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The Effects Chain Editor
Effects Parameters
Min Freq and Max Freq are the low and high limits of the resonant frequency as the filter is
swept. You can set the Min Freq higher than the Max Freq, in which case the filter will sweep
"upside down" relative to the controlling clock. The range for both is 16 to 8372 Hz.
LFO Shape is the waveform type for the LFO. Choices are Sine, Saw+, Saw-, Pulse, and Tri.
LFO PlsWid (Pulse Width). When the LFO Shape is set to Pulse, this sets the pulse width
as a percentage of the waveform period. When the width is set to 50%, the result is a square
wave. This parameter has no effect if other waveform types are chosen. Range is 0 to 100%.
LFO Smooth smooths (removes the higher harmonics from) the Saw+, Saw-, and Pulse
waveforms. A Sawtooth wave becomes more like a triangle wave, and a Pulse wave becomes
more like a sine wave. Range is 0 to 100%.
Distortion
Distortion effects on the Forte SE may also include a parametric equalizer or a cabinet
simulator.
Dist Drive applies a boost to the input signal to overdrive the distortion effect into soft
clipping. This will tend to make the signal very loud, so you may have to reduce the Out
Gain as this parameter is increased. Range is 0 to 96 dB.
Warmth is a lowpass filter in the distortion control path. This filter may be used to reduce
some of the harshness of some distortion settings without reducing the bandwidth of the
signal. Range is 16 to 25088 Hz.
Highpass allows you to reduce the bass content of the distortion content in the smaller
distortion effects that don't have true parametric EQ. Range is 16 to 25088 Hz.
Cab Preset selects from eight cabinet simulations which have been created based on
measurements of real guitar amplifier cabinets. The presets are: Basic, Lead 12, 2x12, Open
12, Open 10, 4x12, Hot 2x12, and Hot 12.
Cab Bypass switches on and off the cabinet-simulation part of the effect. When this is set to
"In", the cabinet simulation is active; when it is "Out", there is no cabinet action.
Cabinet HP and Cabinet LP are highpass and lowpass filters to set the frequency response
limits of the cabinets. Range of both filters is 16 to 25088 Hz.
Polydistort
This is a more complex distortion effect that provides two, four, or six stages of distortion.
Curve n controls the curvature of the individual distortion stages. 0% is no curvature (no
distortion at all). At 100%, the curve bends over smoothly and becomes perfectly flat right
before it goes into clipping. Maximum value is 127%.
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