29: GATE

Cuts the reverb’s delay according to the volume of the sound sent into the effect. Use this when you want to create an artificial- sounding decrease in the reverb’s decay.

fig.MFX29

L in

 

Gate

 

L out

 

 

R in

 

 

 

R out

 

 

 

 

Gate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

Value

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Threshold

0–127

Volume level at which the gate be-

#1

 

 

gins to close

Mode

GATE,

Type of gate

 

 

DUCK

GATE: The gate will close when

 

 

 

the volume of the original sound

 

 

 

decreases, cutting the original

 

 

 

sound.

 

 

 

DUCK (Ducking): The gate will

 

 

 

close when the volume of the

 

 

 

original sound increases, cutting

 

 

 

the original sound.

Balance #2

D100:0W–

Volume balance between the direct

 

 

D0:100W

sound (D) and the effect sound (W)

Attack

0–127

Adjusts the time it takes for the gate

Time

 

to fully open after being triggered.

Hold Time

0–127

Adjusts the time it takes for the gate

 

 

 

to start closing after the source

 

 

 

sound falls beneath the Threshold.

Release

0–127

Adjusts the time it takes the gate to

Time

 

fully close after the hold time.

Level

0–127

Output level

Multi-Effects List

30: LOFI NOISE (Lo-Fi Noise)

In addition to a lo-fi effect, this adds various types of noise such as

white noise and disc noise.

fig.MFX30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lo-Fi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noise Gen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R in

 

 

 

Lo-Fi

 

 

 

 

 

R out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

 

Value

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LoFi Type

 

1–9

 

Degrades the sound quality. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sound quality grows poorer as this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

value is increased.

 

 

Post Flter

 

OFF, LPF,

 

Type of filter

 

 

Type

 

HPF

 

OFF: no filter is used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LPF: cuts the frequency range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

above the Cutoff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HPF: cuts the frequency range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

below the Cutoff

 

 

Post Filter

 

200–8000

 

Center frequency of the filter

 

 

Cutoff

 

Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

W/P Noise

 

WHITE,

 

Switch between white noise and

 

 

 

Type

 

PINK

 

pink noise.

 

 

W/P Noise

 

200–8000

 

Center frequency of the low pass fil-

 

Effects

LPF

 

Hz, BY-

 

ter applied to the white/pink noise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASS

 

(BYPASS: no cut)

 

 

W/P Noise

 

0–127

 

Volume of the white/pink noise

 

 

Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc Noise

 

LP, EP, SP,

 

Type of record noise

 

 

 

Type

 

RND

 

The frequency at which the noise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

is heard depends on the selected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

type.

 

 

Disc Noise

 

200–8000

 

Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the

 

 

LPF

 

Hz, BY-

 

low pass filter applied to the record

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASS

 

noise. If you don’t want to filter out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

any high frequencies, set this pa-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rameter to BYPASS.

 

 

Disc Noise

 

0–127

 

Volume of the record noise

 

 

Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hum Noise

 

50Hz, 60Hz

 

Frequency of the hum noise

 

 

Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hum Noise

 

200–8000

 

Center frequency of the low pass fil-

 

 

LPF

 

Hz, BY-

 

ter applied to the hum noise (BY-

 

 

 

 

 

 

PASS

 

PASS: no cut)

 

 

Hum Noise

 

0–127

 

Volume of the hum noise

 

 

Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance #1

 

D100:0W–

 

Volume balance between the direct

 

 

 

 

 

 

D0:100W

 

sound (D) and the effect sound (W)

 

 

Level #2

 

0–127

 

Output level

 

 

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