Kurzweil Music Systems K2600X, K2600R, K2600 User's Guide
K2600 Version 4 (GM Mode) User’s Guide
This document describes General MIDI (GM Mode), a new feature included with Version 4 of the K2600 Operating
System. To get started with GM Mode, you must first use the Boot Loader to install the Version 4 software on your
K2600. This procedure is described in Appendix A of the K2600 Musician’s Guide .
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.
GM Mode is optimized for use with the K2600 ROM 5 and Orchestral ROM options. Installing these optional
soundsets in your instrument is your best bet for top-notch GM sounds. You may, however, take advantage of GM
Mode without installing the option ROMs. See “Using GM Mode without ROM5 and Orchestral ROM,” below, for
more information.
About GM
General MIDI (GM) is an addition to the original MIDI specification that assigns sounds to specific channel numbers, program numbers, and note values. Using General MIDI, you can share song files between different devices
with reasonably consistent performance.
Many GM song files are commercially available, and they’ll sound great on your K2600.
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K2600 Version 4 (GM Mode) User’s Guide
Inside GM Mode
Inside GM Mode
Here’s what happens when you enable GM Mode:
• On all channels except channel 10 (which GM uses for drums), you will see only the 128 GM
programs. 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.
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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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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GM||||||||: On|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GM|Studio|:500|GM1|Room|||||||||||
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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. Six GM Studios are included,
providing different reverb and chorus-plus-reverb settings.
500 GM1 Room
501 GM2 Chamber
502 GM3 Hall
503 GM4 Chorus+Room
504 GM5 Chorus+Chmbr
505 GM6 Chorus+Hall
The default GM Studio (GM1 Room) is at ID 500. Use the GM Studio parameter to select a Studio which best complements your program material.
The View soft button (formerly on the Mast1 page) is now on the MAST2 page.
Master2||GM|Samples:8192K|||Memory:485K|
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Vocoder|||: Off|||M|||||||||||||||||||||||
View|Mode|:List|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reset|M||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| MAST1
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GM Mode in Song Files
GM Mode in Song Files
The Edit Song:COMMON page now has a GM parameter for each song:
EditSong:COMMON||||||||||||||<>Track:1||
Tempo|||||: 120|||||M|StartStep|||:1||||||
TimeSig|||:4/|4|||||TempoControl:Song|||
EffectChan:1||||||||TriggerChan|:1||||||
ChainTo|||:0|None|||TriggerCtl||:ON|||||
TrackDest|:----|----|----|----|GM:On||||
DrumTrMack|:--M--|----M|----|-M---||||M||||||
<more|M| EVENT|M| TRACK|M| STEP|||ARRANG|more>
When you set GM On, the unit will put itself into GM Mode when the song starts, and get out of GM when the
song stops. The GM Mode setting will be saved with the song file.
GM Mode can also be turned on from an external MIDI device that sends the “General MIDI On” message as
defined in the MIDI Specification. When you insert a General MIDI On message at the beginning of a sequence you
are telling the playback device (e.g., K2600) to immediately start GM when you play the song. On pause, stop, or
end of song, GM Mode is turned off automatically.
In addition, when you import Standard MIDI Files (SMF) with the GM sysex embedded in them, the K2600 sets the
GM parameter in the song to ON. And when the K2600 exports a song to SMF with the GM parameter set, it
embeds the GM On sysex message.
The Sysex messages are:
GM ON
F0 7E UNIVERSAL NON-REAL TIME SYSEX HEADER
<device ID> ID of target device
09 GM Message
01 GM ON
F7 EOX
GM OFF
F0 7E <device ID> 09 02 F7
02 GM OFF
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General MIDI Programs
The table below shows the 128 General MIDI 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 Grand Piano 33 Acoustic Bass 65 Soprano Sax 97 Ice Rain
2 Bright Piano 34 Fingered Bass 66 Alto Sax 98 Soundtrack
3 Electric Grand 35 Picked Bass 67 Tenor Sax 99 Crystal
4 Honky-Tonk Piano 36 Fretless Bass 68 Baritone Sax 100 Atmosphere
5 Elec Piano 1 37 Slap Bass 1 69 Oboe 101 Brightness
6 Elec Piano 2 38 Slap Bass 2 70 English Horn 102 Goblins
7 Harpsichord 39 Synth Bass 1 71 Bassoon 103 Echo Drops
8 Clavinet 40 Synth Bass 2 72 Clarinet 104 Sci-fi Pad
9 Celeste 41 Violin 73 Piccolo 105 Sitar
10 Glockenspiel 42 Viola 74 Flute 106 Banjo
11 Music Box 43 Cello 75 Recorder 107 Shamisen
12 Vibraphone 44 Contrabass 76 Pan Flute 108 Koto
13 Marimba 45 Tremolo Strings 77 Blown Bottle 109 Kalimba
14 Xylophone 46 Pizzicato String 78 Shakuhachi 110 Bagpipe
15 Tubular Bells 47 Plucked Harp 79 Whistle 111 Fiddle
16 Dulcimer 48 Timpani 80 Ocarina 112 Shanai
17 Drawbar Organ 49 Ensemble Strings 81 Square Wave 113 Tinkle Bell
18 Perc Organ 50 Slow Strings 82 Sawtooth Wave 114 Agogo
19 Rock Organ 51 Synth Strings 1 83 Synth Calliope 115 Steel Drums
20 Church Organ 52 Synth Strings 2 84 Chiff Lead 116 Woodblock
21 Reed Organ 53 Choir Oohs 85 Charang 117 Taiko Drum
22 Accordion 54 Voice Oohs 86 Solo Vox 118 Melodic Toms
23 Harmonica 55 Synth Vox 87 Fifths Saw Wave 119 Synth Drums
24 Bandoneon 56 Orchestra Hit 88 Bass & Lead 120 Reverse Cymbal
25 Nylon Str Guitar 57 Trumpet 89 Fantasia Pad 121 Gtr Fret Noise
26 Steel Str Guitar 58 Trombone 90 Warm Pad 122 Breath Noise
27 Jazz Guitar 59 Tuba 91 Poly Synth Pad 123 Seashore
28 Clean Guitar 60 Muted Trumpet 92 Space Voice Pad 124 Birds
29 Muted Guitar 61 French Horn 93 Bowed Glass Pad 125 Telephone
30 Overdrive Guitar 62 Brass Section 94 Metallic Pad 126 Helicopter
31 Distorted Guitar 63 Synth Brass 1 95 Halo Pad 127 Applause
32 Guitar Harmonics 64 Synth Brass 2 96 Sweep Pad 128 Gun Shot
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