Description Of Controls; Compress [1]; Distort [2]; Dual Phasor [3] - Alesis ModFX Bitrman Reference Manual

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Using the Bitrman

Description of Controls

Compress [1]

Turn the [COMPRESS] control clockwise for more compression.
At high settings, you'll get a lot of sustain, but less dynamic range.
When the control's all the way up, you'll find that soft and loud
inputs both come out at almost the same loudness. Depending on
the input signal, you may also hear an increase in noise; but this is
normal for all compressor/limiters with high output gain. As you
turn it down, the loud inputs will still be loud, but the soft inputs
will become softer. Turn [COMPRESS] full counter-clockwise
for no compression at all.

Distort [2]

Turn the [DISTORT] control clockwise for more distortion, and
full counter-clockwise for no distortion at all.

Dual Phasor [3]

The [DUAL PHASOR] control primarily controls the speed of the
phasing effect, from slow to fast. But the full counter-clockwise
position turns the phasing effect off entirely.

Bitrness Knob

See page 27 for complete descriptions of each Bitrness effect.
The [BITRNESS] knob does different things depending on what
Bitrness effect is chosen by the BITRNESS rocker switch.
Mode
COM B
DEC IMATOR
BIT REDUC ER
FM
RIN G MOD
FREQ SHIF T
30
[BITRNESS] controls:
Frequency of co mb filter (always in pat h).
Add s aliasing d istort ion
Dig ital w ord length reduction (clockwise for
more noise, distortio n, and compression )
Increases modulation frequency
Increases the ring mo dulation frequency
Increases the amount of frequency shift
Threshold
compression
I f yo u' r e us e d to c o mp re s so rs
with mu ltiple c on tr o ls ( lik e
the Ale s is Nan oCom p re ss o r
a nd 3 63 0 ), u n de rs ta n d th a t
tur ning up th e CO MPRES S
c on tr ol do es two th ing s
s im ulta n eo us ly: lo wer s the
thr es ho ld, a n d in cr e as es th e
o utpu t g ain b y th e s am e
a mo un t. The co mp re s sion
r atio is fix e d at a b ou t 6 :1 ,
a nd a tta ck a n d re le a se time s
a re s et at th e mo st us efu l fo r
ins tr um e ntal play in g .
Modulation depends
on the octave you're
playing in
Whe n a s ettin g us es FM,
RING MO D , or FREQ
S HI FT, the s e ttin g o f th e
[ BI TRNES S] c o ntro l m us t b e
v ar ie d d ep en d in g ho w h ig h
o r lo w in th e m us ic a l sc a le
the inp u t is . Fo r e xa mp le, the
s etting fo r a b as s p la ye r a nd
a g uita r is t will be to ta lly
d iffe re n t.