Plug-in Reference

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The Included VST Instruments
Prologue
Effects (EFX) Page
This page features three separate effect units: Distortion, Delay and Modulation
(Phaser/Flanger/Chorus). The Effect page is opened by clicking the EFX button at the
top of the lower half of the control panel.
• Each separate effect section is laid out with a row of buttons that determine the
effect type or characteristic and a row of sliders for making parameter settings.
• To activate an effect, click the “Active” button so that a dot appears.
Clicking again deactivates the effect.
Distortion
You can select between 4 basic distortion characteristics:
- Distortion provides hard clipping distortion.
- Soft Distortion provides soft clipping distortion.
- Tape Emulation produces distortion similar to magnetic tape saturation.
- Tube Emulation produces distortion similar to valve amplifiers.
The parameters are as follows:
Delay
You can select between 3 basic delay characteristics:
- Stereo Delay has two separate delay lines panned left and right.
- In Mono Delay the two delay lines are connected in series for monophonic dual tap
delay effects.
- In Cross Delay the delayed sound bounces between the stereo channels.
The parameters are as follows:
Parameter Description
Filter This parameter sets the crossover frequency of the distortion filter.
The distortion filter consists of a low-pass filter and a high-pass filter
with a cutoff frequency equal to the crossover frequency.
Tone This parameter controls the relative amount of low-pass and high-
pass filtered signal.
Drive Sets the amount of distortion by amplifying the input signal.
Level This controls the output level of the effect.
Parameter Description
Song Sync This switches tempo sync of the delay times on or off.
Delay 1 Sets the delay time ranging from 0 ms to 728 ms. If MIDI sync is
activated the range is from 1/32 to 1/1; straight, triplet or dotted.
Delay 2 Same as Delay 1.
Feedback This controls the decay of the delays. With higher settings the
echoes repeat longer.