Kurzweil Artis SE - Program Mode; About Program Mode; Selecting Programs

Program Mode
About Program Mode
6-1
Chapter 6
Program Mode
is chapter will help familiarize you with the features of Program Mode.
Programs are essentially the dierent sounds of a MIDI instrument—they are preset
instrument sounds equivalent to the “patches,” “presets,” or “voices” that you nd on other
keyboards.
About Program Mode
To enter Program Mode from another Mode, press the Program mode button. While you
are in Program Mode, the Program button’s LED is illuminated.
When you enter Program Mode after powering on the Artis SE, the Category Default
Program in the Piano 1 category will be selected, either Program 1 (factory default) or a
Program you pick as a Category Default Program for the Piano 1 category. See Choosing
Category Default Programs on page 6-5.
If you enter Program Mode from another Mode, the current Program will be the last selected
Program on the current MIDI Channel.
Selecting Programs
e Artis SE features two Program Banks, one of which contains 256 factory Programs, and
the other Bank is reserved for up to 256 User Programs. Both the factory and User Banks are
split into 16 categories of 16 Programs each.
When you are in Program Mode, there are a few ways to select Programs.
• To select a Program in the current Category, press the relevant Program/Multi button.
• To select a Program in a dierent Category, press the Category button of choice and
then a Program/Multi button to select from the 16 Programs in the Category.
• To select the default Program from a Category, simply press the relevant Category
Button.