Triggering Arrangement Steps From The Keyboard - Kurzweil K2600 - MUSICIANS GUIDE REV A PART NUMBER 910330 CHAP 12 Getting Started Manual

Song Mode and the Song Editor
Tutorial: Arrangements
other charactersÑabove 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 K2600. Each track can be assigned to play only the K2600Õs 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 youÕll see 16 Track
Destination parameters. If the value is a dash, the track is going to both the K2600 and its MIDI
Out port. L means local, and plays the K2600 only. M means that the track goes only to the
K2600Õs 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 K2600, 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 itÕs 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
3. Using the Cursong parameter, call up 1 NewSong, and press Edit, then ARRANG.
4. Using the Song parameter, call up the song you just recorded. This makes your song a step
5. Set the TrackDest parameter for each track to M, so that the arrangement song wonÕt also
6. Save, then press Exit to return to the MAIN page in Song mode.
7. Record additional tracks as part of the arrangement song. You might have to record

Triggering Arrangement Steps From the Keyboard

Each step in an arrangement can be triggered by playing a key (or triggering a note from any
MIDI controller). This can be great for live performance, because you can repeat each step as
many times as you like.
1. Go to the TRANSMIT page in MIDI mode, and assign a control setup that has a value of
2. Go to Song mode, and create an arrangement, following Steps 1 through 6 of Creating an
3. Go to the COMMON page in the Song Editor. There are two parameters on this page for
12-16
song to L. Save, then press Exit to return to the MAIN page in Song mode.
in the arrangement song, which youÕre currently editing. Press Done to return to the
COMMON page.
play the K2600.
programs changes in each track of the arrangement song to set up the external instrument
properly.
On for the Sync parameter on the COMMON page of the Setup Editor. Create one if you
need to, and name it SongSetup. WeÕll explain why shortly why you need to use this
control setup.
Arrangement on page 12-12.
use with key triggering of steps:
TriggerChan: Notes on this MIDI channel can trigger the current step. Notes on any other
channels will not trigger the step. Set this to match the MIDI channel of the K2600 or
whatever controller youÕre using to trigger the steps.