Kurzweil Forte - Manual (Page 113)

Program Edit Mode
The FX Page
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Every channel is connected to the aux buses, but the aux buses don’t receive the signal until
you turn up the aux “send” level for that channel, which controls a channel’s input level to
the aux bus. On each MIDI channel you can control the aux send level for that channel’s
program, in turn controlling how loudly you can hear the aux effect applied to that channel’s
program. The aux send level is set by the Aux 1 and Aux 2 Send parameters on the FX page.
Many Chains also have an additional Aux send, Wet/Dry, or Amount parameter that will
appear on the PARAMS page. For Reverb and Delay Chains, send parameters are often
assigned by default to Slider I or Slider H respectively.
By default, when scrolling through the list of effects Chains for the Aux effects, only Chains
with IDs from 5000-6000 will be shown. These Chains are used by the Forte factory
programs, and each one will automatically apply controller assignments for effects parameters
on the PARAMS page. Controller assignments for each of these Chains conform to the
Controller assignments shown in the Forte Controller Conventions chart on page 6-12 . To
access Chains outside of this range, enter an ID number using the keypad function of the
Category buttons. With the Global Mode User Type parameter set to Advanced, Chain IDs
in any range can be scrolled to. See User Type on page 12-6 in the Global Mode Chapter.
Output
The Output parameter specifies the rear panel analog output pair to which the selected aux
bus is routed. Setting the Output to A routes the signal of the selected bus to output pair A.
Setting the Output to B routes the signal of the selected bus to output pair B. This is useful
if you want to control the processed Aux signal with an external mixer or process the signal
with additional external effects.
Auxiliary Send, Type and Mod
The Aux Send parameters determine how much of the Program’s signal is sent to each Aux
FX Chain. The send values are set either in dB or wet/dry percent. When Global Mode User
Type is set to Advanced, the Type and Mod parameters appear. Type determines whether dB
or percent is used, and Mod selects a physical controller which can scale the Aux send value.
When type is set to %, the Aux send works as a wet/dry mix, so that as you turn up the Aux
send, the program’s unprocessed signal is turned down. With an Aux send set to 50% you
hear an equal amount of processed and unprocessed signal (called wet and dry, respectively).
With an Aux send set to 100% you hear only the processed (wet) signal and none of the
original unprocessed (dry) signal. Typically it’s best to set Type to % when a continuous
controller (like a Slider) is assigned to the Mod parameter, because it will give the controller
more usable range then when set to dB.
When Type is set to dB, the Aux send level is set in dB and works more like a traditional
send on an audio mixing board. Setting Type to dB is useful for setting a precise send value.
The level of signal sent to the Chain is set in dB, the higher the value the more processed
signal you will hear. When the Aux send level is set in dB, the unprocessed signal does not
get turned down as the Aux send is turned up.