Startup
Playing the Presets
2-5
When you power up, the display brießy show some startup information. The Program mode
display then appears. It looks like the diagram below (the programs shown in the diagram donÕt
necessarily exist).
ProgramMode||||Xpose:0ST|||<>Channel:1||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@|198|James|Jams||||||
KeyMap|Info|||||||#|199|Default|Program|
|Grand|Piano||||||#|||1|Righteous|Piano|
||||||||||||||||||#|||2|Mondo|Bass||||||
||||||||||||||||||#|||3|Killer|Drums||||
%%%%%%^%%%%%%^%%%%$|||4|Weeping|Guitar||
Octav-|Octav+|Panic||Sample|Chan-||Chan+
The Þrst time you power up (or after a reset), your instrument will be set to operate on MIDI
Channel 1 (as shown in the top line of the diagram). After that, it will power up on whatever
channel you were on when you powered down. If youÕd rather have the K2600 reset certain
parameters to default values when you power up, you can do that, too. See Power
Mode on page 10-9.
Set the volume at a comfortable level. YouÕll get the best signal-to-noise ratio if you keep the
K2600 at full volume, and adjust the level from your mixing board. You may also want to adjust
the display contrast. On keyboard models, thereÕs a small knob labeled LCD Contrast on the
rear panel, between the MIDI ports and the Control Pedal jacks. On the rack-mount model, itÕs
on the left side of the front panel, just above the power switch.
On the K2600R, as you trigger notes from your MIDI controller, youÕll see the MIDI LED ßash. If
it doesnÕt ßash, check your MIDI cables and connections.
Playing the Presets
There are three things youÕll want to check out right away: programs, setups and Quick Access
banks. In performance situations, youÕll be selecting your sounds using one of these three
methods. ThereÕs a mode (and a mode button) corresponding to each method.
Getting Around
In all three of these modes, the bottom line of the display identiÞes the function of each of the
buttons beneath the display. We call these buttons soft buttons, because they do different things
depending on whatÕs currently showing in the display.
In Program and Quick Access modes, you can change MIDI channels with the Chan- and Chan+
buttons under the display. In Program mode, you can also change channels using the
Chan/Bank buttons to the left of the display. (In Quick Access mode, the Chan/Bank buttons
change Quick Access banks; more about that on page 2-9.)
In all three of these modes, you can transpose an octave at a time by pressing the Octav buttons
under the display. With the K2600R, this works only if the LocalKbdCh parameter on the
RECEIVE page in MIDI mode matches the transmitting channel of your MIDI controllerÑsee
Chapter 10.
There are two more soft buttons that appear in these three modes: Panic and Sample.
The Panic button sends an All Notes Off message and an All Controllers Off messageÑboth to
the K2600 and over all 16 MIDI channels. You wonÕt need it often, but itÕs nice to have.
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