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7 - Effects
Overview
E-MU Systems 101
7 - Effects
Overview
In addition to the hardware-based effects of PatchMix DSP, Proteus X offers software
effects processors and a powerful effects routing scheme. The E-MU engineers have
created a complete collection of top quality effects using 32-bit floating point precision
for pristine sound quality. In addition, the effects algorithms have been designed for low
CPU usage.
The Proteus X effect routing architecture is extremely flexible. Effects can be included as
part of the preset or multisetup or both. Preset FX and Aux FX both use the same effects
algorithms.
• Multisetup (Aux) Effects are designed to be used for your main effects
such as reverb or delay. Aux effects can be applied to any or all of the 32 MIDI
channels.
• Preset Effects are used when you want an effect to be included as part of a
certain preset. For example, you might want to add chorus to a string pad or
distortion to a guitar sound.
Each effect has a number of user-adjustable parameters and a wet/dry mix control.
See page 21 to learn how to connect controllers.
When using effects as part of the preset, the wet/dry mix or effect amount is controllable
on a per-voice basis. This means that you can create presets using effects as integral parts
of the sound and control the effect amounts using LFOs, envelope generators, key
velocity or any other PatchCord source. As an example, you could build a preset where
the distortion amount increases the harder you hit the key.
Preset Effects in Series
Main
Aux 1
Aux 2
Aux 3
Amounts
Wet/Dry Wet/Dry
From
Voices
To
Aux FX
or Host
FXA FXB
Aux Effects in Sidechain
MAIN
Amounts
From
Voices
To
Host
Aux 1
Effect
Aux 1
Effect
Aux 1
Effect