Kurzweil K2600 - MUSICIANS GUIDE REV A PART NUMBER 910330 CHAP 9 Effects Manual page 22

Basic Effects Mode
A Tour of Effects Mode
Looking at the Studio
To view the studio, press Edit, then more> three times, and then the KDFX soft button. The
name of the studio associated with this setup, 202*Complex, appears.
EditSetup:KDFX||||||||||||||||All|Zones||
Studio:202*Complex||||||||||
Bus:|Param:|||||Adjust:||Source:||Depth:
FX1||In/Out|||||Out||||||SoftPd|||1
FX1||Aux|Lvl||||-50.0dB||MIDI27|||52dB
FX2||L|Fdbk|Lvl|0%|||||||MIDI26|||120%
<more||KDFX|||FXMOD2|FXMOD3|FXMOD4|more>
Highlight the studioÕs name and press Edit, and letÕs dig into this studio.
Press INPUT if youÕd like to look at the INPUT pages. These are all set up straightforwardly,
with Input A going to FXBus1, Input B going to FXBus2, etc.
On the FXBus Pages
Press FXBUS to look at the FXBuses. On FXBus1 is 205*CompresHK, a hard-knee compressor.
EditStudio:FXBUS|Size:1|Free:0|<>FXBus:1
FX1||205*CompresHK|||||||||Aux||||Mix
In/Out||||:FXMod|||||Lvl:FXMod|Lvl:0.0dB
None||||||:||||||||||Bal:0%||||Bal:0%
Allocation:Auto
<more||INPUT||FXBUS||AUXFX||OUTPUT|more>
Look at the In/Out parameter. This is a bus override, meaning this parameter is actually inside
the FX preset but it can be changed from here. However, instead of saying In or Out it says
FXMod. This means that this parameter isnÕt controlled from inside the studio at allÑitÕs
controlled by something outside the studio.
As it happens, itÕs controlled by the soft pedal, MIDI Controller 67ÑSwitch Pedal 3 for K2600
keyboard users. WeÕll see how this is done in a moment. Pressing this pedal causes the
compressor to kick in, squashing the sound. The MakeUpGain inside the compressor is set to
6.0 dB, so the level doesnÕt change much when the compressor is engaged.
This type of control is useful on this program, which uses velocity-switching to change drum
sounds. As you play harder, the drum sounds change, but they also get louder, which you may
not want. With the compressor engaged, the drum sounds can change without getting louder.
ThereÕs another FXMod, which is assigned to the Aux bus send level. On the Aux bus is a reverb,
so this FXMod controls how much of the signal coming through here will get reverb. ItÕs under
the control of Slider G, MIDI Controller 27. Play the bass and drums and move that slider, and
hear the reverb go in and out.
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