Your First Session with the Q20 - Chapter 2
Adjusting Effects Levels
Although we may not want to get started editing Programs just yet (thatÕs left for Chapter 4), it is usually necessary to have immediate control over the output levels of each Effect Block, as well as the amount of direct level going from the inputs to the outputs. These are found within Mix mode.
To adjust a ProgramÕs effect levels:
➀Press the [MIX] button.
The [MIX] buttonÕs LED will light.
➁Use the [< BLOCK >] buttons to select any of the active Blocks in the display. If the selected Block is routed to the L/R Outputs, the display will read:
LEVEL TO L/R:RVB=100%
The letters RVB in the display example above indicate the selected Block is of the Reverberation type. Other types are: EQ for Equalization, PCH for Pitch and DLY for Delay.
➂Turn the [VALUE/ENTER] knob to adjust the BlockÕs Level to the L/R Outputs, from 0Ð100%.
If the selected Block is not routed to the L/R Outputs, this setting will be ÒNONEÓ and you will not be able to adjust the value.
➃Press [PAGE >] to advance to Mix Page 2 and adjust the Direct Level from Input. The display will read:
DIRECT LEVEL FROM INPUT: 100%
➄Turn the [VALUE/ENTER] knob to adjust how much of the dry (uneffected) signal you wish to hear at the Q20Õs outputs, from 0Ð100%.
If the L/R Inputs are not routed to the L/R Outputs, this setting will be ÒNONEÓ and you will not be able to adjust the value since there is no direct signal.
✪If the Global Direct Signal Mute function is turned on, the Direct Level From Input parameter will have no audible effect, although its setting is remembered when you store the Program.
➅ Press [PAGE >] to advance to Mix Page 3 and adjust the Master Effects Level.
MASTER EFFECTS LEVEL: 100%
➆Use the [VALUE/ENTER] knob to adjust the Master Effects Level to the L/R Outputs, from 0Ð100%.
This parameter comes between the combined Effect BlocksÕ outputs and the Q20Õs outputs, and controls the output levels of all active Blocks that are routed to the L/R Outputs simultaneously. However, it does not change the individual output levels of Effect Blocks that are routed internally (i.e. to other Blocks).
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