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Appendix C
Special Button Presses
Mode Buttons
The mode buttons to the left of the display have special functions in certain modes, as described below:
PROGRAM / Mute 1 When you’re in the Program Editor, this button will mute Layer 1 of the current
program or the currently displayed layer for drum programs. While in the Setup
Editor, it will mute Zone 1 of the current setup. On MIXER page of Song mode,
mutes either track 1 or 9.
SETUP / Mute 2 When you’re in the Program Editor, this button will mute Layer 2 of the current
program, if any. For drum programs, solos currently displayed layer. While in the
Setup Editor, it will mute Zone 2 of the current setup. On MIXER page of Song
mode, mutes either track 2 or 10.
QUICK ACCESS / Mute 3 When you’re in the Program Editor, this button will mute Layer 3 of the current
program, if any. For drum programs, solos currently displayed layer. While in the
Setup Editor, it will mute Zone 3 of the current setup. On MIXER page of Song
mode, mutes either track 3 or 11.
EFFECTS / FX Bypass When you’re in the Program Editor, pressing this button will bypass (mute) the
preset effect assigned to the current program, letting you hear just the sound of the
layer(s) you want to hear. On MIXER page of Song mode, mutes either track 4 or 12.
MIDI / Prev pg In the Program Editor, pressing this button will take you to the previously selected
editing page. The K2500 remembers the four most recently selected pages, so you
can press this button up to four times to backtrack through the pages you’ve
viewed. Pressing it a fifth time will take you back to the ALG page. On MIXER page
of Song mode, mutes either track 5 or 13.
MASTER / Mark This is handy for marking Program Editor pages that you use frequently. Pressing
this button will mark the currently selected page. You can mark as many pages as
you like. Then you can use the Jump button to select the marked pages in the order
you marked them. Marked pages will show an asterisk in the top line of the display,
just before the name of the page. A marked page can be unmarked by pressing the
Mark button while the page is visible. On MIXER page of Song mode, mutes either
track 6 or 14.
SONG / Jump Use this button to jump to pages in the Program Editor that you’ve marked with the
Mark button. This will cycle through all the currently marked pages in the order
they were marked. On MIXER page of Song mode, mutes either track 7 or 15.
DISK / Compare This button works in most editors, and lets you compare your edits with the
original version of the object you’re editing. When you press the Compare button,
the display changes to remind you that you’re listening to the original version. Press
any button to return to the currently selected page of whatever editor you’re in. On
MIXER page of Song mode, mutes either track 8 or 16.
CHAN/BANK / Layer/Zone In the Program Editor, these buttons let you scroll through the layers in the
currently selected program. In the Setup Editor, you can scroll through the zones. In
the Effects Editor, you can scroll through the effect configurations. In the Quick
Access Editor, they scroll through the entries in the currently selected Quick Access
bank. In the Keymap Editor, they scroll through the velocity levels of multi-velocity
keymaps. In Song mode, switches record track.
EDIT Whenever the selected parameter’s value is an editable object or a programmable
parameter, pressing the EDIT button will take you to that object’s editor, or to the
parameter’s programming page.