Recording Additional Tracks; Maximizing Track Use - Kurzweil K2000 - GUIDE SUPPLEMENT - VERSION 3 Musician’s Manual Supplement

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. For example, you might want to record
a series of rhythm section grooves: just bass, drums, and maybe some comping parts. Now you
can use those grooves as step in an arrangement, then record lead lines through the entire
arrangement.
1. Follow Steps 1 through 6 of Creating an Arrangement on page 3-11to create an arrangement
song, using some different grooves you have created.
2. Start recording new tracks in the arrangement song. Remember that each MIDI channel
can have only one program assigned to it. Therefore you may want to select the tracks you
record in the arrangement song so that their MIDI channel assignments are different from
those of the tracks in the step songs.

Maximizing Track Use

If you extend the previous example, you'll realize that you can actually make use of 32 MIDI
channels—by creating an arrangement containing steps that use all 16 channels, then recording
16 channels of music in the arrangement song itself. Both the step songs and the arrangement
song can play back through the K2000, through another instrument connected to the K2000's
MIDI Out port, or through both.
It is important to remember that there are still only 16 MIDI channels, and any one MIDI channel
can play only one program. Therefore there is no way to have more than 16 different programs
playing at the same time on the K2000. But there are two reasons why you would want to use
more than 16 tracks.
First, you can have two or more tracks assigned to the same MIDI channel. For instance, if you
were recording drums, you might want to put different drums from the same program on
different tracks, to make recording and editing easier. On the bottom line of the display on the
MAIN page in Song mode, there are 16 channel parameters, one for each track. The numbers
don't represent tracks; they represent the track's MIDI channel assignment. (The dashes—or
other characters—above the numbers represent the tracks. The dashes and characters are the
values for the Track parameter.) You can assign any track to any MIDI channel.
The second way you can use more than 16 tracks is if you have an external sound module in
addition to the K2000. Each track can be assigned to play only the K2000's internal sounds
(local), or to be sent only to the MIDI Out, to play the external instrument. To assign the track for
local or MIDI playback, go into the Song Editor and on the COMMON page you'll see 16 Track
Destination parameters. If the value is a dash, the track is going to both the K2000 and its MIDI
Out port. L means local, and plays the K2000 only. M means that the track goes only to the
K2000's MIDI Out port. A value of x means that the track is muted.
In the following example, all the tracks in the step song play the K2000, while all the tracks in
the arrangement song go to the MIDI Out port. You can also have the step songs and
arrangement song set to the same track destinations, as long as it's OK for them to play the same
sounds.
1. Create a song with multiple tracks and save it.
2. On the COMMON page in the Song Editor, set the TrackDest value for each track of this
song to L. Save, then press Exit to return to the MAIN page in Song mode.
3. Using the Cursong parameter, call up 1 NewSong, and press Edit, then ARRANG.
Song Mode and Sequencing
Getting Started with the Sequencer
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