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4.7 EFFECTS




The picture above shows how the FX window can be split in two sections. The global effect settings determine the type of reverb and the delay effect settings. The part effect settings determine wether to apply reverb or delay to this part and how much of the parts output is sent to the selected effect.

Part effect settings
    The Mono LED switches the part between polyphonic (off) and monophonic (on) mode. In monophonic mode only one voice can be playing at one time on the part. This emulates the classic monophonic synthesizers which due to hardware restrictions were only equipped with a single voice.

    The Porta LED toggles portamento. Portamento is an effect whereby the pitch of every new note slides from the pitch of the last played note to its new pitch. The time it takes this portamento-slide to finish is be controlled by the Portatime knob

    The Reverb and Delay LEDs select to which effect unit (reverb or delay) this part wil be routed to. The FXSend knob determines how much of the part output goes into the effect unit.

Global effect settings
    These settings control the behaviour of the delay and reverb effect units. The reverb type indicator (box with R04 in it) shows the currently selected reverb algorithm. Select a different algorithm using the buttons next to the indicator.
    To completely disable the reverb, which saves CPU time, set the reverb algorithm to OFF. R01 is a short reverb. R02 has a somewhat longer reverb time. Higher reverb numbers have longer reverb times.

    The delay time can be synchronised to the sequencer BPM by enabling the BPM Sync LED. The delay time indicator shows the current delay time. If the delay is synchronised to the BPM, the indicator will show the delay time relative to a quarter- note. So 4/4 will set the delay time at a full quarternote. A setting of 2/4 indicates a delay time of a half quarternote. When the delay is not synchronised the number displayed is the delaytime in milliseconds.

    The delay effect delays the input signal and plays it back somewhat later. The output signal is also fed back in to the delay effect. The amount of feedback is controlled by the Feedback knob.
    Then Pan knob determines the difference between the left and right delaytimes. At its far left position both the left and the right delay times are identical to the delay time indicated by the delay time indicator. At its far right position you will have maximum pan, so you will hear the first echo on the left speaker, the next echo on the right speaker, etc. Settings in between will create arbitrary delay factors which gives the delay a certain groove.


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