User`s guide

9 CREATING YOUR OWN PRESETS

There are a number of ways to invent new effects using SFX Machine

Pro. Most of them involve becoming fluent in use of the Preset

Editor. If you implement new Presets, send us a copy to put on the

SFX Machine Pro web page!

1. Start with an existing effect and modify it

Make it subtler or more outrageous.

2. Combine an existing effect with other effects

For example, the Gliss Up + Filter Sweep Preset starts with a

Delay Modulation pitch shift, then runs the result through a

feedback loop so the pitch keeps shifting higher and higher. Then

the output goes through a filter whose cutoff frequency is slowly

being swept by a sine wave, bringing out different parts of the

spectrum as the pitch spirals upward. You can use the modules

left over to add even more effects.

You can also try out composite effects by running SFX Machine

Pro multiple times with different settings. For example, process

your selection using the Sitar Drone Effect, then call SFX Machine

Pro again and use the 2 to 1 Flange. You can make interesting

noise textures by sequentially using one effect after another until

the original sound becomes unrecognizable. If you find a series

of effects that are useful together, try combining them into a

single Preset.

3. Add the Envelope Follower to an existing effect

You can use the Envelope Follower to make almost any Preset less

mechanical, so it breathes with the music.

4. Use the Randomizer

Click “Randomize” over and over until you get something

interesting. If an intriguing effect is swamped by noise, try to

isolate the interesting part by turning off modules or outputs one

by one.

Then analyze how the patch works. Turning modules off to see

how they affect the sound is a good way to understand what’s

happening. Once you figure out the basic workings of a patch,

simplify it and tweak it to suit your desires.