Editing Effects - Alesis S4 Plus Reference Manual

Clip
While routing sounds into the effects processor, the word "CLIP" will temporarily
appear in the display if an input is overloading the effects. If this should occur, try
reducing the Input Levels for each of the effects devices in the current configuration,
and (if necessary) reduce the Effects Levels in the Mix/Program.

Editing Effects

The Effects Patches themselves are not edited in Program Edit Mode or Mix Edit
Mode, but (could you guess it?) Effects Edit Mode. You can enter Effects Edit mode
by pressing the [SELECT] button until the display looks something like this:
MIDI
1
CHAN
EDITING:
PITCH
CONFIG
PAGE: 1 2
The basic method of navigating through the displays in Effects Edit mode is similar to
that in Program Edit Mode and Mix Edit Mode.
• The FUNCTION [¨] and [Æ] buttons and the DIRECT SELECT buttons are used
to select a function (Pitch, Mod, Name, Configuration, Reverb, Delay and Mix).
• If a function has more than one page, the display will indicate the number of
pages available in the bottom left corner. Use the PAGE [¨] and [Æ] buttons to
scroll through a function's pages.
• Use the [EDIT 1] button to select which of the four effect sends you want to edit
(the [EDIT 4] button will not let you edit multiple sends, but rather will switch the
display back to Program Edit mode and enable Edit 4 mode).
The important thing to understand is the hierarchy of the displays. Think of it as a
three dimensional game of Chess, where you can move among three different axes.
Each function has 1 or more pages. But, the number of pages a function has
available will differ when another effect send is selected (using the [EDIT 1] button).
For example, if you are using Configuration #1 and trying to edit the Reverb
parameters, you would need to have effect send 1 selected, because that's where the
Reverb is located. So, you not only have to be aware of how to select a function and
a page, but how to select the effect send as well.
Not all effects are available in each Configuration. For example, if you were to select
the Pitch function on effect send 4 in Configuration #1, the display would read, "(NOT
IN THIS CONFIG)." This is because a Pitch module is available on sends 1, 2 and 3 in
Configuration #1, but not on send 4—as you can see in the chart on page 91.
Although only used in Configuration #s 4 and 5, the word "MISC." will appear in the
display. This can be selected in the same manner as any other function using the
FUNCTION [¨] and [Æ] buttons. The MISC function is where you access the EQ
parameters used in Configuration #4, and the Overdrive effect's parameters in
Configuration #5. If you are using Configuration #s 1–3, and you select the MISC
function, the display will read "(NOT IN CONFIG)", since there are no EQ or
Overdrive parameters in these configurations.
S4 Plus Reference Manual
PROG
PRESET
1
MOD
REVERB DELAY MIX MISC.
Editing Effects: Chapter 7
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