Program Mode
The Algorithm (ALG) Page
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Alt Input for Algorithms (Cascade Mode)
Cascade mode is a particularly powerful feature of the PC3A that allows you to create unique
algorithms of previously unattainable levels of complexity. The following three figures show the
signal path of a program configured using the PC3A’s new Cascade mode:
On the ALG (Algorithm) page of every layer, the Alt Input parameter lets you select any other
layer to go through the current layer’s DSP. You can set it up so that layer 1 goes into layer 2 into 3
(as shown above). If you turn down the volume on layers 1 and 2, then you are hearing true
cascading—it’s like a big chain with each algorithm feeding into the next, and what you hear is
layer 3’s output. You can also have the volumes of all three layers turned up, which will mix the
signal of all three layers. You could, in the same program, also decide to run layer 4 into 5 into 6
into 13 into 25 if you wanted. Any of the 32 layers can go into any other layer.
