Function Soft Buttons - Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910251 CHAP 6 Manual

Function Soft Buttons

The remainder of this chapter describes the soft buttons that perform specific functions, as
opposed to selecting programming pages. The descriptions below are arranged in the order in
which you would see the soft buttons if you pressed the more> button repeatedly. You can
always get to these buttons, regardless of which page is currently selected.
Set Range (SetRng)
The SetRng soft button gives you a quick way to set the lowest and highest notes in the
currently selected layer. Press this button, and the K2500 will prompt you to trigger the note
you want to set as the low note for the layer. Press the Cancel soft button if you change your
mind. Otherwise, trigger the desired note on your MIDI controller. When you trigger a note,
the K2500 prompts you to trigger the note you want to be the highest in the layer. When you
trigger another note, the previously selected page returns, and the notes you triggered will be
recorded as the new values for the LoKey and HiKey parameters on the LAYER page. You'll
notice that the higher of the two notes you triggered is entered as the HiKey value, regardless
of the order in which you triggered the two notes.
Name
Call up the page that enables you to change the name of the current program.
Save
Start the process of saving the current program.
Delete
Delete the current program from RAM. You can also delete any other RAM program by
scrolling through the list that appears when you press the Delete soft button, then pressing
Delete again when the desired program is selected. If you attempt to delete a ROM program,
the K2500 will say it's deleting the program, but it doesn't actually do it.
Dump
Send a MIDI System Exclusive dump of the current program's settings. See the Reference Guide
for more information about System Exclusive messages.
New Layer (NewLyr)
Create a new layer, numbered one above the highest existing layer. The new layer's parameters
are those of the single layer in Program 199, called "Default Program." When you press this
button, the K2500 will tell you that it is creating a new layer, then will return to the page you
were on. The new layer becomes the current layer. If the current program already has its
maximum number of layers, the K2500 will tell you that you can't add any more. If the current
keyboard channel is a drum channel, you can add up to 31 additional layers, for a total of 32.
Otherwise, the maximum is a total of three.
Program 199 makes a good template for programs that you build from the algorithm up. You
might want to edit Program 199 to adjust one or more parameters to values you want to use in
your template program. If you like the settings of the default layer as they are, however,
remember not to make any permanent changes to Program 199.
Duplicate Layer (DupLyr)
Create a copy of the current layer, duplicating the settings of all its parameters. The copy
becomes the current layer, and is numbered one higher than the original.
Program Mode and the Program Editor
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