Tutorial, Introduction – ART Pro Audio Quadra/Fx - Two Channel Effects Processor User Manual

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TUTORIAL

The best way to understand the Quadra/FX is to just jump in and edit some presets. It doesn’t take long and

you’ll see how easy editing is due to the Quadra/FX’s intuitive layout. This section consists of four tutorials:

Creating From Scratch, Just Editing, MIDI, and Advanced Application Notes. After you finish the tutorials,

check out the section entitled

each effect’s parameters and ranges.

Introduction

The Quadra/FX contains four DSP engines and four separate input and output channels. Typically, an engine

processes one individual channel of audio, but engines can be grouped into a stereo pair. Two stereo pairs

can even be run in series to create multiple effects. Furthermore, it is possible to combine the processing

power of all four engines to create a “super charged” ultra-stereo processor. Engines are automatically

distributed among the channels with our proprietary Dynamic Engine Allocation (DEA) technology. DEA

allows for the following creative signal-routing options:

Discrete 4 (mono)

In Discrete 4 routing, each engine separately processes one

channel of sound and is just like having four mono effect-

processors. Inputs and Outputs #1–4 correspond to Engines

#1–4.

Twin Stereo

Twin Stereo routing contains two effect-processors with two

linked engines each. The result is two true-stereo processors.

Each channel remains independent, but the effect parameters of

each group are linked to create stereo processing. Inputs,

Outputs, and Engines #1 and #2 correspond to the first

processor, while Inputs, Outputs, and Engines #3 and #4

correspond to the second processor.