Start by using just the dry instrument signal turned up to 127 in the Main Mixer. In the
Chorus, set the INSTR slider to around 22. Now, starting with LFO A FRQ and moving to the
right, set the remaining parameter sliders to the following two combinations:
● 0.27Hz, 0.61Hz, 63, 140ms, 25, 19, 63, 34ms, 27, 22, 54, 110
● 0Hz, 0Hz, 63, 140ms, 25, 0, 63, 34ms, 0, 0, 27, 110
FI as Delay
Due to its having dedicated sliders for both VCF and INSTR, the delay effect can be applied
at differing depths to the synth and dry instrument signals. The controls are the same as for
Chorus just with longer delay times and the availability of Tap Tempo and MIDI clock sync.
Turn on the ON/OFF slider in the delay, set the LEVEL1 and DELAY1 sliders to maximum,
set a non-zero amount on the INSTR and/or VCF slider and take it from there. Play around
with the Tap Tempo and MIDI Sync settings. Just remember to keep the feedback in check
with the FBCK LEVEL and FBCK DAMP sliders.
FI as Octaver
Many analogue octave pedals produce a square wave one octave down from their input
signal and this can be done on the FI too. Program a square wave oscillator with coarse
tuning of -12. (Add another square wave two octaves down if desired.) Then use the lowpass
filter with a static cutoff to remove the higher frequencies to taste. You can experiment with
pulse width offset setting to further change the harmonic content of the sound. Try adding
subtle envelope or envelope follower control to add bloom to the notes. Add EQ to beef up
the bass if necessary. Mix in some dry sigal at the Main Mixer to taste. You could take this
idea further and use a Flexi Controller to be able to bring the dry signal in and out via an
expression pedal or a button on a controller. You could also use the default CC11 or CC74
(or your own choice of CC) to adjust the filter on the fly.
FI as Pedal Wah
This is another quite straightforwardly achievable effect. As with the envelope-controlled
filter, you will need to route the dry signal through the filter using the VCF INPUT INSTR
slider and raise the VCF LIN and VCF LOG sliders in the Main Mixer. In theory you could
use an expression pedal controlling CC11/CC74 to get a 2-, 4-, or 8-octave sweep of the
filter (depending on the range set via VCF CONTROL RANGE in the
). In
practice, this isn’t defined enough; better results can be achieved by using a Flexi Controller
with an expression pedal assigned to the filter cutoff (via any available MIDI CC) and
specifying your own sweep range using the split sliders. Some famous wah-wah pedals use
a bandpass filter instead of a lowpass filter so experiment to see which works best. You
could try adding some resonance to add some variety. More dramatic results are possible
when combined with overdrive and/or distortion.
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