Saving Studios And Other Objects; Saving; Disk Functions; Real-Time Control Of Kdfx - Kurzweil K2661 Musician's Manual

Advanced KDFX

Saving Studios and Other objects

Saving Studios and Other objects

Saving

Saving a studio or an FX preset is handled the same as any other K2661 object—see Saving and
Naming on page 5-3 if you need help with this.
To save an object, from any of the editing pages within the object, press <more or more>, until
you see the file-management pages:
Name lets you rename the object, using the standard K2661 naming window. Save lets you save
the object to its present slot or to a different one, and also gives you the option of renaming it
before saving it, or accessing the Object utilities—see Chapter 13.
Delete deletes the object from RAM. If it is in a slot where there is a ROM studio or FX preset,
then the slot will revert to the ROM studio or FX preset.
Dump performs a MIDI System Exclusive dump of the object over the MIDI Out cable for
external storage.
The Save option is automatically invoked if you have done any editing within an object and you
press Exit.
Do I Always Have to Make a New Studio?
While it may sound as if every time you make a change in a studio parameter, you have to create
a new studio to save it, this is not necessarily true. Studios do take up room in program RAM,
and although the number of studios that can be maintained inside the K2661 is large, it is not
unlimited. Besides, it can be very cumbersome keeping track of a large number of studios which
have only small differences between them.
A way to avoid this problem is to use Program or Setup mode, and use FXMods—studio-
parameter controls that live inside a program or setup—to make changes in the studio
parameters. When you load the program or setup, the studio changes accordingly. This means
you don't have to save each variation in the studio as a separate studio; the variations live in the
program or setup.
See Real-time Control of KDFX below for more information.

Disk Functions

Studios and FX presets are loaded from and saved to disk exactly the same as other K2661
objects. FX presets are dependent objects within studios, so when you save a studio, you are
given the opportunity to save the dependent FX presets as well. (Algorithms are in ROM, so
they don't need to be saved.) Again, see Chapter 13 if you need help.

Real-time Control of KDFX

Studios can be static, but they don't have to be. One of the most powerful features of KDFX is
the ability to change any of the operating parameters in a studio in real time. Mix levels and
pans, EQ values, effects parameters, and almost any other settings can be controlled
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