Kurzweil K2600 - MUSICIANS GUIDE REV A PART NUMBER 910331 CHAP 7 Manual

System Exclusive Protocol

K2600 System Exclusive Implementation

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Chapter 7

System Exclusive Protocol

K2600 System Exclusive Implementation

The MIDI System Exclusive capabilities of the K2600 allow you to manipulate objects in the 

K2600Õs memory from a computer system, another K2600, or a MIDI data recorder. The 

following is a reference to the SysEx protocol used by the K2600. This information can be used to 

build a simple object librarian software program. A word of adviceÑbefore you begin 

experimenting with SysEx, make sure you have saved anything of value in RAM to disk.

NOTE

: To support new features and changes in the K2600 line of products, the internal program 

structure has been changed from that of the K2000. Due to these changes, you cannot transfer a K2000 

program to a K2600, or a K2600 program to a K2000 via MIDI system exclusive. The K2600 software will 

continue to be enhanced, and in the future the K2600 will be capable of accepting K2000 programs over 

MIDI. As a result of this, computer based K2000 editor/librarians will not currently work with the 

K2600, unless they have been revised to accommodate the changes.

Common Format

In the following discussion, the Þelds of the K2600 System Exclusive Protocol messages are 

notated as 

field(length)

, where 

field

 is the name of the particular information Þeld in the 

message, and 

(length)

 is either 1, 2, 3, or n, representing the number of sequential MIDI bytes 

that make up the Þeld. A length of 

n

 means that the Þeld is of a variable length that is 

determined by its contents or subÞelds. 

All K2600 SysEx messages have the common format:

sox(1)  kid(1)  dev-id(1)  pid(1)  msg-type(1)  message(n)  eox(1)

sox

 is always F0h, and represents start of System Exclusive.

kid

 must be 07h, and is the Kurzweil Manufacturer ID.

dev-id

 is Device ID. The K2600 will recognize a SysEx message if 

dev-id

 is the same is the 

SysEx ID parameter from the MIDI-mode RECEIVE page.   If the K2600Õs SysEx ID parameter is 

set to 127, it will recognize SysEx messages no matter what the value of 

dev-id

 is.

pid

 is the Product IdentiÞer, and must be 78h (120 decimal), indicating the SysEx message is for 

the K2600.

msg-type

 is the identiÞer of one of the K2600 SysEx messages deÞned below, and 

message

 is the 

variable-length message contents.

eox

 is always F7h, for end of System Exclusive.