Kurzweil KSP8 TM - Manual (Page 69)

Basic Effects Mode
Introduction
Preliminary - Subject to Change 9-1
Chapter 9
Basic Effects Mode
Introduction
Effects mode puts top-notch equalizers, signal processors, and mixers inside your PC3. It allows
you to define processing functions, signal paths, and balances, on sounds created by the PC3.
When you’re in Program, Setup, or Quick Access mode, you can take advantage of
FX Modulation routings (FXMods, which are preset overrides for studio parameters) for real-
time control over any aspect of your sounds—either from the buttons, sliders, wheels, and
pedals on your PC3, or from any MIDI source at all, like a sequencer or a dedicated controller.
When the PC3 is being used multi-timbrally, Effects mode can provide separate processors for
each of several instruments. For example, let’s say four PC3 channels are in use, under the
control of a sequencer. Each instrument on each channel can have its own processing: flanger for
the piano, delay for the sax, compression for the bass, and tight reverb for the drums. Then all of
these signals could go through a global Aux processor, where they could be given a room reverb.
Press the Effects mode button to see the Effects Page for an overview of the PC3’s effects status.
This page shows Enable/Disable per channel, and the Aux 1&2 overrides:
Chains
From Program mode (See Chapter 6) you can organize groups of effects as a chain. A Chain can
have many individual "Preset" boxes (up to 16). The presets were originally developed for the
KSP8 effects processor, and there are almost 500 provided as basic building blocks. A Chain is
simply one or more of these presets, with any edits you make to that preset, and the FX Mods.
So, whatever edits you make they’re saved with this "Chain".
Chains can be selected as an insert, or on either of the 2 Aux buses. The Aux Bus is 100% Wet,
and multiple programs can point to it (Aux send levels per program or per layer) - that’s the
main differences from the inserts.