Engine button, Effects button, Class button – ART Pro Audio Quadra/Fx - Two Channel Effects Processor User Manual

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ENGINE BUTTON

The Quadra/FX contains up to four audio signal processors, or engines. Pressing this

button and turning the Encoder will select an engine for editing (the selected engine

LED will flash). Depending on the current routing, one or more engine LEDs may flash.

Press the Engine button again to return to Preset mode. For more information on

EFFECTS BUTTON

Press the Effects button and turn the Encoder to pick an effect algorithm for

the currently selected engine (the selected effect LED will flash). Twelve

effect families are available: Chamber, Room, Hall, Plate, Delay, Pitch,

Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Rotary, Tremolo, and Panner. Since Panner and

Rotary are stereo effects, they are not available in Discrete 4 (mono)

routing. Press the Encoder or the Class button to load the selected effect. If

you instead press the Effects button, you will return to Preset mode with the

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CLASS BUTTON

Press the Class button and turn the Encoder to scroll through six algorithmic

variations, or classes, of the current effect. With twelve effect families and six

variations of each family, the Quadra/FX contains 72 different signal-processing

algorithms. The six class choices are Vocal, Instrument, Concert, Gated, Ambience,

and Dynamic. Each effect variation is optimized for a particular type of use, based

on its name; these are only suggestions. Sometimes the best results can be

obtained by choosing unconventional classes for an application. As you turn the

Encoder, you will immediately hear the sound of each class. Please note that some

Ambient classes use stereo algorithms that are not available in Discrete 4 (mono)

again to return to Preset mode.