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Applying Various Effects to

the Sound (EFX)

General Purpose Multi-Effects

EFX provides 24 different Effect Types, each of which

let you apply a different effect. In the EFX section you

can make settings that determine how EFX will sound.

Selecting the Type (EFX Type)

One of the following 24 types of EFX can be selected.

1. Press [EFFECT SELECT].

While the button is pressed, the currently selected EFX

Type will be shown in the right of the display.

2. Hold down [EFFECT SELECT] and rotate the

[EFX OUTPUT LEVEL] knob to select the EFX

Type.

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You can also do this by holding down [EFFECT

SELECT] and rotating the [VALUE] dial.

Available Settings:

4-EQ: 4 band EQ (modify the tone)

SPCTM: Spectrum (add character to the sound)

ENHR: Enhancer (add sparkle to the sound)

OVER: Overdrive (distort the sound mildly)

DIST: Distortion (distort the sound severely)

Lo-Fi: Lo-Fi (simulate a Òlow-fidelityÓ sound)

NOISE: Noise generator (add various types of

noise)

RADIO: Radio tuning (simulate a radio being tuned)

PHONO: Phonograph (simulate an old record)

COMP: Compressor (make the volume level more

consistent)

LIMT: Limiter (smooth out irregularities in volume)

SLICE: Slicer (apply successive cuts to the sound)

TREMO: Tremolo (cyclic changes in volume)

PHASE: Phaser (modulate the sound)

CHORS: Chorus (add spaciousness and depth to the

sound)

SP-D: Space-D (add transparent depth)

TETR: Tetra chorus (layer chorus sounds to a dd

spaciousness)

FLANG: Flanger (add metallic resonance to the

sound)

ST-FL: Step flanger (add metallic resonance to the

sound while changing the pitch in steps)

S-DLY: Short delay (add echoes to the sound)

A-PAN: Auto pan (automatically move the stereo

location)

FB-P: Feedback pitch shifter (skew the pitch)

REV: Reverb (add reverberation)

GATE: Gated reverb (sharply cut the reverberation)

* In this screen page, the names of each type are displayed

as an abbreviation.

The parameters of the effect will depend on the EFX

Type that you selected. Of the parameters of each

effect, the main ones can be adjusted using the front

panel [EFX OUTPUT LEVEL] knob and the [CTRL

1/2/3] knob. For details on which knob corresponds

to each parameter, refer to the explanatory diagram

for each effect.

Each knob is operated in the same way as for Reverb

or Delay.

For example, in the case of the 4-band EQ, operation

will be as follows.

fig.4-24

In addition to setting them from the front panel, you

can also use the following procedure to set parameters

(other than Part EFX/Output Assign) while viewing

their value.

EFX

EFX OUTPUT LEVEL

CTRL3

CTRL2

CTRL1

FUNC

High Gain

Peak1 Gain

Low Gain

Output Level

EFX

EFX OUTPUT LEVEL

CTRL3

CTRL2

CTRL1

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