Alesis K2661 specifications Soft Buttons in Effects Mode

Basic Effects Mode

MAIN Page

The next five lines show the IDs and names of the FX Presets assigned to the five effects buses (insert FXBuses 1–4 and the AuxFX bus). You can’t change these assignments on the KDFXMode:MAIN page; to do that you would highlight the Studio name (line two of this page) then press Edit. This takes you to the Studio Editor, on the appropriate FXBUS page for the first bus. Use the Chan/Bank buttons to move between buses.

Each of these five lines also indicates the bypass status for the five buses, as well as the number of PAUs used by each FXBus. A dash (-) indicates active/enabled, and B indicates bypassed/ disabled. You can change the bypass status for a bus by moving the cursor to this field and changing it with either the alpha wheel or pressing one of the increment/decrement buttons.

The size of each FX Preset is measured in PAUs (processor allocation units). FXBuses 1–4 can all use up to four PAUs, but the studio can use a maximum of four total PAUs. The AuxFX bus can use up to three PAUs independent of the insert FXBuses.

Soft Buttons in Effects Mode

The MAIN button takes you to the KDFXMode:MAIN page, where you can view the current studio and the FX Presets assigned to the five KDFX buses.

The CTRL button takes you to the KDFXMode:CTRL page, which contains parameters that determine which studio gets selected when you select a program, setup, or song.

Soft Buttons: Configuring Bypasses

You can individually bypass any of the EQ and effects inputs, and also mute any of the FXBuses (the four insert FXBuses and the AuxFX bus). In the enabled state, nothing is muted or bypassed. The K2661 always starts up in the enabled state.

Use these soft buttons to perform bypasses and muting:

EQBYP	Displays EQ Bypass page, where you can bypass the EQ on each individual
	input bus.
FXBYP	Displays FX Bypass page, where you can bypass the effects on individual
	FXBuses.
BUSMUT	Displays the BusMute page, where you can mute the output of individual
	FXBuses.
BypAll/Enable	Toggles between enabled state and default bypass state (all buses bypassed,
	none muted). If you have created a custom bypass scene, BypAll resets it to
	the default bypass state. See page 9-11for information on creating a custom
	bypass scene.
	You may also use either of the Chan/Bank buttons to toggle between enabled
	and bypassed states. This will often be preferable, since Chan/Bank, unlike
	BypAll, does not reset the bypass state to the default (all buses bypassed,
	none muted). Instead, Chan/Bank toggles between the enabled state and any
	custom bypass scene you may have created, allowing you to audition a studio
	with and without bypasses.

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