Kurzweil PC3K Series - Processor Power Allocation

9-2
Effects
Basic Overview
NotethatwhenanAuxEffectisappliedpost‐Insert,thewetAuxsignalhasaseriesofeffects
appliedtoit—i.e.,cascadedeffects.WhenanAuxEffectisappliedpre‐Insert,thewetAuxsignal
hasnoInserteffectappliedtoit,andthefinaloutputhasparalleleffects—i.e.,distinct
effects.
Formultitimbraluse—i.e.,multiprogramuse—multipleprogramscanhavetheirInsertEffects
loadedsimultaneously.TheAuxEffectsareglobal,andtherecanbeonlyoneset(Aux1and
Aux2)loadedatatime.InProgrammode,theAuxEffectscomefromtheprogramloadedon
thecurrentselectedchannel.
InSongandSetupmodes,thereisanoptiontoselectthetrackor
zonewhoseprogramspecifiestheAuxEffects.Alternatively,theAuxEffectscanbesetdirectly
ontheAUXFX1andAUXFX2pagesinSongorSetu pmode,orbyusingtheEffectbuttonin
Programmode.The
followingfigureshowsthesignalpathsforamul titimbralsetuporsong:
Processor Power Allocation
EachEffectChainiscomposedofaneffect‐boxoraseriesofeffect‐boxes.Eacheffect‐boxusesa
certainamountofthePC3K’seffectsprocessingpower.Theamountofprocessingpowerused
byaneffect‐boxorChainreflectshowcomplextheeffect’salgorithmis—morecomplexeffects
requiremore
processingpower.Accordingly,eachChainandeffect‐boxusesacertainnumber
of“DSPunits”—youcanhaveupto16DSPunitsusedatatime.
InProgrammode,theprogramsloadedoneachofthe16MIDIchannelsarenormally
consideredactive,soeffectsareloadedforasmanyas
ispossible.InadditiontoapairofAux
Effects(whethertheyaretheprogram’sortheoverridesinEffectsmode‐moreonthislater),the
InsertEffectofeachchannel’sprogramisactive.FortheDSPunits,thecurrentlyselected
programwillhavepriority,followedbylowesttohighest
MIDIchannel.Youcanhaveupto11
activeInsertEffects.
Insert
Program
Pre Post
Send Levels
Chain
Insert
Program
Pre Post
Send Levels
Chain
ZONE/TRACK 1
ZONE/TRACK 2
Etc.
²
²
AUX 2 Chain
AUX 1 Chain
²
Comp EQ
EQ Comp
Output
Master FX Order