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Eclipse User Manual Page 22 of 66 Release 4.0.1
Input and Output Modes (Global Stereo or Global Mono?)
As mentioned above, you select how the two channels of summed digital
and analog input are fed to the input of the DSP. Press LEVELS page 2
(I/O MODE)
to select from three possibilities.
Stereo Here each input channel is sent to the corresponding
input on the DSP. Use this mode when sending ste-
reo signals for processing.
Mono 1
Here only input 1 is sent to both channels of the
DSP. Input 2 is ignored. Use this mode if you have
no signal on input 2 (as may be the case with a gui-
tar rig, for example).
Mono 2 Here only input 2 is sent to both channels of the
DSP. Input 1 is ignored. Use this mode if you have
no signal on input 1.
Now, hit
(I/O MODE) again to select the output mode as being mono or
stereo. In mono mode, the outputs will be mixed together and sent to
output 1 and the dry inputs will be mixed and sent to output 2. Mono mode will mainly be of interest to
guitarists,
Global Wet/Dry Mix
You can control the global wet/dry mix at LEVELS (WET/DRY). While
you can adjust the wet/dry ratio of each effects block and save it with a
program (page 39), that’s not the same thing as the global wet/dry mix that we’re discussing here. The global
wet/dry mix affects how much of the signal that goes into the DSP (dry) is mixed with the signal that
comes out of the DSP (wet). Recall that the DSP contains both effects blocks and the routing between
them. The global wet/dry mix that we are discussing here does not change when you load a new program.
You will hear no effects with (WET/DRY) set to 0%. You won’t hear the original signal with (WET/DRY)
set to
100%. Settings in-between will mix the two.
Why is there a global wet/dry along with PARAMETER area wet/dry controls? Isn’t this redundant? Well,
no. Treat PARAMETER page 2 LEVELS {FX_ MIX} as a tool for getting an effect to sound its best, and re-
member that this wet/dry will change when you load a new program. Use the LEVELS (WET/DRY) that we
are discussing here to harmonize your Eclipse with the rest of your studio or rack. If you use the Eclipse
in an effects loop, you probably want
LEVELS (WET/DRY) set to 100%, but if you always run a guitar
through it, you may want this parameter set to some lower value.
Global Levels
You have plenty of chances to optimize the signal level at points along the Eclipse’s signal path. Gener-
ally, you want to leave anything that counts as an “input” at 0dB and adjust anything that counts as an
“output” to maximize signal level without clipping (this includes the output of any device connected to
the Eclipse). Only adjust input levels if their connected outputs cannot adequately optimize the signal
level. Signals that are too low make for low resolution audio. Signals that are too high make for nasty dis-
tortion.