5 - Effects
Core Effects Descriptions
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Distortion
Most audio processors aim to provide low distortion, but not this one! The sole purpose
of this effect is to add distortion, and lots of it. This effect provides “fuzz box” style,
clipping distortion which is particularly effective on guitar, bass, organs, electric pianos
or whatever.
The input signal first passes through a lowpass filter. The Lowpass Filter Cutoff
Frequency allows you to control the number of new harmonics that will be generated by
the distortion element. The distortion element has an Edge control which controls “how
much” distortion will be added. A bandpass filter follows the distortion generator. The
EQ Center control lets you select a particular band of frequencies to be output. The EQ
Bandwidth controls the width of the center frequency band. Finally, a gain control
allows you to make up for any gain loss through the effect.
Use the Wet/Dry mix control in conjunction with the Edge control to reduce the
amount of distortion, or go wild and turn everything to 11!
Attack Time
Controls how quickly the gain is turned down after the signal
exceeds the threshold. Range .1ms to 500ms
Release Time
Controls how fast the gain is returned to its normal setting after
the signal has fallen below the threshold.
Range: 50ms to 3000ms
Pre-Delay
Allows the use of slower attack times without missing signal peaks.
Range: 0ms to 3 ms
Input Meter
Allows you to monitor the strength of the input signal.
Gain Reduction Meter
Shows the amount of gain reduction being applied.
Parameter
Description
Pre EQ LP Cutoff
Controls the amount of high frequency audio admitted to
the distortion. Range: 80Hz to 24kHz
Edge
Sets the amount of distortion and new harmonics
generated. Range: 0-100
Gain
Sets the output volume of the effect. Range: -60dB to 0dB
Post EQ Center Freq.
Sets the frequency of the output bandpass filter.
Range: 80Hz to 24kHz
Post EQ Bandwidth
Sets the width of the output bandpass filter.
Range: 80Hz to 24kHz
Parameter
Description
In
Edge
Lowpass
Filter
Bandpass
Filter
EQ Center
LP Filter
Cutoff
Gain
EQ BW
Out
Distortion
Signal path = Stereo
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