Gate - Roland MC-909 Owner's Manual

29: GATE

Cuts the reverb's delay according to the volume of the sound sent
into the effect. Use this when you want to create an artificial-
sounding decrease in the reverb's decay.
fig.MFX29
L in
Gate
R in
Gate
Parameter Value Description
Threshold 0–127 Volume level at which the gate be-
#1 gins to close
Mode GATE, Type of gate
DUCK
Balance #2 D100:0W– Volume balance between the direct
D0:100W sound (D) and the effect sound (W)
Attack 0–127 Adjusts the time it takes for the gate
Time to fully open after being triggered.
Hold Time 0–127 Adjusts the time it takes for the gate
to start closing after the source
sound falls beneath the Threshold.
Release 0–127 Adjusts the time it takes the gate to
Time fully close after the hold time.
Level 0–127 Output level
L out
R out
GATE: The gate will close when
the volume of the original sound
decreases, cutting the original
sound.
DUCK (Ducking): The gate will
close when the volume of the
original sound increases, cutting
the original sound.
30: LOFI NOISE (Lo-Fi Noise)
In addition to a lo-fi effect, this adds various types of noise such as
white noise and disc noise.
fig.MFX30
L in
Lo-Fi
Noise Gen.
Lo-Fi
R in
Parameter Value Description
LoFi Type 1–9 Degrades the sound quality. The
sound quality grows poorer as this
value is increased.
Post Flter OFF, LPF, Type of filter
Type HPF
Post Filter 200–8000 Center frequency of the filter
Cutoff Hz
W/P Noise WHITE, Switch between white noise and
Type PINK pink noise.
W/P Noise 200–8000 Center frequency of the low pass fil-
LPF Hz, BY- ter applied to the white/pink noise
PASS (BYPASS: no cut)
W/P Noise 0–127 Volume of the white/pink noise
Level
Disc Noise LP, EP, SP, Type of record noise
Type RND
Disc Noise 200–8000 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the
LPF Hz, BY- low pass filter applied to the record
PASS noise. If you don't want to filter out
any high frequencies, set this pa-
rameter to BYPASS.
Disc Noise 0–127 Volume of the record noise
Level
Hum Noise 50Hz, 60Hz Frequency of the hum noise
Type
Hum Noise 200–8000 Center frequency of the low pass fil-
LPF Hz, BY- ter applied to the hum noise (BY-
PASS PASS: no cut)
Hum Noise 0–127 Volume of the hum noise
Level
Balance #1 D100:0W– Volume balance between the direct
D0:100W sound (D) and the effect sound (W)
Level #2 0–127 Output level
Multi-Effects List
L out
R out
OFF: no filter is used
LPF: cuts the frequency range
above the Cutoff
HPF: cuts the frequency range
below the Cutoff
The frequency at which the noise
is heard depends on the selected
type.
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