TC Electronic FirewarX, User Manual

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Total amount of blocks
3x Dynamic
1x Filters
1x Formant
1x Distort
1x Vocode
2x Synth
1x Pitch
2x Cho/Fla
2x Dly
1x Reverb
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MODIFIERS
The Insert loop
The Insert loop setup
The External loop can be set up in a number of different ways.
Example: When the FireworX is using the Analog In/Outs, an
external device may be connected to the Digital In/Outs. The
Send and Return points of the External loop can be placed
anywhere in the signal routing of the FireworX (done in the
“Effects, Routing” page), place the “Send” block where you want
to tap sound, and place the “Return” block where you want the
signal re-enter the signal flow.
Setup of the FireworX In/Outs and the External loop In/Outs is
done in the “I/O Setup, Signal” page.
Avoiding Phase cancelation
The External loop is subject to small amounts of delay. This
could cause serious changes in the sound due to phase
cancelation. To avoid this, you must carefully consider the signal
path of the dry signal in the FireworX. The Dry signal and any
serial effect like EQ, Dynamics, Tremolo, Panner or Filters etc
should either go through or around the External loop, not both.
Here is a couple of setup examples on how to avoid phase
cancelation.
Example 1.
The External loop contains a Reverb set to 100% effect (an
additive effect).
All of the Dry signal must now be passing around the External
loop, no Dry signal should be coming through the External loop.
The Mix parameter of the External loop can be set anywhere
between 0% and 100% in the Return block.
The Insert Loop
The Insert loop is a unique feature that makes it possible to insert an external device into the Routing of the FireworX
using the pair of I/O connectors not occupied by the FireworX’s main In and Outs.
Phaser
Resonator
Resochord
Cruncher
Vocoder
Ring Mod. Synth
Pitch
Chorus
Flanger
Delay
Reverb
Example 2 .
The External loop contains an EQ (a serial effect).
All Dry signal should now be passing through the External loop,
no Dry signal should pass around the External loop. The Mix
parameter of the External loop should be kept at 100%. Effect
blocks that are not passing their signal through the External loop,
should only perform additive effects and not pass any Dry signal.
Example 2
Example 1
Additive effects Serial effects
Exp/Gate
Soft Compressor
Hard Comp/Lim
Resonance
Bandpass
Formant Drive
Tremolo
Panner
Stereo Enhancer
Fixed Parametric
Mod. Parametric