Kurzweil KDFX, Manual

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A Tour of KDFX
A more complex Studio
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A more complex Studio
Press Exit to get to the Effects page, and again to get to Program mode. Call up Program 200,
ElecPno/Flute . This is a split keyboard program: On Layer 1, which has been assigned to the
KDFX-A outputs, is an electric piano, whose key range goes up to B4. On Layer 2, which goes
to the KDFX-B outputs, is a ßute, whose key range starts at C5.
Press Effects and call up Studio 201, RngMd/PFD/Plt . Press Edit to look inside of this Studio.
FX Bus 1
On the Þrst FX Bus is an FX Preset called 201*Tut Ring Mod . The Algorithm this uses is a ring
modulator. This is a processor that takes the sounds coming into it and combines them with
static waveforms by adding and subtracting their frequencies, thereby creating interesting non-
harmonic effects. Notice that this FX Preset uses 1 PAU.
As you play on the lower part of the keyboard, the arrow next to ÒFX1Ó ßashes, but as you play
on the upper part it doesnÕt. ThatÕs because the upper part of the keyboard (the ßute sound) is
routed to a different FXBus.
Bus Overrides
There are two FX Preset parameters on this page: Wet/Dry mix and Output Gain . These
parameters actually exist inside the FX Preset, but are Òbrought outÓ to this page so you can
control them without editing the FX Preset itself. As we saw earlier, these are called ÒBus
OverridesÓ. You can change both the value of the Override parameter
and the name of the
parameter that shows up in the Bus Override: to select a different parameter, simply highlight
its name and scroll the Alpha wheel. As you do so, you will see the other parameters inside the
FX Preset which can be brought out to this page.
The two pieces of information that make up each OverrideÑthe name of the parameter being
controlled and its valueÑare stored as part of the Studio, not as part of the FX Preset, and
therefore you donÕt have to create new FX Presets just because you want to change a couple of
parameters. There are two Studio Overrides available for each of the four Insert FX Buses and
two more for the Aux FX Bus.
If you donÕt want any parameter control on this page, then just set the Override to ÒNoneÓ.
The
Wet/Dry
value is 100%, and the
Output Gain
is 0.0dBÑunity. The signal on this FXBus
goes both to the Aux bus and the Mix bus at unity gain (0.0 dB).
EditStudio:FXBUS|Size:1|Free:1|<>FXBus:1
FX1|| 201*Tut|Ring|Mod||| |||Aux ||Mix
Wet/Dry|||:100%wet||Lvl:0.0dB|Lvl:0.0dB
Out|Gain||:0.0dB||||Bal:0%||||Bal:0%
Allocation:Auto
<more| | INPUT| | FXBUS| | AUXFX| | OUTPUT | more>