Kurzweil KDFX, Manual

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A Tour of KDFX
A complex Studio with real-time control
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Looking at the Studio
To view the Studio, press Edit , and more> three times, and then the KDFX soft button. The
name of the Studio associated with this Setup, 202*Complex, will appear.
(There is nothing wrong with your manualÑsome of the parameters are in grey deliberately.
Ignore them for now.)
Put the cursor on 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 FX Bus pages: FXBus 1
Press FXBUS to look at the FX buses. On FXBus 1 is 205*CompresHK, a hard-knee compressor.
Look at the ÒIn/OutÓ parameter. This is a Bus Override, meaning this parameter is actually
inside the FXPreset but it can be changed from here. However, instead of saying ÒInÓ or ÒOutÓ
it says ÒFXModÓ. This means that this parameter isnÕt controlled from inside the Studio at allÑ
itÕs controlled by something else entirely outside the studio.
As it happens, itÕs controlled by the soft pedal, controller number 67ÑSwitch Pedal 3 for K2500
keyboard users. WeÕll see how this is done in a moment. Pressing this pedal will cause the
compressor to kick in, squashing the dynamic range of the sound. However, the MakeUpGain
inside the compressor is set to 6.5 dB, so the
level doesnÕt change much when the compressor is
engaged.
This type of control is useful on this program, because it uses velocity-switching to change
drum and bass sounds. Normally as you play harder, the sounds change, and they also get
louder. With the compressor engaged, however, the drum and bass sounds can change
without
getting louder.
ThereÕs another FXMod, which is assigned to the Aux FX Bus send level. On the Aux bus is a
reverb, so this FXMod controls how much of the signal coming through here will get reverbed.
It happens to be under the control of Slider G, controller number 27. Play the bass and drums
and move that slider, and hear the reverb go in and out.
EditSetup:KDFX||||||||||||||||All|Zones| |
Studio: 202*Complex||||||||||
Bus:|Param:|||||Adjust:||Source:||Depth:
FX1||In/Out|||||Out||||||SoftPd|||1
FX1||Aux|Lvl||||-55.0dB||MIDI27|||52dB
FX2||L|Fdbk|Lvl|100%|||||MIDI26|||120%
<more| | KDFX|| | FXMOD2 | FXMOD3 | FXMOD4 | more>
EditStudio:FXBUS|Size:1|Free:0|<>FXBus:1
FX1|| 205*CompresHK||||||| ||Aux ||Mix
In/Out||||:FXMod|||||Lvl:FXMod|Lvl:-5.0dB
None||||||:||||||||||Bal:0%||||Bal:0%
Allocation:Auto
<more| | INPUT| | FXBUS| | AUXFX| | OUTPUT | more>