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EFFECTS Detail Screen

EFFECTS Tab

This screen assigns effects to the [BST/MOD] knob,

[DELAY/FX] knob, and [REVERB] knob.

For details, refer to “Using Effects” in the owner’s

manual of the WAZA-AIR unit.

[REVERB] knob settings

You can assign delay, reverb, or both to the

[REVERB] knob.

Summary of Contents for WAZA-AIR

Page 1: ...w to make connections refer to the Connecting the BOSS TONE STUDIO iOS App to the WAZA AIR Unit PDF or Connecting the BOSS TONE STUDIO Android App to the WAZA AIR Unit PDF To edit values Slide up or d...

Page 2: ...ing Patches from the WAZA AIR Unit into LIBRARIAN IMPORT FROM WAZA AIR 18 Exporting a Liveset from LIBRARIAN into the WAZA AIR Unit EXPORT TO WAZA AIR 21 Exporting a Liveset from LIBRARIAN to the Mobi...

Page 3: ...m BOSS TONE CENTRAL to LIBRARIAN 30 Using the Tuner 32 SYSTEM 33 Bluetooth SETTING 33 AMP BATTERY CHECK 33 STANDBY SETTING 33 CABINET 35 GLOBAL EQ 35 OWNER S MANUAL 35 GUITAR WIRELESS 36 VERSION 36 Ef...

Page 4: ...of reverberation Indicates the position of the sound Selects the effect produced by the gyro sensor Selects the type of reverberation You can automatically position the sound using the gyro sensor bui...

Page 5: ...ar amp sound and the Bluetooth audio are heard in stereo SURROUND 1 The guitar amp sound is always heard from the front STATIC 1 2 The guitar amp sound is heard from the front Moving your head changin...

Page 6: ...hind This gives the impression of sound heard by a guitarist standing on stage Moving your head changing the orientation of the WAZA AIR unit changes the direction from which the guitar amp sound and...

Page 7: ...SURROUND MEMO 5 5If you move your head in any direction other than horizontal rotation such as moving your head up and down the position of the sound might drift If this occurs press the WAZA AIR unit...

Page 8: ...TYPE Lets you output sound corresponding to a selected size of room STUDIO Ambience settings typical of a recording studio STAGE Ambience settings typical of a large live performance stage LEVEL 0 100...

Page 9: ...atch Tap this to switch patches Saves an edited effect to the WAZA AIR unit Initializes the parameters Changes the effect placement connection order type MEMO For the detailed explanation of the effec...

Page 10: ...he position of the knob Example DELAY depth FX depth Moves to the EFFECTS detail screen p 12 Each time you tap the color alternates between green red and orange and the setting changes With the factor...

Page 11: ...STORTION PHASER Knob Color DELAY FX DELAY FX Green DIGITAL DELAY TREMOLO Red ANALOG DELAY T WAH Orange TAPE ECHO OCTAVE Knob Color REVERB REVERB Green PLATE REVERB Red SPRING REVERB Orange HALL REVERB...

Page 12: ...Tab This screen assigns effects to the BST MOD knob DELAY FX knob and REVERB knob For details refer to Using Effects in the owner s manual of the WAZA AIR unit REVERB knob settings You can assign dela...

Page 13: ...erb selected by REVERB are both assigned REVERB The reverb selected by REVERB is assigned Editing the Effects Here s how to edit the effects you specified in the EFFECTS tab Slide left right and tap t...

Page 14: ...E button and then tap WRITE in the list 2 Select a writing destination enter a name and tap the WRITE button When you save the edited data it overwrites the patch in the WAZA AIR unit The previous set...

Page 15: ...pears There can be a maximum of 30 livesets Creates a new liveset Exports a liveset Copies or deletes a liveset Tap to edit the name of the liveset Tap to see a list of the patches p 17 in the liveset...

Page 16: ...16 Drag to change the order...

Page 17: ...LIST Up to 20 patches can be placed in one liveset Tap to switch to the sound of the patch you tapped letting you preview it Copies or deletes a patch Tap to edit the name of a patch Drag to change t...

Page 18: ...TOP 18 ImportingPatchesfromtheWAZA AIRUnit intoLIBRARIAN IMPORTFROMWAZA AIR 1 Tap the LIBRARIAN button 2 In the upper part of the screen tap the button 3 Tap WAZA AIR and then tap the NEXT button...

Page 19: ...saves all patches as a liveset SELECT PATCH FROM TO saves the patches between FROM and TO as a liveset SELECT PATCH saves only the selected patch as a liveset Creating a new liveset 5 Select CREATE LI...

Page 20: ...20 Adding to an existing liveset 5 Tap SELECT LIVESET select the liveset to which you want to add and tap the IMPORT button...

Page 21: ...ANintothe WAZA AIRUnit EXPORTTOWAZA AIR Here s how a saved liveset can be exported to patches in the WAZA AIR unit 1 Tap the LIBRARIAN button 2 In the upper part of the screen tap the button 3 Tap WAZ...

Page 22: ...22 4 Select the liveset that you want to export 5 In the liveset area tap ALL PATCH then tap the NEXT button ALL PATCH exports all patches of the liveset to the WAZA AIR unit...

Page 23: ...s the patches between FROM and TO to the WAZA AIR unit SELECT PATCH exports the selected patch to the WAZA AIR unit 6 Select the patch at which you want to start overwriting the data in the WAZA AIR u...

Page 24: ...ileDevice EXPORTTOFILE Here s how a liveset from LIBRARIAN can be converted into a liveset file and exported to the mobile device 1 Tap the LIBRARIAN button 2 In the upper part of the screen tap the b...

Page 25: ...25 4 Select the liveset that you want to export and tap the EXPORT button 5 The data is exported to the mobile device...

Page 26: ...e s how a liveset file previously exported to the mobile device can be imported into LIBRARIAN 1 Tap the LIBRARIAN button 2 In the upper part of the screen tap the button 3 Tap FILE and then tap the N...

Page 27: ...udService EXPORTTOCLOUD Here s how a liveset from LIBRARIAN can be converted to a liveset file and exported to a cloud service 1 Tap the LIBRARIAN button 2 In the upper part of the screen tap the butt...

Page 28: ...d screen appears allowing you to export the file Choose iCloud Drive for an iOS device or Google Drive for an Android device In some cases your mobile device might support more than one cloud service...

Page 29: ...D Here s how a liveset file previously exported to a cloud service can be imported into LIBRARIAN 1 Tap the LIBRARIAN button 2 In the upper part of the screen tap the button 3 Tap CLOUD and then tap t...

Page 30: ...NE CENTRAL to LIBRARIAN Here s how a liveset available on BOSS TONE CENTRAL can be downloaded and used in the WAZA AIR unit 1 Tap the TONE CENTRAL button 2 Tap one of the displayed livesets A descript...

Page 31: ...h by tapping the patch list within the content To preview turn on either CH A or CH B in the TONE SETTING section of the WAZA AIR unit 3 In the upper part of the screen tap ADD The liveset is download...

Page 32: ...heTuner Tap the TUNER button to start the tuner PITCH 435 Hz 445 Hz default 440 Hz MEMO The WAZA AIR unit s tuner function simultaneously hold down the up down buttons cannot be used while the TUNER s...

Page 33: ...the remaining amount of battery power for the WAZA AIR unit STANDBY SETTING AUTO STANDBY The WAZA AIR unit has a function that automatically switches to standby mode when you stop performing or operat...

Page 34: ...transmitter detects vibration SOUND SENSING If the transmitter that s plugged into the guitar instrument is powered on the unit automatically enters standby mode if a silent state in which the guitar...

Page 35: ...MODERN A modern cabinet sound notable for a tight low end DEEP Sound with powerful low end as well as a distinctive edge GLOBAL EQ Here you can place the GLOBAL EQ before or after the effect chain OW...

Page 36: ...ARWIRELESS Here you can view the reception status of the radio signal from the transmitter VERSION Here you can view version information and license information for the BOSS TONE STUDIO for WAZA AIR s...

Page 37: ...ameter List BST BOOSTER 39 MOD FX 42 CHORUS 45 FLANGER 47 PHASER 48 UNI V 49 TREMOLO 50 VIBRATO 50 ROTARY 51 RING MOD 52 SLOW GEAR 53 SLICER 54 COMP 55 LIMITER 57 T WAH 58 AUTO WAH 60 PEDAL WAH 61 GRA...

Page 38: ...ETRIC EQ 64 GUITAR SIM 66 AC GUITAR SIM 67 AC PROCESSOR 68 WAVE SYNTH 69 OCTAVE 71 PITCH SHIFTER 72 HARMONIST 74 HUMANIZER 77 PHASER 90E 79 FLANGER117E 79 DELAY DELAY 2 80 REVERB 83 EQ PARAMETRIC EQ 8...

Page 39: ...s bright characteristics MID BOOST This is a booster with unique characteristics in the midrange Making the connection before the COSM amp produces sound suitable for solos CRUNCH OD A lustrous crunch...

Page 40: ...DS A distortion sound with thick distortion DST This models a MXR DISTORTION GUV DS This models a Marshall GUV NOR RAT This models a Proco RAT METAL ZONE This models the sound of the BOSS MT 2 It prod...

Page 41: ...frequency range Turning this to the left counterclockwise produces a sound with the low end cut turning it to the right boosts the low end in the sound EFFECT LEVEL 0 100 Adjusts the volume of the eff...

Page 42: ...ifferent choruses one for low frequencies and one for higher frequencies This allows you to achieve a more natural chorus sound FLANGER The flanging effect gives a twisting jet airplane like character...

Page 43: ...ely interrupts the sound to create the impression that a rhythm backing phrase is being played COMP Compressor This is an effect that produces a long sustain by evening out the volume level of the inp...

Page 44: ...r This processor allows you to change the sound produced by the pickup on an acoustic electric guitar creating a richer sound similar to that obtained with a microphone placed close to the guitar WAVE...

Page 45: ...Explanation LOW RATE 0 100 Adjust the speed of the chorus effect for the low frequency range LOW DEPTH 0 100 Adjust the depth of the chorus effect for the low frequency range If you wish to use this...

Page 46: ...ge If you wish to use this as a doubling effect use a setting of 0 HIGH PRE DELAY 0 0 ms 40 0 ms Adjusts the delay of the effect sound in the high frequency range Extending the pre delay will produce...

Page 47: ...nes the amount of resonance feedback Increasing the value will emphasize the effect creating a more unusual sound MANUAL 0 100 Adjusts the center frequency at which to apply the effect EFFECT LEVEL 0...

Page 48: ...s a popular phaser effect 12 STAGE This is a twelve phase effect A deep phase effect is obtained BiPHASE This is the phaser with two phase shift circuits connected in series RATE 0 100 This sets the r...

Page 49: ...FF when not using the Step function DIRECT MIX 0 100 Adjusts the volume of the direct sound UNI V This models a Uni Vibe Although this resembles a phaser effect it also provides a unique undulation th...

Page 50: ...l steepen wave s shape RATE 0 100 Adjusts the frequency speed of the change DEPTH 0 100 Adjusts the depth of the effect LEVEL 0 100 Adjusts the volume VIBRATO This effect creates vibrato by slightly m...

Page 51: ...oduces an effect like the sound of a rotary speaker Parameter Value Explanation RATE 0 100 Adjusts the speed of the rotation DEPTH 0 100 Adjusts the amount of depth in the rotary effect LEVEL 0 100 Ad...

Page 52: ...changes the oscillation frequency according to the pitch of the input sound and therefore produces a sound with the sense of pitch which is quite different from NORMAL This effect does not give a sati...

Page 53: ...er value the effect of the slow gear can be obtained only with a stronger picking while no effect is obtained with a weaker picking When the value is set higher the effect is obtained even with a weak...

Page 54: ...IGGER SENS 0 100 Adjust the sensitivity of triggering With low settings of this parameter softly picked notes will not retrigger the phrase i e the phrase will continue playing but strongly picked not...

Page 55: ...an even stronger effect in the high end LIGHT This is a compressor with a light effect D COMP This models a MXR DynaComp ORANGE This is modeled on the sound of the Dan Armstrong ORANGE SQUEEZER FAT W...

Page 56: ...tion ATTACK 0 100 Adjusts the strength of the picking attack when the strings are played Higher values result in a sharper attack creating a more clearly defined sound LEVEL 0 100 Adjusts the volume T...

Page 57: ...st this as appropriate for the input signal from your guitar When the input signal level exceeds this threshold level limiting will be applied RATIO 1 1 INF 1 This selects the compression ratio used w...

Page 58: ...range POLAR Selects the direction in which the filter will change in response to the input DOWN The frequency of the filter will fall UP The frequency of the filter will rise SENS 0 100 Specifies the...

Page 59: ...to the area around the center frequency Higher values will produce a stronger tone which emphasizes the wah effect more With a value of 50 a standard wah sound will be produced EFFECT LEVEL 0 100 Adju...

Page 60: ...E 0 100 Adjusts the frequency speed of the change DEPTH 0 100 Adjusts the depth of the effect FREQ 0 100 Adjusts the center frequency of the Wah effect PEAK 0 100 Adjusts the way in which the wah effe...

Page 61: ...6 FAT WAH This is a wah sound featuring a bold tone LIGHT WAH This wah has a refined sound with no unusual characteristics 7STRING WAH This expanded wah features a variable range compatible with seven...

Page 62: ...the tone produced when the heel of the pedal is depressed PEDAL MAX 0 100 Selects the tone produced when the toe of the pedal is depressed EFFECT LEVEL 0 100 Adjusts the volume of the effect sound DI...

Page 63: ...63 GRAPHIC EQ This adjusts the tone You can adjust the sound character in ten bands Parameter Value 31 Hz 20 20 dB 62 Hz 125 Hz 250 Hz 500 Hz 1 kHz 2 kHz 4 kHz 8 kHz 16 kHz LEVEL 20 20 dB...

Page 64: ...e tone HIGH GAIN 20 20 dB Adjusts the high frequency range tone LEVEL 20 20 dB Adjusts the overall volume level of the equalizer LOW MID FREQUENCY 20 Hz 10 0 kHz Specifies the center of the frequency...

Page 65: ...l narrow the area LOW CUT FLAT 20 Hz 800 Hz This sets the frequency at which the low cut filter begins to take effect When FLAT is selected the low cut filter will have no effect HIGH CUT 630 Hz 12 5...

Page 66: ...tone to a humbucking pickup tone H0S Changes from a humbucking pickup tone to a single coil pickup tone H0HF HALF TONE Changes from a humbucking pickup tone to a single coil pickup half tone S0HOLLOW...

Page 67: ...0AC The body sound increases as the value is raised reducing the value produces a tone similar to that from a piezo pickup LEVEL 0 100 Adjusts the volume of the effect sound AC GUITAR SIM This effect...

Page 68: ...ied acoustic guitar MEDIUM This is a standard unadorned acoustic guitar sound BRIGHT This is a bright acoustic guitar sound POWER This is a powerful acoustic guitar sound BASS 50 50 Adjusts the tone f...

Page 69: ...note at a time 5 5If the unit cannot detect the attack it may not sound correctly If the unit cannot detect the attack it may not sound correctly 5 5The sensitivity may vary according to the guitar s...

Page 70: ...SYNTH LEVEL 0 100 Adjusts the volume of the synth sound FILTER SENS 0 100 Adjusts the amount of filtering applied in response to the input FILTER DECAY 0 100 This sets the time needed for the filter...

Page 71: ...NGE 2 B1 E5 B1 corresponds to the sound of an open 7th string to E5 corresponds to the 1st string played at the 12th fret RANGE 3 B1 E4 B1 corresponds to the sound of an open 7th string to E4 correspo...

Page 72: ...24 Adjusts the amount of pitch shift the amount of interval in semitone steps PS1 LEVEL PS2 LEVEL 0 100 Adjusts the volume of the pitch shifter DIRECT MIX 0 100 Adjusts the volume of the direct sound...

Page 73: ...he change in the Fine 100 is equivalent to that of the Pitch 1 PS1 PRE DELAY PS2 PRE DELAY 0 ms 300 ms Adjusts the time from when the direct sound is heard until the pitch shifted sounds are heard Nor...

Page 74: ...be played Be sure to mute all the other strings and play only one note at a time If the unit cannot detect the attack it may not sound correctly If the unit cannot detect the attack it may not sound c...

Page 75: ...user scale number to be used MASTER KEY C Am B G m The key of the song you re performing is shown as described in 1 according to the key signature of the musical notation DIR MIX DIRECT MIX 0 100 Adju...

Page 76: ...ge two octaves above or below the direct sound Db 24 D 24 D D 24 D 24 D Eb 24 E 24 E E 24 E 24 E F 24 F 24 F F 24 F 24 F G 24 G 24 G Ab 24 A 24 A A 24 A 24 A Bb 24 B 24 B B 24 B 24 B 2 This can be spe...

Page 77: ...itches the vowels PICKING It changes from VOWEL 1 to VOWEL 2 along with the picking The time spent for the change is adjusted with the rate AUTO By adjusting the rate and depth two vowels VOWEL 1 and...

Page 78: ...the effect When it is set to a higher value the effect of the humanizer can be obtained whether the picking is weak or strong MANUAL 2 0 100 Adjusts the cycle for changing the two vowels When it is se...

Page 79: ...the phaser effect FLANGER117E This models an MXR EVH 117 Flanger Parameter Value Explanation MANUAL 0 100 Adjusts the center frequency at which to apply the effect WIDTH 0 100 Determines the depth of...

Page 80: ...DIGITAL This is a simple mono delay ANALOG This gives a mild analog delay sound TAPE ECHO This setting provides the characteristic wavering sound of the tape echo REVERSE This produces an effect wher...

Page 81: ...he high cut filter begins to take effect When FLAT is selected the high cut filter will have no effect EFFECT LEVEL 0 120 Adjusts the volume of the delay sound DIRECT MIX 0 100 Adjusts the volume of t...

Page 82: ...ANGE 8 kHz 17 kHz Models the way in which the SDE 3000 s frequency response is affected by the delay range Only when TYPE is SDE 3000 DELAY PHASE NORMAL INV Specifies the phase of the delay sound Sele...

Page 83: ...lic sound with a distinct upper range ROOM Simulates the reverberation in a small room Provides warm reverberations HALL 1 Simulates the reverberation in a concert hall Provides clear and spacious rev...

Page 84: ...T FLAT 20 Hz 800 Hz This sets the frequency at which the low cut filter begins to take effect When Flat is selected the low cut filter will have no effect HIGH CUT 630 Hz 12 5 kHz FLAT This sets the f...

Page 85: ...frequency range tone HIGH MID GAIN 20 20 dB Adjusts the high middle frequency range tone HIGH GAIN 20 20 dB Adjusts the high frequency range tone LEVEL 20 20 dB Adjusts the overall volume level of th...

Page 86: ...values will narrow the area LOW CUT FLAT 20 Hz 800 Hz This sets the frequency at which the low cut filter begins to take effect When FLAT is selected the low cut filter will have no effect HIGH CUT 6...

Page 87: ...r sound and does not harm the natural character of the sound Parameter Value Explanation ON OFF OFF ON Turns this effect on off THRESHOLD 0 100 Adjust this parameter as appropriate for the volume of t...

Page 88: ...88 Parameter Value Explanation RELEASE 0 100 Adjusts the time from when the noise suppressor begins to function until the noise level reaches 0...

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