User Manual

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Effects and Effect Mode
Effects Overview
Effect Mode and the Effects Pages
In Program mode (or with a program selected in Quick Access mode) press the Eect mode button to
enter Eect mode. Eect mode allows you to quickly change program eect settings without
entering the Program Editor, and set Master eects. You can set DSP unit usage for programs on
each MIDI channel. You can override the current Aux Chains (set by the program on the currently
selected MIDI channel) by selecting new Aux eect Chains. You can also override other Aux
settings that are usually set by the program on the currently selected MIDI channel, such as
physical audio output settings, controller assignments for Aux send levels, and Aux send levels
and pre/post insert settings for programs on each MIDI channel.
Most of the settings in Eect mode apply only to Program mode and programs selected from
Quick Access mode (see TheMasterEectsPage section below for an exception.) Setup mode and
Song mode have their own Eects pages which are very similar to the pages in Eects mode. The
following sections can be used as a reference for those pages, any dierences will be noted.
Note: The settings made in Eect mode can be saved by saving the master table. By default, the
master table is saved when exiting Master Mode (see Save on page 11-18 and Master Table Lock
(Master Lock) on page 11-3 for details.) If you don’t save the master table, the Eect mode settings
will return to their defaults the next time the PC3A is turned on. Be careful, do not accidentally
save the Eect mode settings if you do not wish to. The settings on the eects pages for Setup
mode and Song mode are saved with each Setup and Song.
The EffectsEnable Page
NOTE: In Setup mode and Song mode, this page corresponds in appearance and function to the FX page,
though the FX page works on a per setup/song basis.
Pressing the CHANFX soft button calls up the EectsEnable page. This page is used to manage
and distribute eects processing power (DSP units) among the programs on each MIDI channel.
By default the PC3A automatically manages the usage of DSP units, see Default DSP Unit Usage
below for details. You can also override the default DSP unit usage by using the EectsEnable
page, see Manual Management of DSP Unit Usage below for details.
About DSP Units
Each Eect Chain is composed of an eect-box or a series of eect-boxes. Each eect-box uses a
certain amount of the PC3A’s eects processing power, represented as a number of “DSP units.”
The number of DSP units used by an eect-box or Chain reects how complex the eect’s
algorithm is—more complex eects require more processing power. You can use up to 16 DSP
units at a time shared between all eects (except Master eects, which don’t use any DSP units.)
Default DSP Unit Usage
In Program Mode, the program on the currently selected MIDI channel will have priority for
using DSP units, followed by programs on the lowest to highest MIDI channel. The PC3A loads