in a stereo keymap).
Page 46: 10 Insert
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples With this function you select a segment from Sample 2, and merge it with the selected segment from Sample 1, beginning at the point you set with the Start parameter. This is equivalent to mixing two audio signals through a mixing board.
Page 47: 11 Volume Ramp
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples inserted sample. If you don’t want this pitch shift, use the Resample function to match the sample rates of the two samples before inserting. 11 Volume Ramp F:VolRamp||||Start:0.000||||End:6.000||| Curve:LIN|||StartLvl:0dB|||||EndLvl:0dB| VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV -6dB>||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| **************************************** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Cut||||Copy||Paste||Samp2|||Go||||Done| This function lets you apply a ramp to the volume of the selected sample range.
Page 48: 13 Resample
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples Use the Curve parameter to select the shape of the curve within the selected segment. The available values are LIN, EXP, COS, EQL, and MIX. See Crossfade and Volume Adjust Curves on page 2-29 for more information about these curves. 13 Resample F:Resample|||Start:0.000||||End:6.000||| NewRate:20000Hz|||Quick:0|||||||||||||||...
Page 49: 15 Pitch Shift
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples The Start and End parameters deﬁne the segment to be processed. Use the New Length (NewLen) parameter to specify how long you want the resulting sample to be. While the function is in progress, the display indicates the percentage of individual sample segments that have been processed.
Page 50 Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples The Tempo parameter sets the interval between repetitions in beats per minute. The Of parameter establishes the number of beats per measure, and the Beat parameter sets which beat gets mixed. For example, if you set the Tempo parameter to 120, you’ll have two beats per second.
Page 51: 17 Replicate
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples F:MixBeat||||Start:0.000||||End:6.000||| Tempo:120|Beat:1||Of:1||VolAdj:0dB|||||| VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV -6dB>||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| **************************************** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Cut||||Copy||Paste||Samp2|||Go||||Done| If you change Beat to 3, Sample 2 will play on beats 3, 7, and 11. If you set Beat to 1 and Of to 6, Sample 2 will play on beats 1 and 7.
Page 52: 19 Beat Volume Adjust
Sampling with the K2000 Editing Samples 2 segment begins being mixed with the selected Sample 1 segment. Sample 2 is repeated on every beat after this starting point. The # parameter determines how many times the Sample 2 segment is repeated. The Volume Adjust parameter affects the volume of each repetition of Sample 2.
Page 53: Crossfade And Volume Adjust Curves
Sampling with the K2000 Reading Samples sample, or with the Loop and End points on the XfadeLoop page. Changing the Loop and End parameters on the XfadeLoop page also changes them on the TRIM and LOOP pages, and vice versa. Using this function is equivalent to setting the loop on the LOOP page, but with the added feature of a crossfade at the loop transition point.
Page 54: Akai
When you return to Disk mode, this ﬁle will be selected. Once you’ve loaded a sample or program ﬁle, you can save it as a Kurzweil object. You’ll ﬁnd it it can be loaded and backed up much faster as a Kurzweil object than in its original format.
Page 55: Roland
Sampling with the K2000 Reading Samples If you load sample objects, you’ll see the following prompt: Create|preview If you answer Yes, the K2000 loads the samples into a program that it program/keymap? creates based on Layer 1 of Program 199. Loading program objects will load multi-layer samples and keymaps, and sometimes velocity switches.
Page 57: Song Mode And Sequencing
Chapter 3 Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer The K2000’s sequencer is a powerful and versatile tool for songwriters, composers, and anyone else who needs to record and play back songs. As with any tool, however, it’s best to start with the basics.
Page 58: Tutorial: Recording A Song
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer rechannelized information and sends it out the MIDI port. This lets you hear an external module while you are recording a track assigned to that module. Tutorial: Recording a Song In this tutorial, we’ll record a song by using the steps described below. Bear in mind, though, that this is just one approach to sequencing a song.
Page 59 Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer Notice that the sequencer is ready for you to record a new song, and the record track (RecTrk) is set to track 1. If doesn’t appear in the CurSong ﬁeld, press the 1|NewSong MISC soft button, then press the New soft button on the MISC page.
Page 60: Record A Drum Loop
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer Record a Drum Loop Our song will be based around a four measure drum loop that we’ll record now. Then, a little later on, we’ll “unloop” the drum track and really start jamming. The length of the drum loop is determined by the current endpoint, so we’ll start by recording four measures of silence to set the endpoint.
Page 61 Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer highlighted when you press Edit, you’ll enter the Program Editor, which is not what you want to do right now.) You should be looking at the COMMON page: EditSong:COMMON||||||||||||||<>Track:1|| Tempo|||||:120||||||StartStep|||:1|||||| TimeSig|||:4/|4|||||TempoControl:Song||| EffectChan:1||||||||TriggerChan|:1|||||| ChainTo|||:0|None|||TriggerCtl||:ON||||| TrackDest|:----|----|----|----||||||||||...
Page 62: Play
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer To change the endpoint from 6:1 (or any other incorrect value) to 5:1, press the right arrow button to position the cursor in the Bar:Beat:Tick column (6:1.000 in the above example). Type 51000 then press the Enter button.
Page 63: Record A Bass Line
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer Press the Record soft button, observe the indicator on the top line, then press REC|READY the Play soft button when you’re ready to begin. Remember to wait for the four beat count off before you start to play.
Page 64: Record The Remaining Instruments In Your Song
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer This line shows whether tracks contain recorded data. In tihs case, only Track 1 (a playback track) contains data. If Track 1 were the recording track, then instead of the box, you’d see a + if Mode were Merge, or an x if Mode were Erase.
Page 65: Mix Your Song
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer Notice the small squares above the track status indicators for Tracks 1 and 2, reminding you that you’ve now got material on two tracks. SongMode:MAIN||Events:186K|||STOPPED|||| CurSong:200*NewSong||||||||||Tempo:120|| RecTrk|:3||||Vol:127|Pan:64||Mode|:Merge Program:122|Ballad|Organ|||||Locat:||1:1 ||||||||{|{||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Track||:P|P|R|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| Channel:1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10111213141516 Record||Play|||Stop||Erase||MISC||MIXER| 2.
Page 66: Using The Mode Buttons To Mute A Track
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer 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.
Page 67: Tutorial: Arrangements
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer Tracks that are Tracks that are Mode Button muted when M 1-8 muted when M 9–16 is selected is selected Program Setup Quick Access Effects MIDI Master Song Disk Let’s listen to our song with and without drums: 1.
Page 68: Arrangement Parameters: The Arrange Page
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer First of all, many pieces of music tend to be composed in sections. If your music tends to feature various sections repeated in varying order, using the Arrangement Editor can be easier than copying those sections and pasting them into a single song.
Page 69: Arrangement Parameters: The Common Page
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer to the track you want to mute, and press either the Increment or Decrement button to change the dash to M. This mutes the track. Muting tracks is a good way to make several different-sounding steps out of the same song. If you create a multi-step arrangement in which each step uses the same song—with different tracks muted in each step—you can bring different parts in and out in each step.
Page 70: Removing Initial Events From Step One
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer By the time you’ve recorded several tracks, these events start to stack up at the exact same point in time. The K2000 processes these events sequentially, and if enough events happen at the same time, some of them get delayed.
Page 71: Recording Additional Tracks
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer Recording Additional Tracks So far, all of the recording we’ve described has been done in the individual songs used as steps. The arrangement song we created has no data in it. But you can also record tracks in the arrangement song.
Page 72: Triggering Arrangement Steps From The Keyboard
Song Mode and Sequencing Getting Started with the Sequencer 4. Using the Song parameter, call up the song you just recorded. This makes your song a step in the arrangement song, which you’re currently editing. Press Done to return to the COMMON page.
Page 73: Song Mode: The Main Page
Song Mode and Sequencing Song Mode: The MAIN Page triggering steps using keystrikes, you’ll hit the triggering key somewhere in the last bar of the current step. This causes the new step to start right after the end of the current step. You can also cause steps to start as soon as you hit the triggering note.
Page 74: Cursong (Current Song)
Song Mode and Sequencing Song Mode: The MAIN Page Song Status, also on the top line of the display, is always one of the following: Song Status Description How to get there Sequencer is neither playing, If in another mode, select Song mode. If in STOPPED recording, nor waiting to record.
Page 75: Fractional Tempos
Song Mode and Sequencing Song Mode: The MAIN Page Fractional Tempos You can use fractional tempos (120.5, etc.) in your sequence. However, the initial tempo can not be fractional, and you cannot enter a fractional number in the tempo parameter on the MAIN or COMMON pages.
Page 76: Chan (Channel)
Song Mode and Sequencing Song Mode: The MAIN Page Programs selected in Program Mode or from a Quick Access bank will be selected as the program on the current RecTrk when you return to Song mode. SongMode:MAIN||Events:186K|||STOPPED|||| CurSong:1|NewSong||||||||||||Tempo:120|| RecTrk|:Mult|Vol:127|Pan:64||Mode|:Merge Chan:4||2|Stereo|Grand|||||||Locat:||1:1 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Track||:R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R|R| Channel:1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10111213141516...
Page 77: Pan
Song Mode and Sequencing Song Mode: The MAIN Page You can set an initial pan position (the balance between the Left and Right audio channels) for the playback and recording of each track as a value between 0 and 127. A value of 64 is center. If the channel of the RecTrk or the control channel contains any panning data (controller code 10), the Pan parameter’s value is modiﬁed in real time.
Page 78: Soft Buttons On The Main Page
Song Mode and Sequencing Song Mode: The MAIN Page a track any time that there is incoming MIDI data on that track’s channel, even when song status STOPPED Track Status Indicators Using the Up, Down, Left, and Right cursor arrows to position the cursor onto a Track Status Indicator, you can toggle an empty track (–) into Record (R) with the Alpha Wheel or Increment/Decrement buttons.
Page 79: Pause
Song Mode and Sequencing Song Mode: The MAIN Page Pause Pause and Play share the same soft button. Pause appears only when the song status is PLAYING RECORDING . Pressing Pause while the song is playing will stop the playback (soft button switches to Play), and the location remains at the current bar and beat, allowing you to continue from that location by pressing Play again.
Page 80: The Save Dialog (Save Newsong?)
Song Mode and Sequencing Song Mode: The MAIN Page The Save Dialog (Save this song?) The following dialog appears after you have recorded a track and pressed Stop, or if you have entered the Song Editor and made changes, then pressed Exit, or if you press Save in the Song Editor.
Page 81: The Misc Page
Song Mode and Sequencing The MISC Page The Object soft button accesses some useful database functions while still in Song mode, before you actually save the current song. Pressing Object jumps you directly to the Object Utility (see page 4-63). When you press Done on the Utility page, you will be returned to the dialog.
Page 82: Recording Mode
Song Mode and Sequencing The MISC Page Parameter Range of Values Default Clock Int, Ext Tempo Auto, Fixed Auto Countoff Off, 1, 2, 3 Click Off, Rec, On, Cnt ClickCh (Click Channel) 1 – 16 ClickPrg (Program) 1 – 999 Click Key C-1 –...
Page 83: Playmode
Song Mode and Sequencing The MISC Page FixLen The song does not continue recording past the end point of the song—recording automatically stops at the end point. Loop While song status is , the song will play the data between 1 : 1 and the end point RECORDING over and over.
Page 84 Song Mode and Sequencing The MISC Page Linear Set the PlayMode to Linear to hear the current song played only once, from the song position set in the Locate parameter to the end point. The song will be returned to the Locate bar and beat when it reaches the end point.
Page 85: Keywait
Song Mode and Sequencing The MISC Page The most common use for the Chain PlayMode is to construct a set list for gigs. Keep in mind that each chained song start immediately after the previous song in the chain. Consequently, you may want to include a few bars of silence at the beginning or end of chained songs, to allow for a gap between them.
Page 86: Grid
Song Mode and Sequencing The MISC Page which moves notes to all the way to the nearest interval (as speciﬁed by the value of the Grid parameter). this doesn’t change the duration of the notes. See Track Functions: Quantize on page 3-47 to learn about quantizing tracks after you’ve recorded them.
Page 87: Tempo
Song Mode and Sequencing The MISC Page Tempo The Tempo parameter determines whether the sequencer responds to real-time tempo changes recorded into a song. when Tempo is Fixed, the sequencer ignores tempo changes. When Tempo os Auto, the sequencer responds to tempo changes. CountOff The Countoff parameter sets the number of bars of click before playback or recording (like a drummer banging sticks to set the tempo).
Page 88: The Mix Page
Song Mode and Sequencing The MIX Page New selects 1 NewSong as the current song and jumps back to the SongMode :MAIN page. The tracks in the new song are empty, but all initial program, volume, and pan settings—as well as all parameters on the MISC page—remain as they were in the previous song.
Page 89: Pan Position
Song Mode and Sequencing The MIX Page Pan Position There’s a Pan Position Knob corresponding to each track (1 to 16, from left to right). Select any knob and turn the Alpha Wheel to change the panning for that track. This provides a smooth transition between pan settings.
Page 90: The Song Editor (Editsong Pages)
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) appears above the eight tracks that are affected by the mode buttons.Pressing the M 1-8 / M 9-16 button moves the line, and changes the label on the button. There’s more about this feature on page 3-10. Keep If you’ve made any changes to the initial program settings, volume settings, or pan settings of a track containing recorded data, press Keep if you want to preserve those settings.
Page 91: Song Editor: The Common Page
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Song Editor: The COMMON Page Press the Edit button to enter the Song Editor. You’ll see the COMMON page, where you’ll ﬁnd parameters common to all tracks: tempo and time signature, control parameters for effects and arrangements, and soft buttons for switching to other Song Editor pages.
Page 92: Chainto
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) ChainTo The ChainTo setting is used only when the PlayMode parameter on the MISC page is set to Chain—allowing you to play multiple songs automatically. The value of this parameter represents the song that will play when the current song ﬁnishes. Parameters Used With the Arrangement Feature The next four parameters—as well as the Drum Track parameter—work with the Arrangement feature, which you access by pressing the ARRANG soft button.
Page 93: Trackdest
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) TrackDest TrackDest|:LLL-|M---|-M--|---x|||||||||| DrumTrack|:D---|----|-D--|----|||||||||| The sixth line of the COMMON page contains the track-destination parameter (TrackDest), which determines where the K2000 sends each track of a song. There’s one character for each of the 16 tracks.
Page 94: Location
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) tracks—which you can do easily by pressing the CHAN/BANK buttons simultaneously).Press either one of the CHAN/BANK buttons to select a different track. The center portion of the display’s top line shows the channel of the currently highlighted event (or, if you’fe viewing all tracks, the track and channel of the current event).
Page 95: Soft Buttons On The Event Page
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) The values of PCHG, BEND, MPRS, SYSX, TMPO, and END events appear directly to the right of the Event Type ﬁeld. These values are all editable. Here are the ranges of values for each event type: Program Change (PCHG) 0 - 127...
Page 96 Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) View Brings you to the View page, where you can set the view ﬁlter parameters for the Event List. EVENT:View|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Notes|||||:On|||||||Volume||||:On||||||| PitchBend|:On|||||||Pan|||||||:On||||||| ModWheel||:On|||||||Bank/Prog|:On||||||| Data||||||:On|||||||Tempo|||||:On||||||| Sustain|||:On|||||||SysEx|||||:On||||||| Pressure||:On|||||||Other|||||:On||||||| Toggle|AllOff|AllOn||||||||||||||||Done| Use the View page to determine which events are visible on the EVENT page. The View page shows several event types, each with a value of On or Off.
Page 97: Song Editor: The Track Page
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Song Editor: The TRACK Page This page offers 13 track-based editing functions: Erase Shift Copy Transpose Bounce Change Insert Thin Delete Remap Quantize Grab RefQuant For each function, there is a set of parameters to control how the function operates, and on what region of the selected track(s).
Page 98: Locate
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Common Parameters for TRACK Functions Locate This parameter is available for every TRACK function. The value of Locate indicates the bar and beat, and changes in real time during playback and recording, reﬂecting the song’s current position.
Page 99: Lokey
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) LoKey Determines the lowest note in the range of notes to be edited. This can be set to any MIDI note value; the default is C -1. Determines the highest note in a range of notes to be edited. This can be set to any MIDI note value;...
Page 100: Track Functions: Erase
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) When the cursor is positioned somewhere other than over the From or To ﬁelds, the function of the FromTo soft button is slightly different. In this case, once you start the sequence playing back, and you press FromTo before reaching the To location, you get a new From location.
Page 101: Location
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) DstTrack (Destination track) Select a destination track for the copied events with the DstTrack parameter. Available values are 1–16 and All. Selected events (as speciﬁed in the Region/Criteria window) are placed in the destination track(s) at the bar and beat you specify with the Location parameter (described below).
Page 102: Track Functions: Insert
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Copying doesn’t change any channel assignments. In other words, no matter what channel the current track (source track) uses, the destination track’s channel remains unchanged, and the copied events play on the detination track’s channel. Mode The Mode setting determines whether the bounced events merge with existing events on the destination track, or erase them.
Page 103: Track Functions: Quantize
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Track Functions: Quantize Use the Quantize function to adjust the timing of Note events. Keep in mind that only Note events are quantized; other types of events, such as controllers, are not quantized. EditSong:TRACK|||||||||||||||<>Track:1|| Function:Quantized|From||:||1:1|To:||2:1 Quant|||:100%||||d||||||||||||||||||||||...
Page 104: Shift
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) default) is straight time—no swing. A value of –99% moves every other grid point of the distance to the previous grid point). Shift Quantizing is a proportional function; it moves Note events different amounts, according to the distance of each note from the beat.
Page 105: Velocity
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) RefSong This parameter deﬁnes the reference song—the song containing the track you want to follow when you reference quantize. It can be any existing song (even the song you’re currently editing). The default is 1 NewSong. RefTrack Select any track (1–16, but not the track you want to reference quantize) within the reference song as the reference track.
Page 106: Track Functions: Transpose
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) recording, use the Shift parameter for the Quantize function. If you want to shift notes after recording, use the Shift function. EditSong:TRACK|||||||||||||||<>Track:1|| Function:Shift|||d|From||:||1:1|To:||2:1 Ticks|||:0.000|||d|Events:Pitchbend||||| |||||||||||||||||d|||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||d|||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||d|||||||||||||||||||||| Locate||:||1:1|||'%%^^^^^^^^%%%%%%^%%%%% FromTo||Play|||Stop||||||||||Go||||Done| The value of the Ticks parameter determines the amount of shift. You can shift notes as much as 26 beats in either direction (although the start and end points of the song are unaffected, so if you shift notes too far, they’ll play simultaneously at the beginning or end of the song).
Page 107: Scale
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) If you use a ramp to change Controller message values, you might lose some of the smoothness of certain features (pitch bend, for example), due to uneven time intervals between Controller events.
Page 108: Track Functions: Thin
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) A negative ramp is the opposite; the new values are applied immediately at the bar and beat deﬁned by the From parameter, then the events gradually go back toward their original values as the song progresses toward the bar and beat deﬁned by the To parameter.
Page 109: Track Functions: Grab
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Use the Old and New parameters to remap Controller types. For example, the following diagram indicates that all MWheel messages (the old type) in the segment from 1:1 to 2:1 will become Volume messages (the new type) when the Go button is pressed.
Page 110: Location
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Grabbing doesn’t change any channel assignments. In other words, no matter what channel the source track uses, the destination track’s channel remains unchanged, and the grabbed events play on the destination track’s channel. Location Use this parameter to specify a bar and beat at which to place the grabbed data.
Page 111: Recording With The Step Editor
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) The top line of the display shows the currently selected RecTrk; Use the CHAN/BANK buttons to select a different track. When All tracks are selected, the Step edits are performed on the currently selected RecTrk (as indicated on the MAIN page in Song mode).
Page 112 Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Duration The actual duration of a note event entered in Step time is determined by the values of the Duration, Modiﬁer, and GateTime parameters. The Duration parameter sets the base note duration: 1/1 is a whole note, 1/2 is a half note, 1/32 is a thirty-second note, and so on.
Page 113: Velocity
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Velocity This parameter determines the attack velocity values of each note entered while step editing. Set the Value to Played to use the attack velocities of notes as you play them, or set a value of 1–127 to ﬁx all notes at the sepdiﬁed velocity.
Page 114: Step
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) or more songs in a speciﬁed order—including repititions and transposition, if desired. You can even set things up so that you can start (and transpose) individual steps at the touch of a key. The primary advantage to arrangements is that you can program a number of songs to play automatically (but still responsive to real-time changes).
Page 115 Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) Use the Add soft button to add steps to an arrangement. Use the CHAN/BANK buttons to select different steps Playback of the arrangement can start on any step; it doesn’t have to be Step 1. Use the StartStep parameter on the COMMON page to specify the beginning step of an arrangement.
Page 116: Triggering Steps From The Keyboard
Song Mode and Sequencing The Song Editor (EditSong Pages) You can also set a value of Inf (inﬁnite) for Times, in which case the sequencer never moves on to the next step when it complets the current step. Instead, it keeps playing the current step until you press Stop.
Page 117: Soft Buttons On The Edit Song: Arrange Page
Song Mode and Sequencing Selecting a Song for Playback Soft Buttons on the Edit Song: ARRANGE Page Adds another step to the arrangement. The new step gets inserted directly after the current step. Add a step to place a new section into an arrangement, or to deﬁne another keyboard range for triggering.
Page 118: Effect Selection During Recording And Playback
Song Mode and Sequencing Effect Selection During Recording and Playback a value of On, the K2000’s sound engine ignores all program changes it receives on that channel, either via MIDI or from the K2000’s front panel. When you’ve set the ProgLock for each of the channels used in the song, you can go to Program mode, select the MIDI channels used by the song, and assign the programs you want to use.
Page 119: Memory Limits
Song Mode and Sequencing Memory Limits Finally, keep in mind that when the Clock parameter is set to Ext, programs that use one or more of the Clock control sources (see the Musician’s Guide) synchronize to external MIDI signals. If no external sync signal is received, the Clock control sources are disabled.
Page 121: Disk Mode Enhancements In Version 3
Chapter 4 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Mode in the K2000 has been greatly enhanced for Version 3. The new features have been provided to allow more ﬂexibility to organize disk ﬁles and their contents. Many powerful operations are included that can save a lot of time by allowing you to easily specify exactly what you want to load or save.
Page 122: Startup
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Mode Page Version 3, they are totally compatible with the new directory features. In fact we have tried to make it very easy to re-organize any existing disks that you have. Path The Path ﬁeld shows the current directory on the current disk if it is a K2000 format disk. This ﬁeld is displayed upon returning to the Disk mode page after you have pressed one of the disk function soft buttons and viewed the ﬁle contents of a speciﬁc disk.
Page 123: Macro On Indicator
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Mode Page Macro On Indicator When you see in the display, it means that any load operation performed will be (Macro|on) recorded in the K2000's macro table Disk Function Soft Buttons There are four new soft buttons on the Disk mode page in Version 3. These are Macro, Move, Util, and NewDir.
Page 124: File List Dialog
(more on this later on). Here is a list of extensions used by or accepted by the K2000: .KRZ Kurzweil K2000 format ﬁle containing objects and/or sample data .MID MIDI type 0 sequence ﬁle .MAC...
Page 125: The File Index
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 File List Dialog In the center of this line is an indicator of the number of ﬁles in the currently displayed directory. This number is grouped together with the number of selected ﬁles: Sel:0/54 The ﬁrst number means “No ﬁles selected”...
Page 126: Select
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 File List Dialog If there are no ﬁles in the current directory, then the index is 0, and the number of ﬁles is also zero: Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:0/0|||||Index:|||0| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||File|to|load:||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Total:|0K|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Select||Root||Parent||Open|||OK|||Cancel You will also see that there is a blank cursor bar, but no ﬁle names are displayed. The maximum number of ﬁles that can be accessed within a single directory is 360.
Page 127: Root
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 File List Dialog Once you have selected one or more ﬁles, press OK to perform the disk function (in this example, Load) on all ﬁles marked with an asterisk, whether or not they are visible on the screen.
Page 128: Cancel
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 File List Dialog Cancel The Cancel soft button is used to exit the ﬁle list dialog, completing the disk function with or without any operation taking place. The K2000 returns to the Disk mode page. Pressing the Exit button will do the same thing as Cancel.
Page 129: Creating Directories
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Creating Directories or, pressing the Left cursor takes you two entries back to the previous directory ALTO|||||||||(dir)||||| BOOBAMS||.KRZ*||||.5K|| CYMBALS||||||(dir)||||| DOGS|||||.KRZ||||122K|| DOORS||||.KRZ*||3456K|| E4PROG|||.KRZ|||||10K|| Creating Directories As stated above, Version 3 allows you to create directories for organizing your K2000 ﬁles, whether you are using SCSI or ﬂoppy disks.
Page 130: The Directory Selection Dialog
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 The Directory Selection Dialog After you have chosen the directory name and pressed OK, you have the choice of where (in what directory) to put the new directory you are creating. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Use|current|directory|for|THINGS?||||||| (Path|=|\)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...
Page 131: Disk Mode Functions
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Mode Functions When you enter this dialog, you will be in whatever directory was displayed as the default. From here you can go into other directories by using the soft buttons Root, Parent, and Open. Notice that there is no Select button.
Page 132 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Mode Functions The Load Object feature is accessible from within the Load File dialog. To activate it, scroll the ﬁle list until you have highlighted the ﬁle that you wish to load objects from: Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:0/6|||||Index:|||3| |||||||||||||||||BASSDRMS|.KRZ||||426K|| |||||||||||||||||HIHATS|||.KRZ||||788K||...
Page 133 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Mode Functions Each line in the scrollable list represents one object in the ﬁle, and displays the object's type, ID, name, and size. Samples have additional information, the sample's root key and a stereo sample indicator: Root key and stereo indicator Object type...
Page 134: Shortcuts When Loading Objects
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Mode Functions selected object is done by pressing Select again. The asterisk will disappear. The easiest way to choose objects for loading is by scrolling the list and individually pressing Select on each object that you want to load.
Page 135: Viewing The Name Table
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Mode Functions Viewing the Name Table The name table is an object that appears in ﬁles that were created using the “Save dependents by name” feature (see The Name Table on page 4-25). This object contains a list of dependent objects needed by the other objects in the ﬁle at the time the ﬁle was saved.
Page 136: Bank Status Indicator
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Load Function Dialog Changes (note that if the ﬁrst second of data is silence then you won't hear very much when the sample is auditioned.) If the loop points fall within the ﬁrst second of the stored sample data, they will be loaded in as well.
Page 137: Fill Mode
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Load Function Dialog Changes This indicator makes it easier to ﬁnd an empty bank to use for loading, if needed. The bank status indicator is only present during the Load dialog, and is not available in the various similar K2000 dialogs.
Page 138 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Load Function Dialog Changes Fill Ignore the object ID numbers stored in the ﬁle. Try to use consecutive numbering from the beginning of the selected bank. If an ID number is already in use, increment the ID number until a free slot is found.
Page 139: Multiple Selection Of Files To Load
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Load Function Dialog Changes Here is what these programs would end up with as ID numbers when loaded in, depending on the load mode: Name Append Fill Merge Overwrt OvFill Electric|Piano| Stereo|EPiano|| Weird|Piano|||| Wild|Funk|Piano In the Merge case, the existing programs 205 and 210 would have been deleted.
Page 140: Aborting A Multiple File Load
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Load Function Dialog Changes At this point the ﬁles will begin to load. When all the ﬁles have been successfully loaded or the load process has been aborted, the K2000 returns to the Disk mode page. If there are any errors encountered during a multiple ﬁle load, such as running out of object RAM, you will be asked once if you wish to abort the load.
Page 141: Saving Files
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files Saving Files There are many enhancements to the process of saving ﬁles in Version 3 software. All of the new features having to do with saving ﬁles are accessed by pressing the Save soft button on the Disk mode page.
Page 142 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files The objects in the list are grouped by type (sample, program, keymap, etc.) The list can be scrolled using the Alpha wheel or the Up/Down cursors. The CHAN/BANK buttons on the front panel can be used for fast scrolling. Each line in the scrollable list represents one object in RAM, and displays the object's type, ID, name, and size.
Page 143: Shortcuts When Saving Objects
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files If you only want to select one object for saving, you need not select it with the Select button. Instead, pressing OK will implicitly select the highlighted object if there are no other objects selected.
Page 144: Viewing Selected Objects
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files Viewing Selected Objects When there are lots of objects selected, but they are scattered in the objects list, it can be helpful to be able to view a list of only the currently selected objects. Such a list is displayed by double- pressing the CHAN/BANK buttons to the left of the K2000's LCD display.
Page 145: Saving Dependent Objects
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files Songs Start playing when either the Left or Right cursor button is pressed, and stop playing when either cursor is subsequently pressed. The most recent song that is auditioned from this page become the Current Song (as seen on the Song Mode page).
Page 146 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files common way in which Relink-by-Name speeds up development of sounds is when making small adjustments to a program that has as its dependents a large amount of sample data. Until Version 3, it was necessary in most cases to re-save all sample data after any change to a program that uses the sample data.
Page 147: Working With Relink-By-Name
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files Working with Relink-by-Name Here are a couple of more in-depth examples that can show how Relink-by-Name works in a practical situation. Consider that your K2000's RAM contains the following one-layer program and also its dependent keymap and samples (the techniques used in this example could well apply no matter how many programs with any number of layers you want to save): Program:...
Page 148 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files The object IDs shown in the table are the same numbers that those dependent objects used at the time this ﬁle was saved. (The ID numbers are necessary in order for Relink-by-Name to function, since they are the "link"...
Page 149 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Saving Files programs, to create a "dependents" ﬁle. Then, you could quickly select the programs and any other objects that you wanted to be relinked later on, and save them in another ﬁle. Here is another practical example using songs (sequences). Suppose you have loaded several ﬁles into your machine, such that you now have all your favorite instruments on-board in the K2000's RAM.
Page 150: Not Loading The Name Table
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 The Multiple Object Selector Page For this type of situation, where you may be working on songs always using a consistent set of programs, it is beneﬁcial to make a macro ﬁle that can be loaded in one step to direct all of the various program ﬁles to be loaded in.
Page 151 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 The Multiple Object Selector Page This is the screen from which you can specify a range of object ID numbers cross-referenced with object type. If you increment the Select parameter to the Dependents setting, you will see the following additional parameter layout (not available for LoadObject), that is used for selecting dependent objects of either the object currently scrolled to (from the object list that you were just viewing before pressing Multi) or dependent objects of the selected objects (indicated...
Page 152: Multiple Object Selector Soft Button Functions
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 The Multiple Object Selector Page Multiple Object Selector Soft Button Functions Here is a functional description of the soft buttons displayed on the Multiple Object Selector page. This is followed by an explanation of the parameter operation for all of the above object selection modes.
Page 153: Entering Selection Criteria In The Multiple Object Selector
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 The Multiple Object Selector Page and press Set. Then, you would press Multi again, and just change the Type parameter to Keymap, and press Set again. The desired range of objects would then be selected and ready to proceed with saving. Exits from the Multiple Object Selector page, with no action, and returns to the Cancel object function, with the previously displayed object list.
Page 154: Selection By Dependents
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 The Multiple Object Selector Page Selection by Dependents This mode is used to select a group of objects that are dependents of other objects. Parameters Possible Values Function If set to Current Item, selection range is conﬁned to those objects in the object list that are dependents of the currently indexed item (Current =), including the currently indexed item itself.
Page 155: More Enhancements To The Save Dialog
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 The Multiple Object Selector Page You may notice that the cursor positions and parameter settings are remembered whenever you exit the Multi Selector dialog, even if you exit the dialog and choose a different function. For instance, if you end up doing a lot of selecting of samples, or of dependents at various levels, the parameters will stay set up the way you left them as you move from function to function (for example, from Copy to Delete to Save, etc.)
Page 156: Selecting The Directory To Use For Saving A File
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros Selecting the Directory to use for Saving a File After you specify the ﬁle name when saving any ﬁle, you can then be choose either the default current directory for saving the ﬁle in, or any other directory on the current disk: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...
Page 157: The Macro Page
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros The Macro Page There can only be one macro table in the K2000's memory at any time. This object is created for the ﬁrst time by turning on Macro Record mode, from the MACRO page. The MACRO page is directly accessible from the ﬁrst Disk mode soft button menu;...
Page 158: The Macro Table
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros the MACRO page. Once you press Record, the soft buttons and the top line of the display will change. The screen will look like this: Func:MACRO|[Record]||||||||||Index:|||0| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Select|Modify||Load||Pause||||Off||Exit| The new macro mode is displayed ([Record]), and the soft button that used to say Record now says Pause.
Page 159: How To Make A Macro File
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros Pressing Yes will delete the macro table from memory, and then will return to the Disk mode page. The macro mode is set to Off, and the indicator is no longer displayed on (Macro|on) the Disk mode page.
Page 160: Saving The Macro File
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros Using multiple selection, you can select all four ﬁles, as shown. When you press OK you will see prompt, but with the extra soft buttons Macro and Insert: Load|selected|as: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||Load|selected|as:200...299||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||300...399||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||400...499||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||500...599|||||||||||...
Page 161: Loading The Macro File
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros multiple selection of entries with the Select soft button. Selected entries will have an asterisk on the ﬁrst character of the display line, such as this: *5:\ANALOG\RESONANT.KRZ|||||||||200:F:|| You can use the following double-presses to select and deselect all entries in the list: •...
Page 162 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros highlight the macro ﬁle that was just saved (as it would after any type of ﬁle that you save, in Version 3): Dir:\ANALOG\|||||Sel:0/5|||||Index:|||5| |||||||||||||||||RESONANT|.KRZ||||109K|| |||||||||||||||||SYNAPSE||.KRZ||||421K|| ||||File|to|load:SYNTH||||.MAC|||||.5K|| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Total:664K||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Select||Root||Parent||Open|||OK|||Cancel Press OK to load SYNTH.MAC. Now the display reads: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...
Page 163: Macro Entries
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros operation or keep going. If you answer Yes at this point, the operation will continue, even if the K2000 encounters subsequent errors. If you run into a lot of errors due to loading an out of date macro ﬁle, the macro process can be discontinued using a special procedure described in Aborting a Macro Load on page 4-52 When the macro is done loading, the display shows...
Page 164: Using The Bank And Mode Fields
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros The following chart describes the information stored in a macro entry, and also tells how to the understand the settings of a displayed macro entry: This represents what drive the ﬁle is to be loaded from. There are 10 possible values: The numbers 0-7 represent SCSI 0 through SCSI 7.
Page 165: Viewing The Object List For A Macro Entry
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros Viewing the Object List for a Macro Entry If a macro entry contains an object list, it can be examined by scrolling the macro list display until the item with the Obj indicator is highlighted, and then by pressing either the Left or Right cursor button on the front panel.
Page 166 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros macro ﬁles that reside on removable media such as a ﬂoppy disk, whose macro entries are supposed to load in particular ﬁles on a speciﬁc sample CD. The main purpose of this feature is so that macro ﬁles can be distributed on a ﬂoppy disks containing programs that link up with sample ﬁles from CD-ROMs.
Page 167: Loading Selected Entries From A Macro File
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros The Library parameter is remembered by the K2000 across power-cycles, via the battery backed memory. This means that if you use this feature to load macros you only have to set it up once. Setting macro entries to have a Library drive ID is done from the Modify Macro page (press Disk->Macro->Modify), described later in this section.
Page 168: Editing Macros
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros If the Open button is pressed from a disk function other than Load, you will see the View Macro page: Func:VIEW|MACRO|||Sel:0/4||||Index:|||1| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |5:\ANALOG\MULTIVOX.KRZ||||||||200:F:||| |5:\ANALOG\NOISE.KRZ|||||||||||200:F:||| |5:\ANALOG\RESONANT.KRZ||||||||200:F:||| |5:\ANALOG\SYNAPSE.KRZ|||||||||200:F:||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Exit| The only function of this dialog is to view the macro list entries stored in a macro ﬁle. This feature is useful when, for instance, you are about to delete a macro ﬁle and want to know what information is contained in the ﬁle before you remove it from the drive.
Page 169 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros does not need to be explicitly selected with the Select soft button.) You can use the following double-presses to select and deselect all entries in the list: • Left/Right cursor double-press: Select all macro entries •...
Page 170 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros Pressing OK will set all of the selected macro entries to have drive ID or Bank and Mode settings according to the parameters set up on this page. The display will return to the MACRO page with the same entries still selected.
Page 171: Macro Insert
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros Pressing the Load button gives you the choice of loading either all of the ﬁles in the macro list or loading only the ﬁles that are selected: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Load|selected|items|or|all|items?||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||All|Selected|Cancel If you don't have any items explicitly selected (with an asterisk), the message you see when you...
Page 172: Aborting A Macro Load
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros Scroll the macro list until the entry before which you want to insert is highlighted. In the above display, any new macro entries added by this load operation will be inserted in the macro list just before the entry for METALIC.KRZ.
Page 173 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Macros You will see the following question after the current ﬁle being loaded is completed: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Abort|the|macro?|||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Yes||||No|| It may be a good idea to practice using this method of aborting a macro ﬁle load, so that when the time comes that you load in an out of date macro with 25 entries all at the wrong SCSI ID.
Page 174: Disk Utilities
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Utilities Disk Utilities Version 3 includes a group of utility functions that provide certain necessary information about disks and their ﬁles and directories. These functions are useful when you want to know how your disks are organized and how much disk space you have available.
Page 175 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Utilities If you press OK, the K2000 will begin to search the disk for any ﬁles or directories that contain the search string in their names. The search starts in the root directory and searches the entire disk.
Page 176: List
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Utilities The K2000 will remember the last search string that you entered. This makes it easy to repeat the same search. If you press Util->Find again, the dialog will contain the Search|string: previously used string. List The List utility allows you to view directories on a disk with the expanded contents of all sub- directories.
Page 177: Free
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Utilities Free The Free utility calculates the amount of free space on the current disk and displays the result on the Disk Utilities page. This may take a small amount of time to calculate, depending on the drive.
Page 178 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Utilities directory (if no other ﬁles are selected). To use this function, press the Move soft button from the Disk mode page. Then choose the ﬁle or ﬁles that you want to move: Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:0/15||||Index:|||1| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...
Page 179: Renaming Files
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Disk Utilities For each ﬁle that is moved, you will see a conﬁrmation message: \ATOMTOM.KRZ|moved|to||||||||||||||||||| \DRUMHITS\ATOMTOM.KRZ Note the following: • If you are moving a directory, you cannot move it in to a subdirectory of itself. •...
Page 180: Backup And Copy Functions
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Backup and Copy Functions Backup and Copy Functions The Backup and Copy functions have changed in Version 3 in order to support directories. To access the Backup function, from the Disk mode page, ﬁrst make sure that the Current Disk is set to be the drive that you want to make a backup of.
Page 181 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Backup and Copy Functions Next, select the Backup mode when you see the following question: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Replace|or|increment|mode?|||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Help||||||||||||||Replace|Increm|Cancel Replace Any ﬁles to be transferred that already exist in the destination will be replaced (overwritten.) Increm Any ﬁles to be transferred that already exist in the destination will be skipped...
Page 182: File Copy
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Creating a Startup File Find the last ﬁle copied from the previous partial backup. Set the list index to one entry past the location of this ﬁle. If this ﬁle is already the last entry in the ﬁle list, the “next” ﬁle to continue the multi-part backup would be the ﬁle or directory that comes after the ﬁle list entry for the currently viewed directory.
Page 183: Deleting Banks In A Startup File
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Object Utilities If BOOT.MAC is found by the K2000, it will begin to load the macro ﬁle as if you had loaded it explicitly from the Load function in Disk mode. When the macro has completed, you will see the following: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...
Page 184: Move
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Object Utilities The soft buttons are used to choose the various object utility functions. Move Move selected objects to a new bank or a speciﬁc starting ID. Copy Copy selected objects to a new bank or a speciﬁc starting ID. Name Name selected objects.
Page 185 Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Object Utilities dependents that have moved. What this means is that you can move any objects to any new ID numbers, without having to worry if your programs, keymaps or songs will still play correctly. When you have selected the objects that you want to move, press OK.
Page 186: Name
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Object Utilities If you only select a single object to move, you will see a different dialog, similar to the Save/Replace dialog from the editor: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Move|Awesome|Click|to:|ID#198||||||||||| (replace|Click)||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||Replace|Cancel Note that when you only select one object to move, you can replace another object. However, when you select multiple objects for moving you cannot overwrite any objects.
Page 187: Delete
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Object Utilities The default name that you are presented with is taken from the highlighted object in the object list, whether the highlighted object is selected or not. This makes it easy to copy the name of one object on to another.
Page 188: Getting To Object Utilities From An Editor
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 MS-DOS File System Compatibility Sample objects that reference the K2000’s ROM sample area will reference the same area when you load them back in via MIDI. Getting to Object Utilities From an Editor The object utilities can also be accessed while editing any object. This is provided as a convenience, for example to be able to do certain housekeeping work such as deleting samples to free up room in your sample RAM, or making copies of objects.
Page 189: File Name Compatibility
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Importing and Exporting Data K2000 has determined that the disk is a DOS format hard drive with at least one primary DOS partition. Floppy disks will not display the DOS message. Some advantages of working with an MS-DOS compatible drive format over the standard K2000 format are: •...
Page 190: Aiff And Aiff-C Files
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3 Importing and Exporting Data Scroll to the object that you wish to save, and press OK. The dialog will proceed the same as if you were saving a K2000 ﬁle. You will be prompted for a ﬁle name, and will have the option to select a different default directory to save the ﬁle in.
Page 191 Appendix A Programs, Setups, and Quick Access Banks Program List The following list describes the control sources assigned to each program, and suggests how you might use them in performance situations You’ll notice a variety of timbres as you browse through the list. Check Quick Access mode for sets of similar and orchestrally compatible timbres.
Page 192 Program Special Comments Controller Assignments Name (Performance Notes) MW-Layer Pitch/FX PreDly, MP-LFO, CS-Layer Pitch/FX Mix, V- Passion Source Warm New Age Pad Piano&SloStrings MW-Off, MP-Off, CS-Layer Amp, V-Amp/Env Slider allows live control on string volume Grand Strings MW-Off, MP-Off, CS-Layer Amp, V-Amp/Env Slider adds lower octave West Room Kit MW-Off, MP-Off, CS-, V-Amp/EQ/Pitch...
Page 193 Program Special Comments Controller Assignments Name (Performance Notes) Night Ryder MW+MP-LFO, V-Amp, CS-Layer Pitch/FX Mix Cymbal adds percussive attack Dual Elec Piano MW-LFO, MP-Off, CS-FX Mix, V-Amp/Sample Switch Velocity cross switched from soft to hard strike Orchestral Winds MW-Off, MP-Off, V-Amp, CS-Layer Mix/FX Mix Slider changes instrument balances Rock Kit MW-Off, MP-Off, CS-FX Mix, V-Amp/Pitch...
Page 194 Program Special Comments Controller Assignments Name (Performance Notes) Flatliners MW-LFO, MP-Off, V-Amp, CS-Layer Pitch+Env Time evolving panning pad Perc Organ MW+MP-LFO(Roto Speaker), V-Off, CS-Layer Mix(Percussion) Percussion volume on slider MW-LFO, MP-Amp/Filter, V-Amp/Filter, CS-FX Early Lvl/Room Vol/ Orchestral Brass Classic horn ensemble Street Drums MW-Off, MP-Off, CS-FX Early Lvl/Mix, V-Amp/Pitch/EQ Modern kit with Orch strikes in upper octave...
Page 195 Program Special Comments Controller Assignments Name (Performance Notes) Unique pad combining acoustic and synthetic timbres; the VAST Klakran MW-Filter(LFO), MW+MP-LFO, MP-Pan, CS-FX Mix, V-Amp approach DX Clav MW-Off, MP-Shaper/Filter, CS-FX Mix, V-Amp/Filter Velocity controls panning; No FM being used! MW-FX Decay/Mix, MP-Amp, CS-Amp/Filter/Layer Pitch, V- Amp/ Baroque Strings Useful classical section Filter...
Page 196 Program Special Comments Controller Assignments Name (Performance Notes) MW-FX Mix/MW+MP-LFO, MP-Amp/Filter, CS-FX Multi-Texture Nice use of resonant ﬁlters LFO(Depth+Speed), V-Amp/Filter Quillsichord MW-LFO, MP-Off, CS-Layer Pitch, V-Amp Sharp percussive plucked type program MW+MP-LFO, MP-Amp/Layer Pan, CS-Filter/Layer Pitch/FX Mix, Toto Brass Analog brass french horn type program V-Amp/Filter Belles MW+MP-LFO, V-Amp, CS-Pitch(Env + Key)/Pan...
Page 197 Program Special Comments Controller Assignments Name (Performance Notes) Sweeper MW-LFO/Filter, MP-LFO(Filter), CS-Layer Pitch/Filter, V-Amp Moving and swirling program; lots of LFOs Good live performance program; pressure adds guitar support- Rock Quartet MW+MP-LFO(Leslie), CS-Layer Mix, V-Amp/EQ lower 2 8ves Ensemble Pizz MW-LFO, MP-Off, CS-Layer Pitch/FX Mix, V-Amp Synthesized pizz string section Organellica...
Page 198 Setup List Pipe & Choir Mega Force Pressure Keys Modern Keys Piano & Cello Classic Octaves Double Manual Total Orchestra Too Blue Port Control Dead Zone Emperor’s Son Awaken Jamming Gabriel’s Horns Strings & Winds Lush Life Jaco/Bell Tree Octave Pizz Ana’s Revenge Pieroet China Garden...
Page 199 List of Quick Access Banks Bank 1 Klavier 1 Dual Elec Piano Stereo Grand Perc Organ Tine Elec Piano Bright Piano Gospel Organ Digital E Piano Piano & Slow Strings Ballad Organ Piano/Slow Strings Bank 2 Klavier 2 B-2000 Organellica Quillsichord Pipes 1 Organarimba...
Page 200 Bank 6 Drum Programs 2 Dyn Percussion Bell Tree>Big Bell Vibratone 5 8ve Percussion Belles Wood Bars Native Drum Wave Bells Click Clockbells Bank 7 Guitars 1 Steel String Guitar Classical Gtr Rockin’ Lead Acoustic 12 String Slow Chorus Gtr Press Wah Wah Acous Gtr &...
Page 201 Bank 11 Vocal Programs Mixed Choir Low World Vox Mallet Voice Fair Breath Digital Choir Talk Talk Wind Vox Perc Voices Death To The Voices Bamboo Voices Bank 12 Jazz programs 1 Miles Unmuted Trombone Jethro’s Flute 20s Trumpet Trumpet & Bone Waterflute Almost Muted Hip Brass...
Page 202 Bank 16 Synth Programs 3 Bella Voce Ana’s Saws Car’s Sync All In The Fader Vectoring Utopian Comp Outside L/A Velveteen Modular Lead Rock Stack Bank 17 Synth Programs 4 Press For Thunder! Industrial Komp The Night Shift Timershift Through The Blue Rainforest Crunch Northern Winds Orch Hit...
Page 203 Appendix B Effects Controller Numbers The K2000 uses the Digitech 256 chip for its effects processor. When in Program Mode, the operating system in the 2000 allows you to assign any MIDI controller to Wet/Dry Mix plus two additional parameters related to the effect. (The choice of controllable parameters changes depending on the effect conﬁguration.
Page 204 Room Simulation Gross Size Decay Time Listening Position HF Damping Dry Level Reverb Level Reverb in Multi FX RevPre-Delay Hi-Freq Damp Reverb Decay Revin dry Revin ﬂange Revin Delay Gated Reverb Pre-Delay Decay Time Envelope Accent Dly Dry Level Accent Level Right Level Left Level Reverse Reverb...
Page 205: Stereo Chorus
Parametric EQ Band 1 Freq Band 1 level Band 2 Freq Band 2 level Band 3 Freq Band 3 level EQ level Graphic EQ 63 Hz 125 Hz 250 Hz 500 Hz 1.0 Khz 2.0 Khz 4.0 Khz 8.0 Khz Stereo Chorus Chorus Delay LFO Speed...
Page 206: Stereo Delay
Stereo Delay Delay Time Feedback Dry Level Right Level Left Level DelayDry In Delay Chr In Delay Flg In Delay EQ In Delay EQ Src 4 Tap Delay Tap 1 Delay Tap 2 Delay Tap 3 Delay Tap 4 Delay Feed Delay Feedback Dry Level...
Page 207 Appendix C Special Button Presses Mode Buttons The mode buttons to the left of the display have special functions in certain modes, as described below: PROGRAM / Mute 1 When you’re in the Program Editor, this button will mute Layer 1 of the current program or the currently displayed layer for drum programs.
Page 208 Double Button Presses Pressing two or more related buttons simultaneously executes a number of special functions depending on the currently selected mode. Make sure to press them at exactly the same time. IN THIS MODE: THESE BUTTONS: WILL DO THIS: (Pressed simultaneously) PROGRAM MODE Octav-, Octav+...
Page 209 Appendix D Orchestral ROM Soundblock This appendix describes the contents of the Orchestral ROM Soundblock Upgrade for your K2000 or K2000R. The Orchestral ROM Soundblock option adds 8 Megabytes of samples, including a full array of winds, brass, and strings. The Orchestral ROM Upgrade adds objects in the 900s bank.
Page 210 Orchestral ROM Programs Section Strings Orchestras TotalCntrl Orch1 Touch Strings TotalCntrl Orch2 Fast Strings MW BaroqueOrchestra Chamber Section Oboe&Flute w/Str Sfz Strings MW Horn&Flute w/Str Sweet Strings Trp&Horns w/Str Baroque Strg Ens Winds Big String Ens Piccolo Bass String Sec Orchestra Flute Pizzicato String Solo Flute...
Page 211 Orchestral ROM Keymaps Reeds Oboe Lite Metal English Horn Woody Perc Bassoon Celeste Clarinet Pluck Bassoon/Oboe Plucked Harp Bsn/EHrn/Oboe Harp Gliss Flute 2 Nylon String Gtr Eng Horn/Oboe Nylon Str noA2 Brass Nylon for dulc Soft Trumpet Acoustic Bass French Horn Pizz Strings French Hrn Sec Full Kbd DblBass...
Page 212 Orchestral ROM Samples Oboe English Horn Harp Bassoon Nylon String Gt Clarinet Acoustic Bass Dbl Reeds Pizz Strings SoftTrump Solo Violin French Horn Solo Viola FrenchHrnSect Solo Cello Tuba Fast Solo Cello Synth Accord Solo Double Bass Tuba % Horn Organ Wave 8 Timp Buzz Wave 2...
Page 213 Orchestral ROM Programs: Controller Assignments The 100 preset programs in the K2000 Orchestral ROM are organized by category. We hope you will ﬁnd these programs to be a good starting point for your own work. There are many ways to put expressivity and variety in a single program by assigning MIDI controllers to the various DSP functions in its layers.
Page 214 Prg # Program Name Mod Wheel Data MPress Comments Copland Sft Trp Vibrato off W/D mix Swell Orch Trumpet Timbre (darker) Envelope Control Swell, vibrato rate & depth Soft Trumpet None W/D mix Vibrato depth Strght Mute Trp Vibrato off W/D mix Swell French Horn MW...
Page 215 Prg # Program Name Mod Wheel Data MPress Comments Chamber Section None W/D mix Vibrato depth Sfz Strings MW Tremolo None Swell Sweet Strings Fade out W/D mix Vibrato depth Baroque Strg Ens Bass boost, W/D mix Swell layer delay Big String Ens None W/D mix...
Page 216 Prg # Program Name Mod Wheel Data MPress Comments Timpani & Perc Alt attack (timp) None None Sost Ped enables bass drum. Sus Ped dampens. Big Drum Corp None Enables both ﬁll lay- None Sost Ped switches lay- ers (black keys f#3- ers.
Page 217 Orchestral ROM Setups The Performance Setup, or "Setup" is a combination of three zones, each with independent MIDI channel and controller transmission assignments. Designed initially for models with built-in keyboards, Setups can be played on K2000R via the Local Keyboard Channel feature: Find this parameter in MIDI mode on the RECV page, change it from None to a channel of your choice, and set your controller to send on only that channel.
Page 218: Getting Started
Mirror Image Drum Map The Mirror Image Drum Map is a new drumkit layout that enables a natural two-hand style of playing. The Mirror Image Drum Map gets its name by its instruments being laid out in a mirror image of itself with D4 being the point of reﬂection. Getting Started Play the key, D4.
Page 219 ﬂow of rhythm. For those of you who prefer the old Kurzweil drum map for the drumkit programs, it is available on the Controller slider.
Page 220 Press the Overwrt soft button. Conﬁrm by pressing Yes twice. The K2000 now loads all the new GM objects, including new samples and programs from the disk. (This process will overwrite any RAM objects already stored in the K2000.) You can now play GM sequences on your K2000. Do this either by hooking up your sequencer’s MIDI OUT to the K2000’s MIDI IN, or by loading type 0 MIDI ﬁles into your K2000.
Page 221 Appendix E Contemporary ROM Soundblock This appendix describes the contents of the Contemporary ROM Soundblock option for your K2000 or K2000R. The Contemporary ROM Soundblock adds 8 Megabytes of samples, including ethnic percussion, electronic and processed drum sounds, electric guitars, synthesizer waveforms, contemporary keyboards, wind instruments, and much more.
Page 222 Contemporary ROM Programs Ethnic/World Instruments Shudder Kit Jungle Jam Crowd Stomper Mbira Stack Econo Kit Ritual Metals EDrum Kit 1 Prepared Mbira EDrum Kit 2 Balinesque Dog Chases Tail Ambient Bells Saw Loop Factory World Jam 1 Basses World Jam 2 Two Live Bass India Jam Dual/Tri Bass...
Page 223 Contemporary ROM Keymaps Synth Multi-Samples Gankogui Bell Hi Hybrid Pan Tibetan Cymbal Glass Rim Tone Tibetan Bowl Synth Vox Indo Bowl Gong Orch Pad Percussion Kits Koreana Prev Ethnic Perc Heaven Bells Cartoon Perc MIDI Stack Prev EDrum Map Synth Brass Toms Map DigiBass ProcKick/Snr Map...
Page 224 Contemporary ROM Samples Hybrid Pan Gankogui Bell Hi Glass Rim Tone Tibetan Cymbal Synth Vox Tibetan Bowl Orch Pad Indo Bowl Gong Koreana EDrum1 Kick Heaven Bells EDrum1 Snare MIDI Stack EDrum1 Rim Synth Brass EDrum1 Hi Tom DigiBass EDrum1 Crash AnaBass EDrum1 Cowbell Mini Saw...
Page 225 Programs and Controller Assignments The 100 preset programs in the K2000 Contemporary ROM are organized by category. We hope you will ﬁnd these programs to be a good starting point for your own work. There are many ways to put expressivity and variety in a single program by assigning MIDI controllers to the various DSP functions in its layers.
Page 226 Prg # Program Name Mod Wheel Data MPress Comments Keyboards 823 Dyno EP Lead Tremolo, Env ctl 824 ParaKoto Pad tremolo 825 Super Clav Phase Clav enable Disable release Filter rate 826 StrataClav Vibrato Vibrato 827 Touch Clav EQ, Vibrato Disables release Filter control 828 Bad Klav...
Page 227 Prg # Program Name Mod Wheel Data MPress Comments 849 Generator Kit Disable claps W/D mix (G3-G#3) 850 Shudder Kit W/D mix 851 Crowd Stomper W/D mix 852 Econo Kit Gate time (G3-C#4) W/D mix 853 EDrum Kit 1 Gate time (B2-D#3, G3- W/D mix Pitch (D6) Sust ped chokes cymbal (F#5)
Page 228 Prg # Program Name Mod Wheel Data MPress Comments Synth Timbres 877 Attack Stack Vibrato W/D mix Vibrato 878 SkinnyLead Vibrato Overdrive enable Vibrato, Filter 879 Q Sweep SynClav Vibrato Vibrato Sweep rate ctl 880 Anna Mini Vibrato Vibrato 881 Ballad Stack Swell Swell 882 Big Stack...
Page 229 Contemporary ROM Setups The Performance Setup, or "Setup" is a combination of three zones, each with independent MIDI channel and controller transmission assignments. Designed initially for models with built-in keyboards, Setups can be played on K2000R via the Local Keyboard Channel feature: Find this parameter in MIDI mode on the RECV page, change it from None to a channel of your choice, and set your controller to send on only that channel.
Page 231 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Index on Object Utilities page 4-66 Song Mode TRACK Page 3-44 Creating a Macro 4-39 Creating Directories 4-9 Crescendo/Decrescendo (Crescendo) 2-23 Numerics Crossfade and Volume Adjust Curves 2-29 32-track sequencing 3-58 Crossfade Loop (XfadeLoop) 2-28...
Page 232 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Effects Controller Numbers B-1 Song Mode TRACK Page 3-46 Enable Sense with Macros 4-51 Layer Page 1-5 Insert Zero 2-21 EPS 2-31 Intonation Table Editor 1-3 Erase Invert 2-21 Song Mode TRACK Page 3-44 EVENT Page...
Page 233 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement Song Mode 3-32 soft button 4-7 Mode 2-3 Path 4-2 Monitor (Mon) 2-5 Pitch Shift 2-25 Move Playing songs 3-61 on Object Utilities page 4-64 Power Mode Moving Files Between Directories 4-57 MIDI Receive page 1-8...
Page 234 Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement SCSI eject command 1-9 Select soft button 4-6 Using the Digital Outputs 2-7 Selecting a Song for Playback 3-61 Utilities 1-5 Selection by Dependents 4-34 Selection by Type/Range 4-33 Sequencer tutorial 3-1 V Parameter Sequencer Improvements...

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