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Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer
28
ENSONIQ KT Musician’s Manual
Tip:
Assign a controller to modulate the effect delay times, and select a specified
minimum and maximum range so that you can create unique poly-rhythms in real
time. See
Section 3 — Understanding Effects
for information on assigning effect
modulators.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Introduction
18
Welcome
18
About the KT-76/KT-88
18
Clean up and Maintenance
19
Center Supported Stands
19
About the Manuals
19
Power
20
Polarization and Grounding
20
Ground Loops
21
AC Line Conditioning
21
Guidelines for Using the KT
22
Temperature Guidelines
22
Amplification Guidelines
22
Be Careful
23
Amplifying Your KT through a Home Stereo System
23
Powering up Your KT in a MIDI Configuration
23
Battery Replacement Guidelines
24
Card Battery Replacement
24
Reinitializing the KT
25
To Reinitialize the KT
25
How to Use this Manual
26
Page Locations
26
Button Names
27
Color-Coding on the Front Panel
27
Using the Color-Coded Text
27
Available Options for Your KT
28
Where to Find more Help
28
Section 1 - Controls & Basic Functions
30
Rear Panel Connections
30
The Front Panel Controls
32
Color-Coding Scheme
32
Direct-Dialing Banks
33
Compare Button
34
More about the Transpose Keyboard Function
38
PCMCIA Memory Cards
39
Headphones
39
Performance Controllers
40
Selecting Sounds
41
Selecting R:drum ROM Sounds
41
Sound Memory Configuration
42
Choosing Internal, ROM, and Card Sounds
43
Soundfinder™ Feature
44
Selecting Sequences/Presets or Songs
45
Sequencer Memory Configuration
45
Play the Demo Song
45
Choosing Internal, ROM, and Card Sequences/Presets/Songs
46
Using Parametric Programming
47
Changing a Parameter (Data Editing)
47
To Change a Parameter
48
Multiple Parameters
48
Section 2 - System•MIDI Parameters
50
Entering System•MIDI Mode
50
Exiting System•MIDI Mode
50
System Parameters
50
Tune/Bnd/Ptbl
50
Various ROM System Pitch-Tables
51
Touch/Pressure
54
The KT Velocity Response Curves (Touch)
55
Velocity Curve Diagram
55
Ftswl/Ftswr
58
Latching Pressure with Sustain or Sostenuto
58
CV-Pedal/Voice Muting
59
MIDI Parameters
60
Base Channel/Status
60
Base Channel Pressure
61
MIDI Mode/Xctrl
62
Using Global Controllers in MONO Mode
63
Controllers/Prog Change
64
Program Changes in the KT
64
Bank Select and Program Change Implementation
65
Selecting a New Sound and Its Effect from MIDI
65
Sysex/ID/Song Select
66
MIDI Trkname/MIDI Loop
67
Section 4 - Effect Parameters
69
About Effect Parameters
69
Effect Modulation Parameters
69
Dry/Bypassed
69
Dual Eq+Reverb
70
Warm Chamber
72
8-Voice Chorus
73
Eq-Chorus+Reverb
74
Eq-Ddl+Reverb
75
Ddl-Chorus+Revb
76
Envcf-Cho+Reverb
77
Flanger+Reverb
79
Phaser+Reverb
80
Rotary Spkr+Revb
81
Fl-Cmp-Dist+Revb
83
Distwah-Cho+Revb
85
Section 5 - Understanding Sounds
87
What Is a KT Sound
87
Understanding Voices and Polyphony
87
Using the Compare Button/Led
88
Using the Edit Buffer
88
To Abandon Your Edits
88
Saving a New Sound into Memory
89
To Save a Sound
89
Copying an Existing Sound to Another Location
89
KT Standard Sound Configuration
90
KT Drum Sound Configuration
91
Selecting Edit (Drum) Sound Mode
92
Using Modulation
93
About Modulation
93
To Select a Modulator
93
To Control Modulation Amount
93
Specifying a Modulation Source
94
ENV 1, ENV 2, ENV 3 - KT Standard Sound Envelopes
97
Section 6 - Standard Sound Parameters
99
Edit (Standard) Sound Mode
99
Wave Pages (00 - 05)
99
Editvoice/Voice Status
99
Wave Class/Wave Name
101
Wave Name
101
KT Standard Sound ROM Wave Catalog
102
Delay Time/Direction
103
Start Index/Modsource/Mod Amount
103
Sample Shift/Mode
104
Voice Restrike Decay Time
105
Soundfinder Type
106
Change Sound Mode
107
Oct/Semi/Fine
108
Env1/Lfo/Mod
108
Keyboard Pitch Tracking
109
Glide/Glide Time
110
Levels/Time
111
Levv/Atckv/Velcurv
112
Mode/Keyboardtrk
113
Mode (Env 3) - Voice Triggering
113
Stealing Notes
113
Press ENTER to Select Defaults
115
KT Default Envelope Values
116
LFO Pages (30 - 32)
117
LFO Rate/Noise Rate
117
Depth/Dlay/Mod
118
Wave/Restart
118
Filters Pages (40 - 44)
120
Filter1/Filter2
120
FC1 Cutoff/Envelope2
120
FC1 Keyboard/Mod
121
FC2 Cutoff/Envelope2
121
FC2 Keyboard/Fc1 Mod FC2
121
Editing the Filters
122
More about Filters
122
Output Pages (70 - 73)
125
Vol/Mod
125
Keybdscale/Keyrange
126
Setting a Keyboard Zone
128
Section 7 - Drum Sound Parameters
132
Edit (Drum) Sound Mode
132
Wave Pages (00 - 05)
132
Key Range/Wave Name
132
Creating "Holes" in the Key Map
133
Wave Class/Wave Name
134
KT Drum Sound ROM Wave Catalog
135
Direction
137
Press ENTER to Set GM Map
137
The "Hidden" ROM General MIDI Drum Map
138
Press ENTER to Set Ensoniq Map
139
Change Sound Mode
139
Pitch Pages (10 - 11)
140
Oct/Semi/Fine
140
Keyboard Pitch Tracking
140
Filter Page
141
Fc Cutoff/Levv
141
Amp Pages
141
Gate Time/Release Time
141
Levv/Mode
142
Stealing Notes
142
Output Pages (70 - 71)
143
Vol/Pan
143
Output Bus/Velcurv
144
Creating a Custom Drum Kit
145
To Edit the Voices
145
Setting Key Ranges
146
Saving Your Edited Drum Kit
147
Section 8 - Understanding Presets What Is a Preset
149
Selecting Presets
149
How Many Presets Are Available in the KT
149
What Is the Difference between Presets and Sequences
150
What Are Tracks
151
Three Ways to Create a Preset
152
To Create a Preset Using the Default Preset
152
To Build Your Own Preset
152
To Modify an Existing Preset
153
Layering Sounds with the Track Buttons
154
Using Effects with Performance Presets
154
Using the Replace Track Sound Function
155
Replacing the Sound on a Track
155
Using Soundfinder in Presets Mode
155
Replacing the Sound Along with Its Effect on a Track
156
A Note about Replacing Sounds Used by Sequences/Presets
157
Using Card Sounds in a Seq/Preset or Song
157
About Edit Track (Performance) Parameters
158
Using the Layer Lock Feature
159
About the "Save Changes?" Page
160
Using the Make Default Preset Button
161
To Play the Demo
161
To Make a Default Preset Template
161
To Copy Preset Data
163
About the KT ROM Presets
164
List of ROM Presets
164
Rpset00 - MIDI-Blend
164
Rpset01 - Ohsosweet-Rhodes
164
Rpset02 - Acbass/Kybrds(I)
165
Rpset03 - Elbass/Kybrds(I)
165
Rpset04 - Synbass/Kbds(I)
165
Rpset05 - Elecbass/Gtrs(I)
165
Rpset06 - Pno/Solohorns(I)
166
Rpset07 - Tinepno/Horns(I)
166
Rpset08 - Pnostr/Orch (I)
166
Rpset09 - Wedding Ceremony
166
Section 9 - Preset/Track Parameters
167
Vol/Pan
167
Output
168
Keyrange
169
Performance Tip - Creating Keyboard Splits
170
Transpose
170
Chan/Prog
171
Program Changes in the KT
171
Bank Select and Program Change Implementation
172
Selecting a New Sound and Its Effect from MIDI
172
Status
173
Pressure
174
Sustain Pedal
175
Timbre
176
Release
176
Section 10 - Understanding the Sequencer
177
Digital Sequencing
177
What Is a Sequence
178
What Is a Song
178
About Sequencer Memory
179
Card Sequencer Memory
179
Sequencer "Transport Controls
180
Sequencer Status
181
Select Sequence Mode Pages
182
Selecting a Sequence or Song
182
Choosing Internal, ROM, and Card Sequences/Presets/Songs
183
Playing Sequences and Songs
183
Creating a New Sequence or Song
183
Erasing All Sequencer Memory
186
Recording a Sequence
187
The KEEP NEW/OLD Page
189
Re-Recording a Track
190
Playing Along with a Sequence/Auditioning New Sounds and Effects
191
Recording Program Changes into the Sequencer
191
About the "Save Changes?" Page
192
Recording MIDI Tracks
193
Mixing, Muting and Soloing Tracks (Track Volume Functions)
194
Routing Sounds to Effects in Sequence/Preset Mode
195
Controllers Routed to Effects
195
Working in Song Mode
196
Assembling a Song
196
To Assemble a Song
196
Switching Effects in Song Mode
198
Song Tracks
199
Viewing Sequence Tracks in Song Mode
200
Mixing down Sequence and Song Tracks in Song Mode
200
To Record MIX or Pan Changes to Sequence Tracks in a Song
200
To Record MIX or Pan Changes to a Song Track
201
More about Mixdown Mode
202
Delay Times/Tempo BPM Chart
202
About MIDI
207
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Model
KT-88
Category
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Language
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