APPENDIX
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Below is a list of terms that are used throughout the manual. Here are non technical explanations.
Bank Change
Changing sounds on the malletKAT require both a Program Change and a Bank Change. A Bank
Change is a collection of Program Changes. Each Bank has 127 Programs in them. A Bank
Command consists of two numbers MSB xx and LSB xx. On the Kurzweil, MSB are always 00.
The LSB number changes the bank.
Channel
In MIDI there are 16 MIDI channels. A MIDI channel is like a phone number. For two
instruments to communicate, they must talk over the same channel. This is very much like
communicating with a friend on the phone. You must dial the correct phone number first.
Controller
A MIDI Controller is a device whose purpose is to control other MIDI devices (as opposed to a
sound source whose job is to be controlled). Generally, a Controller is the Interface device
which you play on, such as a Guitar Controller, Keyboard Controller, Drum Controller, etc.
Data Dump
The internal data information that a musical instrument sends out so that you an save its setting
on a back up system.
Default
The standard, customary or “safe” value for a given setting.
Dynamics
A measure of how hard or softly you are playing with your sticks.
Editing
The act of changing the settings in a device.
Factory Kits
Kits that are always present in your instrument. These are Kits that are designed to work with
General MIDI Instruments. User Kits (unmodified) are designed to work with the Kurzweil
Sound Engine built into the trapKAT.
Gate Time
The length of time that a note plays as sent by the trapKAT. It is the length of time that the
trapKAT waits after it sends a Note On Command, before it sends a Note Off. Many drum
machines ignore the Gate Time sent by the trapKAT and sound the note until its fully “played
out”. Melodic sounds like horns, strings, & organs often do respond to Gate Time.
General MIDI (GM) Sound Module
A sound module that conforms to the General MIDI specification specifying Program layout by
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