Korg D8 3. Applying an effect to the playback sound, 4. Applying an external effect to the playback sound

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Chapter 2
Operation
3. Applying an effect to
the playback sound
■Selecting the tracks for playback
1Press the [TRACK STATUS] key to select PLAY
(indicator lit green).
■Specifying the location at which you wish to
insert the effect
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.
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).
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.
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.
2Press the [EFFECT ASSIGN] key several times to
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
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).
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).
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).
9Rotate the [VALUE] dial to adjust the return bal-
ance from the effect.
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1
L
lit green
EFFECT
ASSIGN
INPUT 1/2
MASTER
E
Pb Track OUTPUT Effect
FADER
[EQ]
HEQ LEQ
Snd
Snd1 :080
EFFECT
SEND
External effect device
INPUT
OUTPUT
LR
WRITE
UTILITY
PROGRAM
EDIT
DISPLAY
SELECT
INDIVIDPROGRAMBYPASS
ACHAIN/EFFECT
[BYPASS]
BCDEF
POWER
CARD
Aux1 :100
EFFECT
SEND
AuxRet:080
EDIT
E
EFFECT
ASSIGN
INPUT 1/2
MASTER
AuxBal:CNT
E
EFFECT
ASSIGN
INPUT 1/2
MASTER
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