User Manual

Effects and Effect Mode
The Chain Editor
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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effects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Effect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effect‐boxes,witheachboxcontainingasingleeffect.
You
canhaveupto16effect‐boxesinaChain.Thesettingsforalloftheparametersofeacheffect‐box
arealsostoredwithintheChain.Thereare15ModControlsthatallowforreal‐timecontrolover
anyparameterfromanyeffect‐boxintheChain.PerChain
Controlsourcesarealsoprovidedto
beusedasinputstotheeffect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
effectMods.
The MAIN Page
IntheChainEditor,pressingtheMAINsoftbuttoncallsuptheMAINpage.TheMAINpageis
whereyouconfigurethelengthofaChainandselecttheindividualeffects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effect‐
box,andbytheChainasawhole.2/5Unitsindicatesthatthecurrenteffect‐boxisusingtwo
DSPunitsandtheChainisusingatotaloffiveDSPunit sfor
allofitseffects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/Effectsmode.
NOTE:Insomeconfigurations,notall16unitsareavailableforusewithmulti‐uniteffectsbecauseofthe

waytheDSPisallocatedinternally.
LikeallotherrepresentationsofsignalpathsinthePC3Kdisplay,theprogramsignalmoves
fromlefttorightthroughtheChain.Usethecursorbuttonstoselectaneffect‐boxoremptyspot
intheChain.Theeffectloadedintotheselectedeffect‐box
canbechangedbynumericentry,
withtheAlphaWheel,orwiththe+/–buttons;andcanbechangedwitheithertheeffect‐boxor
theEffectfieldatthebottomofthepagehighlighted.The+/‐doublebuttonpresswilljumpto
thenexteffect“category.”
PressingtheInsert
softbuttonaddsaneweffect‐boxtotheChaininthecurrentlyselected
block‐slot,andpushesthecurrentlyselectedeffect‐boxdowntheChaintotheright.(Ifyouhave
runoutofDSPunits,you willnotbeabletocreateadditionaleffectsboxes.)PressingtheRemovesoft

buttontakesthecurrentlyselectedeffectoutoftheChain.