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KURK2000.DK Help File
Loading in the file KURK2000.DK will setup Band-In-A-
Box for the Kurzweil K2000 Synthesizer. It will setup:
1. Drum #Æs for the Kurzweil K2000.
2. General MIDI Patch Map (assigned to factory settings of
the Kurzweil K2000).
3. Startup Patches and Channels in the MIDI Settings
Window.
Thanks to a Band-In-A-Box user for uploading these .dk and
.doc files. His comments follow:
There are two basic approaches to playing Band-in-a-Box
through the K2000: you can install a General Midi program
set on the K2000, or use a BIAB DK file which uses preset
sounds on the K2000 to approximate some of the General
MIDI sounds. Simply using the presets is easier, and will
play most BIAB songs satisfactorily; it is possible to
approximate most of the piano, bass, drum, string and brass
sounds that BIAB uses in most of its jazz and pop styles.
However, in the long run adding samples and a Quick Access
bank to make the K2K General MIDI compliant is more
satisfying, because Kurzweil has made no effort to conform
to the GM standard with its preset sounds. Rather, a team of
Kurzweil programmers prepared a GM sound set which is
readily available on disk and from several online sources,
which when installed turns the K2000 into one of the best
General MIDI synthesizers available.
Here's a brief description of how to set up each approach:
(1) Using the K2000 presets
a. Install the file K2000.DK on your system, load it
into BIAB and save it as MYSETUP.DK,
making it the default patch set
b. On the MIDI Mode page of the K2000 (either
XMIT or RECV) set the ProgChgType to 0-
127. This is important! If you leave it on
Extended, when BIAB selects a program
number higher than 100 that channel will be
stuck in the 100's bank on the K2000.
c. Use BIAB normally. Most songs will sound
pretty good. It is not possible, however, to
duplicate many of the General MIDI sounds.
The K2000 doesn't have a ringing telephone
among its presets, for example. The
K2000.DK patches make no effort to line up
these non-conforming sounds with K2000
equivalents
(2) Using the K2000 General Midi sounds (2 megs sample
RAM required)
a. Obtain the K2000 General Midi sounds from
Compuserve or another source. They can be
found in the MUSICAVEN forum, in library
6, filename GENMIDI.ZIP. This file is also
on various K2000 Internet ftp sites, including
bach.nevada.edu and sweetwater.com. Unzip
the file and copy GENMIDI.KR1 and
GENMIDI.KR2 to floppy disks or the K2000
hard drive. Copy GENRESET.KRZ also.
b. Choose two adjacent K2000 banks to hold your
General MIDI material. I use the 800's and
900's to keep it out of the way. Delete
everything in those banks.
c. Load GENMIDI.KR1 and GENMIDI.KR2 files
into the first of these banks in the K2000,
using Append mode. Included in the files is
a Quick Access bank which assigns the
patches to QA numbers, and also a Master
table which among other things sets the drum
channel (on the Master Mode page) to 10 and
sets PChgType (on the MIDI Mode page) to
QA 0-127 to correspond to General MIDI
numbering.
d. Load the GENMIDI.DK file (supplied with
BIAB), saving it as MYSETUP.DK to make
it the default patch set.
e. Use BIAB normally. All the General MIDI
sounds should function beautifully on the
K2000.
f. If you have a K2000 hard drive or other device
larger than 1.44K, you can save the 800 and
900 banks (or whichever ones you choose)
into one file (about 2.1 MB) for future
sessions. Remember that sample memory
will clear when you turn off the K2000,
although the QA, Program, MIDI and Master
objects will remain.
g. When you want to use the K2000 for a purpose
other than General MIDI, load the file
GENRESET.KRZ or change PChgType back
to Extended, or wherever it is normally.
GENRESET.KRZ contains a Master table
which will restore the Master and MIDI
mode pages to their default settings.
Have Fun!