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Introduction
Overview of the K2661
For sample memory, your K2661 has one SIMM (single, in-line memory module) installed in a
socket that you can reach through the access panel on the bottom of the instrument. If your
K2661 does not already have the maximum of 128 megabytes of Sample RAM installed, you can
install a larger SIMM using the instructions in the
Musician’s Reference.
The most important thing
for you to know about Sample RAM is that it is not battery-backed; RAM samples are
permanently erased from memory when you power down.
For offline storage, there’s a SmartMedia slot for 3.3v SmartMedia cards, and also a
SCSI
port
for connecting an external hard disk or CD-ROM drive. You’ll find all this storage potential
extremely useful for saving and loading samples, which can also be transferred to and from the
K2661 using the standard MIDI sample transfer format, or the faster, parallel SMDI sample
transfer format (SCSI Musical Data Interchange). See the
Musician’s Reference
for information
about MIDI and SMDI sample transfers.
The K2661’s battery-backed program RAM can store hundreds of your own programs, or
thousands of notes recorded in the sequencer. This sequencer (Song mode) lets you play back
MIDI type 0 or 1 sequences, record and play back your own songs, and record multi-timbral
sequences received via MIDI.
The Local Keyboard Channel feature enables you to use the K2661’s multi-zone setups even if
you’re using an external MIDI controller that can transmit on only one channel. The K2661 will
also rechannelize incoming MIDI information and send it to its MIDI Out port, enabling you to
control additional synths on eight different channels.
An optional sampling feature is available, allowing you to make your own mono or stereo
samples using analog or digital inputs. With the sampling option, you can also use Live mode,
which enables you to take an input signal and route it through the K2661’s VAST algorithms—so
you can apply Kurzweil DSP and effects to any sound.
There’s also digital input/output (I/O) in ADAT format, which provides eight channels for
digital audio input and output, as well as a stereo digital output in AES/EBU or S/PDIF
formats.
And, of course, there’s the incomparable Kurzweil sound. The K2661 comes to you with
hundreds of programs (called patches, presets, voices, etc. on other synths). There are also about
200 multi-zone performance setups. Many of these setups use note triggers to play factory-
recorded songs that provide grooves and arpeggiation that make great templates for
performance or recording.
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