3 – Effects
TASCAM Pocketstudio 5
Reference Manual
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FX1
Refers to the effector which is between
INPUT
A
and
the recorded tracks. It is primarily meant for use with
guitars (either electric or acoustic) and bass guitars.
The presets available for this effector are:
Name
Description
EGTR
(electric guitar) settings
TraDist
Traditional distortion and doubling with a
short delay
Tube OD
Tube (valve) overdrive and vibrato
BlueDrv
Blues overdrive with an auto-wah. Use short
picking strokes with this setting
BlueSlid
Blues with a right and left tremelo
R.Bottom
80’s heavy rock sound
ClsRock1
A classic 70’s British stack sound
ClsRock2
A deeper classic sound with a detuned cho-
rus effect
MelSus
Mellow sustain setting with longish sustain.
Use this with a front humbucker for a sweet
drive sound
SmthDist
Smooth distortion for solos, using echo with
an overdrive sound
SpeeKing
Single-coil pickup distortion
Heavy1
Distorted “tube”-type sound for heavy rock
Heavy2
Fuzz and flange for a heavy feel
Heavy3
Chorus and distortion
Metal
Traditional metal sound (twin lead)
80sRock1
80s metal with a cutting edge
80sRock2
Deeper echo and a high cut with distortion
90sRock
Bright distortion and reverb; good for solo
use
FstChor
Good with a single-coil pickup for chords and
arpeggios. Similar to acoustic.
CompChr1
For single-coil pickups - chorus with pre-
delay expands the treble-emphasized sound
CompChr2
A good backing sound
Rhythm1
A backing sound with an edge to it
Rhythm2
Smooth backing sound, suitable for jazz
Rhythm3
A harder backing sound
Funk
A “feather” effect for funk/fusion backing
Groove
Flanger provides a rolling sound for backing,
and arpeggio playing
Country
Short echo and compression
Crying
Very emotional — use at different volumes
for a variety of effects
Weeping
Overdrive with a “big heart”
Fusion1
Sweet sustained overdrive
Fusion2
Long delay and bright distortion
ClnSolo
Long sustained solos are possible with this
sound
PwrDist1
A tube settingwith echo
PwrDist2
A deep chorused distortion for an American
rock sound
PwrDist3
A rough, metal distortion sound
PwrDist4
Doubled distortion with an edge
Texas1
The classic “black panel amp” sound
Texas2
A powerful overdriven sound
Texas3
A sharper overdrive sound
Texas4
Chorus and “stretched” overdrive
Swingy
Mid-peaking warm sound
FatJazz1
Use on jazz pieces with breaks
FatJazz2
Compressed “fat” jazz setting
R&B
High emphasis with a rough sound
ClnVerb
Clear long sustained sound
CtyBlues
Fat-sounding overdrive
LtlWing
Bright crunch sound
CoolPick
3D sound with some “feathering” on the
crunch
Fuzzy
A fuzzy deepened sound
Hazy
No matter what color it is, it’s still hazy (use
with a single-coil pickup)
BritCln
The traditional British clean sound
PowChord
Distorted backing power chord setting
BmLead
A special lead sound with pitch shift of a sev-
enth and distortion
FlngGtr
Treble overdrive and a “jet” flanger
Oct.Dist
One octave down split distortion
PhaseRev
Phase and reverb for backing
Ensemble
3D chorus effect — good with single-coil
pickups
Surf
Suitable for West Coast surf
Violin
Smooth attack — nice with a humbucker
BlkPanel
A famous tube combo with spring reverb
UK Stack
Maybe the most famous stack in the world
Jimi Box
There was only one Jimi and his distorted
sound was something like this
MBoogie
Famous combo sounds
HeartBrk
Tube stack at low gain
GentWeep
Chorus and distortion—great for a “crying”
solo
Bfinger
Distortion and retuned chorus. Good for fin-
ger-style playing
Tweed
Tweed-covered amp sound — use with the
front single-coil pickup and blues
RSCrunch
A warm “crunch” guitar setting for single-coil
NightDrv
A deeper shade of purple. Single-coil sounds
good here
Ult.Funk
Ultimate funky cutting sound
Axe Bom
Heavy metal with a doubling edge
Doctor
Wah-wah pedal halfway down
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