Very little of the content on this page is mine. My additions and comments are in red italics. This is a transcript of the insert that came along with a KX-A Sound Block that I received from a dear friend along with an old K1000 I’m attempting to resurrect.

Kurzweil K1000

Sound Block A (KX-A)

Thanks for your purchase of KX-A, Sound Block A for the K1000!

KX-A adds many exciting sounds to the K1000, making it an even more versatile performance and composition tool.

Below is a list of the Soundfiles included in KX-A. A Soundfile is the digitally-encoded information that distinguishes a flute from a drum from a bass, etc. Refer to the Layer Parameter section of your manual for more information about the relationship between Soundfiles, Layer Parameters, and Programs.

On the other side of this card is as list of the Programs included with KX-A. This list gives you the name and number of every KX-A Program, with a brief description of their effects and the Control Source used to achieve them. Of course, you can edit these Programs and save them to RAM just like any other K1000 Program.

KX-A Soundfiles

(in the order they appear in the Soundfile Menu)

123 Wave	Bright Flute	4-Octave Congas
4567 Wave	Mellow Flute	Congas
89101112 Wave	Dual Electric Piano	Open Congas
HiFrq Formant	Soft Electric Piano	Conga Slaps
Flat Spectrum	Hard Electric Piano	55-Gallon Drums
1/3 Wide Pulse	Electric Bass	1/2 Pint Drum
Very Dull Sawtooth	Slap Bass	High Noise
Slightly Dull Sawtooth	Dual Electric Bass	Medium Noise
Slightly Dull Square	Bright Electric Bass	Low Noise
Sine Wave +	Very Bright Electric Bass	Very Low Noise
Sine Wave ++	Mellow Electric Bass	Noise 1/4 Tr
Sine Wave +++	Bright Slap Bass	Noise 1/2 Tr
123 Wave +	Mellow Slap Bass	Noise 1/1 Tr
123 Wave ++	Clean Kit 1 (drums)	High Thump
Very Dull Sawtooth +	Clean Kit 2	Medium Thump
Very Dull Sawtooth ++	Clean Kit 3	Low Thump
Slightly Dull Sawtooth +	Clean Kit 4	Very Low Thump
Slightly Dull Square +	Process Kit 1	Thump 1/4 Tr
Slightly Dull Square +++	Process Kit 88	Thump 1/2 Tr
Third Wave +	Drums & Percussion 88	Thump 1/1 Tr
Third Wave +++	5-Octave Drums
Flute	2-Octave Drums

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