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Suggested "first steps" for new users

Hi all,

We've had a K1000 since about 2018 but haven't really dug into the manuals too much (we figured out how to peruse the presets and just enjoyed playing those).

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I did get familiar with k1000.net and obtained manuals from there. I'd started to read the "Kurzweil K1000 Keyboard Musician's Guide" (K1000MG.pdf) here and there, but not in earnest until recently.

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When we got the original K1000 in 2018, the seller did tell us that it had been upgraded to some degree, but didn't know the details (and after having done some digging in k1000.net, I don't think in retrospect that we would have understood them at the time anyway!).

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I remember being a bit puzzled how the manual seemed to indicate a program range up to 127, but I was seeing things in these "100", "200", "300" and "400" ranges, with a lot of repetition. I did find program lists on the site and I did some manual verification of what was in the original keyboard from 2018 (see below).

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Recently I got a K1000 SE from one of the list members here. It needs a new volume slider (and maybe some other fixes; TBD) and I'm looking to correctly identify it.

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I've been revisiting the original keyboard as well and am wondering if I've been reading the wrong manual!

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In my notes for the original keyboard, I have this written down:

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Engine: v5.32

Setups: v5.10

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I have a hand-scrawled list I must have done several years ago, starting from "000" (which says "No Prg Assigned") up to "099" (the unit skips over "100"), then "101" to "163" (this one says "Tuning Note/Click"), then it skips over "164" to "200", then "201" to "299" (it skips over "300") then "301" to "363" (skipping the rest through "400" similarly as before", then for "401" to "493" it just says "(not found)" for each. After "493" it goes back to "000". I have another note saying "Verified to match the "Pro 1 Sounds" list."

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I might do a similar exercise for the newly-arrived K1000 SE, but I would like to make sure I read the correct manuals.?

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I note that the K1000 SE came with a few bound volumes; sorry for the painful detail here, but I wanted to reproduce the title pages, as I don't believe these particular volumes appear on the "Manuals" section of k1000.net:

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First one:

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Musician's Guide

Kurzweil K1000 SE Keyboard

By Ralph Jones

Gary Davis & Associates

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Updated and Amended by

Romeo Music, Inc.

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(at the bottom is the KMS address block)

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Second one:

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Musician's Guide

Kurzweil K1000 SE II

& SE II Extended

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(address block)

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Third one:

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Version 5 Addendum

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Musician's Guide

Kurzweil 1000 Series

Synthesizers

With Version 5 Software

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Would it be helpful to add these to the PDF files on the "Manuals" page, or, if anyone is familiar with these, were they superseded by files already available there?

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Finally to the actual point of my post here:

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I got the idea to provide a kind if "first steps" procedure for someone who acquires a 1000-series instrument of any kind. Considering the upgradeability of these instruments, what it says on the front panel from the original factory instrument may belie what lies under the hood.

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I'm imagining such a procedure would tell you to press some sequence of buttons to get info like those "Engine" and "Setups" numbers, and maybe some other kinds of identifying info.

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Hopefully having that info, it could be mapped into a table that would include a mapping to the proper manuals and maybe even the proper program lists etc.

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Is this a silly or infeasible idea?

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Apparently our original 2018 K1000 is in reality a "Version 5" machine - I had no idea what "v5.32" really meant until I got these new manuals when the K1000 SE showed up the other day! That is probably more due to my ignorance in properly digesting what is on k1000.net, but I'm wondering if there's a way to provide a bit more direct guidance for total noobs. I'm feeling I should forget reading "K1000MG.pdf" or "K1000ProgRef.pdf" and instead use the new ones that just arrived...

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Any thoughts, suggestions, etc. appreciated!

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Thanks,

Chuck