Technics KN7000 · PlayingSplit the keyboard and layer Right 1, Right 2 and Left
Parts, layers and splits
Three parts are played on the keys: Right 1, Right 2 and Left. Each part has its own sound and its own volume. Source: Manual, pp. 34, 39
The CONDUCTOR buttons, RIGHT1, RIGHT2 and LEFT, choose which parts sound and on which keys. A layer is two sounds playing together from the same keys. A split gives the left and right sections of the keyboard different sounds. The split point is the key where the right section starts. Source: Manual, pp. 39–40
PART SELECT has buttons with the same three names. PART SELECT chooses which part a new sound goes to; CONDUCTOR chooses which parts are heard. Source: Manual, pp. 11, 35
How the CONDUCTOR buttons combine
- With LEFT off, the right parts that are on play across the whole keyboard. With both RIGHT1 and RIGHT2 on, the two sounds are layered.
- With LEFT on, the keyboard is split. The Left part plays the keys below the split point. Right 1, Right 2 or both play the keys from the split point up.
Setting up a split or layer
- Turn on the CONDUCTOR buttons for the parts wanted, so that they light.
- Give each part a sound: press its PART SELECT button, then a SOUND GROUP button, then the button beside a sound on the screen.
- For a split, press SPLIT POINT until its lights show the split wanted.
- Balance the parts on the home page, the screen shown during normal playing. The buttons below the RIGHT1, RIGHT2 and LEFT faders raise and lower each part.
Source: Manual, pp. 29, 35, 39–40
Moving the split point
Three lights by SPLIT POINT show the split: G2, C3 or G3. These are note names, with the octave number after the letter. Each press moves to the next: G2, C3, G3, then a split point of your own (all three lights off), then back to G2. Source: Manual, p. 40
To set a split point of your own:
- Hold SPLIT POINT for a few seconds. The screen shows a drawing of the keyboard.
- Press the key that should be the lowest note of the right section. The drawing marks the new split point.
- The screen closes by itself after a few seconds.
To use it later, press SPLIT POINT until none of its lights is on. The screen shows where the split is. Source: Manual, p. 40
Moving Right 1 and Right 2 up or down an octave
R1/R2 OCTAVE moves Right 1 and Right 2 up or down by up to two octaves. It helps a split keyboard reach higher or lower notes. Source: Manual, p. 41
- Press its + side to raise the pitch, or its − side to lower it. The setting runs from −2 to +2.
- The ∧ and ∨ buttons on the screen that appears also change it. The screen closes after a few seconds.
- While the octave is shifted, its + or − light stays on.
- Press + and − together to return to the normal octave.
Solo: one note at a time
SOLO makes a part monophonic: it plays one note at a time. Source: Manual, p. 41
- Select the part with its PART SELECT button.
- Press SOLO to turn it on.
- SOLO doesn’t work on the DRUM KITS sounds. Source: Manual, p. 41
- When a part with SOLO on is layered with a part without it, the SOLO part plays only the highest note of a chord. Source: Manual, p. 41
- From the factory settings, SOLO turns on or off by itself to suit each sound chosen. Source: Manual, p. 41
With Auto Play Chord
Auto Play Chord makes the backing band follow the chords played by the left hand. Source: Manual, p. 53
- In its BASIC and FINGERED modes, the left hand gives the chords below the split point, so a sound can’t cover the whole keyboard. Source: Manual, pp. 39, 55
- In PIANIST mode, chords are read from the whole keyboard, a right part plays on every key, and the keyboard can’t be split. Source: Manual, pp. 39, 54
- With SYNCHRO & BREAK on, a key below the split point starts the style, even when the keyboard isn’t split. Source: Manual, p. 51
Manual pages
KN7000 owner's manual, pp. 39–41.
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Guide P7 · last checked 13 Nov 2026