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Effects and Effect Mode
Effects Parameters
Enhancers
Enhancersmodifythespectralcontentoftheinputsignalbyboostingexistingspectralcontent,
orstimulatingnewones.Twoandthree‐bandversionsareprovided.
Driveadjuststheinputintoeachband.Increasingthedrivewillincreasetheeffects.Rangeis
‐79.0to24.0dB.
Xferadjuststheintensityofthe
transfercurves.Rangeis‐100to100%.
EQ Morpher
Thiseffectusestwofour‐bandbandpassfilters,AandB,andmovesbetweenthem.Thiscan
produceveryconvincinghumanvocaltypesounds.
FreqScaleoffsetsthefilterfrequenciesfor eachsetoffilters.Aftersettingthefilterparameters
(Freq,Gain,and
Width),theFreqScaleparameterswillmoveeachofthefourfilterfrequencies
togetherbythesamerelativepitch.Rangeis‐8600to86 00cents.
MorphA>B.Whensetto0%the“A” parametersarecontrollingthefilters,andwhensetto
100%,the“B”parameterscontrolthefilters.Between0
and100%,thefiltersareatinterpolated
positions.WhenmorphingfromAtoBsettings,theAfilter#1willchangetotheBfilter#1,A
filter#2movestoBfilter#2,andsoon.Rangeis0to100%.
Compressors, Expanders, and Gates
AwiderangeofCompressionandExpansioneffectsisavailableinthePC3K.Thevariouseffects
includedifferentcombinationsof:
•compressorswithsoft‐kneecharacteristic—thecompressionactioncomesingraduallyas
thesignallevelapproaches thethreshold
•compressorswithhard‐kneecharacteristic—thecompressionactioncomesinabruptly
whenthesignalreachesthe
threshold
•expanders
•multibandcompressorsthatbreakthesignalupintothreefrequencybandsandcompress
themallseparately
•sidechainsoroutputEQs
•reverbsandcompressorsincombination
•gates
•gatedreverbs
AlloftheCompressioneffectsusetheseparameters:
FdbkComprs(FeedbackCompression)selectswhethertousefeed‐forward(setthisto“Out”)or
feed‐back
(setthisto“In”)compression.Thefeed‐forwardconfigurationusestheinputsignalas
aside‐chainsource,whichisusefulwhenthecompressorhastoactreallyquickly.Thefeed‐back
configurationusesthecompressoroutputastheside‐chainsource,whichlendsitselftomore
subtle,butnotas
quick‐reacting,compression.
Atk(Attack)Timeforthecompressorisadjustablefrom0.0to228.0ms.
Rel(Release)Timeforthecompressorisadjustablefrom0to3000ms.
SmoothTimesmoothstheoutputoftheexpander’senvelopedetectorbyputtingalowpassfilter
inthecontrolsignalpath. Smoothingwillaffectthe
AttackorReleasetimesonlywhenthis
parameterislongerthanoneoftheothertimes.Therangeis0.0to228.0ms.
SignalDly(Delay)putsasmalldelayinthesignalrelativetothesidechainprocessing,sothat
thecompressor(orgate)“knows”whattheinputsignalisgoing
tobebeforeithastoactonit.