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EFFECTS AND PARAMETERS
This section briefly explains each of the effect types and their parameters. For information on
how to select effects and edit them, see the sections SELECTING EFFECT PROGRAMS
(page 16), and EDITING EFFECT PROGRAMS (page 18).
Compressor Block
The Compressor is especially effective for guitar since it
smooths out the “peaks” and “valleys” in the sound.
Compression “squashes” the dynamic range of the signal,
making loud signals softer and soft signals louder. Nor-
mally, the Compressor limits signals of widely varying
loudness to a dynamic range more suitable for use with the
other effects. For this reason, compression is effective on
guitar in smoothing out the level differences caused by
uneven picking technique.
A
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(No parameter for this Parameter Dial.)
B
Attack
Range: 1 – 16
Determines the amount of time it takes for compression to
begin after an input signal is detected. Longer attack
times let through more of the natural attack of the input
signal.
C
Sense
Range: 1 – 16
Determines the degree of compression. Maximum values
result in a smaller dynamic range, where originally loud
sounds become soft, and vice versa. This increases the
sustain of the sound.
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(No parameter for this Parameter Dial.)
E
Level
Range: 0 – 15
Determines the level of the Compressor sound. Higher
settings are used for boosting the overall signal to an
appropriate level, since compression effectively lowers the
level of the sound.
HINT
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The Level parameter should be set to an appro-
priate value to avoid sudden jumps or drops in level when
switching the Compressor block on and off.
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SENSE
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