Kurzweil K2000 Service Manual page 13

SECTION 1
Note state
Object
Page
Parameter
Pixel
Program
Program Edi tor
RAM
ROM
Sample
GLOSSARY.DOC 12113/92
Any K2000 is either on or off; this is its note state.
Normally, any given note's Note state switches on when
you strike the key for that note. It switches off
when you release the key, and any sustain controls you
may have applied to the note (Sustain or Sostenuto
pedal, etc.).
A chunk of information stored in the K2000's memory.
Programs, setups, keyrnaps, and samples are all
objects. There are several others as well.
A set of performance or programming parameters which
appear as a group in the display. The entry level
page for each mode appears when you select the mode.
Most other pages are selected with the soft buttons,
from within an editor.
A programming feature. The name of the parameter
describes the function it controls - transposition,
for example. Each parameter has a value associated
with it, which indicates the status of the parameter.
A contraction of "picture element." The K2000's
display consists of a screen with small square dots
(the pixels). Each pixel lets light through or blocks
it depending on whether it is receiving an electrical
charge. The combination of light and dark dots
creates a pattern which you recognize as text or
graphics. The K2000's display is 240-by-64 pixels, in
other words, 64 horizontal rows, each containing 240
pixels, for a total of 15360 pixels.
The K2000's basic performance-level sound object.
Programs can consist of up to 3 layers (32 layers for
programs on the drum channel); each layer has its own
keyrnap (set of examples) and sound-processing
algorithm.
The set of parameters that lets you modify the sound
of ROM or RAM programs. Enter the Program Editor by
pressing the EDIT button while in Program mode, or any
time the currently selected parameter has program as
its value.
Random Access Memory, one of the two basic types of
computer memory. RAM can be both read from and
written to. When you load samples into the K2000 you
are writing to RAM. Compare ROM.
Read Only Memory, one of the two basic types of
computer memory. You can retrieve the information
stored in ROM, but information cannot be written to
it. The onboard sounds of the K2000 are stored in
ROM.
A digital recording of a sound that can be assigned to
a keyrnap as part of the process of building a program.
Samples are stored in ROM (factory-installed) or in
RAM (loaded from disk) .
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