User manual KURZWEIL K2600 V4 GM MODE REV B

[. . . ] You must perform a hard reset after you install this new operating system. What it is Version 4 of the K2600 Operating System introduces GM Mode, an efficient way to use your K2600 with General MIDI devices and sequences. Since you can turn GM Mode on or off in a single step, you can easily move between the K2600's normal operating mode and GM Mode. The K2600 remembers your Master table settings, so when you leave GM Mode to return to normal operating mode everything is right where you left it. [. . . ] On MIDI channel 10, you will see the eight drum kits. (If you do not see the GM programs when you turn on GM Mode, you need to install ROM5 or load one of the disk file GM sets. ) The K2600 will modify the following entries in the master table: · FX mode (GM uses Master mode) · FX channel (GM uses None) · FX studio (GM uses the studio selected in GM Studio set on the Master: GM page) · Receive velocity map (GM uses the GM Receive Velocity Map) · progChgType (GM uses 0-127 mode) Old settings will be remembered, however, so that when you turn GM Mode off the K2600 will restore your previous settings. Volume and expression controllers are mapped to a special GM curve, as in "GS" synths. (GS is a superset of General MIDI that is used by the Roland Sound Canvas and other products. ) GM drum kits are mapped across program number space as in the "GS" synths, and have exclusive zones included with them. Program changes sent to the K2600 when it is in GM Mode will only select programs from the GM program set. · · · · Setups, Songs, and QA Banks created outside of GM Mode will not point to the correct programs within GM Mode (although you may find the results "interesting"). Similarly, Setups, Songs, and QA Banks created within GM Mode will not point to the correct programs when you leave GM Mode. For this reason, when you create Setups, Songs, or QA Banks within GM Mode you may want to append the letters "GM" to the object's name and/or store the objects only in certain banks. Using GM Mode without ROM5 and Orchestral ROM While you'll attain the best-sounding GM soundset if you install ROM5 and the Orchestral ROM in your K2600, you can also take advantage of GM Mode with one of the GM soundsets downloadable from the www. kurzweilmusicsystems. com website. There are several GM soundsets available, depending on which option ROMs you have in your K2600. If you have previously obtained a GM soundset for your K2600, you will have to get the new version that is designed to work with GM Mode. If you choose this approach, first upgrade your operating system to Version 4. Then load the GM soundset using Disk Mode (make sure to load the GM disk sets as Everything-Merge files and verify that the programs have loaded into banks 400-500s). Turn on GM Mode AFTER loading the disk set, then follow the instructions for GM Mode in this document. Master Table changes With Version 4 of the K2600 Operating System, new items have been added to the Master Table. If you have previously created your own ROM program sets, we recommend that you make and load a new ROM set in order to correctly store the new parameters with your favorite defaults. You should also be aware that with Version 4 the Master Table has grown in size to accommodate GM parameters. If you install an old (pre v4. 0) Master Table as part of an object set, the K2600 will say "Resizing Master Table. . . " on startup. 2 M M MM M K2600 Version 4 (GM Mode) User's Guide Enabling GM Mode from the Master page Enabling GM Mode from the Master page In the V4. 0 K2600 operating system, the first Master page (MAST1) now has a GM soft button: Master|||GM|Samples:8192K|||Memory:485K| Tune||||||:0ct|||||||||||||||||||||||||| Transpose|:0ST|||||||||||||||||||||||||| KB3Chan|||:1|||||||||||||||||||||||||||| VelTouch||:1|Linear||||||||||||||||||||| PressTouch:1|Linear|||||Confirm||:On|||| Intonation:1|Equal||||||IntonaKey:C||||| Object|Delete||Util||Sample|||GM|||MAST2 Press the GM soft button to call up the new GM page: Master:GM||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| GM||||||||:On||||||||||||||||||||||||||| GM|Studio|:500|GM1|Room||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||MAST1 Enable GM Mode by setting the GM parameter to On. When GM is on, GM is displayed on the top line of the screen. This happens on all of the K2600's main pages. The GM Studio parameter sets the FX Studio that will be used by GM programs. [. . . ] The ID numbers shown are the locations that these programs will occupy in GM Mode. In Standard Mode the program numbers will be 400-527. You can create your own GM sets as well, provided that you store the programs at 400-527 and the drum kits at 528-535. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Grand Piano Bright Piano Electric Grand Honky-Tonk Piano Elec Piano 1 Elec Piano 2 Harpsichord Clavinet Celeste Glockenspiel Music Box Vibraphone Marimba Xylophone Tubular Bells Dulcimer Drawbar Organ Perc Organ Rock Organ Church Organ Reed Organ Accordion Harmonica Bandoneon Nylon Str Guitar Steel Str Guitar Jazz Guitar Clean Guitar Muted Guitar Overdrive Guitar Distorted Guitar Guitar Harmonics 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Acoustic Bass Fingered Bass Picked Bass Fretless Bass Slap Bass 1 Slap Bass 2 Synth Bass 1 Synth Bass 2 Violin Viola Cello Contrabass Tremolo Strings Pizzicato String Plucked Harp Timpani Ensemble Strings Slow Strings Synth Strings 1 Synth Strings 2 Choir Oohs Voice Oohs Synth Vox Orchestra Hit Trumpet Trombone Tuba Muted Trumpet French Horn Brass Section Synth Brass 1 Synth Brass 2 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Soprano Sax Alto Sax Tenor Sax Baritone Sax Oboe English Horn Bassoon Clarinet Piccolo Flute Recorder Pan Flute Blown Bottle Shakuhachi Whistle Ocarina Square Wave Sawtooth Wave Synth Calliope Chiff Lead Charang Solo Vox Fifths Saw Wave Bass & Lead Fantasia Pad Warm Pad Poly Synth Pad Space Voice Pad Bowed Glass Pad Metallic Pad Halo Pad Sweep Pad 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 Ice Rain Soundtrack Crystal Atmosphere Brightness Goblins Echo Drops Sci-fi Pad Sitar Banjo Shamisen Koto Kalimba Bagpipe Fiddle Shanai Tinkle Bell Agogo Steel Drums Woodblock Taiko Drum Melodic Toms Synth Drums Reverse Cymbal Gtr Fret Noise Breath Noise Seashore Birds Telephone Helicopter Applause Gun Shot 5 K2600 Version 4 (GM Mode) User's Guide General MIDI Programs GM Drum Kits The table below lists the drum kits provided with ROM 5 and GM Mode for the K2600. 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