Alesis K2661 specifications Controller Assignments Contemporary ROM Block, Secondary Effects

Contemporary ROM Block Objects

Controller Assignments: Contemporary ROM Block

Controller Assignments: Contemporary ROM Block

This supplement lists the controller assignments for all programs and setups in the

Contemporary ROM sound block.

Secondary Effects

Some of the programs in the Contemporary block use a programming technique called secondary effects, in which the processing on one or more layers of the program can be changed with the press of a button. Secondary effects in these programs are enabled by PSw2 (or by any physical controller assigned to send MIDI 29). PSw2 acts as a toggle between the primary effect and the secondary effect. It switches off one of the two FXBus sends on an Input page (sets its Lvl parameter to Off), and simultaneously turns on the other FXBus send (sets its Lvl parameter to 0.0 dB).

The following diagram shows the effect of pressing PSw2 on the settings for FXBus1 and FXBus2.

	PSw2 Status	Value of Lvl Parameter on Input Page
		FXBus1	FXBus2
Off		0.0 dB	Off
On		Off	O.0 dB

In most cases, toggling effects with PSw2 affects only a single layer on a single input pair. In some cases, however, the switching is more complicated, and toggling effects moves one or more layers to different FX buses. Toggling effects may also change EQ settings, or the Aux reverb’s decay time, depending on the program.

The following segment from the controller listings shows an example of secondary effects. Secondary effects appear in italics. In this example, when PSw2 is off, the program’s input routings result in a room reverb effect, Slider B controls the wet/dry mix of this reverb. When PSw2 is on, the routing changes, resulting in a flange effect. In this case, Slider B is inactive, Slider C controls the aux room reverb level, and Slider D controls both the flange level and the crosscouple amount.

	Program		Studio		Controller Assignments
ID	Name	ID	Name
				B	room1 reverb wet/dry
999	SuperSynth	9	RmFlgChDly Room	C	aux room reverb level
				D	flange level, flange Xcouple
				PSw2	toggle: room1 reverb/flange

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