03A Audio Effects

EQ Three

You can turn on or off each band using the On/Off buttons located under the gain controls. 

GainLow controls the amount of bass / low frequency. Use this when the track is too bass-heavy and muddled, or has not enough bass

GainHi controls the amount of treble / high frequency. Use this when the track sounds too harsh (too much treble)

GainMid can affect the tone of vocals.

Delay

If Sync switch is on, the Delay follows the tempo of the song, then Delay Time numbered switches represent time delay in 16th notes. For example, selecting ”4” delays the signal by four 16th notes, which equals one beat (a quarter note) of delay.

If the Sync switch is off, the delay time reverts to milliseconds. 

Feedback parameter defines how much of each channel’s output signal feeds back into the delay lines’ inputs, which will affect the number of echoes. 

Compressor

A Compressor reduces gain for signals above the Threshold, reduces the levels of peaks, preventing overloading or clipping.

It also helps you make tracks louder! By reducing the peaks, you can turn the overall signal level up using Output, and you have a higher average level, resulting in a sound that is subjectively louder and ”punchier”.

Do not set your track level too high while depending on Compressor to avoid peaks. If you do so, the Compressor will bring down the level just at the point when you want the most energy and loudness, which is very frustrating. Instead, keep your track level well below the red indicator, so that there is room to boost.

Dry/Wet adjusts the balance between the compressed and uncompressed signals. At 100%, only the compressed signal is heard, while at 0%, the device is effectively bypassed.

Chorus-Ensemble

This effect creates copies of the original sound to make it sound 'thicker', which works well on vocals, or can make instruments sound more 'full' 

Auto Filter

The most important filter parameters are Frequency and Resonance. 

• Frequency determines where in the harmonic spectrum the filter is applied
• Resonance boosts frequencies near that point.

You can adjust Frequency and Resonance by clicking and dragging in the X-Y controller or via the knobs. You can also click on the Freq and Res numeric displays and type in exact values.

Drive control can be used to add gain or distortion to the signal before it enters the filter.

Morph filter sweeps the filter type continuously from low-pass to band-pass to high-pass to notch and back to low-pass.

LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) modulates filter frequency in a pattern. Amount control sets how much the LFO affects the filter. Rate sets the speed of the pattern.