Chapter 3 Program Mode; Program Mode Base Page; Selecting A Program - Kurzweil KME61 - REV A User Manual

Chapter 3
Program Mode
To enter Program Mode, press the Program button. Its LED lights to indicate that the panel
and player controls are in Program Mode. Program Mode is automatically selected at
power-up. In Program Mode, the KME61 is a single-zone instrument playing the current
sound program across the keyboard and transmitting on just one MIDI channel. If Program
Mode is reentered after having been in Setup Mode, the current program changes to that
which was selected when Program Mode was last exited. On entry the Group and Program
Select LEDs corresponding to the current sound program light.

Program Mode Base Page

When you are in Program mode, the main display looks similar to this:
A01:Stereo Grand
Ch:12 Oct:+1 Key:D#
On the top line, ʺStereo Grandʺ is the name of the current Sound Program and ʺA01ʺ indicates
that it is Group A Program #01. The LEDs in the Group Select and Program Select buttons
will also indicate the currently selected program. The color of the Program Select LED
indicates whether it is the lower-numbered set (red,1-8) or higher-numbered set (green, 9-16).

Selecting a Program

The current sound program may be changed by selecting a different Group using the 16
Group Select buttons, or a different Program within the current Group using the 8 Program
Select buttons (as described below), or by receiving a MIDI Program Change message on the
current MIDI Channel.
The first press of an unlit Program Select button will light it red and select the lower set of
program numbers (1-8). A second press flips the color to green and selects the higher set.
A quick ʺdouble-clickʺ of an unlit button skips the red selection and goes directly to the green
selection.
Pressing an already lit Program Select button will flip its color and corresponding set.
The + and - buttons will also change the program selection if no soft button is lit. They cycle
first through the programs in the current group, then select the next or previous group and
continue.
Selecting a new group and/or program from the front panel will also send a MIDI bank select
and program change on the current channel if enabled by the Send Program Change MIDI
Parameter. The Bank number, either 0 or 6, will be transmitted as Bank LSB (CC# 32).