Kurzweil KSP8 TM - Manual (Page 63)

Setup Mode
Riffs
Preliminary - Subject to Change 7-3
Next, move your cursor to the right to highlight the second field of the trigger parameter. Select
a key value for the end of the key range. If you want to have only one key start a riff, your values
could be A#0 to A#0. Your riff will on be triggered to start only by pressing the A#0 key. If you
wanted your range to be larger, you could set your values to be something like A#0 to A#1. Now
any key that is pressed within this range will trigger your riff to start.
Note: the LoKey and HiKey values on the KEYVEL page do affect the riff. If your riff's trigger
and release notes are not within the LoKey and HiKey range on the KEYVEL page, your riff will
not be able to be triggered from the keyboard.
Release
This parameter lets you select a key or key range that will stop the riff in this zone. You set this
the same way that you set the trigger range. Move your cursor so that the first field of the
Release parameter is highlighted. Now select a key value by using the alpha wheel, increment/
decrement buttons or intuitive entry. Move your cursor to the second field and repeat the
process. If you set both of the Release values to A0, the Riff will stop when you press A0.
So if you use the settings above, the riff will start when you press A#0, and it will stop when you
press A0.
Note: the LoKey and HiKey values on the KEYVEL page do affect the riff. If your riff's trigger
and release notes are not within the LoKey and HiKey range on the KEYVEL page, your riff will
not be able to be triggered from the keyboard.
Loop
If you want your riff to loop indefinitely, set this parameter to “On.” If you want to have it play
once and then stop until you re trigger it, set this parameter to “Off.”
Local
If you want to trigger your riff without playing the current zone's program, set Local to Off.
With Local set to On, you will play the current zones program any time a key is pressed. This
could cause flamming to occur if you trigger a riff that has a downbeat at the same time you are
playing a note.
Sync Zone
The Sync Zone parameter determines which zone a riff will sync to. The choices are zones 1-16,
and first available.
Zone 1-16
If you choose a specific zone, the current riff will always sync to that zone. For example – you
have a drum riff in zone 1 and a bass riff in zone 2. You may always want the bass riff in zone 2
to to sync to the drum riff in zone 1. In this case you would set the sync zone parameter for the
bass riff in zone 2 to zone 1.
First Available
In this case, you may want to have a little more freedom and not be tied to the drum riff as the
main “timekeeper.” Maybe you want to start with the bass riff and have the drum riff start later.
In this case you would set sync zone to “First Avail.” With this setting, the riff will look for the
first available riff to sync to. So if both the drum riff and the bass riff have this parameter set to
first available, the riff that is started first will be the master. If the bass riff starts first, the drum
riff will see that as the first available riff to sync to and will do so. If the drum riff is started first,
the bass riff will see that as the first available riff to sync to and will do so. This can be very