Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910251 CHAP 1 Introduction

Chapter 1
Introduction
Welcome!
Congratulations, and thanks for purchasing a Kurzweil/Young Chang K2500 Series
instrument. Whether you've just gotten a K2500 (illustrated below), the 88-note K2500X, or the
rack-mountable K2500R, you've got your hands on an extremely capable musical instrument.
The K2500 Series instruments are packed with great acoustic, electric, and synth sounds—
combined with some of the most advanced synthesis features available, which you can use to
create almost any sound imaginable. If you liked the award-winning K2000, you'll love the
K2500!
This manual and the accompanying Reference Guide , as well as the video tutorial, will get you
started with your new instrument. You'll definitely want to keep the manuals handy as you
become an advanced user, too.
udio uts
A O
H eadphones M ix D C
R L R L R L R
A ssignable C ontrollers
1
M aster Volume A
S olo
M ixdown
MIDI Faders
SW1 SW2
For K2500R Owners
Throughout the Performance Guide and Reference Guide we've simplified things by saying just
K 2500RS Sampler V ariable A rchitecture S ynthesis T echnology
O ptical In
"K2500" any time we're referring to features that are common to all instruments in the K2500
1 2 3
ABC DEF GHI L oZ
Chan/Bank 4 5 6
JKL MNO PQR
Layer/Zone 7 8 9 Left
STU VWX YZ
+ / - 0 CLR
dit E E xit MIDI
UPPER/lower 0-9 Space
Series. Obviously, though, there are some differences between the rack and keyboard models;
C ancel E nter
Right
H iZ
Program S etup Q Access ffects E MIDI M aster S ong D isk
Mute 1 Mute 2 Mute 3 FX Bypass Previous Pg Mark Jump Compare
Zoom - Zoom + Samp/Sec Gain - Gain + Link
Tip=Left
Power V olume H eadphone
Ring=Right
we'll point them out where they occur and mark them with a handy K2500R margin symbol
such as the one to the left of this paragraph.
B A
L R L
O ptical Out D igital Out D igital In O ptical In L oZ Left In L oZ Right In
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P rogram MIDI
B C D E F G H
Mute 1
Zoom -
S etup M
Mute 2
Zoom +
Q Access S
Mute 3
Samp/Sec
E ffects
FX Bypass
R ecord P lay/Pause
MIDI Select MIDI
H iZ In Out Thru Out Out/Thru In
Previous Pg
Gain -
aster
Mark
Gain +
han/Bank
ong C
Jump
Link
Layer/Zone
D isk
Compare
S top E dit
C 4
witch Pedals
SCSI S CC Pedals / Breath KDS Output
4 3 2 1 B reath 2 1
SCSI Thru
or
D ata E ntry
1 2 3
ABC DEF GHI
4 5 6
JKL MNO PQR
7 8 9
STU VWX YZ
+/- 0 C lear
UPPER/lower 0 - 9 Space
E xit
C ancel E nter
Introduction
Welcome!
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K 2500
F orty-Eight Voices
D igital Multi Effects
M ulti-Track Sequencer
E xpandable to 28MB of Sound ROM
E xpandable to 128MB of Sample RAM
V ariable A rchitecture S ynthesis T echnology
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