3.Applying an effect to the playback sound
■Selecting the tracks for playback
1Press the [TRACK STATUS] key to select PLAY (indicator lit green).
lit green
1 | 2 |
LR
■Specifying the location at which you wish to insert the effect
4.Applying an external effect to the playback sound
1Connect the INPUT jack of an external effect device to the D8’s AUX OUT jack, and the OUTPUT jacks of the external effect device to the D8’s AUX IN jacks. If the external effect has stereo output, connect its OUT L/R jacks to the D8’s AUX IN L/R jacks.
External effect device
OUTPUT | INPUT |
L | R |
2 Press the [EFFECT ASSIGN] key several times to |
Chapter 2 | Operation |
2Press the [EFFECT ASSIGN] key several times to select MASTER (Send Type) (indicator lit). When MASTER (Send Type) is selected, the sound from the Send bus will be sent to the internal effect, and then output to the master bus.
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| FADER |
Pb Track | [EQ] | Effect |
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| Snd |
INPUT 1/2
MASTER
EFFECT
ASSIGN
E
OUTPUT
select MASTER (Send Type) (indicator lit). |
When INPUT 1/2 or MASTER (Global Type) is selected, the input from the AUX IN jacks is ignored.
3Press the [PLAY] key to begin playback.
■Sending the playback sound to the external effect
Moving and storing time loca- tions
HEQ LEQ
3Press the [PLAY] key to begin playback.
■Sending the playback sound to the effect
4Press the [EFFECT SEND] key several times for each track to which you wish to apply the effect to access the “Snd✽” display (✽ is the channel number).
Snd1 :080
EFFECT
SEND
5Rotate the [VALUE] dial to adjust the amount that will be sent to the effect.
Be careful not to make the effect (“E”) level meter light all the way to CLIP.
■Selecting an effect program
■Adjusting the return level and return balance from the effect
■Editing an effect
■Saving an effect program
6As explained in “■ Selecting the effect program” – “■ Saving the effect program” (p.13, p.15), save the desired settings for the effect program.
When [EFFECT ASSIGN] is set to MASTER (Send Type), the signal sent to the effect will be monau- ral, so there will be cases in which a stereo effect cannot be obtained even if a stereo input type effect is selected.
4Press the [EFFECT SEND] key several times for each playback track where you wish to apply the external effect, to access the “Aux✽” display (✽ is the channel number).
Aux1 :100
EFFECT
SEND
5Rotate the [VALUE] dial to adjust the amount that will be sent to the external effect.
Be careful that the input of the external effect does not clip.
■Adjusting the input level and input balance from the external effect
6Press the [EDIT] key, and then press the [EFFECT ASSIGN] key several times to access the “AuxRet” display (external input level).
INPUT 1/2
AuxRet:080 
MASTER
EDITEFFECT
ASSIGN
E
7Rotate the [VALUE] dial to adjust the return level from the external effect.
8Press the [EFFECT ASSIGN] key to access the “AuxBal” display (external input balance).
INPUT 1/2
AuxBal:CNT 
MASTER
EFFECT
ASSIGN
E
9Rotate the [VALUE] dial to adjust the return bal- ance from the effect.
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