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Effects Increased to 121
There are never enough effects, particularly when it comes to the cool, inspiring beat-synced effects that Black Box does so well—and now we’ve upped the ante
from 43 to 121! Here they are, with the new ones emphasized in
bold
:
TREM1
Normal tremolo
RNFI8T
Random filter 1/8 note triplets,
band-pass filter
SWELL
Volume swell
TREM2
Hard-switched tremolo
RNFI16
Random filter 1/16 notes, band-pass
filter
FIXFLT
Fixed band-pass filter (use FX FREQ to
change frequency)
TREM3
Sawtooth wave tremolo
RNFI24
Random filter 1/16 note triplets,
band-pass filter
FIXFLA
Fixed flanger (use FX FREQ to change
frequency)
PAN1
Normal stereo panning
RNFL 4
Random flanger 1⁄4 notes
TLKPDL
Pedal-controlled talk box
PAN2
Hard-switched stereo panning
RNFL8
Random flanger 1/8 notes
SCIFI1
Science fiction sound FX 1
PAN3
Left-to-right only stereo panning
RNFL8T
Random flanger 1/8 note triplets
SCIFI2
Science fiction sound FX 2
PAN4
Hard-switched random panning
RNFL16
Random flanger 1/16 notes
SCIFI3
Science fiction sound FX 3
FTREM1
Filter tremolo 1, up and down
sweeping low-pass filter
RNFL24
Random flanger 1/16 note triplets
SCIFI4
Science fiction sound FX 4
FTREM2
Filter tremolo 2, sawtooth down mod
of low-pass filter
ATOWA1
Auto-wah 1 (filter frequency follows
guitar level)
SCIFI5
Science fiction sound FX 5
FTREM3
Filter tremolo 3, slow up and down
band-pass filter
ATOWA2
Auto-wah 2 (fixed attack-decay
speed)
TRSQ01 – TRSQ06
First 6 tremolo sequences
FTREM4
Filter tremolo 4, sawtooth up mod
of band-pass filter
ATOWA3
Auto-wah 3 (louder notes produce
lower filter freq)
TRSQ 7 – TRSQ20
14 more tremolo sequences
FTREM5
Filter tremolo 5, switches between
low-pass frequencies
ATOWA4
Auto-wah 4 (same as 1 but soft
filter tone)
FLSQ 1 – FLSQ 6
First 6 filter sequences
FLANG1
Slow flanger, positive phase (full
bass at top of cycle)
ATOWA5
Auto-wah 5 (same as 2 but soft
filter tone)
FLSQ 7 - FLSQ20
14 more filter sequences
FLANG2
1-bar flanger, inverted phase (less
bass at top of cycle)
ATOWA6
Auto-wah 6 (sharp attack, fixed
decay)
ARPG 1 – ARPG 6
First 6 arpeggio sequences
FLANG3
1⁄4-note flanger, inverted phase
ATOWA7
Auto-wah 7 (louder notes = higher
fixed filter)
ARPG 1 - ARPG20
14 more arpeggio sequences
CHORS1
Chorus 1, triangle wave, low depth
ATOWA8
Auto-wah 8 (louder notes = lower
fixed filter)
MVE2FI
MIDI velocity modulates filter freq
CHORS2
Chorus 2, sine wave, higher depth
WAHPDL
Wah pedal
MNT2FI
MIDI note modulates filter freq
ROTOR1
Rotary speaker 1, slow
TKBOX1
Talk Box 1 (voice box simulator)
MMD2FI
MIDI controllers 1 (mod wheel), 11, 16, 70 or
74 modulate filter freq
ROTOR2
Rotary speaker 2, fast
TKBOX2
Talk Box 2 (same as 1 but louder
notes result in lower tone)
MVE2FL
MIDI velocity modulates flanger freq
VIBRA1
Vibrato 1, slow speed
TKBOX3
Talk Box 3 (slow attack and decay
speeds)
MNT2FL
MIDI note modulates flanger freq
VIBRA2
Vibrato 2, medium speed
TKBOX4
Talk Box 4 (fast attack, slow delay
speed)
MMD2FL
MIDI controllers 1 (mod wheel), 11, 16, 70 or
74 modulate flanger freq
RNFI 4
Random filter 1/4 notes, band-
pass filter
TKBOX5
Talk Box 5 (note-triggered chorus
sound)
RNFI 8
Random filter 1/8 notes, band-pass
filter
TKBOX6
Talk Box 6 (louder notes result in
higher fixed freq)
As you can see, some of the new effects (TREM3, FTREM3-5) are variations
on existing effect types while others (PAN, ROTOR, VIBRA) are completely new
effect types. Here’s a little information about the new effect types:
PAN1 - PAN4
This effect automatically moves the pan position of your instrument within the
stereo field. As in other modulation effects, the speed may be either one of a
number of fixed or beat-synced values. Use PAN1 for normal back-and-forth
panning; a speed of 1⁄4 notes is a good place to start. PAN2 hard-switches
between the left right sides; set the speed to 8 bars to “trade fours” with
yourself.
ROTOR1 and ROTOR2
This is a simulation of the classic rotary speaker effect, primarily used with organ
but also appearing on countless guitar recordings, including Cream’s classic hit
“Badge.” Use ROTOR1 for the slow rotary effect and ROTOR2 for the fast effect.
VIBRA1 and VIBRA2
Vibrato, a periodic variation of pitch, is an effect that can add a movement to
your sound that is more subtle than chorus or flanging—kind of like continuously
moving the whammy bar on a Strat. Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell commonly plays
with vibrato on the whole time and this adds a very nice quality to his tone,
particularly when the vibrato interacts with the delay and reverb in his sound to
produce chorus-like textures.
SWELL (Volume Swell)
For best results, try to silence each note before playing the next one. Otherwise,
you'll hear a little bit of the subsequent note as the volume is very quickly being
turned down from the full level of the last note's sustain.
FIXFLT (fixed filter)
This is like having a single parametric EQ before the amp models. Use the FX FREQ
control to set the frequency and the FX WET/DRY control to set the amount.
FIXFLA (fixed flanger)
A flanger is actually a very short delay (0 to 10 ms) with feedback that moves up
and down periodically, so a fixed flanger is merely a short delay with feedback.
This can be used to achieve a sound similar to that of your amp in a small brick
room—you can even use the FX FREQ control to set the size of the room.
