Kurzweil K2600 - MUSICIANS GUIDE REV A PART NUMBER 910330 CHAP 6 Manual page 60

Program Mode and the Program Editor
Programming Tips
Middle Period Organs. To model one of these instruments, set 82 tone wheels and a low note of
A 1. Use the Mellow Wheel Volume Map and EricÕs Organ Map. Set Key Click to a moderate
level.
The Classic B-3. For this sound, choose 79 tone wheels and set the low note to be C 2. The best
settings here are the Bright Wheel Volume Map and PeckÕs Organ Map. You may also want to
reduce the Key Click level.
Using a KB3 Program in a Setup
To get the rotary speaker effect to work properly, youÕll need to make a few adjustments. On the
Effects-mode page, make sure that FX Mode is Auto, and FX Chan is Current. Then go into the
Studio Editor, and assign a KB3 program to one of the setupÕs zones. Then import the KDFX
settings from a program that uses the rotary effect you want. If the setup has only one zone,
youÕre Þnished. If the setup has more than one zone, youÕll need to check each zone to see where
the audio output for its program is going. If you donÕt want the rotary effect applied to the other
programs in the setup, set those programsÕ outputs to a KDFX input thatÕs different from the
output of the KB3 program (youÕll need to look at the setupÕs studio, Þnd which FXBus uses the
rotary-effect FX preset, then set the output of each non-KB3 zone so that it goes to a KDFX input
that isnÕt routed to the FXBus using the rotary-effect FX preset).
Note: Many of the factory KB3 programs use Studio 160 KB3 V/C -> Rotary, which in turn uses
FX Preset 779 KB3 FXBus on FXBus1, and also uses the Aux Bus for the full rotary-speaker effect. Since
FX Preset 779 uses 4 PAUs, there are no PAUs free for use on the other FXBuses. Consequently, when
you use this studio, thereÕs no way to route other zones through different effects. If you want a setup that
uses a KB3 program with rotary-speaker effects, but you also want other programs in the setup that donÕt
use the same effect, use a studio other than Studio 160.
Emulating a Two-Manual Organ
You can use Setup Mode to emulate a two-manual keyboard. However, you can only use a KB3
program in one zone of the setup (use a regular K2600 organ program in the other zone). Also,
you will have limited polyphony on the non-KB3 channel. The actual number of voices that will
be available on the non-KB3 channel depends on the number of tone wheels used by the KB3
program. (You may be able to reduce the number of tone wheels used, depending on the note
range of the zone.)
Programs Using 2PARAM SHAPER
If you are running a KB3 program, you will not be able to simultaneously play K2600 programs
that use the 2PARAM SHAPER DSP function on another channel. (Actually, the program will
still play, but the 2PARAM SHAPER DSP function will be bypassed.)
Shaper AMP (!AMP)
Although the !AMP DSP function is not part of the KB3 editor, we have used the !AMP to help
Òdirty-upÓ several programs. This allows us to recreate the tube distortion characteristics of
classic drawbar organ pre-amps.
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