Copying Built-In Style to Composer 

1. Press PROGRAM MENUS  then select 'COMPOSER' on the screen.

2. Select 'PATTERN COPY' and you should see two windows :  'FROM'  and 'TO' with several 'Soft' keys at the bottom of the screen.

3. Press the 'GROUP'   up/down buttons to scroll through the Rhythm Groups until the display shows the desired Group in the 'FROM' window .

4. Press the 'RHYTHM' up/down buttons to scroll through the styles within the Group, until the display shows the desired style.

5. To copy the entire style from Built-In to Composer, press the 'PATTERN' down button until the display shows 'PATTERN : ALL'

6. In the 'TO' window, use the 'MEMORY'  up/down buttons to select the desired destination Composer Memory ( A, B or C )

7. Check that the 'PATTERN'  is set to 'ALL' - use the 'PATTERN' key to alter if necessary - but it should be set automatically when the 'FROM' pattern is set.

8. Press the 'OK'  button and the Style will be copied into the selected Composer Memory. Using this procedure, you can take any of the Built-In styles and edit any of the parameters or sounds within the style, and produce a 'new' style. Before you start the copying procedure, decide which of the Built-In Styles you wish to copy into the Composer.

Note: The 'PATTERN' up/down buttons allow you to scroll through the various components of the style such as Variations 1-4, Intros 1&2, Fill Ins for all variations and Endings 1&2. This allows you to copy/mix and match components from one style to another to make up endless combinations within an edited style. You can have some real fun playing about with this !!

Custom to Composer Copy

Copying a Custom style into Composer, allows the user to edit the style if necessary, whilst the style is resident in the Composer Memory. Many of the parameters can be changed to 'personalise' the style and then re-saved to SD card or Floppy disc. Simple edits such as changing one or more of the instruments assigned to the 5 accompaniment sounds (ACP1 - ACP5) can be easily done and can effectively create a whole 'new' sounding style.
Styles in the Composer can be saved together with Panel Memory setups and complete Current Panel setup, in a single file location on the SD card, to suit a particular Song or Tune. The complete setup can then be quickly recalled during live performance.
 
1. Load into Custom Memory, the group of 20 styles, which contains the particular style you wish to copy to Composer. 

2. Press CUSTOM in the Rhythm Group and decide which style you wish to copy.

3. Press PROGRAM MENUS (Far Right of Panel)

4. Select COMPOSER in the KN7000 screen then CUSTOM STYLE COPY.

5. The 'FROM' window should show 'CUSTOM STYLE : xx' where xx could be any number between 1 and 20. If the 'FROM' window is showing 'MEMORY BANK : x' then press the 'DIRECTION' button to change the content of the two windows. (FROM=CUSTOM : TO=MEMORY BANK)

6. Use any one of the 'CUSTOM STYLE' buttons to scroll through the Custom Styles until you see the desired style.

7. Use any one of the 'MEMORY BANK' buttons to select the destination of the copied style in the Composer Memory - if you only wish to copy one style, I would suggest you choose 'A'.

8. Press the 'OK' button and the selected Custom style will be copied into your chosen Composer Memory. You can check this by pressing the 'MEMORY LOAD' button, just to the left of the KN7000 screen. Press the 'EXIT' button (bottom right of screen) to return to the previous display.
  You can copy up to three styles from Custom Memory to Composer, using this same procedure, so if you wish to copy another style from the currently loaded set of 20 Custom styles, just select the Style in the 'FROM' window and in the 'TO' window, select 'MEMORY BANK B' and press 'OK'. Follow the same procedure if you wish to copy a third Custom style to 'MEMORY BANK C'

9. When you have finished the copying procedure, press 'EXIT' 3 times to return to the 'Home Page' display.

10. To select one of your 'new' Composers, just press the MEMORY LOAD button to the right of the screen, select the desired style and then press 'EXIT'.

11. You can now carry out complete Performance setups of the Panel and store these in the Panel Memories. Should you wish to use more than just the one Composer Memory in the song/tune performance setup, then just select MEMORY LOAD, change the style and store in Panel Memory.
As an example : You may have copied BigBand1 style to Composer Memory A, BigBand2 to Composer Memory B and BigBand3 to Composer Memory C. Each style has of course 4 variations and Intros, Fill Ins and Endings. So you could start off with a particular Sounds setup and BigBand 1 style Variation 2 and store this in Panel Memory A1. Then a different Sounds setup using BigBand 1 style Variation 3 and store this in Panel Memory A2. Then a different Sounds setup and BigBand 2 style Variation 1 and store this in Panel Memory A3 and so on.....

12. Having stored all the configurations for the song/tune, this entire performance setup can then be saved in one file location in a folder - perhaps named as the song/tune title.

Composer to Custom Copy
 
Using this facility, you can make up groups of 20 Styles of your own choice and then save them as a single Custom Memory file, on the SD card. This allows you to build up a library of your own particular favourite styles from Composer styles from other sources, or styles which you have edited to produce new styles.
The procedure is very similar to the Custom to Composer Copy procedure, described above. When you copy a Composer style to a Custom memory, the contents of Panel Memories A, B and C are also copied. So if you have particular Instruments set up in LEFT, RIGHT1 and RIGHT2 in Panel Memories, with a particular Composer Style, then they will be available when you recall that particular Custom style, which has been copied from the Composer.
Another feature of Custom Memory is that it does not clear when the KN7000 is switched off, so that whatever was stored in the 20 memory locations will be retained, until such time as you deliberately change the content.
 
If you wish to retain the group of 20 Custom Styles,  before you proceed with the copy process, then save the Custom Memory to a location on your SD card.
 
1. Assuming you have 1, 2 or 3 styles loaded in Composer Memory A, B, and/or C  -  Press the PROGRAM  MENUS button.

2. Press 'COMPOSER' then 'CUSTOM STYLE COPY'.

3. The 'FROM' window should show 'MEMORY BANK: x' where x could be A, B or C. If the 'FROM' window is showing 'CUSTOM STYLE :xx' then press the 'DIRECTION' button to change the content of the two windows. (FROM=MEMORY BANK : x   TO=CUSTOM STYLE : xx) 

4. Use any one of the 'MEMORY BANK' buttons to scroll through the Composer Styles ( A, B or C ) until you see the style you wish to copy to the Custom Memory.

5. Use any one of the  'CUSTOM STYLE' buttons to select the destination of the copied style, in the Custom Memory. 

6. Press 'OK' and the style will be copied over. 

7. If you wish to copy another Composer Style to Custom, just repeat the process from step 4.

8. Press the EXIT button 3 times to return to the Home Page display.
The above process allows you to copy up to 3 Composer styles to Custom Memory locations.  However,  if you wish to copy more Composer styles to the same group of 20 Custom styles, then just load another set of Composer styles from SD card or Floppy Disc and repeat the process.

One advantage of having Styles in Custom memory is that they are retained when the power is switched off   i.e. They are stored on Non-Volatile Flash Memory, unlike the Composer styles.

Editing Styles in Composer

This is intended only as a brief example,  of a simple edit within the Composer. Try the following :
 
1. Using the ‘Copying Built-In Style to Composer’  procedure above, copy the style 'Slow Jazz',  in the 'Jazz and Swing'  Rhythm Group, in to Composer Memory A

2. Press the EXIT button to return to the Home Page.

3. Start the Style playing an choose Variation 3. List to the style and you will hear  quite strong Vocal 'Doos'. Examining the home page display will show that this component is in ACP3 (Small Microphone Icon)

4. Let us assume we would like to change this to a Muted Trumpet......

5. Stop the rhythm playing and press the PROGRAM MENU button followed by the 'COMPOSER' option on the display.

6. On the Left of the display, press the 'RECORDING MEMORY' 'A' button. The display will then show all the components of the style.

7. Using the buttons under the display, move the RED rectangle to 'PATTERN' directly under 'VARI3' and then press 'OK'

8. On the next screen, you will see 8 'Soft' keys at the bottom of the screen - Press AC3 - The style will start to play.

9. If you wish, you can stop the style playing by pressing the START/STOP' button.

10. On the Left of the Display, Press 'PART SETTING' and you will now see all the instrument assignments, for this particular variation of the Style. The RED Rectangle will be around the setting for 'ACCOMP3'

11. The Initial sound chosen for ACCOMP3 is shown as 'Boys & Girls Doo' - this is the sound we will change.

12. In the SOUND GROUP, press the BRASS button and scroll through the instruments to highlight 'Harmon Mute Tpt'. If you now press 'START/STOP' you can hear the style with the new instrument assigned to ACCOMP3.

13. If you don't like this, then just highlight another instrument while the style is playing and the effect will be heard immediately. You can even change to a different SOUND GROUP if you wish........ Don't bother about the relative volume of the new voice - we can fix this later !

14. When you have selected a suitable replacement for the original sound, press the START/STOP button and the EXIT button once, to return to the 'PART SETTING' display.
15. If you wish to balance the volume level of the new instrument, relative to the other part of style, then use the up/down buttons at the bottom of the 'BALANCE' column. A value of  '0' is maximum volume and a value of  -127 is minimum volume. 

16. Press the START/STOP button and adjust the volume of ACCOMP3 until it sounds right to your ear. 

17. You can also Pan this particular component of the style to any speaker position between Full Left and Full Right by using the up/down buttons at the bottom of the 'PAN' column.

18. That completes the basic edit of the style. Press EXIT  3 times to return to the 'RECORD MEMORY' display.

19. Press the 'NAMING' button and assign a new name to the style - say 'SLOW JAZZ2' and press 'OK' 

20. Press the EXIT button 3 times to return to the Home Page.

21. If you wish to save your new style, press SD LOAD , 'SAVE'  then  'TECHNICS FORMAT'

22. Choose a suitable Folder and File location, give the File a Name.

23. If you  wish to save the new Style ONLY, then on Page 2 of the Save dialog, clear all the options except 'COMPOSER'. However, if you have assigned Instruments to LEFT, RIGHT1 and RIGHT2 and wish to save the entire setup, then select 'CURRENT PANEL' , 'PANEL MEMORY' (3BANK) , and 'COMPOSER' 
You can also experiment with changing other instruments in all of the Variations of the Style, by following the above procedure - just select the appropriate component of the Style in step 8 of the procedure.