The Fx Pages: Fx, Auxfx1, Auxfx2; Effects Overview - Kurzweil PC3LE6 Musician's Manual

Setup Mode
The Setup Editor

The FX Pages: FX, AUXFX1, AUXFX2

The PC3LE contains a versatile effects processor, and when combined with Setup Mode it puts
the power of an entire studio of audio effects at your fingertips. This section contains everything
you'll need to know how to use the PC3LE's effects in Setup Mode, as well as Song Mode.
Before getting started, read the Effects Overview section for a basic description of how effects
work in the PC3LE. Read the FX Page section to learn how to allocate processing power for
effects, and read that AUXFX Page sections to learn how to quickly change your Aux Effects
chains from the Setup Editor (or Song Mode.)

Effects Overview

This section gives a general, "big-picture" overview of the effects types in the PC3LE, as well as
descriptions of the fundamental concepts of effects stages and routing. Read the Insert Effects
and Auxiliary Effects sections to learn about the two types of effects that can be applied during
different stages in of program's signal path. Read the Chains section to learn about where each
type of effect is chosen.
Insert Effects
Insert Effects are placed directly in the signal path at the output of a single program (as
described in the Program mode chapter.) Each program on a zone/track can have its own Insert
Effect (depending on available processing power, see The FX Page on page 7-62 for details.)
Aux Effects
Aux Effects, unlike Insert FX, are not applied to the whole output of a program, but are blended
in with the original unprocessed program sound. Each setup has two stereo Aux Sends that go
to the Aux 1 and Aux 2 Effects. The Aux Effects are global (available to all zones or tracks at the
same time,) and there can be only one set of Aux effects (Aux 1 and Aux 2) loaded at a time. Each
Aux effect can be set to be applied either pre- or post-Insert Effect (see Signal Flow below for
details.)
Chains
The object used for Insert and Aux Effects is referred to as a "Chain." A Chain is a sequence of
up to 8 effect-boxes cascaded in series. Each program can have one main Insert Chain and each
Setup (or song in Song mode) can use up to two Aux Chains at one time (which are available to
all programs in the setup or song.)
The PC3LE's chains contain a variety of effects including different types of reverb, chorus, delay,
flanger, phaser, tremolo, panner, leslie, distortion, EQ, compression, filter, envelope following
filter, frequency stimulator, ring modulator, frequency offset, pitch LFO, and stereoizer. Chains 1
through 81 contain many configurations of these effects, which are useful for quickly finding a
suitable effect. The remaining chains are used by the PC3LE's factory programs, setups, and
songs, though they can be used for any user program, setup, or song as well. If you discover a
factory program, setup, or song that uses an effect that you like, look at the chain number in the
program, setup or song editor so that you can use it later in your own program, setup, or song.
A complete list of the PC3LE's effects chains can be found at www.kurzweil.com.
Each program on a zone (or on a track in Song Mode) is stored with settings for an Aux Effect
chain, as well as an Insert effect chain (each can be changed by editing the program.) Use the
Aux FX Channel parameter (see page 7-50) on the Setup Editor COMMON page to set which
channels Aux effects settings will be used for the entire setup (see FX Track on page 10-20 for
setting the track in Song mode.) Alternatively, the Aux Effects can be set directly on the AUXFX1
and AUXFX2 pages in Setup Mode (and Song Mode.) This is called an Aux Override (see
Override on page 7-63.) Each zone or track can use its own insert effects at the same time (if there
are enough DSP units available to load every effect, see The FX Page on page 7-62, below.)
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