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Effects and Effect Mode
Effects Parameters
Effects Parameters
ThissectioncontainsdescriptionsofthePC3K’smanyeffectsparameters,andinstructionson
howtousethem.Readthroughthissectiontogetagoodgeneralunderstandingofthe
parameters.
Thedescriptionsheredonotincludealloftheparametersassociatedwitheveryeffect,and
someeffectsmaynothavesome
oftheparametersdescribedherefortheircategory.Amore
completereference,witheveryeffectandthemeaningandrangeofeveryparameter,arranged
intheordertheyappearonthescreen,canbefoundintheKSP8AlgorithmReferenceGuideonthe
Kurzweilwebsite,www.kurzweil.com
.
General Parameters
Thereareanumberofparametersthatarecommontoalloralmostalleffects,andwe’lldeal
withthosefirst.
Wet/Drybalancesthelevelsoftheprocessedandunprocessedsignalsoutputfromtheeffect.
Wetrepresentstheprocessedsignal,whiledryrepresentstheunprocessedsignal.Therangeis
0%wet
(thesignalisunprocessed)through100%wet(nodrysignalispresent).Valuesbetween
0%and100%blendthe twosignals,forexample,at20%theoutputsignalis20%wet
(processed)and80%dry(unprocessed.)Asettingof50%wetmeansthe dryandprocessed
signalsareroughlyequalin
level.Insomeeffects,separateWet/Dryparametersareprovidedfor
theLeftandRightinputchannels.Insomecases,thisparameterscanhavenegativevalues,
whichindicatethattheWetsignalispolarity‐inverted.
WhenaneffectwiththeWet/DryparameterisusedinChainthathasbeenselectedasan
Aux
effect,Wet/Dryisautomaticallysetto100%wetand cannotbeadjusted.Thisisbecausewhen
usinganAuxeffect,thedrysignalisalreadyeffectivelyat100%onthemainaudiobus(not
routedthroughtheAuxeffect.)Inthiscase,turninguptheAuxsendlevelwill
blendthe100%
wetsignal(fromtheAuxbus)withthedrysignalonthemainaudiobus.
OutGainsetsthegainattheoutputofaneffect.
In/Outenablesordisablestheeffect.YoucanthinkofitasaWet/Dryparameterwithonlytwo
positions:100%(In)and
0%(Out).
HFDamping(highfrequencydamping)isthecutoff(‐3dB)frequencyofa6dB/octavelowpass
filterthat’sinsertedbeforetheprocessor.Highfrequenciesabovethesetcutofffrequencywillbe
filteredout.Inthecaseofprocessorswheremultipleiterationsofthesignalareheard,suchasin
adelay,eachiterationofthesignalwillpassthroughthefilter,andwillthereforebeduller.
XCouple(CrossCouple).Instereoeffects,thiscontrolshowmuchofanysignalbeingfedback
isgoingtothechanneloppositetotheonewhereitfirstappeared.At100%,allfeedbackfrom
signalsattheleftinputgoestotherightchannelandviceversa,causinga“spreading”orinthe
caseofdelaylines,a“ping‐pong”effect.At0%,fed‐backsignalsstaywiththe channelthey
cameinon.
A‐>Bcfg(configuration).Incombinationeffectsthatcontaintwo(or
more)components,the
orderinwhichthesignalpassesthroughthetwocomponentscanbechangedwiththis
parameter.Combina tioneffectsareusuallynamedwitha“‐>”,asin484“Flange‐>Shaper”.For
example,484“Flange‐>Shaper”canbeconfiguredsothesignalpassesthroughtheflangerfirst
and
thentheshaper,orthroughtheshaperfirstandthentheflanger.Thecfgparameter
determinestheconfiguration,anditsvalueiscontext‐sensitive—inthisexample,thechoices
wouldbe“Fl‐>Shp”and“Shp‐>Fl”.
A/Dry‐>Bisalsofoundinmanycombinationeffects,andcontrolstheamountofsignalthat
will
passdry(unprocessed)throughthefirstcomponentintothesecondcomponent.Different