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Hi

If I select drawbars on upper 2, then change it to concert piano, the effects remain as if it was the drawbars, is there any way if you change a sound on upper 2 or 3 it would put the correct effect to suit that sound

Thanks in advance

Regards

The effects are dictated by UPPER 1. UPPER 2 & 3 changes will not load effects.

Cheers

Pete

I did not realize that. Are you serious? Not even my cheap MOX6 acts like that.

FX have always been limited on the Korg arrangers - would be great to have many insert FX which could be applied to each UPPER (and LOWER) part independently.
So I am guessing that it has always been a case of What FX do you want when:-

• Just playing UPPER 1
  Just playing UPPER 2
  Just playing UPPER 3
  Playing UPPERs layered (any combination)

Basically you can't have them all for UPPERs 1,2,&3 sounds.

mstodola wrote:I did not realize that. Are you serious? Not even my cheap MOX6 acts like that.

A description why other Keyboard Sounds than Upper1 will just sound dry can be found under "Locking the Control Parameters" Upper1 FXs:

When choosing the Upper 1 Sound, the Sound’s or the Keyboard Set’s
effect settings can be selected.
• If this lock is closed, the Keyboard Set’s effect parameters are left
unchanged.
• If this lock is open, the Sound’s effect parameters are selected.
To avoid sudden and unmusical effect changes, if the Sound’s ef-
fects are not compatible with the effects already assigned to the FX
B block, the Master FX Send values on the other Keyboard Sounds
will be automatically set to zero.
For example, assume a chorus effect is assigned to the B2 Master
FX processor. If the new Sound assigns a distortion effect to the B2
Master FX processor, the B2 Master FX Send value on the Upper 2,
Upper 3, and Lower Sounds will be set to zero, to avoid these Sounds
to sound odd. This way, the Upper 1 Sound (usually the most impor-
tant one for solo playing) will sound with the needed effects, while
the other Keyboard Sounds will just sound dry.

Thanks siebenhirter. New to PA4X and had come across this problem, great explanation and I now understand as to how and why.

Regards Arnie