Kurzweil K2000R User Manual

SECTION 1
SCSI
Semi tone
Setup
Soft Reset
Switch control
Toggle
Value
VAST
GLOSSARY.DOC 12/13/92
Pronounced "skuzzy," this acronym stands for Small
Computer Systems Interface. It is simply a
standardized form of information exchange which allows
any SCSI equipped device to communicate with any other
SCSI device. Two or more SCSI devices - they can be
computers, hard disks, printers, just about anything
that sends or receives information in standardized
form - are connected via special cables to their SCSI
ports. This configuration is much faster than serial
information exchange, the precursor to SCSI.
The standard interval between the twelve notes in the
scale. There are twelve semitones to an octave. The
interval between C and C# is one semi tone.
A multi-timbral performance object. A setup consists
of three zones, each of which can be assigned its own
program, MIDI channel, and control assignments. These
assignments control the K2000's operation while in
Setup mode, as well as determining the Program Change
numbers and controller messages the K2000 sends via
MIDI.
Returns the K2000 to Program mode without affecting
the contents of RAM. Press the +/-, 0, and CLEAR
buttons to do a soft reset. IF your K2000 is hung up
for some reason, this will usually get take care of
the problem. See Hard Reset.
A device which converts motion into discrete on/off
signals. A switch control, like the sustain pedal, is
either on or off. Compare continuous control.
As a verb, to switch between (usually) two conditions
using a device which makes the switch. As a noun, the
device which makes the switch. For example, pressing
the "View" soft button on the top level Program mode
page toggles between small-type and large-type views
of the current Program.
the current setting of a parameter. Each parameter
has a range of available values, one of which you
select while editing. The Transposition parameter on
the Program mode page, for example, has a default
value of o. Change the value to change the
parameter's effect on the current program.
Variable Architecture Synthesis Technique; the term
created by Kurzweil engineers to describe the multi-
faceted capabilities of the K2000, which combines
sample playback (ROM and RAM), and waveform generation
with a broad array of processing functions. This
architecture provides preset algorithms created by
Kurzweil sound engineers, which include filters,
distortion, panning, EQ, waveform oscillators,
waveform shaper, hard sync oscillators, amplitude
modulation, gain, crossfade, and more.
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Kurzweil K2000R Specifications

General

Brand	Kurzweil
Model	K2000R
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English