The Arrow Meter; Fxbus Sends - Kurzweil K2661 Musician's Manual

The Arrow Meter

On an Input page, whenever there is signal present on its bus, the arrow next to the letter of the
bus flashes. This is a good way to check that you have set up your program output routings
correctly. More on this later.
EQ
The input signal first passes through two equalizers. These equalizers are independent of each
other, but the signal is chained: it goes through the left one, then the right one. Each equalizer
has a frequency (F) control and, depending on the mode, a gain (G) control. The mode of each
EQ module is changed by placing the cursor in the appropriate block and turning the Alpha
wheel or using the Plus/Minus buttons. There are eight modes for the first EQ, and six for the
second:
None No effect, the signal passes through unchanged.
LoShelf Boosts or cuts frequencies below the F value by G decibels.
HiShelf Boosts or cuts frequencies above the F value by G decibels.
LoPass1 Cuts frequencies above the F level with a 6 dB/oct (1-pole) slope.
LoPass2 Cuts frequencies above the F level with a 12 dB/oct (2-pole) slope.
HiPass1 Cuts frequencies below the F level with a 6 dB/oct (1-pole) slope.
HiPass2 Not available on the second EQ. Cuts frequencies below the F level with a steeper 12
db/oct (2-pole) slope.
ParaMid Not available on the second EQ. Provides a cut or boost centered around the F
frequency. The bandwidth of the equalizer is two octaves. There is an illustration of
the action of this equalizer mode on page 16-28.

FXBus Sends

Following the equalizers are the insert FXBus sends. Each input has two sends. Change the
destination of each send by placing the cursor on it and doing the usual thing with the Alpha
wheel or Plus/Minus buttons.
Either send can be assigned to any of the four FXBuses, or to None, with one exception: the two
sends on a particular input cannot both be assigned to the same FXBus. So, for example, if the
first send on Input B/L is assigned to FXBus2, the second send from Input B/L cannot also be
assigned to FXBus2. You can, however, assign as many different inputs to the same FXBus as you
like—including the two channels from a mono pair.
Each of the FXBus sends has a level parameter (Lvl) that determines the gain of the signal going
to that send. Maximum level is 24.0 dB, and minimum is -79.0 dB—there is also an Off position.
0.0 dB is unity gain.
The FXBus sends are stereo, and if an input is stereo, both channels go to the send.
Mono Inputs (M)
If an input is mono, then each of its FXBus sends has a Pan parameter. This determines how the
signal is distributed between the left and right channels going to the FXBus: -100% is left
channel only, 100% is right channel only, and 0% is both channels equally.
Advanced KDFX
Exploring the Studio Parameters
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