Setting Up Fxmods - Kurzweil K2600 Musician's Manual

Advanced KDFX
Real-time Control of KDFX
The top line tells us weÕre in the KDFX section of the Program Editor. The second line shows the
studio that is linked to this program. Any changes made on this page do not directly affect the
studio, they affect only this programÕs control over the studio.
The last three lines (ignoring the Soft buttons) show us which FXMods are active in this
program: one is controlling Wet/Dry mix on insert FXBus1, one is controlling feedback level on
insert FXBus2, and one is controlling the Bass Gain on the Þrst EQ of Input A.
Looking Into the Studio
You can go into this studio, to see what the parameters are doingÑa good idea when you are
setting up FXMods so you understand them in contextÑor to alter a Þxed parameter. You can
do this without leaving the Program Editor: highlight any parameter on this page and press
Edit. When you are done with the studio, pressing Exit will bring you back to this page. If you
have made any changes in the studio, you will be prompted to save the studio, and if you donÕt
do so, the changes will be disregarded.
If you do save the studio, either in the same numbered location or a new one, the new studio
will now be linked to this program. If you have changed the studioÕs number, then youÕll also
have to save the program when you leave the Program Editor, so that the program knows which
studio to link to the next time you call it up.

Setting Up FXMods

The KDFX page allows three different FXMod control assignments to be made. More FXMod
assignments are available on the FXMOD2, FXMOD3, and FXMOD4 pages, each of which has
Þve setups. This gives a grand total of 18 studio parameters that can be under real-time control.
DonÕt worry, you donÕt have to use them all.
Bus Assignments
The Þrst column lets you choose which bus inside the studio you want this FXMod to control:
Input A, B, C, or D (if any of the Inputs is set to Mono, you will get to choose individual
channels, for example A/L and A/R); FXBus 1, 2, 3, or 4; the Aux bus; or the Mix bus.
Parameter Assignments
The second column chooses the speciÞc parameter on the selected bus. Scrolling through the
choices shows that this selection is context-sensitive: it shows only parameters that are being
used in the current studio on the selected bus, so you canÕt make assignments to irrelevant or
nonexistent parameters. It ÒknowsÓ which EQs are active, and what modes they are set to;
which Input sends are assigned and whether the sends are in Pan or Balance mode; what
parameters are being used in the FX preset on the particular bus; etc. If you need to know more
about how the studio is set up, you can go into it and look around, as explained above.
HereÕs an example: set the FX Studio to 201*RngMd/PFD/Plt which we looked at on page 9-16.
Set the bus on the Þrst line to InA. Set the cursor under Param: and scroll the choices. They
correspond exactly to the parameters available in the Input Editor page: level and frequency for
the two EQs, and SendLvl, Pan, and Width for the two FX sends. Note that you cannot change
the FXBus assignments on an input from here; you must do that within the studio itself.
Change the bus to FX1, and all of the parameters from the FX preset on FXBus1 are available for
selection, including Mod Mode and the various settings for the presetÕs internal oscillators, as
well as the busÕs output controls: Mix Level, Mix Balance, Aux Level, and Aux Balance. Change
the bus to AuxFX, and the Aux busÕs parameters are available: levels, delays, room types, etc.
Setting the bus to Mix makes available the Level and Balance controls from that page.
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