Using The Bitrman; About Multieffects - Alesis ModFX Bitrman Reference Manual

Using the Bitrman

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This section will explain how the effects work, and explains the
functions of the Bitrman's controls in greater detail.

About multieffects

Think of the Bitrman as being four different effect boxes in one.
If you hooked up separate "stomp boxes" with cables, you'd find
that the same four boxes will produce radically different sounds
when they're connected in different orders. Take, for example,
this chain of devices:
Com pr e s s or
The input is compressed first, then distorted, then phased, then
modulated. The resulting sound of the above will be very different
from this chain:
D is t o r t
The fact that the compressor is last in this chain, after all the other
effects have taken place, can have a dramatic effect...especially if
the input is a dynamic source like a guitar, with sudden transients
on the attacks that are much louder. In this chain, the distortion
will be more dynamic on those attacks; in the first chain, the
compressor (if it's turned up) "squeezes" the attacks down to the
same levels, so the distortion is more even.
In the Bitrman, you can "rearrange the order of the stomp boxes"
by using the CONFIGURE switch.
After the order of effects has been set, the basic operation of the
Bitrman couldn't be simpler. Each of the effects has a single
knob, controlling how much the signal will be affected by that
particular part of the chain. First, let us explain what each
individual effect is designed to do.
D is t o r t P ha so r
Bit r n e s s P ha so r
Bit r n e s s
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