TC Electronic G-System, User Manual

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EFFECTS – MOD
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Vintage Phaser & Smooth Phaser
Introduction
The G-System provides two very effective phaser types.
The
Vintage Phaser will give you a phasing effect similar
to the one found in old stomp boxes. The Smooth Phaser
is more subtle and less dominant.
The Vintage Phaser utilizes
four all-pass filters. These
filters create a comb-looking effect on the sound
spectrum. When the filtered sound is mixed with the
direct sound, a “phasing” effect occurs.
The Smooth Phaser utilizes
twelve all-pass filters. Due to
the higher number of filters, the Smooth Phaser simply
sounds smoother than the Vintage type.
Parameters and value ranges for the two Phaser types
are identical. The difference is the filter at the core of the
two Phaser models.
Speed
Range: 0.050Hz to 20Hz
Sets the speed of the effect.
Tempo
Range: Ignore, 2 to 1/32T (T= Triplet & D= Dotted)
When set to any value between 2 and 1/32T, the G-
System’s Global Tempo is subdivided according to this
setting. When set to “Ignore”, the speed set by the Speed
parameter is used instead.
The Tap Master parameter – located in the Utility
menu – specifies whether the
Global tempo or the
tempo set by the Speed parameter in each preset
should be used at preset change.
Depth
Range: 0 to 100%
The Depth parameter specifies the intensity of the effect.
The value represents the amplitude of the modulating
waveform.
Fb – FeedBack
Range: -100 to +100%
This parameter controls the amount of feedback in the
Phaser. Negative values inverse the phase of the signal
that is fed back to the algorithm’s Input.
Range
Range: Low to High
Determines whether the phasing effect should be mainly
on the high or low-end frequencies.
Rev – Reverse
Range: On/off
Reversing the phase in one of the channels creates a
much wider sounding phasing effect.
Mix
Range: 0 to 100%
This parameter sets the relationship between the dry
signal and the level of the effect in this Effect Block.
OutLev – Out Level
Range: -100 to 0dB
This parameter sets the overall Output level of this effect.
Enable
Range: Off/On
The effect’s status. All settings are stored as part of the
preset even if this particular effect is disabled.