Memory Limits; Loading Songs From Disk; Recording Multi-Timbral Sequences Via Midi - Kurzweil K2000 - GUIDE SUPPLEMENT - VERSION 3 Musician’s Manual Supplement

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.

Memory Limits

While there's no actual time limit to the length of the songs you record, their size is limited to
64K (or to the maximum amount of available free RAM space you have, if it's less than 64K).
However, you can create longer songs by recording each section as a separate song, then putting
it together with the Arrangement Editor. If you run out of RAM space while recording a song,
the recorder stops and prompts you to save the song. It's a good idea to check your free RAM
space before you begin recording a song, and to check the
used all the available RAM for recording, you may find that when you go to the Song Editor to
delete a song or edit its tempo, the K2000 tells you that there's not enough memory to edit. In
this case you won't be able to edit any object greater than 4K in size. Objects smaller than 4K can
still be edited, because the K2000 always reserves a minimum of 4K of RAM.
If you want to delete a song and the K2000 won't let you enter the Song Editor, select one of the
Metronome songs. Since the metronome songs are smaller than 4K, you'll be able to enter the
Song Editor. Press the Delete soft button, then use the Alpha Wheel to select the program you
want to delete. Press the Delete button again; this erases the song, freeing up enough RAM to
edit other songs.

Loading Songs From Disk

If you have a Type 0 (single-track, single- or multi-channel) MIDI sequence file stored on an MS-
DOS disk (720K or 1.4 M), you can load it into one of the RAM banks, and the K2000 will be able
to play it from Song mode.

Recording Multi-timbral Sequences via MIDI

You can record sequences from an external MIDI device using Song mode. Program numbers
and MIDI channel assignments of multi-timbral sequences are recorded with the notes. To
record via MIDI, connect the MIDI Out port of your sequencer to the K2000's MIDI In port.
Select Song mode, and set the Clock parameter to External. This syncs the K2000 with the MIDI
clock of the external sequencer.
You'll probably want to set the Local Keyboard Channel parameter to None when recording
from an external sequencer, since the rechannelizing effect of that parameter could have
unintended results.
To record all your tracks in one pass, set the RecTrk parameter to Mult and make sure that for
each channel of information on your source sequence, you have a track enabled to record and a
Channel a unique channel assigned to that track. (The default setting of all tracks enabled to
record on Channels 1-16 will always work.)
You can also record individual tracks from your source sequence by setting the RecTrk
parameter to a specific track. The K2000 will record only information coming in on the channel
that the RecTrk parameter is set to.
Press the Record button; the K2000 waits for the first clock start from the sequencer. Make sure
that your sequencer is set to send MIDI clock signals, and start the sequence. The K2000 begins
recording when it receives the first MIDI clock start from the sequencer. When the sequencer has
finished its playback, press the Stop soft button, and the K2000 stops recording and asks if you
want to save the song.
Song Mode and Sequencing
readout as you record. If you've
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