Kurzweil PC3LE6 Musician's Manual page 62

Program Mode
The Program Editor
In Program mode, since you can play up to 16 programs (one on each of 16 MIDI channels,) the
PC3LE attempts to load as many effects as is possible for all channels until it uses all of the DSP
units. The program of the currently selected channel will have priority for using DSP units and
loading effects, followed by the pad program of the program on the currently selected channel
(which replaces the program on channel 10, if the current channel's program has a pad program,
see Drum Pad Program on page 6-12,) followed by the lowest to highest remaining MIDI
channels.
Parameters On The EFFECTS Page:
Insert
Choose an effects Chain that will be applied to the current program. If you only need to use one
effect at a time on one MIDI channel, Insert effects may be all you need. If you plan to use
multiple types of effects or multiple programs on different MIDI channels, it is best to use both
Insert and Aux effects (see Aux below.) Aux effects have the advantage of being available to all
programs on each MIDI channel at the same time.
Insert Effects Chains For Drum Programs
Some drum programs use multiple insert effects chains so that different effects can be applied to
different parts of the drum kit. One insert chain may only apply to a group of the program's kick
drum samples, another may only apply to certain snare drum samples, and one may apply to
the whole program. The number of insert chains and their configuration depends on the
program. When more than one insert is being used, the total number of inserts being used will
be displayed on the top line of the EFFECTS page (for an example see program 373
EpicRemixDrums.) To view or change the additional insert effects chains, use the cursor buttons
to select the 1 field to the left of the current insert chain name. With this field selected use the
Alpha Wheel or - /+ buttons to see the other insert effects chains, whose names will appear in
the field to the right. You can also use the Chan/Zone buttons to the left of the display to change
the insert number being viewed. The insert's chain name will usually give you a clue about
which samples it applies to (for example, an insert chain with "snare" in the name will usually
apply to some of the snare samples.) To check which samples the current insert chain applies to,
you could play a key or group of keys while changing the insert chain. When the current insert
chain applies to a sample, you should be able to hear the sound of the sample changing as you
change the insert chain.
Aux
Choose an Aux effect that will be applied to the auxiliary audio bus. The aux bus is an audio
channel with a shared effects Chain that can be used by programs on any of the PC3LE's 16
MIDI channels. The aux effect is useful when you want to use the same type of effect for
multiple channels. You apply the aux effect to the program on a MIDI channel by "sending" the
audio from that channel to the aux bus.
Every channel is connected to the aux bus, but the aux bus doesn't receive the signal until you
turn up the aux "send" level for that channel, which controls a channel's input level to the aux
bus. On each MIDI channel you can control the aux send level for that channel's program, in
turn controlling how loudly you can hear the aux effect applied to that channel's program. The
aux send level is set by the Aux FX Wet/Dry parameter on the PARAMETERS page for each
program (see The PARAMETERS Page on page 6-9.) For each factory program, by default the
Aux FX Wet/Dry parameter is assigned to be controlled by knob 5 (labeled Reverb, located to the
left of the display.) As you turn up an Aux send, the PC3LE automatically turns down that
channels unprocessed signal (this does not happen for Aux Effects in Setup and Song mode.)
With an Aux send turned half way up (a MIDI value of 64,) you hear an equal amount of
processed and unprocessed signal (called wet and dry, respectively.) With an Aux send turned
all the way up (a MIDI value of 127,) you hear only the processed (wet) signal and none of the
original unprocessed (dry) signal.
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