Assigning Knobs To Control Wet/Dry Mix In Different Zones - Kurzweil PC2R Musician's Manual

Programming Your PC2R
The Setup Editor

Assigning Knobs to Control Wet/Dry Mix in Different Zones

Many of the factory programs use Green Knobs A and B to control the wet/dry mix of the
effects assigned to FX-A and FX-B. The setups in these examples don't use either of these knobs.
Our next example creates a setup that uses Green Knob A to control FX-A's wet/dry mix (but
only in Zone 1), and Green Knob B to control FX-B's wet/dry mix (but only in Zone 2). By using
variations on this procedure, you can make a single knob control different functions in each
zone of a setup, or use different knobs to control the same function in different zones.
1. Start with Setup 130 EntryVol, which we created in the previous example.
2. If necessary, press the Zone 1 button to make Zone 1 current.
3. Press Edit.
4. Press Shift one or more times, if necessary, to make the Shift LED green.
5. Hold the Global button, and turn Knob A. You'll see the Ctrl Num parameter for
6. Turn the Alpha Wheel to the right until the value is 93 FXAWet.
7. Press the Zone 2 button to make Zone 2 the current zone. Press the button again to
8. Hold the Global button, and turn Knob B. Change the value of the Ctrl Num parameter to
9. Save the setup as 131 KnobFX.
Now when the Shift button's LED is green, Knobs A and B control the wet/dry mix of whatever
effects are assigned to FX-A and FX-B. Turning these knobs won't necessarily change anything,
however. In order for them both to have an effect, the setup must route some or all of its audio
signal through both effects blocks. So let's check the effects routing.
The easiest way to check the effects routing is to look at the LED in the FX button while you're in
MIDI Setups mode, which is where we are now. The color of the LED indicates the effects
routing of the current zone. If you press each of the zone buttons in turn, you'll see that the
FX button's LED is red for Zones 1 and 2, and green for Zones 3 and 4 (Zones 3 and 4 are off, but
they still have effects routings). This means that Zones 1 and 2 are routed through FX-B only,
and Zones 3 and 4 are routed through FX-A only. (Off is None, green is FX-A, red is FX-B, and
amber is Both. Each zone can be routed independently.)
Let's change the effects routing so that Zone 1 is routed through FX-A.
1. Select Setup 131, and make sure that Zone A is the current zone.
2. Enter the Setup Editor. Press the Right cursor button until you see the FX Routing menu.
3. Press Enter to display the Routing parameter.
4. Change the value to FXA. Notice that the FX LED changes to green.
5. Play some notes on your MIDI source, and move Knobs A and B. You should hear the
6. Save the setup, replacing Setup 131.
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Green Knob A. Its default value is None.
unmute the zone, if necessary. Notice that Ctrl Num is still the current parameter, but now
you're looking at the Ctrl Num parameter for Zone 2.
91 FXBWet.
level of the effects (a chorus controlled by Knob A and a reverb controlled by Knob B)
change as you move the knobs.