Special Topics; Song Mode - Kurzweil K2661 Musician's Manual

Advanced KDFX

Special Topics

Special Topics

Song Mode

We've referred to the special aspects of KDFX in Song mode elsewhere in the manual. Here is a
summary of what's been said, along with some new information.
FX Mode in Song Mode
If FX Mode on the Effects-mode page is set to Program, and you put the K2661 into Song mode,
control of KDFX remains with the program that is on the current FX Channel, as set on the
Effects-mode page. However, if FX Mode is set to Auto, and you put the K2661 into Song Mode,
KDFX is under the control of the program that is on the effect channel within the song—from
Song mode press Edit to go to the EditSong:COMMON page, and look at the EffectChan
parameter. In fact, when FX Mode is set to Auto, the program on the song's EffectChan controls
KDFX any time a song is playing, even if you're not in Song mode.
The effect channel is saved with the song, so make sure that it is set so that the program that you
want to be in control of KDFX is active on that channel.
Clock Setting for tempo-based parameters
The clock setting in Song mode determines how tempo (BPM)-based parameters behave. If you
are using the K2661's internal tempo clock, the Clock parameter on the MISC page in Song mode
must be set to Int. If you are using an external MIDI timing source, such as a sequencer, then that
parameter must be set to Ext.
If you are using Tap Tempo as a tempo source, then the Clock parameter must be set to Internal.
Recording a Setup in Song Mode
In order to record a setup into the internal sequencer, you first need to set the RecTrk parameter
on the MAIN Song page to Mult. (If you are using an external keyboard that sends on only one
MIDI channel, you must also go to the RECEIVE page in MIDI mode and turn on the
LocalKbdCh parameter, setting it to agree with the MIDI Out channel of your keyboard.)
There is a complication, however, if you want to record FXMods while you're recording your
track using the setup. The sequencer will faithfully record all of your controller movements, but
when it plays them back, it plays them as part of a single track. That track contains a program,
not a setup, because the sequencer doesn't know how to play setups.
Since all of the FXMods were part of the setup, even though the data on the track is being played
back, it's not going anywhere, and no FXMods are being played.
The solution is to have a program playing back the data you've just recorded, which has the
identical KDFX studio and FXMods as the setup you used to record with. The data has been
recorded on the MIDI channel of Zone 1 of the setup. Find the program on that channel, press
Edit to get inside it, and then import the KDFX studio from the setup you used originally—
that's what the ImpFX function is for.
Now save that program (in the same location or a new one) and go back to the song. Make sure
that the program's channel and the song's effect channel agree. The FXMods should now all
play correctly.
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