Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910252 CHAP 12 Manual page 5

Setup
Soft Reset
Switch control
Toggle
Value
Variable Architecture
Synthesis Technology
(V. A. S. T.)
Zero Crossing
A multi-timbral performance object. A setup consists of three zones, each of which
can be assigned its own program, MIDI channel, and control assignments. These
assignments control the K2500's operation while in Setup mode, as well as
determining the Program Change numbers and controller messages the K2500 sends
via MIDI.
Returns the K2500 to Program mode without affecting the contents of RAM. Press the
+/-, 0, and CLEAR buttons to do a soft reset. If your K2500 is hung up for some
reason, this will usually get take care of the problem. See Hard Reset.
A device that converts motion into discrete on/off signals. A switch control, like the
Sustain pedal, is either on or off. Compare continuous control.
As a verb, to switch between (usually) two conditions using a device that makes the
switch. As a noun, the device that makes the switch. For example, pressing the "View"
soft button on the top level Program mode page toggles between small-type and
large-type views of the current Program.
The current setting of a parameter. Each parameter has a range of available values,
one of which you select while editing. The Transposition parameter on the Program
mode page, for example, has a default value of 0. Change the value to change the
parameter's effect on the current program.
The term created by Kurzweil engineers to describe the multi-faceted capabilities of
the K2500, combining sample playback (ROM and RAM), and waveform generation
with a broad array of processing functions. This architecture provides preset
algorithms created by Kurzweil sound engineers, which include filters, distortion,
panning, EQ, waveform oscillators, waveform shaper, hard sync oscillators,
amplitude modulation, gain, crossfade, and more. V. A. S. T. is a registered trademark
of Young Chang Akki Co. Ltd.
Any of a number points in the digital representation of a sound's waveform where the
digital signal is neither positive or negative. When looping samples, starting the loop
at one of these points will reduce or eliminate the click or change in timbre that can
occur in sample loops.
Glossary
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