Effects and Effect Mode
Effects Overview
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effects for programs on each of the 16 MIDI channels until all of the 16 DSP units are used up. In
Setup and Song Mode, the MIDI channel of the lowest used zone/track will have priority for
using DSP units. This zone/track will use as many DSP units as it need for its effects, then the
MIDI channel of the next highest used zone/track will use DSP units to load its effects, and this
continues until all of the DSP units are used up.
Manual Management of DSP Unit Usage
You can override the default DSP unit usage and manually control which channels can use DSP
units
and which can not. Use the EffectsEnable page to turn on or off DSP unit usage for the
program on each MIDI channel.
On the EffectsEnable page, each channel can be set to
Y
to use DSP units for that channel, or to
N
to not use DSP units for that channel. Some channels set to
Y
may be displayed as
(Y)
. This means
that there are not enough DSP units available for that channel, and that channel’s effects are not
loaded. Use the cursor buttons to select each channel, then use the Alpha Wheel or -/+ buttons to
set the selected channel to
Y
or
N
.
As the cursor is moved from left to right on these pages, the Insert and Aux Effects Chains for
each channel are displayed on the bottom of the page.
(Aux Chains are only displayed if the channel
is the current channel in Program Mode or the specified Aux Effects channel in Setup or Song mode.)
The
number of DSP units required to load effects for the cursor-highlighted channel is shown at the
top of the page.
Note:
When a channel isn’t allocating DSP units because it’s set to
N
or
(Y)
(because resources are
exhausted,) the channel still sends its signal to the Aux sends. If the channel set to
N
or
(Y)
has its
Aux sends turned up, and the Aux effect is on a channel set to
Y
, the channel set to
N
or
(Y)
will
still be processed by the Aux effects on the channel set to
Y
. (
On the EffectsEnable page, the channel
with a box around its channel number contains the Aux Chains currently being used. This is the currently
selected channel in Program mode, or the specified Aux Effect channel in Setup and Song mode.)
The Aux 1 Override and Aux 2 Override Pages
NOTE:
In Setup mode and Song mode, these pages correspond in appearance and function to the AUX1
and AUX2 pages, though they work on a per setup/song basis.
Pressing the
AUXFX1
soft button or the
AUXFX2
soft button calls up, respectively, the Aux 1
Override page or the Aux 2 Override page. Use these pages to change Aux effect settings without
entering the Program Editor.
Each Program in the PC3A can be saved with two Aux effects chains. In Program Mode, the
program on the current MIDI channel determines the Aux effect chains used for programs on all
channels.
(In Setup and Song mode Aux chains are determined by the program on the specified Aux
Effects channel.)
To change Aux effect settings without entering the Program Editor, enter Effects
Mode and go to the Aux 1 or Aux 2 Override page.
(Go to the AUX1 and AUX2 pages in Song mode
or the Setup Editor.
) You can select a different Aux effect chain, set Aux send levels for programs on
each channel, and set other basic Aux effect parameters. In Program Mode, these parameters
remain at their override values until the PC3A is restarted, or until you reset them in Effect mode
to the default values listed in the table below.
(In Setup and Song mode these settings are saved with
each Setup or Song.)
