DOD VGS50, Owner'S Manual

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Flanger - A Flanger is similar to a chorus as far as what it is technically doing, but
it sounds very different. It adds a “whooshing up, and down” sound to your guitar.
Phaser - A Phaser is an effect that splits the incoming signal, and then changes the
phase of half of the signal. This phase is changed at an even pace, and mixed back
in with the original sound. The changing phase causes different frequencies to be
canceled, resulting in a warm, twisting sound in your guitar.
Tremolo - Tremolo is an effect that modulates the volume of your guitar up and
down at a steady rate.
Pitch - Pitch shifting is like having another guitarist playing with you. It makes a
copy of your pitch, and then shifts it to a different pitch. The result is two different
notes playing together.
Detune - Detuning is an effect that uses the pitch shifting technology, but does not
shift the pitch a full note. Instead, it just takes the shifted pitch slightly in and out of
tune with your note.
Ring Modulator - The ring modulator modulates the guitars volume and then
takes the signals sum, and difference of the modulated frequency, and guitar
frequency and mixes it with the original signal. The result is a metallic ringing sort
of sound.
Pixellator - A pixellator degrades the signal by undersampling it. The result is an
unnatural distortion similar to those used in today’s techno and industrial styles of
music.
Envelope Phase - Envelope Phase is a phaser effect that alters your sound based
upon how hard you play. The softer that you play, the less intense the sweep of the
phaser effect will be. The harder that you play, the more intense the sweep will be.
Envelope Flange - Envelope Flange is a flanging effect that alters your sound
based upon how hard you play. The softer that you play, the less intense the sweep
of the flanger effect will be. The harder that you play, the more intense the sweep
will be.
Pitch Bend - Pitch Bend is an effect that you will need to use the expression pedal
for. When you have assigned the expression pedal to a value of 7, for bend, you can
then change the pitch of your note by rocking the expression pedal back and forth.
With the pedal in the toe up position, your pitch will be the note you are actually
playing. As you rock the pedal forward, the note will bend.
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