Teac 2488 - Manual (Page 33)

3 – Effects
TASCAM 2488 User’s Guide
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• DST : Distortion. Either this effect or the compressor
(below) is in the second position in the chain.
Adjust the
DISTORTION level, TONE and amount of
POST GAIN (gain applied after the effect). You can
also SWITCH this effect on or off (in or out of the
chain).
• CMP : Compressor. Either this effect or the distortion
(above) is in the second position in the chain.
Adjust the
THRESHOLD , compression RATIO , the COMP
LEVEL , and the amount of DIRECT MIX . You can also
SWITCH this effect on or off (in or out of the chain).
• AMP : Amplifier model. This effect is always the
third in the chain. Adjust the PRE GAIN (corresponds
to pre-amplifier gain setting, the TONE , the BOX SIZE
(speaker cabinet size), and the POST GAIN (overall
output volume). You can also SWITCH this effect on
or off (in or out of the chain).
• Modulation, etc. effects (see below). One of these
effects is always in the fourth place in the chain.
• DLY : Delay. This is always the final effect in the
chain. Adjust the DELAY TIME , amount of FEEDBACK ,
HI DAMP (the amount by which high frequencies are
damped with successive repeats) and the overall
MIX LEVEL . You can also SWITCH this effect on or off
(in or out of the chain).
Modulation effects One of the following effects
always takes the fourth place in the chain.
• FLG : Flanger. Adjust the SPEED , DEPTH , RESONANCE
and MIX level of this flanging effect. You can also
SWITCH this effect on or off (in or out of the chain).
• PHA : Phaser. Adjust the SPEED , DEPTH and RESONANCE
of this phasing effect. You can also SWITCH this
effect on or off (in or out of the chain).
• CHO : Chorus. Adjust the SPEED , DEPTH , TONE and MIX
level of this chorus effect. You can also SWITCH this
effect on or off (in or out of the chain).
• EXC : Exciter. Adjust the FREQUENCY and DEPTH of this
exciter effect. You can also SWITCH this effect on or
off (in or out of the chain).
• PIT : Pitch shifter. Adjust the PITCH (in semitones)
and use the FINE setting for fine-tuning. Set the MIX
LEVEL . You can also SWITCH this effect on or off (in
or out of the chain).
• TRM : Tremolo. Adjust the SPEED and DEPTH as well
as the SHAPE of the waveform. You can also SWITCH
this effect on or off (in or out of the chain).
• VIB : Vibrato. Adjust the SPEED and DEPTH of this
vibrato effect. You can also SWITCH this effect on or
off (in or out of the chain).
• WAH : Wah effect. Adjust the ATTACK of the effect,
the SENSE (sensitivity) of the effect, and whether the
PEDAL (the EXPRESSION pedal connected at the
front of the unit) is used or not to control the effect
(if
OFF , this becomes an auto-wah effect).
Using the multi-effect library
1 From the multi-effect parameter screen, press
ENTER :
2 Use the left and right cursor keys to select
either the
PRESET memory banks, the USER
memory banks, or SAVE the current setting.
The left side of the PRESET memory banks pro-
vides a description of the effect ( GRUNGE , LEAD
SOLO , etc.).
In the right column, you can see the chief com-
ponents of the effect. The first part of the
name represents the second effect in the chain
(either
DIST- for distortion, or CLEAN- for com-
pression, followed by one of the eight modula-
tion effects (
FLG , PHA , CHO , EXC , PIT , TRM , VIB , and
WAH ). There are therefore 16 “starting points”
for multi-effect settings.
3 To save the current settings as an effect in the
USER bank, move the cursor to SAVE and press
ENTER . Select an existing effect to overwrite,
or pick a new library entry into which to save
the parameters.
You can rename any entry in the user banks
using the techniques described in “Titling” on
page 12. The basic type of effect (for instance,
DIST-FLG ) is always shown in the right column
of the list, so even if you call it HEAVY LEAD , for
example, you can still recognize the basic
starting point.