Line 6 Flextone Cab 212S user manual Flextone Effects Onboard Effects

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FLEXTONE EFFECTS: ONBOARD EFFECTS

sounds. Most times that you use Delay, the Effect Tweak knob controls the Delay level.

In a final moment of brilliance before finalizing the Flextone software’s final details, we realized it would be really handy to let you set the maximum delay level high enough that your Delay’s echoes can be louder than your direct signal. You may find this handy for getting delay effect setups like U2’s The Edge is known for.

Incidentally, we wanted to point out one of the nice little details about the Flextone that might otherwise escape your notice. The Flextone actually has two

entirely independent delays built into it, with a full 3 seconds of delay time for4 • 3 each. Try setting up two channels with different long delay setups and then switch

from one channel to another. Notice how the delay tails smoothly across the change from one channel to another? That’s thanks to the double delay line setup. It’s the kind of detail that we feel sets the Flextone apart from many effects devices, and helps you to make the best-sounding music possible.

Noise Gate - The Flextone includes a built-in noise gate, intended to reduce the hiss and noise guitar amplifiers tend to put out when you’re not playing, especially at high gain settings (since high gain means that noise is turned up along with your guitar sound). Any time you want to disable the noise gate, you can turn it off by holding down the Tap Tempo button, and turning the Effects knob to the Bypass position. To turn it back on, hold down Tap Tempo and turn the Effects knob to anything but bypass.

The Channel D indicator light, by the way, will show you the status of the Noise Gate as you are turning the Effects knob. Hold down the Tap Tempo button and turn the Effects knob and the Channel D indicator light will turn on to show that the noise gate is on. It will then switch off when you turn the Effects knob to the Bypass position, thereby turning the Noise Gate off.