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Appendix C : Table of Effects Presets
Effects that are available in both FX1 + FX2 – small/large chorus, fast/slow delay, delay + chorus, reverse delay, flanger,
phaser, and tremolo – may be “stacked”, if so inclined. In other words, one of the instrument channels could essentially
“stack” two flangers or phasers to really fatten up the sound (and effect). Play around with the different effects
and “stacking” them. Works great with vocals, too!
Effect
Description
Example of its use
SMALL CHORUS (FX1 + FX2)
LARGE CHORUS (FX1 + FX2)
These effects provide a soft, ethereal sweeping effect
that is useful for thickening and for making a particular
sound pop out of the mix.
Perfect for enhancement of electric and acoustic
guitar and bass, or to add a dramatic effect to vocals,
particularly group harmonies and choirs.
FAST DELAY (FX1 + FX2)
SLOW DELAY (FX1 + FX2)
These two effects provide delay with delay times of fast
and slow.
These work best with full, up-beat music like
rock where the delay needs to cut through the mix.
DELAY + CHORUS (FX1 + FX2)
Delay + chorus combined as one adds rich, warm
character, but with modulated tails of delay.
Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour,
often used this effect in his setup.
OVERDRIVE (FX1)
This effect increases the gain, resulting in a “fuzzy” –
overdriven / distorted – tone. The tone is clipped,
but not too much. It is a “smooth, mellow grit”.
The late, great Stevie Ray Vaughn
used overdrive quite a bit on his albums.
FUZZ (FX1)
This setting appears to make the ShowBox sound faulty
or damaged. It is not. The harmonic overtones dominate
the sound and the signal is absolutely clipped.
A lot of heavy rock and metal bands employ fuzz. Some
blues and psychedelic artists, as well. Jimi Hendrix and
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) were frequent users.
CRUNCH (FX1)
Crunch has more sustain than a clean tone
but less gain than overdrive or fuzz.
Crunch is the perfect effect for rhythm guitar,
with a moderate amount of overdrive.
CAT’S MEOW
This effect will make your voice and/or instrument sound
like a cat’s meow (at the sang / played pitch, of course).
This effect is especially useful for gigs at House of Cats,
Royal Catbert Hall, Caturday Night Live, Red Cats, Seattle’s
Showbox, and let’s not forget the local fish market.
FLANGER (FX1 + FX2)
The flange effect is a modulated delay with feedback
(and shorter delay times than a chorus), which creates
the characteristic “whooshing” sound often used to
describe the flange sound.
Check out Heart’s “Barracuda”!
PHASER (FX1 + FX2)
The phaser uses a series of all pass filters to alter the
phase of the signal so that when it adds to the dry signal,
you get notches in the output.
Guitarist King Edward (R.I.P.) used a phaser
all over the early Van Halen albums.
TUBE MODEL (FX1)
ShowBox is considered a “solid state” amp
as it doesn’t have tubes. This effect
essentially “models” a tube model amplifier.
Many musicians throughout history have used tube amps
on their recordings, live performances, and more.
TREMOLO (FX1 + FX2)
The tremolo effect produces a slight, rapid variation in
loudness. i.e. volume modulation
[Not to be confused with a guitar’s tremolo bar which
fluctuates the pitch of the sound, not the volume.]
Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams,
Audioslave – Like a Stone and many more.
