Included Effects
Common Effect Controls
On-Off Button- Clicking the On-Off Button enables or disables the effect.
Compare Button- The Compare Button works in conjunction with the P1, P2, P3, and P4 buttons. When you load a preset by clicking the P1, P2, P3, or P4 button, and modify the preset by changing the controls of the effect, clicking the Compare Button switches the effect between the original preset and your modified version.
P1-P4 Buttons- Clicking the P1-P4 Buttons loads the currently assigned effect preset. To assign a different preset to the button, follow these steps:
- Alt-click the Px Button, or click the Px Button if "Auto Pop-Up" is selected in the menu of the Options button. This action opens a sub-menu.
- Select the desired preset from the "Load Built-In" or "Load User" sub-menus.
- In addition to the preset assign options described above, the sub-menu offers the following items:
- Preset Name: At the top of the sub-menu is the name of the currently loaded preset.
- Load Built-In: Opens a sub-menu listing all factory presets. Click the desired preset from the list to load it.
- Load User: Opens a sub-menu listing all user presets. Click the desired preset from the list to load it.
- Save: This item is grayed out (disabled) when a factory preset is loaded, and enabled when a User preset is loaded.
- Save Copy: If you alter a factory preset, and wish to save a copy, choose this option.
- Delete: Deletes the currently loaded user preset. If the currently loaded preset is a factory preset, this option is grayed-out (disabled).
Tap Button- Click the Tap Button, and then click the On-Off Button two times, at the desired tempo, to set the tempo of BPM Delay. Alternatively, you can set the tempo of BPM delay with the Tempo Control.
Options Button- Clicking the Options Button opens a sub-menu with the following items:
- About: Opens the About Box of the effect, which displays version and credit information.
- Help: Opens a window with basic effect usage information.
- Auto Pop-Up: Select this option to show the associated pop-up menus of the P1, P2, P3, and P4 buttons when clicking them. If this option is deselected, Alt-click the P1, P2, P3, and P4 Buttons to show the associated pop-up menu.
- This effect provides auto panning in stereo. It always creates stereo output so it can be used like a mono to stereo converter.
- WAVE
- Controls the shape of panning envelope. You can select triangular, logarithmic, rectangular, exponential or sinusoidal shape.
- TEMPO
- Controls the tempo of the panning effect.
- TAP
- Click the Tap Button, and then click the On-Off Button two times, at the desired tempo, to set the tempo of BPM Delay. Alternatively, you can set the tempo of BPM delay with the Tempo Control.
- CENTER
- Adjusts the center position of panning output. By rotating it clockwise, the effect moves to the right channel. Counterclockwise rotation moves it to the left channel.
- STEREO
- Contracts or expands the stereo image of a sound. By rotating it clockwise, the effect sounds wider. Counterclockwise rotation gives a narrower sound.
- AT-2 is an automatic chromatic tuner. It provides an accuracy of 1 cent. If the tone is in tune, the middle green indicator shines. Otherwise the deviation is shown by the red indicators.
- -1 Hz
- Decreases the frequency of A4 by 1 Hz.
- +1 Hz
- Increases the frequency of A4 by 1 Hz.
- AW-2 delivers a wide variety of wah effects, including a dynamics-sensitive picking wah that changes with your picking strength and a modulation wah for automatic wah over a cycle of modulation. There is also an extra-powerful wah that combines the two effects. With the CENTER control, you can set the frequency point of the wah effect to get exactly the sound you want. Our version of automatic wah is a little different than other touch or auto wahs: it has just a hint of distortion which adds some warmth to this great effect. The sensitivity control can be adjusted to increase response to your playing. Not just for wah effects, the AW-2 can also be a more subtle manipulator of attack and tone. Great for guitarists or bassists, especially for bass players who want to create their own "synth-bass" sounds.
- SENSITIVITY
- Adjusts the sensitivity of the wah effect. Effect behavior depends on working mode selected by Mode switch.
- RATE
- Controls the rate of the modulation effect. Clockwise rotation increases the rate and counterclockwise rotation decreases it. When the modulation Depth knob is set to minimum value the modulation Rate knob does not function.
- DEPTH
- Controls the sweep width of the modulation effect. Clockwise rotation makes the range wider. When set to minimum value, no modulation effect is produced and it affects sounds like a filter effect.
- CENTER
- Controls the center frequency where the wah effect works. Rotating the knob clockwise will increase the frequency, while rotating it counterclockwise will decrease it. This parameter depends on the sample rate.
- MODE
- When working in A mode, rotating the Sensitivity knob clockwise allows you to obtain a wah effect even with quiet input signal. Rotating the Sensitivity knob counterclockwise produces the wah effect only with a loud input signal. When the Sensitivity control knob is set to maximum value, no effect will be produced. Setting B mode causes the opposite behavior.
- BPM Delay is an effect that creates delayed repetitions of the incoming signal.
- LEVEL
- Sets the balance between the processed and unprocessed signal, where the 12 o'clock position outputs equal amounts of processed and unprocessed signal levels.
- TEMPO
- Sets the tempo, or rate of repetition, for the delayed repetitions of the incoming signal. Alternatively, you can set the tempo of BPM Delay with the Tap Button.
- DECAY
- Sets the "decay time" of the delayed signal repetitions, or the amount of time it takes the delayed signal repetitions to fade from full to inaudible volume.
- STEREO
- Contracts or expands the stereo image of the effect. Rotating the control clockwise increases the stereo width, and rotating it counterclockwise decreases the stereo width.
- TAP
- Click the Tap Button, and then click the On-Off Button twice, at the desired tempo, to set the tempo of BPM Delay. Alternatively, you can set the tempo of BPM delay with the Tempo Control.
- This effect has been designed as a natural sounding distortion. It provides sounds from light bluesy to mid driven distortions. It is also excellent for driving following effects, especially tube preamps.
- GAIN
- Adjusts the gain of the effect. Rotating this knob clockwise you can get more distortion. With low values of gain you can use this effect as a signal booster.
- COLOR
- Controls the color of sound. Rotating this knob clockwise you can emphasize the trebles, rotating counterclockwise you can get a softer sound.
- OUTPUT
- Controls output level of effect.
- Chorus creates the classic "chorusing" effect, where the incoming signal appears to be doubled.
- MIX
- Sets the balance between the processed and unprocessed signal, where the 12 o'clock position outputs equal amounts of processed and unprocessed signal levels.
- RATE
- Sets the speed of the Chorus effect. Faster Rate settings produce special effect sounds, while slower Rate settings produce more natural "chorusing" effects.
- DEPTH
- Sets the frequency width (sweep width) of the Chorus effect.
- STEREO
- Contracts or expands the stereo image of the effect.
- This effect works as a tube preamplifier. It brings a big variety of clean sounds. It is also possible to get very slightly overdriven sound by setting the maximum of the gain control.
- GAIN
- Sets the preamplifier's gain. High values provide very light overdriven sounds, low values provide excellent clean sounds.
- BRIGHT
- Emphasizes the trebles. Rotating this knob clockwise you can get a more brittle tone.
- OUTPUT
- Controls output level of effect.
- Compressor limits the dynamic range of the incoming signal.
- THRESHOLD
- Once the volume of the incoming signal exceeds the setting of the Threshold Control, compression begins.
- ATTACK
- Sets the amount of time before compression begins, after the volume of the signal exceeds the set threshold.
- RELEASE
- Sets the amount of time before compression ceases, after the volume of the signal falls below the set threshold.
- RATIO
- Sets the amount of volume reduction for the incoming signal, after it exceeds the set threshold.
- MODE
- Switches the Compressor effect between Normal and Auto Mode. In Auto Mode, the Compressor automatically compensates for gain reduction by increasing output volume. In Normal Mode, there is no compensation for gain reduction.
- The effect works as a tube preamplifier. It makes it possible to get sounds from clean to mediumly distorted crunch sounds.
- GAIN
- Sets the preamplifier's gain and thus its distortion. Low values lead to clean sounds, higher to distorted ones.
- MID BOOST
- Emphasizes the midrange frequencies by up to 15 dB. Adds distortion to the midrange frequencies when higher GAIN values set.
- OUTPUT
- Sets the effect's output level.
- Distortion creates the classic sound of guitar amplifier distortion, and is useful on many sound sources.
- LEVEL
- Sets the output level of the Distortion effect.
- COLOR
- Alters the sound of the Distortion effect. Rotate the control counterclockwise to achieve a softer tone, and clockwise to achieve a brittle, or more aggressive, tone.
- DISTORT
- Sets the amount of distortion of the Distortion effect.
- Expander-Gate acts as a noise gate, muting the incoming signal when it falls below the set threshold, or as a downward expander, reducing the volume of the incoming signal when it falls below the set threshold.
- THRESH.
- Once the incoming volume of the signal falls below the setting of the THRESHOLD control, gating or expansion begins.
- ATTACK
- Sets the amount of time before gating or expansion begins, after the volume of the signal falls below the set threshold.
- RELEASE
- Sets the amount of time before gating or expansion ceases, after the volume of the signal exceeds the set threshold.
- RATIO
- Sets the amount of volume reduction for the incoming signal, after it falls below the set threshold.
- Flanger creates the classic "flange" sound.
- FX TUNE
- Sets the delay time of the Flanger, which greatly alters the sound of the "Flanging" effect.
- RATE
- Sets the speed of the Flanger effect.
- DEPTH
- Sets the frequency width (sweep width) of the Flanger effect.
- REGEN.
- Sets the amount of feedback, or regeneration, of the "flanged" signal.
- The GE-2 has seven bands ranging from 100 Hz to 6.4 kHz, ideal for guitar sounds, with boost/cut of +/- 18 dB per band. This lets you completely control your sound.
- Band gain fader
- Controls the overall gain applied to a band. Drag the frequency-band faders up to boost or down to attenuate the selected frequency band.
- Output gain fader
- Determines the gain applied to output signal. Drag the fader up to boost or down to attenuate output signal.
- The HG-2 operates as a tube preamplifier. It provides a variety of sounds: from clean, through mediumly distorted, up to modern HiGain sounds.
- GAIN
- Sets the gain of the preamplifier and thus its distortion.
- LOW CUT
- Filters low frequencies. Set lower values for smaller distortion and plenitude of bass frequencies. Set higher values to increase the distortion, leading to brittle sound.
- OUTPUT
- Controls output level of effect.
- This effect provides the easiest way to adjust the signal level in the effect chain. Many non-linear effects require a certain signal level to operate properly, e.g. the valve and transistor based distortions. Use the LC plug-in to adjust the optimum level.
- This plug-in also changes the stereo properties of the audio signal: It can merge both channels into one, create monophonic signal or swap the left and right channels. A stereo base enhancer is also available.
- GAIN
- Adjusts the signal level.
- PAN/MIX
- Send each channel to any position of the stereo base. The left knob controls the left input channel and the right knob controls the right input channel.
- The special modes are (NORM/MODE is in the NORM position)
- The left channel to the left and the right channel to the right: Stereo base not affected
- The left channel to the right and the right channel to the left: Channels are swapped
- Both channels to the center: Creates monophonic signal in both channels
- Both channels to the left: Merges channels into a monophonic signal in the left channel
- Both channels to the right: Merges channels into a monophonic signal in the right channel
- NORM/WIDE
- Makes the stereo base wider, so if an instrument is at a certain distance from the center, it shifts it more to the left or to the right side of the stereo base.
- Noise Gate is a dynamics effect whose function is to remove unwanted audio material below a certain threshold.
- THRESHOLD
- Determines the threshold level at which the dynamics processor begins acting on the signal. When the signal's level is below the threshold level, it will be muted. Rotating it clockwise increases the threshold level and counterclockwise decreases.
- ATTACK
- Adjusts the time it takes the gate to open once the level rises above the threshold.
- RELEASE
- Adjusts the time it takes the gate to close once the level falls below the threshold.
- Mute indicator
- Lights when the input signal is being muted.
- The Overdrive effect emulates the distortion of an overdriven tube amp. When saturated, it generates a warmer-sounding distortion with response to your picking style than the Distortion effect
- LEVEL
- Controls output level of effect.
- COLOR
- Controls the coloration of the overdrive effect. Clockwise rotation increases the amount of harmonics which gives you a more brittle tone. Counterclockwise rotation decreases it which gives you a softer tone.
- DRIVE
- Adjusts the saturation of the "tube amp". By rotating it clockwise, the effect sounds more distorted even on quiet signals. Counterclockwise rotation gives less saturation.
- PE-2 is a 1-band parametric equalizer. It can be used to boost or cut frequency bands from audio signal using peak filter, adjust treble/bass using high/low shelving filters, or to completely cut highs, lows, or certain frequency range using high/low pass and notch filters.
- GAIN
- Sets the filter gain in peak and shelving filters, or output gain when using highpass/lowpass and notch filters.
- FREQUENCY
- Determines the center frequency in peak and notch filters, or corner frequency in lowpass/highpass and shelving filters.
- Q
- Stands for the quality of lowpass or highpass filter, slope for shelving filters, or bandwidth for peak and notch filters. The default values are 0.7 for highpass/lowpass filters and 1 for shelving filters.
- TYPE
- Sets the active filter type. There are 6 available filter types: High Shelving, Low Shelving, Peak, Low Pass, High Pass and Notch.
- The PH-2 produces a natural as well as an artificially sounding phasing effect.
- MIX
- Controls a ratio between original (Dry) and processed (Wet) signal.
- RATE
- Controls the rate of the phasing effect.
- DEPTH
- Adjusts the sweep depth of the phasing effect.
- RESONANCE
- Controls the intensity of the phasing effect. Rotating the knob clockwise will increase the intensity of the effect giving a sharper sound. Counterclockwise rotation decreases the intensity which gives a smoother sound.
- Pedal Wah is an effect which simulates the wah-wah pedal. It has adjustable resonance, so it can be used for subtle or more pronounced sound and range setting, which was designated to tune the effects lower range, so it can be fine tuned to your guitar or bass.
- PEDAL
- After assigning to a MIDI controller works just like a wah-wah pedal.
- RESONANCE
- Determines the intensity of the "wah" effect. Lower values make subtle changes to sound of your instrument, while the higher make the "wah" effect more intense.
- RANGE
- Sets the lower range of the effect. It is designed to work as a fine tuning to the wah-wah pedal and to make a difference between guitar and bass. The lower positions are to be used when playing bass, while the higher are better suited for guitar.
- The RV-2 is a high quality reverb effect which allows you to add space to your recordings. It includes seven high density reverb modes and creates a rich stereo output.
- MIX
- Controls the ratio between original (Dry) and processed (Wet) signal.
- DECAY
- Controls the size of simulated room.
- COLOR
- Controls the coloration of reverb effect. Clockwise rotation increases the amount of high frequencies. Counterclockwise rotation decreases it.
- MODE
- Sets the reverb mode simulation. You can select from the essential types of reverb simulation available to you.
- This effect simulates guitar cabinets. You can choose from 15 simulations of 6 models, measured in the near field, far field, on-axis and off-axis.
- VOLUME
- Controls the output level of effect.
- TYPE
- Switches between cabinet types.
- TC-2 is a amp equalizer simulating 5 various types of amplifiers. It controls the volume of three frequency bands.
- VOLUME
- Controls the output level of effect.
- BASS
- Sets the level of low frequencies.
- MID
- Sets the level of midrange frequencies.
- TREBLE
- Sets the level of high frequencies.
- AMP TYPE
- Switches between the equalizer types.
- The TR-2 varies the volume of original sound which reproduces the classic tremolo effects of '60s amps.
- TEMPO
- Controls the tempo of the tremolo effect.
- WAVE
- Controls the shape of the tremolo envelope. You can select triangular, logarithmic, rectangular, exponential or sinusoidal shape.
- DEPTH
- Controls the depth of the tremolo effect.
- TAP
- Click the Tap Button, and then click the On-Off Button two times, at the desired tempo, to set the tempo of BPM Delay. Alternatively, you can set the tempo of BPM delay with the Tempo Control.