User Manual

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Effects and Effect Mode
Effect Mode and the Effects Pages
Effect Mode and the Effects Pages
InProgrammode(orwithaprogramselectedinQuickAccessmode)presstheEffectmodebuttonto
enterEffectmode.Effectmodeallowsyoutoquicklychangeprogrameffectsettingswithout
enteringtheProgramEditor,andsetMastereffects.YoucansetDSPunitusageforprogramson
eachMIDI
channel.YoucanoverridethecurrentAuxChains(setbytheprogramonthe
currentlyselectedMIDIchannel)byselectingnewAuxeffectChains.Youcanalsooverride
otherAuxsettingsthatareusuallysetbytheprogramonthecurrentlyselectedMIDIchannel,
suchasphysicalaudiooutputsettings,
controllerassignmentsforAuxsendlevels,andAux
sendlevelsandpre/postinsertsettingsforprogramsoneachMIDIchannel.
MostofthesettingsinEffectmodeapplyonlytoProgrammodeandprogramsselectedfrom
QuickAccessmode(seeTheMasterEffectsPagesectionbelowfor anexception.)Setupmode
and
SongmodehavetheirownEffectspageswhichareverysimilartothepagesinEffectsmode.
Thefollowingsectionscanbeusedasareferenceforthosepages,anydifferenceswillbenoted.
Note:ThesettingsmadeinEffectmodecanbesavedbysavingthemastertable.By
default,the
mastertableissavedwhenexitingMasterMode(seeSave on page 11‐18andMasterTableLock
(MasterLock) on page 11‐3fordetails.)Ifyoudon’tsavethemastertable,theEffectmode
settingswillreturntotheirdefaultsthenexttimethePC3Kisturnedon.Becareful,do
not
accidentallysavetheEffectmodesettingsifyoudonotwishto.Thesettingsontheeffects
pagesforSetupmodeandSongmodearesavedwitheachSetupandSong.
The EffectsEnable Page
NOTE:InSetupmodeandSongmode,thispagecorrespondsinappearanceandfunctiontotheFXpage,
thoughtheFXpage worksona persetup/songbasis.
PressingtheCHANFXsoftbuttoncallsuptheEffectsEnablepage.Thispageisusedtomanage
anddistributeeffectsprocessingpower(DSPunits)
amongtheprogramsoneachMIDIchannel.
BydefaultthePC3KautomaticallymanagestheusageofDSPunits,seeDefaultDSPUnitUsage
belowfordetails.YoucanalsooverridethedefaultDSPunitusagebyusingtheEffectsEnable
page,seeManualManagementofDSPUnitUsagebelowfordetails.
About DSP Units
EachEffectChainiscomposedofaneffect‐boxoraseriesofeffect‐boxes.Eacheffect‐boxusesa
certainamountofthePC3K’seffectsprocessingpower,representedasanumberof“DSPunits.”
ThenumberofDSPunitsusedbyaneffect‐boxorChainreflectshowcomplexthe
effect’s 
algorithmis—morecomplexeffectsrequiremoreprocessingpower.Youcanuseupto16DSP
unitsatatimesharedbetweenalleffects(exceptMastereffects,whichdon’tuseanyDSPunits.)
Default DSP Unit Usage
InProgramMode,theprogramonthecurrentlyselectedMIDIchannelwillhavepriorityfor
usingDSP
units,followedbyprogramsonthelowesttohighestMIDIchannel.ThePC3Kloads