You're reading an on-line, hypertext user's manual to the Kurzweil K2000. It got here because I've been archiving many months' worth of K2000 programming information I've received on-line. I'm sorting it all out so it can be easily retrievable. And I'm placing the results of that sorting here, so that anyone who wishes to benefit from this exercise may do so. For more information on this page, see below:
- Introduction--A little background information about this WWW page.
- How-to-Use--Notes on using and contributing to this WWW page.
- Return--to the Main Menu.
Welcome to the K2000 Programmers' Corner.
Isaac Asimov once said that whenever he wanted to learn more about a subject, he would write a book about it. The discipline required to research a book would help him master the subject at hand.
The same principle applies here--but I've updated it for the information superhighway. I really would like to continue gaining mastery over the Kurzweil K2000's synthesis capabilities. So, to do that, I've created this WWW document and update it often.
There are plenty of other internet sites that offer K2000 files for downloading. They're
very good sites, like bach.nevada.edu, The Complete K2000/K2500, and cs.uwp.edu,
(mirrored at www.wit.com). But this site is a little
different. There aren't any samples here. It's dedicated to our mutual education on
synthesis, using the K2000 as our guide.
Instead, this site contains programming tips and secrets I've picked here and there--quite often from the Internet K2000 mailing list. Few of them originated with me--so, wherever possible, I've credited the original author. I also try to include a short .KRZ file so you may download the binary file and begin experimenting immediately.
Stay as long as you like. Take all you want. Most of all, if you have a programming tip or idea, send it to me. As you'll see, you'll get full credit for your brilliance and your name will live forever (or the information age equivalent of forever) on this site. Not a bad deal.
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Here are some questions and answers:
- Why are you doing this?--Writer's block, mostly. It gives me something to do in the meantime.
- How often is this page updated?--Whenever.
- I think some of this information is wrong.--OK, so fix it. Drop me a line. I'll put your corrections up here.
- I need some further clarification on something in here.--See how carefully I've tried to credit the authors and include their email addresses? That's because they know a lot more about what they're talking about than I do! Tell you what, though. If you click right here, I can put you in touch with over 350 people who can help you.
- But how much editing have you done on this material?--Almost none. Maybe a tab here and there to get stuff to line up. If an author tends to write in CIS CB shorthand, I might change an occasional "u" to "you," but that's it.
- Hey! My writing is in here!--Might be. If you contributed something cool to the public knowledge of K2000 programming, it could quite possibly wind up here.
- But I wish I'd said it better...--So send me a corrected version of something I've quoted you on. I'll replace it.
- Where's the FAQ on installing hard drives?--This site is just for programmers and programming information. I haven't made any plans to expand the site's purpose beyond that
- Is this an official Kurzweil site?--Nope. It's just for fun
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