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Effects and Effect Mode
Effects Parameters
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Retriggeristheinput‐signalthresholdatwhichtheenvelopedetectorresets,sothatitcan
triggeragain.ThisparameterisonlyusefulwhenitissetbelowthevalueofTrigger.Rangeis
from‐79to0dB.
EnvRateistheenvelopedetectordecayrate.Thiscanbeused
topreventfalsetriggering.When
thesignalenvelopefallsbelowtheretriggerlevel,thefiltercanbetriggeredagainwhenthe
signalrisesabovethetriggerlevel.Sincetheinputsignalcanfluctu aterapidly,itisnecessaryto
adjusttherateatwhichthesignalenvelopecanfalltotheretrigger
level.Therangeis0to300.0
dB/sec.
RelRateisthedownwardslew(release)rateofthetriggeredenvelopegenerator.Therangeis0
to300.0dB/sec.
SmthRateslowsdowntheenvelopefollower.Ifsetlowerthanthereleaserate,itwilldominate
it.Youcanalsousethe
smoothingratetolengthentheattackoftheinternalenvelope.Therange
is0to300.0dB/sec.
LFO Filter
TheLFOfilteriscontinuouslysweptbetweentworesonantfrequenciesoveraperiodoftime.
TheLFOfrequency,expressedinBPMandbeats,canbefixedorsettofollowSystemtempo.
MinFreq
andMaxFreqarethelowandhighlimitsoftheresonantfrequencyasthefilteris
swept.YoucansettheMinFreqhigherthantheMaxFreq,inwhichcasethefilterwillsweep
“upsidedown”relativetothecontrollingclock.Therangeforbothis16to8372
Hz.
LFOShapeisthewaveformtypefortheLFO.ChoicesareSine,Saw+,Saw‐,Pulse,andTri.
LFOPlsWid(PulseWidth).WhentheLFOShapeissettoPulse,thissetsthe pulsewidthasa
percentageofthewaveformperiod.Whenthewidthissetto50%,the
resultisasquarewave.
Thisparameterhasnoeffectifotherwaveformtypesarechosen.Rangeis0to100%.
LFOSmoothsmooths(removesthehigherharmonicsfrom)theSaw+,Saw‐,andPulse
waveforms.ASawtoothwavebecomesmorelikeatrianglewave,and aPulsewavebecomes
more
likeasinewave.Rangeis0to100%.
Distortion
DistortioneffectsonthePC3Kmayalsoincludea parametric equalizeroracabinetsimulator.
DistDriveappliesaboosttotheinputsignaltooverdrivethedistortioneffectintosoftclipping.
Thiswilltendtomakethesignalveryloud,soyoumayhavetoreducetheOutGainas
this
parameterisincreased.Rangeis0to96dB.
Warmthisalowpassfilterinthedistortioncontrolpath.Thisfiltermaybeusedtoreducesome
oftheharshnessofsomedistortionsettingswithoutreducingthebandwidthofthesignal.
Rangeis16to25088Hz.
Highpassallowsyouto
reducethebasscontentofthedistortioncontentinthesmaller
distortioneffectsthatdon’thavetrueparametricEQ.Rangeis16to25088Hz.
CabPresetselectsfromeightcabinetsimulationswhichhavebeencreatedbasedon
measurementsofrealguitaramplifiercabinets.Thepresetsare:Basic,Lead12,2x12,
Open12,
Open10,4x12,Hot2x12,andHot12.
CabBypassswitchesonandoffthecabinet‐simulationpartoftheeffect.Whenthisissetto
“In”,thecabinetsimulationisactive;whenitis“Out”,thereisnocabinetaction.
CabinetHPandCabinetLParehighpass and
lowpassfilterstosetthefrequencyresponse
limitsofthecabinets.Rangeofbothfiltersis16to25088Hz.