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Technics KN7000 · Memories and savingRecall panel memories and change bank

From the manual Not yet tested on a KN7000.Also called: recall a registration, change registration, switch panel memory, next bank, bank view, change bank.

Panel memories and banks

A panel memory is a stored set-up: the sounds on each part, the style, the tempo, the effects and the volumes. Pressing its number button brings them back. Source: Manual, pp. 22, 65–66 Store your set-up in a panel memory covers storing one.

The memories are kept in 13 banks: A, B and C, then 1 to 10. Each bank holds 8 memories, one on each PANEL MEMORY number button. The number buttons recall from the bank that is selected. Source: Manual, pp. 22, 66

The PANEL MEMORY buttons are on the right of the panel, near the bottom. The number buttons 1 to 8 form a ring round SET, with 1 at the left. Source: Tested on a KN7000

The KN7000 panel, above the keysVOLUMEAUTOPLAYCHORDRHYTHM GROUPPERFORMANCEPADSVARIATIONONE TOUCHPLAYFILL ININTRO & ENDINGSTART/STOPSOUND GROUPPART &GLOBALEFFECTSEQDISKSDTEMPO/PROGRAMTRANSPOSEPARTSELECTPANELMEMORYCUSTOMPANELPOWERSD CARD SLOT AND PLAYERDISPLAY
Where the PANEL MEMORY buttons are. Drawn from a KN7000.

Recall a memory from the bank screen

The PANEL MEMORY buttonsBANK VIEWNEXT BANKPANEL MEMORY12345678SET13
The PANEL MEMORY buttons. The yellow numbers match the steps. Drawn from a KN7000.
  1. Press BANK VIEW to turn it on. The screen shows BANK SELECT.
    • Holding any number button for a few seconds also opens this screen.
  2. Choose a bank with the BANK ∧ and BANK ∨ buttons by the screen.
    • The banks are on two pages. The PAGE buttons switch between them.
    • Page 3 lists the names of the eight memories in the chosen bank.
  3. Press a number button, 1 to 8. The panel changes to the settings stored in that memory.

Source: Manual, pp. 65–66

Change bank without leaving the main screen

The PANEL MEMORY buttonsBANK VIEWNEXT BANKPANEL MEMORY12345678SET12
NEXT BANK and the number buttons. The yellow numbers match the steps. Drawn from a KN7000.
  1. Press NEXT BANK until the screen shows the bank you want. Each press moves on one bank: A, B, C, then 1, 2 and so on.
  2. Press a number button, 1 to 8.

Source: Manual, pp. 22, 66

Changing the bank on its own doesn’t change the panel. The panel only changes when a number button is pressed. Source: Manual, p. 66 The manual doesn’t say which bank follows bank 10. Source: Manual, p. 66

What the screen shows

The top line of the main screen shows the selected bank, the memory number and the memory’s name. Source: Manual, p. 66

After recalling

  • Changes made on the panel after recalling don’t alter the memory. It keeps what was stored until something new is stored in it. Source: Manual, p. 66
  • Which settings a memory brings back depends on PANEL MEMORY MODE. In NORMAL mode it brings back the sounds and the balance of volumes, but not the style or tempo. In EXPAND mode it brings back the style and tempo too. Hold SET for a few seconds to change the mode. Source: Manual, pp. 22, 67
  • The manual describes this mode both as what a memory stores and as what it recalls. Source: Manual, pp. 22, 67, 178
  • Loading a save that holds panel memories replaces the memories in the keyboard. Source: Manual, pp. 140, 141 Load a save from a card or floppy covers loading.

Other ways to change memories

  • A foot switch (sold separately) plugs into FOOT SW 1 or FOOT SW 2 on the back. Source: Manual, p. 199 To give it a job, press PROGRAM MENUS, choose CONTROL, then FOOT CONTROLLERS. It can step to the next or previous memory, step to the next or previous bank, or recall one chosen memory, 1 to 8. Source: Manual, pp. 178–180
  • With MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER on and its mode set to PANEL MEMORY, the FILL IN buttons step through memories 1 to 4 of bank A. Hold MUSIC STYLE ARRANGER for a few seconds to choose the mode. Source: Manual, pp. 64–65
  • The performance pads’ Control Preset bank can also change panel memories. Source: Manual, pp. 66, 68 With that bank in use, the manual says to turn the pads’ AUTO SETTING off, and to turn the pad bank off in the EXPAND MODE FILTER. Source: Manual, p. 68

Reported problems

A short drop in the sound when changing panel memories has been reported, at the same point in some pieces and at only one or two of the eight memories. Its cause isn’t known. Source: Community report

Manual pages

KN7000 owner's manual, pp. 22, 64–68, 178–180, 199.

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Guide M3 · last checked 13 Nov 2026