Kurzweil K2000 - GUIDE SUPPLEMENT - VERSION 3 User Manual

Kurzweil K2000 Musician’s Guide Supplement
Contents
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14 Time Warp................................................................................................................................................... 2-24
15 Pitch Shift .................................................................................................................................................... 2-25
16 Mix Beat....................................................................................................................................................... 2-25
17 Replicate...................................................................................................................................................... 2-27
18 Mix Echo...................................................................................................................................................... 2-27
19 Beat Volume Adjust ................................................................................................................................... 2-28
20 Crossfade Loop (XfadeLoop) ................................................................................................................... 2-28
Crossfade and Volume Adjust Curves ................................................................................................................ 2-29
Reading Samples ........................................................................................................................................................... 2-29
Akai.......................................................................................................................................................................... 2-30
Roland...................................................................................................................................................................... 2-31
EPS............................................................................................................................................................................ 2-31
Chapter 3 Song Mode and Sequencing
Getting Started with the Sequencer.............................................................................................................................. 3-1
What is a Sequencer? ............................................................................................................................................... 3-1
The Local Keyboard Channel................................................................................................................................. 3-1
Patch Through................................................................................................................................................... 3-1
Tutorial: Recording a Song...................................................................................................................................... 3-2
Assign Programs to Channels......................................................................................................................... 3-2
Record a Drum Loop ........................................................................................................................................ 3-4
Record a Bass Line ............................................................................................................................................ 3-7
Record the Remaining Instruments in Your Song........................................................................................ 3-8
Mix Your Song ................................................................................................................................................... 3-9
Using the Mode Buttons to Mute a Track.................................................................................................... 3-10
Tutorial: Arrangements ..........................................................................................................................................3-11
Creating an Arrangement ...............................................................................................................................3-11
Arrangement Parameters: the ARRANGE page ........................................................................................ 3-12
Arrangement Parameters: the COMMON page ........................................................................................ 3-13
Timing Issues................................................................................................................................................... 3-13
Removing Initial Events from Step One...................................................................................................... 3-14
Recording Additional Tracks................................................................................................................................ 3-15
Maximizing Track Use........................................................................................................................................... 3-15
Triggering Arrangement Steps From the Keyboard.......................................................................................... 3-16
Song Mode: The MAIN Page...................................................................................................................................... 3-17
CurSong (Current Song) ....................................................................................................................................... 3-18
Tempo ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3-18
Fractional Tempos........................................................................................................................................... 3-19
Recording Track (RecTrk)...................................................................................................................................... 3-19
Program................................................................................................................................................................... 3-19
Chan (Channel) ...................................................................................................................................................... 3-20
Setup ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3-20
Volume (Vol) ........................................................................................................................................................... 3-20
Pan............................................................................................................................................................................ 3-21
Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3-21
Location (Locat)...................................................................................................................................................... 3-21
Other Track Information ....................................................................................................................................... 3-21
Mode Indicators (+ and x): ............................................................................................................................ 3-21
Activity Indicators ( [) .................................................................................................................................... 3-21
Track Status Indicators ................................................................................................................................... 3-22
Track Channels ................................................................................................................................................ 3-22

Kurzweil K2000 - GUIDE SUPPLEMENT - VERSION 3 Specifications

General

Synthesis Type	VAST (Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology)
Polyphony	24 voices
Category	Synthesizer
Model	K2000
Document Type	Guide Supplement
Version	3
Sampling	Optional
Sequencer	16-track sequencer
Keyboard	61 keys
MIDI	Yes
Effects	Reverb, chorus, delay, EQ, distortion