6 – Effects : Effect libraries

Preset TASCAM effects

The preset TASCAM effects available from preset bank 2 are:

Effect type

Preset

Title

LCD indication

Comments

No.

 

 

 

 

Guitar Compressor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

Guitar Comp.

Guitar Comp.

Basic compressor

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Classic Comp.

Classic Comp.

A classic compressor sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Sustain

Sustain

Compressor setting for guitar sustain

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Fat Comp.

Fat Comp.

A rather deeper, “fatter” type of compression

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Deep Comp.

Deep Comp.

Deep compressor sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Rhythm Comp.

Rhythm Comp.

A cutting compression setting for percussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Fast Attack

Fast Attack

A fast attack setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Slow Attack

Slow Attack

A rather slower attack setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Slap Comp.

Slap Comp.

Suitable for slap bass

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Percussive

Percussive

A clean sound, suitable for percussive guitar work, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

Distortion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Distortion

Distortion

A basic distortion sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Over Drive

Over Drive

A basic overdrive sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Blues 1

Blues 1

Suitable for a “front pickup” blues guitar style

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Blues 2

Blues 2

A rather stronger sound than the previous Blues 1 sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Vocal Dist

Vocal Dist

Useful if you need distorted vocals

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Rock 1

Rock 1

Suitable for 70s rock music

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

Rock 2

Rock 2

Another kind of rock-type distortion

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Rhythm 1

Rhythm 1

A sweet-sounding distortion for backing work

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Rhythm 2

Rhythm 2

A lighter backing style distortion

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

Bass Dist

Bass Dist

Use this distortion with bass

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

Fusion 1

Fusion 1

Use this with solo instruments to fill out the sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

Fusion 2

Fusion 2

Distortion used for a smooth, sweet fusion style

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

British

British

A fat classic “single-coil” distortion

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

Fuzzy

Fuzzy

A rather heavy fuzz distortion

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

Guts

Guts

A “single-coil” overdrive sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

Sweet

Sweet

A rather sweet, “rear pickup”-type solo sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

Mellow

Mellow

Mellow distortion. Try with the front pickup

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

Cheap

Cheap

A cheap and cheerful distortion sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

Lead

Lead

A lead solo distortion sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

Bottom

Bottom

Somewhat bass-heavy driving sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

Strong

Strong

A powerful driving sound

Table 6.8: TASCAM effects

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