Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910251 CHAP 9 Manual page 4

Effects Mode and the Effects Editor
Effects Mode Parameters
Auto : At this setting, the FX mode automatically matches the K2500's operating mode.
Selecting a program will select the effect assigned to that program. Selecting a setup will select
the effect assigned to that setup. When you enter Effects mode, the value of the Effect
parameter is automatically updated to match the effect assigned to the most recently selected
program or setup, so when you enter Effects mode, the effect you hear will be the one you were
just listening to.
This setting is especially useful if you're using Quick Access mode, and you have programs and
setups loaded into your Quick Access banks. A setting of Auto will ensure that the desired
effects are selected when you select a program or setup. In Song mode, a setting of Auto lets
you use the Effect Channel parameter on the Edit Common page of the song. In this case, the
program on the Effect Channel will be controlling the effects. See page 12-26 for information on
the EffectChan parameter.
You'll normally leave the FX mode set to Auto, and use the other settings when you want to
override the automatic selection of preset effects.
If you've set the FX Mode parameter to a value of other than Auto, and you change the preset
effect in the Program or Setup Editor, the value of the FX mode may revert to Auto. This will
happen a) when FX Mode is set to Setup and you change the preset effect in the Program
Editor; b) when FX mode is set to Program and you change the preset effect in the Setup Editor,
and c) when FX Mode is set to Master and you change the preset effect in either the Program or
Setup Editor. This ensures that if you change the preset effect in either Program or Setup mode,
you'll be able to hear the change.
FX Channel
This parameter is closely tied to the FX Mode parameter, and exists to help the K2500 decide
which preset effect to select. Refer to "Understanding FX Mode and FX Channel", above, for
more information.
When you select a program or setup, the K2500 checks the value of the FX Channel parameter.
It then selects the preset effect that's assigned to the program on that channel. The value of the
FX Mode parameter determines the range of values for the FX Channel parameter. We'll discuss
these values in terms of each of the values for the FX Mode parameter.
FX Mode = Auto: In this case, the preset effect is automatically selected for each program or
setup you select. In Setup mode, the FX channel is irrelevant. In Program mode, the FX channel
defines the one MIDI channel on which program changes will change the preset effect. This can
be set to any of the 16 MIDI channels, or to a value of Current, which means that the FX
Channel always matches the current MIDI channel as set in Program mode. When you're in
Program mode and you want the preset effect to change whenever you change programs from
the K2500's front panel, use a value of Current.
If the value for FX Mode is Auto, and the value for FX Channel is Current, then when you're in
Song mode—or you move to another mode during song playback—the channel indicated by
the EffectChan parameter on the Edit Song:COMMON page controls the selection of effects.
This prevents the effects from changing if you change MIDI channels during song playback.
When you exit Song mode—and you're not recording or playing back a song—the currently
selected program or setup will regain control over the selection of effects. See page 12-26 for
information on the EffectChan parameter.
FX Mode = Master: At this setting the preset effect doesn't change when you select programs or
setups, so the FX Channel isn't needed for preset effect selection. When the FX mode is set to
Master, the FX channel parameter selects the MIDI channel for realtime effects control via MIDI.
Choose a value of 1–16 to specify the channel on which the K2500 will accept incoming MIDI
control signals and apply them to the realtime effects parameters (explained in Chapter 3 of the
Reference Guide ). Choose a value of None to disable external MIDI effects control.
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