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Effects and Effect Mode
Effects Parameters
AtkTime(attacktime)isthetimeforthegatetorampfromclosedtoopen(reverseifDuckingis
on)afterthesignalrisesabovethreshold,adjustablefrom0.0to228.0ms.
RelTime(releasetime)isthetimeforthegatetorampfromopentoclosed(reverseif
Ducking
ison)afterthegatetimerhaselapsed,adjustablefrom0to3000ms.
Super Gate
SuperGateisamoresophisticatedgatethatinclud esthesetwofunctions:
EnvTimeistheamountoftimeittakesforthesidechainsignalenvelopetodropbelowthe
threshold.Ifthistimeistoo
short,thegatecancloseandopentooquicklyfromamplitude
modulationinthesidechainsignal.Ifitistoolong,thegatemaystaycloseduntiltheenvelope
hasachancetofall,andsomesignalswouldnotgetthrough.Thisparameterisonlyineffect
whenRetriggerisOff.
Retriggerdetermineswhetherthegatetimerwillresetitselfeachtimethesidechainsignalgoes
abovethethreshold.Ifitis“On”,thetimerresetsitself,andthereforethegatestaysopenaslong
asthesignalisabovethethreshold,orkeepsgoingabovethethreshold,withintheinterval
specified
byGateTime.Ifitis“Off”,thegateclosesdownafterEnvTimehaselapsed,
regardlessoffthesidechainlevel,andthesidechainlevelmustfallbelowthethresholdand
comebackupagainbeforethegatewillopenagain.
Chorus
Chorusisaneffectwhichgivestheillusionofmultiplevoicesplayinginunison.Theeffectis
achievedbydetuningcopiesoftheoriginalsignalandsummingthedetunedcopiesbackwith
theoriginal.Lowfrequencyoscillators(LFOs)areusedtomodulatethepositionsofoutputtaps
fromadelayline.
Themovementofthetapscausesthepitchofthesignaltoshiftupanddown,
producingtherequireddetuning.
Thechorusesareavailableasstereoordualmono.Thestereochoruseshavetheparametersfor
theleftandrightchannelsganged,whilethedualmonochoruseshaveseparateleftand
right
controls.
FdbkLevelisthelevelofthefeedbacksignalfromtheLFO1delaytapintothedelayline.
Negativevaluespolarity‐invertthefeedbacksignal.
TapLvlsetsthelevelsoftheLFO‐modulateddelaytaps.Negativevaluespolarity ‐invertthe
signal.Settinganytaplevelto0%turns
itoff.
TapPansetsthestereopositionforagiventap’soutput.Therangeis‐100%forfullyleft,to100%
forfullyright.
LFORatesetsthespeedofmodulationofthedelaylineswitharangeof0.01to10Hz.
LFODpthsetsthemaximumdetuningdepthof
theLFO‐modulateddelaylines,witharange
from0to50cents(=1/2semitone).
TapDlyaddsextradelayinfrontoftheLFOmodulateddelaytapsfrom0to230ms.
L/RPhaseorLFOnLRPhsadjuststherelativephasesoftheLFOsfortheleftandright
channels
inthestereoChoruses.