Novation k-station User Guide

The K-Station has three modes of operation. 

This mode enables a new Program to be selected from the front panel
controls. 

Program Select Mode may be selected at any time by pressing the
PROGRAM button.

While the K-Station is in Program Select Mode, the display will show
the currently selected Program’s number. For example,

Once in Program Select Mode, it is now possible to select a different
Program by one of three methods.

i) The DATA / PROGRAM knob may be used to select a new Program.
Programs can be selected forwards or backwards from the one cur-
rently selected. Turning the knob quickly increases the intervals
jumped between Programs.

ii) The PAGE / BUTTONS may also be used to step forwards or back-
wards from the currently selected Program. If a PAGE / PROGRAM
button is held down, the Programs will jump in intervals of ten. This can
be useful since the Preset Programs have been grouped in types locat-
ed ten Programs apart.

iii) Programs may also be explicitly selected by typing a three digit
sequence on the numeric buttons. The Program will not actually be
selected until the third digit has been entered.

Note that the K-Station does not have to be in Program Select Mode in
order to select a new Program via MIDI (from a sequencer for exam-
ple). A new Program may be selected via MIDI at any time and in any
mode. 

As soon as any of the front panel settings are altered, the K-Station will
exit Program Select Mode and the display will show the new value of
the control just altered. By altering a setting in this way, The K-Station
automatically enters Program Edit Mode.

If for example, the Filter FREQUENCY knob was adjusted to 100, the
display would now show 

Note: The character next to the first numeric digit will alter it’s shape as
controls are moved. This is the Original Value indicator and is
explained in detail on Page 22.

Once a setting has been called up to the display in this way, the DATA
/ PROGRAM knob may also be used to adjust setting’s value.

While in Program Edit Mode, it is possible to return to Program Select
Mode by pressing the PROGRAM button. As in Program Select Mode,
it is also possible to select a new Program directly by entering three
digits on the 0 - 9 / Menu select buttons. After selecting a new Program
in this way, the K-Station will enter Program Select Mode.

Note : By altering the Global Prog Mode Display Control setting, it is
possible to make the K-Station always automatically revert back to
Program Select Mode after a short period of time. See Page 36 in the
Advanced Features chapter for more details.

Many of the K-Station’s more advanced features and utilities are only
available from within menus. The K-Station has ten separate menus,
each of which consists of several pages linked together. Menu pages
may only be accessed while the K-Station is in Menu Mode. Menu
Mode is entered by pressing the MENUS button.

The K-Station always indicates that Menu Mode is active by illuminat-
ing the LED situated above the MENUS button. As soon as Menu
Mode is entered, the display will show a page of whichever menu was
accessed the previous time Menu Mode was used. For example, if the
Filter Menu had been previously selected, the display would show one
of the pages of the filter menu as below. - The exact page will depend
on the setting of the New Menu Always Page 1 found in the Global
Menu as described on page 36.

The PAGE buttons to the left of the display can be used to navigate

forwards and backwards between the menu’s pages. Once the desired
menu page has been reached, the setting can be altered by using the
DATA knob.

In Menu Mode, a different menu may be selected by pressing the
appropriate 0 - 9 / Menu Select button. The ten menus available are
associated with the Oscillators, Filter, LFOs, Envelopes, Effects,
Utilities, Global settings, Wheels, Aftertouch / Breath Control and the
Arpeggiator.

In Menu Mode it is still possible to alter any of the front panel controls,
but it will be noticed that when a knob is moved, the display text for the
knob just moved will only be shown on the screen for a short period of
time (as set by the Function display time in the Global Menu on Page
36)  After a short time, the display will revert back to showing the cur-
rent menu page. 

It is possible to leave Menu Mode and return to Program Select Mode
by pressing the MENUS button again (the LED above the MENUS but-
ton stops blinking), or by pressing the PROGRAM button.

menus

page

program

data

program

page

program

data

program

page

program

data

program

8

1

2

3

4

9

6

7

5

0

utilities

global

filter

lfo's

env's

osc's

wheels

aftertouch

breath

effects

arp

program