Alesis K2661 specifications Chaining Effects

Basic Effects Mode

Chaining Effects

Chaining Effects

One of the most powerful features in KDFX is effects chaining, which allows you to send a signal through four consecutive KDFX effects. The screen below shows an example of this:

EditStudio:FXBUSSize:1Free:0<>FXBus:1

qWWWWTqwwwwtqwwwwtqwwwwt FX1!kRvrb©!!!kChorg!!!kDlyg!!!kFlngg!h

CVVVVBCVVVVBCVVVVBCVVVVB FX:1NiceLittleBooth Wet/Dry:42%wet OutGain:0.0dBAlloc:Auto <moreINPUTFXBUSAddRemovemore>

Figure 9-10 Effects Bus Editor display -- four chained effects

Effects chaining allows the 4 PAUs of processing shared among Buses 1-4 of a Studio to be used in series. You can chain one FX Preset into another, into another, up to four in a row, until you run out of PAUs. This is done by removing processing “blocks” from one bus, and adding them to another. As no effect is less than 1 PAU, and only 4 PAUs are available across Buses 1-4, any Studio may have a maximum of 4 blocks, arranged however you please, in which to select Presets (not counting the Aux bus which is unaffected by chaining).

The FXBUS page shows chained effects at the top of the display (underneath the top menu line). As an example, start from Program Mode, press the Effects button, then select Studio 700 Flanger Trio:

KDFXMode:MAINFXCtrl:Auto<>Enable

Studio:700FlangerTrioFree:0

FX1a180NedFlangers-Size:1

1b172SweetFlange-Size:1

1c181WispyFlange-Size:1

1d40SmallDrumChamber-Size:1

Aux108Roomitizer-Size:2

MAINCTRLEQBYPFXBYPBUSMUTEnable

You can see that this studio has three flange effects, followed by a reverb. The effects are numbered 1a through 1d to indicate that they are all part of FXBUS 1, instead of four separate effects buses. Now press Edit to go into the Studio Editor. The top of the display shows the four effects chained together. Each block contains an abbreviation based on the algorithm used by the Preset:

EditStudio:FXBUSSize:1Free:0<>FXBus:1

qWWWWTqwwwwtqwwwwtqwwwwt FX1!kFlng©!!!kFlngg!!!kFlngg!!!kRvrbg!h

CVVVVBCVVVVBCVVVVBCVVVVB FX:180NedFlangers Wet/Dry:42%wet OutGain:0.0dBAlloc:Auto <moreINPUTFXBUSAddRemovemore>

The name of the FX Preset for the currently highlighted block is now shown underneath the signal path graphics. In this example, you will see the FX Preset Ned Flangers if the first block is highlighted. You still have 2 Bus Overrides (or Bus Mods) per block, which appear just below the name of the Preset.

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