Kurzweil K2000 - MUSICIANS GUIDE - The Channels Page

MIDI Mode
The Channels Page
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HereÕs a more speciÞc example. Suppose your MIDI controller transmits on MIDI channel 1,
and youÕve set the LocalKbdCh parameter to a value of 1. YouÕve also set the value of the
ModWhl parameter on the Setup mode page to a value of Volume (MIDI 07) for each setup
zone. Then youÕve selected a setup that uses MIDI channels 1, 2, and 3. When you send a
Modulation message (MIDI 01) from the MIDI controller, youÕll affect the K2vxÕs volume
(unless the VolLock parameter for Channel 1 is on), and the K2vx will send a Volume message
to its MIDI Out port, on channels 1, 2, and 3.
Bank Select
"BankSelect" allows you to choose between having the K2vx respond to Controller 0 or
Controller 32 or both. The reason for this is that various manufacturers have chosen one
method or the other. The four possible values for this parameter are:
0 only - transmits and responds to controller 0 only.
32 only - transmits and responds to controller 32 only.
Ctl 0 - transmits 0 and responds to 0 or 32.
Ctl 32 - transmits 32 and responds to 0 or 32.
Power Mode
"Power Mode" has two possible values: User and Demo. When set to User, the userÕs parameter
settings are retained. When set to Demo the parameters are returned to default values when the
unit is powered up. The default value for the Power Mode parameter is User.
The following parameters are reset when Power Mode is set to Demo; default values for the
parameters are shown in parentheses.
Master Mode - Drum Channel (1)
MIDI Transmit - Control (Both)
Effects Mode - FX Mode (Auto)
FX Chan (Current)
Disk Mode - Current Disk (Floppy)
The unit also remembers what channel you were on and any octave transpose value (it used to
return to channel 1 and 0 transpose).
The Channels Page
Press the CHANLS soft button to select the CHANLS page, where you can deÞne numerous
parameters for each MIDI channel independently. Use the CHAN/BANK buttons to select the
MIDI channel you wish to work on.
The CHANLS page is very useful when youÕre doing multi-timbral sequencing, with programs
assigned to numerous MIDI channels. The CHANLS page lets you set several control
characteristics for each MIDI channel. This makes it easy to adjust the playback of the sequence
without editing the sequence itself. For example, you might turn off the Enable parameter for
one or more channels to mute the tracks on those channels. You could also set the VolLock
parameter to On, to ignore any MIDI volume messages the K2vx receives on a given MIDI
channel.