Programming your PC1
Effects Edit Mode
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Effects Edit Mode
Effects edit mode has two functions: changing the effects associated with the current program or
setup (or the entire PC1), and modifying the nature of the effects that are currently in use.
Effects Change Mode
The effects change mode determines whether the PC1 automatically selects effects when you
select a program or setup. The effects change mode is controlled by the FX Chg Mode parameter,
which is one of the parameters in Global mode (press the
Global
button to get to Global mode).
By default, this parameter’s value is
Auto
, which means that regardless of your performance
mode, the PC1 automatically selects the effects associated with whatever object you select—a
program or a setup. FX Chg Mode is closely tied to the FX Channel parameter, which determines
whether a program change on a particular channel can also change the current effect.
If you change the value of FX Chg Mode to
Panel
, the PC1
doesn’t
automatically select effects
when you select a program or setup, and the only way to change the effects is to select them
manually in Effects edit mode, using the FXA Select and FXB Select parameters (Press the
Effect
button to enter Effects edit mode). When the value of FX Chg Mode is
Panel
, the effects you select
manually apply to whatever program or setup you select, regardless of your performance mode.
The value of FX Chg Mode resets automatically to
Auto
every time you turn on the PC1.
Setting the Effects Change Mode
In many cases, you can leave both FX Chg Mode and FX Channel at their default settings (
Auto
and
Current
). If you want the effect to change when you select programs on channels other than
Channel 1, set the value of FX Channel to match that channel (or set it to
Current
, so the effect
changes regardless of which channel you’re on).There’s one additional case in which you might
want to change the settings of FX Chg Mode and FX Channel.
Applying Effects Globally
Suppose you’re in the studio, and you want to use the same reverb settings regardless of the
programs or setups you play. In this case, set FX Chg Mode to
Panel
, which prevents program
changes (either from the PC1 or via an external MIDI source) from changing any effects settings.
The only way to change the current effect is by changing it manually in Effects edit mode.
There’s another important point to remember about using
Panel
as the value for FX Chg Mode:
you can still edit the current set of effects, but you can’t save them to the current program or
setup. Our explanation of Effects edit mode assumes that you have FX Chg Mode set to the
default setting of
Auto
. See
Effects Change Mode (FX Chg Mode)
on page 5-28 for a more detailed
description of FX Chg Mode.
Entering Effects Edit Mode
You can get to the Effects edit mode from any performance mode by pressing the
Effect
button.
The Effects edit mode is actually a special “subeditor” of your current performance mode—for
example, if you press
Edit
and select the Effect menu then press
Enter
while in Program mode,
you end up at the Effect parameter in the Program Editor.
