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| 6.2.3 Combinations of effect algorithms | | | | | |
| | | 1 | | Tiny Room | |
| (multi-effects programs) | | | 2 | | Small Room | Classic room simulation featuring various |
| | | 3 | | Medium Room | room sizes from bathroom to cathedral |
| PHASER & DELAY: Phaser and delay combined. | | |
| | | 4 | | Large Room | |
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| FLANGER & DELAY: Here the input signal is delayed and | | 5 | | Ultra Room | Special effect transforming guitar signals |
| | | into heavenly pad sounds |
| processed with a pronounced wave-like effect. It is particularly | | | | | |
| | | 6 | | Small Spring | |
| effective for highlighting single notes, but can also be used to | | | Simulations of typical spring reverbs |
| | | 7 | | Medium Spring |
| make solos more interesting. | | | |
| | | 8 | | Short Ambience | Simulates the early reflections of a |
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| CHORUS & DELAY: This algorithm combines signal delay with | | 9 | | Long Ambience | reverbless room |
| the popular chorus effect. | | | | | Table 6.2: Different reverb effects |
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| CHORUS & COMP: Incredible sustain effects can be produced | | | | | | |
| with the compressor. This is especially useful for sustaining | | | | | | 7. TUNER |
| individual guitar notes. Combined with chorus, it can make the | | | | | |
| audio signal extremely dense. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Press the TUNER button to activate the built-in tuner. |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7.1 Tuning your guitar |
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| 6.2.4 Special effects | | | The chromatic tuner automatically recognizes the frequencies |
| of all the standard guitar notes. For the A-string this means a |
| COMPRESSOR: A compressor limits the dynamic range of the | frequency of 220 Hz. When you plug your guitar into the |
| device and play an open string, the tuner will recognize and |
| audio material, thus producing audible and creative sound effects. |
| display the note. Since the tuner uses an auto-chromatic scale, |
| Pronounced use of the compressor (using the EFFECTS control) |
| it can also recognize semi-tones, which are shown with a “b” in |
| allows you to compress the overall dynamic range of the material. |
| the display. | |
| AUTO WAH: The legendary wah-wah effect owes its fame | |
| | | It may happen, however, that a note is displayed as “A” but is |
| mainly to Jimi Hendrix. Describing it is certainly more difficult than | | |
| actually slightly out of tune. This is shown by at least one of the |
| simply listening to Hendrix using it on Voodoo Chile. In American |
| four LEDs at the foot of the display lighting up. In certain cases |
| funk music of the ’70s you can hear auto-wah effects used in a |
| even two of the LEDs may light up, which indicates that the pitch |
| variety of applications. The auto-wah alters its filter frequency |
| of the note played lies between the pitches represented by the |
| automatically depending on the signal’s magnitude, rather than |
| two LEDs. When the circular tuner LED in the middle lights up, |
| being controlled by the position of a pedal. |
| this means the note played is in tune. |
| TREMOLO: Simulates the classic Fender Tremolo. It has |
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| returned to popularity with trip-hop. | | | | | 7.2 Setting reference pitch “A” |
| ROTARY: This is the quintessential simulation of the classic | | | | |
| | | To give you maximum freedom for tuning your guitar, you can |
| organ effect normally produced by speakers rotating at slow or | | |
| change the preset reference pitch “A”. For clarity’s sake, let’s |
| fast speed in an extremely heavy speaker cabinet. This effect |
| look at this in more detail. |
| uses the physical principle of the Doppler effect to modulate the |
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| sound. | | | The so-called concert pitch “A” has been raised steadily over |
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| NOISE GATE: Noise gates are used to remove or reduce | time. For example, the tuning forks used by Bach, Händel or |
| Mozart were 415, 420 or 421 Hz (oscillations per second). Today’s |
| noise or other interference. Guitar signals in particular are very |
| orchestras tune to “A” at 444 Hz, and the Berlin Philharmonic |
| sensitive to interference. Not only do guitarists often use high- |
| Orchestra lead the field with their own concert pitch “A” at |
| gain settings but guitar pick-ups can amplify unwanted inter- |
| 447 Hz. | |
| ference. This can be painfully apparent during breaks in the | |
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| music. And how does a noise gate work? It simply mutes the | | | The reference “A” on your V-AMPIRE has been factory- |
| signal during breaks, eliminating any interference at the same | | |
| programmed at 440 Hz. If you are going to play with a big orchestra |
| time. |
| tuning their instruments to a reference pitch of 444 Hz, you will |
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| | | | | | | need a function that allows you to change your reference pitch. |
| 6.3 The separate reverb effect | To activate this function, switch on the tuner by pressing the |
| TUNER button and switch to EDIT mode by pressing the two |
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| The reverb effect is independent of the multi-effects processor | arrow buttons simultaneously. The display will show “40”, which |
| and can be added to the mix signal at any time. To edit the | means 440 Hz. Use the arrow buttons to raise or lower the |
| REVERB function, press button D in EDIT mode (pressing the | reference pitch by up to 15 Hz. The display always shows the |
| two arrow buttons simultaneously) and use the two arrow | last two digits as the first digit is always 4. For example, if you |
| buttons to select one of the nine different reverb types available: | start with a reference pitch of 440 Hz and press the right-hand |
| | | | | | | arrow three times, the display will read 43, i.e. 443 Hz. To quit |
| | | | | | | EDIT mode, press either the TUNER or the TAP button. Any |
| | | | | | | changes will be stored automatically. The tones for the other |
| | | | | | | strings on your guitar will automatically be adjusted to the new |
| | | | | | | reference pitch. | |
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