Kurzweil K2600 - MUSICIANS GUIDE REV A PART NUMBER 910330 CHAP 12 Getting Started Manual page 4

Song Mode and the Song Editor
Getting Started with the Sequencer
6. Repeat the above two steps to assign 22 Gospel Organ to Channel 3 and 79 Modulead to
YouÕve now chosen the programs for your Þrst sequence. ItÕs important to realize, though, that
you have not recorded anything yet. The programs will be there when you need them, but they
have not yet been included in a song. Also, donÕt forget that you can change the program
assignments any time before or after you record the song.
Record a Drum Loop
Our song will be based around a four measure drum loop that weÕll record now. Later on, weÕll
ÒunloopÓ the drum track for additional recording.
The length of the drum loop is determined by the current endpoint, so weÕll start by recording
four measures of silence to set the endpoint.
1. Set RecTrk to 1 then press the Record soft button. The Song Status indicator (top
SongMode:MAIN||Events:186K|||REC|READY||
CurSong:1|NewSong||||||||||||Tempo:120||
RecTrk|:1||||Vol:127|Pan:64||Mode|:Erase
Program:54|Jazz|Kit||||||||||Locat:||1:1
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track||:R|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
Channel:1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10111213141516
Record||Play|||Stop||Erase||MISC||MIXER|
2. Press the Play soft button. The Song Status indicator now reads RECORDING.
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SongMode:MAIN||Events:186K|||STOPPED||||
CurSong:1|NewSong||||||||||||Tempo:120||
RecTrk|: 2||||Vol:127|Pan:64| |Mode|:Erase
Program: 30|Warm|Bass|1^2|||| |Locat:||1:1
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track||:-|R|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
Channel:1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10111213141516
Record||Play|||Stop||Erase||MISC||MIXER|
Channel 4.
right-hand corner of the display) ßashes REC READY.
The K2600Õs built-in metronome begins clicking, and the Song-mode LED blinks in time
with the current tempo.
Notice the Locat parameter on the right side of the display, which shows the current Bar
and Beat number. When you begin recording, the K2600 provides you with a four-beat
countoff, during which time LocatÕs Bar and Beat number are preceded by a minus sign.
song status indicator
Locat parameter
shows current measure
and beat number