Kurzweil K2600 - Playing KB3 Programs

Program Mode and the Program Editor
KB3 Mode
6-5
Real-time Controls in KB3 Mode
Owners of keyboard models of the K2600 have real-time control over many components of KB3
programs, directly from the front panel. The sliders emulate the drawbars that are so essential to
the tone wheel sound, while the buttons above them (theyÕre called the Mute buttons, because
they normally mute and solo zones in Setup mode) can control the KB3 effects: Leslie, vibrato,
chorus, and percussion (key click).
When youÕre in Program mode, the Mute buttons always control KB3 effects. In a setup
containing a KB3 program, if you want the Mute buttons to control KB3 effects, youÕll have to
edit the setup, because in Setup mode, the Mute buttons mute and unmute zones by default.
1. Go to Setup mode, and select the setup you want to edit. Press Edit.
2. Press either more soft button until you see the COMMON soft button. Press it, and your
display should look like this:
EditSetup:COMMON|||||||||||||||All|Zones
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Song||:O|None||||||||||||||||Sync|:Off||
Mutes|:Zone|Mutes|||||||||||||||||||||||
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<more|||||||||COMMON|ARPEG||RIBCFG|more>
3. Select the Mutes parameter and change its value to KB3 Control.
4. DonÕt forget to save.
A note to K2600R owners: while you donÕt have a set of sliders or Mute buttons on your
instrument, you can control most of the KB3 features from your MIDI controller. There are also
dedicated controllers, like the Voceª MIDI Drawbar controller, that give you convenient real-
time control of KB3 features. See MIDI Control of KB3 Programs on page 6-6 for information
about controlling KB3 programs via MIDI.
Playing KB3 Programs
One of the standard performance features of many tone wheel organs is the set of drawbars for
emulating the stops on a pipe organ. Moving the drawbars controls the amplitude of either the
fundamentals or the harmonics of the notes (out to increase amplitude, in to decrease it).
On keyboard models, the sliders and Mod Wheel serve as the nine drawbars found on most tone
wheel organs. Pushing the sliders up is the equivalent of pushing the drawbars in (removing
fundamentals or harmonics). The Mod Wheel is the other way around, since youÕre probably
used to the Mod Wheel being off when itÕs down, and on when itÕs up. So remember, for the
Mod Wheel, down (off) is like pushing the drawbar in (decreasing amplitude), and up (on) is
out (increasing amplitude).
Subharmonics Fundamental Harmonics
16'
5
1
/3'
8' 4'
2
2
/3'
2'
1
3
/5' 1
1
/3'
1'
Slider A Slider B Slider C Slider D Slider E Slider F Slider G Slider H Mod Wheel
Table 6-1 Standard Drawbar Settings for the Hammond B3