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KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER'S GUIDE ADDENDUM
Kurzweil Mark 152/12 Version 2.0
User's Guide Addendum
In our ongoing effort at Kurzweil to make your musical experience on the
Mark 152/12 as rewarding as possible, we have made a number of improve-
ments and added several new features to the instrument. This document
describes these changes that make up Version 2.0 of the Kurzweil Mark
152/12. All changes described in this Addendum apply identically to the
Mark 152 and Mark 12 models.
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- Page 1 Kurzweil Mark 152/12 Version 2.0 User’s Guide Addendum In our ongoing effort at Kurzweil to make your musical experience on the Mark 152/12 as rewarding as possible, we have made a number of improve- ments and added several new features to the instrument. This document describes these changes that make up Version 2.0 of the Kurzweil Mark...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT PAGE Style Editor ......................... 4 UNDERSTANDING STYLES ................. 4-6 HOW TO RECORD A STYLE ................6-8 Setting Up ......................6-7 Start Recording ....................7-8 Auditioning Your Style .................... 8 STYLE RECORDING OPTIONS ................ - Page 3 KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) EDU-GAMES Rhythm CopyCat ......................17 RHYTHM COPYCAT PARAMETERS ..............17 Rhythm Builder ......................... 18 RHYTHM BUILDER PARAMETERS ..............18 Scale Tester ........................19 SCALE TESTER PARAMETERS ................19 MISCELLANEOUS NEW FEATURES Octave Shift ........................
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Page 4: Auto Accompaniment
• COPY STYLE allows you to copy another style. You can copy either a user style or one of the Kurzweil styles found in the other style categories. • IMPORT SONG gives you the ability to take musical track data from the Recorder. - Page 5 KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor some fun, too! Auto Accompaniment gives you the ability to play more music than you thought you could. (See pages 28-31 in your User’s Manual for further information on Styles).
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Page 6: How To Record A Style
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor CHORD STYLE CHORD SECTION Major Major Minor Minor Augmented Major Diminished Minor Suspended Fourth Major No Third Major Major with Flat Fifth Major Seventh Dominant Major Seventh Major Minor Seventh... -
Page 7: Start Recording
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor You may press any sound category button or the Variation or User Variation buttons to change the sound. You may also press the soft button under “Sound” to see the menu of sounds associated with the specific sound category. -
Page 8: Auditioning Your Style
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor Press Start/Stop again to stop the recording, or use the part buttons to change the part you’re working on, without leaving the recording process. This allows you to build up the style section in an interactive way, adding each part as you go. -
Page 9: Copying A Style For Editing
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor COPYING A STYLE FOR EDITING Pressing the Copy Style soft button provides a menu like this: Copy style To user style Big Band COPY Use the soft buttons and Up/Down buttons to scroll among the list of different styles to copy or style location to copy to. -
Page 10: Other Style Editing Features
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor The OPTIONS soft button provides the following menu: Chord sect Start measure Length Major 4 measures The Chord section and Length parameters have the same meaning as in style recording. If the length is less than the length of the song data to import, the music will only be im- ported as far as the length specified;... -
Page 11: Volume
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor Volume You can vary the relative volume of style parts. You can adjust the Volume from 0% to 100%. To return to the default setting, press the Up and Down buttons at the same time. -
Page 12: Style Key Of Composition (Transpose)
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor STYLE KEY OF COMPOSITION (TRANSPOSE) The style player on the Mark 12 works on the assumption that the style music itself is composed in the key of C; this allows the Style Player to transpose the style on playback to match the chord played by the user. -
Page 13: Recorder
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM RECORDER Event Editor RECORDER Song Track Features The Song Track Menu in the Recorder section has a new look. When you press Edit Song in the Recorder section and the Menu button the following menu will be displayed:... -
Page 14: Editing Events
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM RECORDER Event Editor To move around events in the track you can use the Next or Next/Up and Next/Down button combinations. The Fast Forward and Rewind buttons will move forward and backward respectively in the track and will move in increments of one musical measure. -
Page 15: Controller
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM RECORDER Event Editor CONTROLLER Controllers represent the virtual controls that the Mark 12 uses to adjust the music you hear. Examples are Volume, Stereo Pan, Sustain Pedal, Soft Pedal. The display shows the Controller name and an associated value. You can change the Controller value using the Menu (see pages 89, 90 and 111 in your User’s Manual for further information). -
Page 16: Recording A Tempo Track
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM RECORDER Miscellaneous Changes/Features Recording a Tempo Track You can now record a Tempo Track (sometimes referred to as a Conductor Track) along with your song data on the Mark 12. This special track has no musical notes or MIDI controllers on it;... -
Page 17: Edu-Games
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM EDU-GAMES Changes/Features EDU-GAMES Rhythm CopyCat One of the most basic elements of music is rhythm, and this game can help you learn to hear and reproduce rhythmic patterns on the keyboard. Rhythm CopyCat is based on simple beat patterns, ranging from very simple to rather complex. -
Page 18: Rhythm Builder
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM EDU-GAMES Changes/Features Rhythm Builder Moving beyond simple repetition, Rhythm Builder gives you the chance to hear how various beats might be put together to make real music. Rhythm Builder is based on the same sort of beat patterns found in Rhythm Copycat. But instead of simply repeating a single measure at a time, the Rhythm Builder puts the patterns together to make longer sequences (it’s a little like the concept of Note Copycat). -
Page 19: Scale Tester
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM EDU-GAMES Changes/Features Scale Tester Another basic concept in music theory is the scale. You may already have had a little exposure to scales in the Single Note Copycat game, but this game really gives you the chance to play scales directly. -
Page 20: Miscellaneous New Features
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM MISCELLANEOUS New Features MISCELLANEOUS NEW FEATURES Octave Shift The Octave Shift button now functions similarly to other Mark 12 buttons. Press the button once to turn on the shift mode; the LED in the button lights to indicate this. The two halves of the keyboard will be shifted as described in the manual. -
Page 21: Disk Load/Save
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM MISCELLANEOUS New Features Disk Load/Save There are now three pages to the LOAD menu. The new page provides this display: Disk Load ALL SONGS ALL STYLES ALL FILES These changes also apply to the SAVE menu. -
Page 22: Panel Memory Reset
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM MISCELLANEOUS New Features PANEL MEMORY RESET You can reset the Mark 12 back to its default operating state by pressing and holding the Panel 1 button, and then pressing the Grand Piano button. All the options that are gener- ally stored in a panel memory will be restored to the power-on defaults: sounds, auto- accompaniment, and so on. -
Page 23: Enhanced Harmony Feature
KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM MISCELLANEOUS New Features Enhanced Harmony Feature The Harmony feature has been enhanced. The menus for harmony type selection now feature three harmony types per page. You can move between the pages with the Next button, as in other menus.
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