User Manual

Effects and Effect Mode
Effects Overview
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The Chain Editor
Pressing the Edit button while a Chain (other than 0 None) is highlighted—on any of the various
eects pages—will call up the Chain editor. From the Program editor, the program’s Insert and
Aux Chains can be edited from the PROGFX and LYRFX pages. In Eect mode Chains selected
for Aux overrides can be edited from the Aux 1 Override and Aux 2 Override pages. In Setup and
Song mode Chains selected for Aux overrides can be edited from the AUX1 and AUX2 pages.
A Chain is made up of one or more eect-boxes, with each box containing a single eect. You can
have up to 16 eect-boxes in a Chain. The settings for all of the parameters of each eect-box are
also stored within the Chain. There are 15 Mod Controls that allow for real-time control over any
parameter from any eect-box in the Chain. Per Chain Control sources are also provided to be
used as inputs to the eect Mods (two FXLFOs, two FXASRs, and four FXFUNs.) These work
similarly to the LFOs, ASRs and FUNs in Program mode, but are only available for use with the
eect Mods.
The MAIN Page
In the Chain Editor, pressing the MAIN soft button calls up the MAIN page. The MAIN page is
where you congure the length of a Chain and select the individual eects that make up the
Chain. The Chain editor MAIN page of the Chain 269 PnoEnhancRvb3 appears as shown below:
At the top right of the display is the number of DSP units used by the currently selected eect-
box, and by the Chain as a whole. 2/5 Units indicates that the current eect-box is using two DSP
units and the Chain is using a total of ve DSP units for all of its eects boxes. There are a total of
16 units available for all of the Chains that are currently loaded by programs and any active Aux
overrides from Setup/Song/Eects mode.
NOTE:Insomecongurations,notall16unitsareavailableforusewithmulti-uniteectsbecauseofthe
way the DSP is allocated internally.
Like all other representations of signal paths in the PC3A display, the program signal moves from
left to right through the Chain. Use the cursor buttons to select an eect-box or empty spot in the
Chain. The eect loaded into the selected eect-box can be changed by numeric entry, with the
Alpha Wheel, or with the +/– buttons; and can be changed with either the eect-box or the Eect
eld at the bottom of the page highlighted. The +/- double button press will jump to the next
eect “category.”
Pressing the Insert soft button adds a new eect-box to the Chain in the currently selected
block-slot, and pushes the currently selected eect-box down the Chain to the right. (If you have
runoutofDSPunits,youwillnotbeabletocreateadditionaleectsboxes.)Pressing the Remove soft
button takes the currently selected eect out of the Chain.