Roland SP-606 MFX, LOW, MIX, CTRL, CTRL, CTRL, RATE, RESO, RATE, RESO, FREQ, RATE, HIGH, COMP, MODE, SENS, DEPTH, SHIFT, LEVEL, DEPTH, LEVEL, WOW/F, COLOR, LEVEL, LEVEL

Chapter 2. Using Effects

MFX	CTRL 1	CTRL 2	CTRL 3
24 PHASER	DEPTH	RATE	RESO
Adds modulation to the sound.	Adjusts the depth of modula-	Adjusts the speed of modula-	Adjusts the character of modu-
	tion.	tion.	lation.
25 STEP PHASER	RATE	STEP RATE	RESO
Varies the pitch of the phaser	Adjusts the rate of modulation.	Adjusts the rate of pitch change	Adjusts the character of modu-
sound in stepwise fashion.		(*2).	lation.
26 RING MODULATOR	FREQ	E.LEVEL	D.LEVEL
Gives the sound a metallic	Adjusts the pitch of the metal-	Adjusts the volume of the ef-	Adjusts the volume of the di-
character.	lic sound.	fect sound.	rect sound.
27 STEREOIZER	SHIFT	BALANCE	LEVEL
Creates a pseudo-stereo effect	Adjusts the amount of delay	Adjusts the volume balance be-	Adjusts the output volume.
by delaying either the left or	between left and right. Nega-	tween the direct sound (D) and
right side of the sound. Particu-	tive	effect sound (E).
larly effective when applied to	(-) settings delay the left, and
a monaural sound.	positive (+) settings delay the
	right side. At the center posi-
	tion, there is no delay.
28 SPACE-D	DEPTH	RATE	BALANCE
A multi-stage chorus that ap-	Adjusts the depth of modula-	Adjusts the rate of modulation.	Adjusts the volume balance be-
plies two phases of modulation	tion.		tween the direct sound (D) and
in stereo. This does not create a			the effect sound (E).
sense of movement, but rather
a clear and transparent chorus
effect.
29 LOW BOOST	BST FREQ	BST GAIN	LEVEL
Boosts the volume of the low-	Adjusts the frequency (50–125	Adjusts the amount of boost	Adjusts the output volume.
frequency range to create a	Hz) at which the low-frequen-	applied to the low-frequency
deeper sound.	cy range will be boosted.	range.
30 EQUALIZER	LOW	MIDDLE	HIGH
Adjusts the volume of each fre-	Adjusts the volume of the low-	Adjusts the volume of the mid-	Adjusts the volume of the high-
quency range.	frequency range.	frequency range.	frequency range.
31 RADIO TUNING	TUNING	NOISE LV	FREQ RNG
Simulates the sound heard	Adjusts the amount of tuning	Adjusts the volume of the	Adjusts the tonal character.
from a radio.	inaccuracy.	noise.
32 VINYL SIMULATOR	COMP	NOISE LV	WOW/F
Simulates the sound of a vinyl	Adjusts the sense of compres-	Adjusts the volume of the noise	Adjusts the rotational instabili-
record.	sion typical of an analog	typical of an analog record.	ty typical of an analog record.
	record.
33 GATE	THRESHOLD	MODE	RELEASE
Uses the volume of the input	Adjusts the volume level at	Selects the type of gate.	Adjusts the time from when
source coming into the effect to	which the gate begins to close.	GATE: When the volume of the	the gate begins to close after
cut the release portion of the re-		input source falls, the gate will	the hold time has elapsed until
		close, cutting the input source.
verberant sound. Use this			it finishes closing.
		DUCK: When the volume of the
when you want to forcibly		input source rises, the gate will
shorten the decay of a sound.		close, cutting the input source.
34 NOISE GENERATOR	COLOR	QUALITY	LEVEL
Produces noise.	Adjusts the color (tonal charac-	Adjusts how often scratch	Adjusts the volume of the
	ter) of the “rushing” or “hiss-	noise (as produced by scratch-	“rushing” or “hissing” noise.
	ing” noise.	es on a record) will appear.
35 ENHANCER	SENS	MIX	LEVEL
Controls the overtone structure	Adjusts the depth of the en-	Adjusts the volume of the gen-	Adjusts the output volume.
of the high-frequency range to	hancer effect.	erated overtones.
add sparkle to the sound and
improve the definition.

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