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Chapter 4 Effects
You can use the SU200’s ribbon controller and EFFECT CONTROL knobs to apply an effect or filter
to playback of any sample or to real-time audio input. The basic operation is described in the Quick
Start tutorial (see page 17). This chapter provides a more detailed explanation about the effects, the
filter, the scratch feature, and the time-stretch feature.
• The scratch effect cannot be used in combination with the TIME effect, but can be used with
any of the other effects or filters.
• Effects, filters, and scratch do not operate during playback of high-grade samples.
Selecting the Pad that Receives the Effect or Filter
As explained in the Quick Start tutorial (see page 17), you select the pad that receives the effect (or fil-
ter) by (a) pressing the pad, and then (b) pressing the appropriate effect button. Note however, that
pressing the pad also causes the pad’s sample to start or stop playback. In many cases—such as
when you are in the midst of a performance and multiple pads are playing—you may want to move the
effect to a different pad without starting or stopping playback of that pad’s sample. You can do this by
holding down the [HOLD] button while pressing the pad.
The following example shows how this works. Assume that the effect is originally assigned to pad 1,
and that pads 1 though 5 are playing, with all other pads silent.
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Hold down the [HOLD] button and press pad 2. This cancels the effect for pad 1 and moves the effect to pad 2. The
pad-2 sample continues playing. (Since you were holding [EXIT] down, playback did not stop when you pressed the
pad.)
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Hold down the [HOLD] button again and press pad 7. The effect now moves to pad 7. Again, the pad-7 playback
state remains unchanged (the pad-7 sample remains off).
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Now hold down the [HOLD] button once again and press the AUDIO IN pad. The effect will now apply to your audio
input. The current audio-input state remains unchanged (in this case, remains off).
Pressing the [HOLD] button together with a pad also sets that pad as the “held” pad. (See page 32.)
Effects, Filter, and Scratch
As you can see from the panel, you are free to use any of the effects listed below. You can control
the characteristics of each effect by turning EFFECT CONTROL knobs 1 and 2.
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LOOP REMIX
This effect breaks the pad’s sample (the part between the start point and end point) into multiple pieces, and rear-
ranges these pieces into a different order. Use this as an easy way to create new drum patterns out of existing 1-bar
and 2-bar drum-pattern samples.
• Type
.................... Controls how the sample is broken up. Turning knob 1 to the right increases the number of
pieces (reducing the size of each piece).
• Variation
............. Turning knob 2 to the right increases the amount of reverse playback with the rearranged
pieces.
NOTE
A-2
A-7
AUdIO
Chapter 4 Effects