Wahs, Compressors, Noise Gates | DigiTech RP1000 instruction

Section Five - RP1000 Effects Descriptions

Wahs

Wah is an effect controlled by an Expression Pedal making the guitar sound as if it’s saying “Wah.”

DigiTech® Wah

DigiTech’s Full range Wah sweeps the entire spectrum of audible frequencies giving you the most range of tone from the wah pedal.

Dunlop® Crybaby™ Wah:

This Wah pedal is the more “traditional” sounding Wah pedal that you will have heard in the 60’s to the 80’s guitar solos.This Wah sweeps the lower to mid range of the audible spectrum.

Vox® Clyde McCoy™ Wah

This Wah pedal was the “original” and was designed to try to emulate the sound of a muted trumpet. Clyde McCoy was a trumpet player that had asked Vox for a device that could make an instrument sound like his muted trumpet.This Wah has a “thinner” tone and sweeps more of the upper end of the audible spectrum.

Compressors

A Compressor is used to increase sustain, tighten up guitars, and prevent the signal from clipping the input of other effects. It sets a maximum boundary for the strength of a signal.

Boss® CS-2 Compressor/Sustainer

The CS-2 compresses high-input signals while boosting low-input signals, giving you smooth and long sustain without degrading the quality of the original sound.

DigiTech Compressor

The DigiTech Compressor compresses high-input signals while boosting low-input signals, giving you smooth and long sustain without degrading the quality of the original sound and also allows you to adjust the tone of the compression.

MXR® Dynacomp

The MXR® Dynacomp will compress the high-input signals and boost the low-input signals while adding its unique voicing that has become popular with many players for leads, clean chicken picking, and simple boosts.

Noise Gates

A Noise Gate is used to control the volume of an audio signal. In its most simple form, a noise gate allows a signal to pass through only when it is above a set threshold.When this happens, the gate is ‘open’. If the signal falls below the threshold no signal is allowed to pass (or the signal is substantially attenuated) and the gate is ‘closed’.

DigiTech Silencer Noise Gate

This noise gate allows you to reduce line noise or audio signal when that signal goes below the set threshold. Depending on how you set the parameters (Threshold,Attack Time, Release, and Attenuation) you can make the audio transition cut your signal at very low noise volumes or high noise volumes.

DigiTech Auto Swell Gate:

This noise gate will also let you set the threshold of the noise floor but instead of a strict feel of “opening and closing” the gate, you get more of an auto volume swell effect making it a smooth- er transition between the open and closed positions.