Alesis K2661 specifications Main, Effects mode the KDFXModeMAIN

Basic Effects Mode

MAIN Page

The FX Preset Editor, which is nested within the Studio Editor, and which contains three pages. The FX Preset Editor is where you select algorithms and set parameters for the FX presets, as well as doing administrative things like naming and saving. You can get to the FX Preset Editor from the either the FXBUS page or the AUXFX page, by highlighting the current FX preset and pressing Edit.

Name, Save, Delete, and Dump, for doing file management on your collection of studios.

You can also get to the Studio Editor from the Program and Setup Editors, by pressing Edit when the Studio parameter is selected (this is the most convenient method for getting into the Studio Editor). In both the Program and Setup Editors, the Studio parameter is on the KDFX page.

MAIN Page

The KDFXMode:MAIN page gives you a summary view of the current effects configuration, including the current studio, the FX Presets assigned to each of the five effects buses, and the bypass status of each bus.

KDFXMode:MAINFXCtrl:Auto<>Enable

Studio:113PltEnvFI4TPlateFree:0

FX143PlebeChamber-Size:1

FX2902SynthEnvFilterBSize:2

FX3735Bapba_da_dap-Size:1

FX40NoneBSize:0

Aux103BigPredelayPlateBSize:3

MAINCTRLEQBYPFXBYPBUSMUTEnable

Figure 9-1 Effects mode: the KDFXMode:MAIN page

As with every other page, the top line of the KDFXMode:MAIN page identifies the page you’re on. It also shows you two other important features of Effects mode:

FXCtrl:	this is a parameter on the Ctrl page, which is accessible with the CTRL soft
	button.

Enable state: Shows whether KDFX is currently enabled or if any part of KDFX is bypassed or muted.

The second line of the display shows the ID and name of the current studio. When you enter KDFX Mode directly (i.e., not through another one of the K2661’s editors) you can scroll through the displayed list of studios. This allows you to choose a different studio on the KDFXMode:MAIN page. When FXCTRL is set to Master (see page 9-9), you can also do this, even when you have entered KDFX Mode from within another editor.

If you select the studio then press the Edit button, you’ll go to EditStudio:FXBUS page, where you can make changes to each bus within the studio.

The second line also shows the number of PAUs available for the current studio (“Free:” on the right-hand side). This number will be 0–4, since in each studio four PAUs are available for the four insert FXBuses (the AuxFX bus has its own fixed set of three PAUs).

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