6 – Effects : Setting up the effects

Use the cursor keys and ENTER to select an effect from PRESET 1 (TC Works reverb), PRESET 2 (TAS- CAM effect) or any of the four memory banks on the CF card.

Use the wheel or PD 4 encoder to scroll through the entries and press the POD 3 switch to recall the entry to the effect loop.

Press the EFFECT key once more to return to the set- ting screen:

Figure 6.3: Effect setting

The exact screen depends on the effect selected, as explained below, but the top row is common to all effects, whether TASCAM or TC Works:

POD 1

POD 2

POD 3

POD 4

INPUT type selection

INPUT Sets the input level to

(mono or stereo)

the effect

MIX From dry (0%) to fully wet OUTPUT output level (100%)

For guitar compressor, distortion, compressor, exciter, De-esser: Bypass — On or Off

Figure 6.4: Common effect parameters (Row 1)

TASCAM effect parameters

The TASCAM effects (chorus, de-esser, delay, dis- tortion, exciter, flanger, guitar compressor, phaser, pitch shifter, soft compressor) use the third row of PODs as follows (display labels are shown in paren-

theses in (UPPERCASE)). When the basic effect is cho- sen from the library, all on-screen controls change to match those of the base effect:

POD 1

POD 2

POD3

POD 4

 

 

 

 

Chorus (CHORUS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rate (RATE)

Depth (DEPTH)

Pre-delay (PRE DLY)

Feedback (FEEDBACK)

0.0Hz – 10Hz

0% – 100%

0.05ms – 500ms

0% – 90%

 

 

 

 

De-esser (DE-ESSOR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Threshold level (THRESHOLD)

Knee shape (KNEE)

Center frequency (CNTR FREQ)

 

–40dB–1dB

0.50 – 1.00

1.0kHz – 10.0kHz

 

 

 

 

Delay (DELAY)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delay time (DLY TIME)

Feedback time (FB.TIME)

Feedback level (FEEDBACK)

Feedback type (TYPE)

0.05ms – 650ms

0.05ms – 650ms

0% – 90%

Stereo/Ping-pong/Multi-tap

 

 

 

 

Distortion (DISTORTION)a

 

 

 

Drive ratio (DRV RATIO)

Drive boost (DRV BOOST)

Drive EQ (DRV EQ)

 

0 – 42

x1 – x32

Overdrive 1/Overdrive 2/

 

 

 

Distortion 1/Distortion 2/ Amp

 

 

 

1/Amp 2

 

 

 

 

Table 6.5: TASCAM effect parameters

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DM-3200 specifications

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