Kurzweil PC3LE - The EFFECTS (FX) Page

Program Mode
The Program Editor
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The EFFECTS (FX) Page
PresstheFXsoftbuttontocalluptheEFFECTSpage.Usethispagetoapplyaudioeffectstoa
program.YoucanchooseaneffectsChainforinserteffectsandaneffectsChainforauxeffects.
Somedrumprogramsusemultipleinserteffectschains.
ThePC3LE’schainscontainavariety
ofeffectsincludingdifferenttypesofreverb,chorus,delay,
flanger,phaser,tremolo,panner,leslie,distortion,EQ,compression,filter,envelopefollowing
filter,frequencystimulator,ringmodulator,frequencyoffset,pitchLFO,andstereoizer.Chains
1through81containmanyconfigurationsof theseeffects,whichareusefulforquicklyfindinga
suitableeffect.The
remainingchainsareusedbythePC3LE’sfactoryprograms,setups,and
songs,thoughtheycanbeusedforanyuserprogram,setup,orsongaswell.Ifyoudiscovera
factoryprogram,setup,orsongthatusesaneffectthatyoulike,lookatthechainnumberinthe
program,
setuporsongeditorsothatyoucanuseitlaterinyourownprogram,setup,orsong.
AcompletelistofthePC3LE’seffectschainscanbefoundatwww.kurzweil.com.
OnthePC3LE,aprogramcanhaveaChainofupto8inserteffectsandaChainof8
auxeffects
(seenotebelowfordetailsonchainsizelimitations.)Inserteffectsareappliedonlytothecurrent
program,whileauxeffectsreceivesignalfromallactiveprograms’auxsends.
ANoteAboutProcessorPowerAllocation
EacheffectsChainiscomposedofaneffect‐boxoraseriesofeffect‐
boxes.Eacheffect‐boxusesa
certainamountofthePC3LE ’seffectsprocessingpower.Theamountofprocessingpowerused
byaChainreflectshowcomplextheeffect’salgorithmis—morecomplexeffectsrequiremore
processingpower.Theprocessing(DSP)powerneededforeachChainisrepresentedbya
numberof“DSP
units.”Allinsertandauxeffectsforthecurrentlyselectedmodesharethe
PC3LE’s10availableDSPunits.
AtthetoprightoftheEFFECTSpage,youcanseehowmanyDSPunitsarebeingusedbythe
selectedChain.Theleft‐handnumberistheDSPunitsizeofthe
selectedChain,andtheright‐
handnumberisthetotalnumberofDSPunitsbeingusedbytheprogram.Ifyouexceed10
DSPunitswhenaddingeffects,noeffectswillbeappliedtotheprogram.Thetoprightofthe
EFFECTSpagewilldisplay(Max10)whenyouhave
exceededthemaximumnumberof10
availableDSPunits.
ThePC3LE’s10availableDSPunitsaremostoftenenoughprocessingpowerforsingleprogram,
butifyouusemanyprogramswithinserteffectsatonce,youmayhavetoremoveeffectsonone
programinordertoallocatemoreDSP
unitsforotherprograms.Ifachainisselectedforthe
Insertand/orAuxeffect,buttherearenotenoughDSPunitsavailabletoloadthechain(s),the
parametersforthatchainorchainswillbedisplayedasNotavailableonthePARAMETERS
page(seepage 6‐9fordetailsonthe
PARAMETERSpage.)