Let's talk about the organization of the Kurzweil Sound Module in the trapKAT. The sound card built in
is called the mini C. It is a derivative of the PC3 keyboard (which costs thousands). Each sound
(instrument) say a vibraphone gets its own program number. Drum Kits are organized the same way.
Each drum kit gets its own Program Number. A drum set is a carefully created kit designed to play the
kits' sounds as an organized self contained instrument. There is an easy way on the trapKAT to quickly
go through all of these kits without knowing or caring about banks or program numbers.
The pad assignments via MIDI note numbers go through the sounds assigned to that kit. So if you
wanted a snare drum sound on say pad 5 (there are at least 5 snares per kit), and you assign that pad to
that sound by scrolling through the note editing footswitch, all of the different kits would play a snare
drum on that pad. Programming on this level is easy. Very easy.
But what happens if you want the Bass Drum from kit 1, and the snare drum from kit 7 and the tom
from... etc. Because the trapKAT is a "KAT", you can do this. The trapKAT can call up 4 different kits
(programs) in every User Kit. Each of these Kits need to be on a different MIDI channel. So this is
where it is more complicated, but more rewarding.
There is also another way. Kurzweil put some special program kits in the mini C. Rather than having a
self contained drum set in these special programs, these kits are a collection of sounds, say all the mono
kicks or all the stereo kicks or snares or toms or cymbals.
The trapKAT User Kit now can be a construction kit where you can design your own kit. Yes you need
to know about Banks and Program Changes, Note Number Assignments, but with Knowledge comes
Power.... that has always been our tradition!
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