Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910251 CHAP 9 Manual

   Effects Mode and the Effects Editor

              The Effects Mode Page

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Chapter 9

Effects Mode and the Effects Editor

The K2500’s global effects processor operates much like an outboard MIDI effects box. You can 

route your sounds through the processor or bypass it, and you can edit its preset effects from 

the K2500’s front panel. It responds to MIDI programming commands, and you can program 

control sources to get realtime control over the Wet/Dry mix and two parameters that vary 

from preset to preset (this is done on the EFFECT page in the Program Editor). You can store ten 

preset effects in each memory bank (except the Zeros bank, which holds 37). See “Storing 

Objects in Memory Banks” in the 

Reference Guide

 for a breakdown of the preset effects ID that 

belong in each memory bank.

Note:  the K2500’s effects processor is mono, not stereo, so keep in mind that if you pan any 

layers, only the dry portion of the sound (the part without effects) will be panned; the wet 

portion will remain unchanged. The wet portion will come out both the left and right sides of 

the Mix outs evenly, or will come out of the left side only, depending on the setting of the 

OUtA->FX parameter on the Master page.

The Effects Mode Page

Every K2500 program and setup can be assigned a different preset effect. There are 47 factory 

preset effects stored in ROM. You can use the Effects Editor to create your own effects, selecting 

from 27 configurations of effects types—like chorus, flange, delay, etc. Preset effects are applied 

to the MIX outputs (and to the headphone jack) when the currently selected program (or the 

program on the FX Channel) is routed to Output Group A.

There are three purposes for Effects mode. The primary purpose is to define the behavior of the 

global effects processor, instructing the K2500 how to select preset effects when you select 

programs or setups. The other two purposes are explained below. Press the Effects mode 

button to enter Effects mode. You’ll see the Effects mode entry level page, as shown below. The 

top line of the page, as usual, reminds you of your current location, and indicates the amount of 

transposition and the current MIDI channel.

EffectsMode||||Xpose:0ST|||Channel:1||

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Effect|:

1|Sweet|Hall|2||||||||||||||||||

Wet/Dry:50%|Wet|||||||||||||||||||||||||

FX|Mode:Auto||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

FX|Chan:Current|||||||||||||||||||||||||

Dither|:Medium||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Octav-|

Octav+|

Panic|||||||||

Chan-||

Chan+

The Soft Buttons on the Effects mode Page

The 

Octav-

 and 

Octav+

 soft buttons let you change the MIDI transposition in increments of one 

octave. The 

Panic

 soft button sends All Notes Off and All Controllers Off to the K2500 and on 

all 16 MIDI channels. The 

Chan-

 and 

Chan+

 soft buttons change the current MIDI channel.