Engine Button; Effects Button; Class Button - Art Quadra/FX User Manual

& ENGINE BUTTON

' EFFECTS BUTTON

( CLASS BUTTON

The Quadra/FX contains up to four audio signal processors, or engines. Pressing this
button and turning the Encoder will select an engine for editing (the selected engine
LED will flash). Depending on the current routing, one or more engine LEDs may flash.
Press the Engine button again to return to Preset mode. For more information on
engines, see page 27.
Press the Effects button and turn the Encoder to pick an effect algorithm for
the currently selected engine (the selected effect LED will flash). Twelve
effect families are available: Chamber, Room, Hall, Plate, Delay, Pitch,
Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Rotary, Tremolo, and Panner. Since Panner and
Rotary are stereo effects, they are not available in Discrete 4 (mono)
routing. Press the Encoder or the Class button to load the selected effect. If
you instead press the Effects button, you will return to Preset mode with the
previous effect still loaded. For more information on effects, see page 29.
Press the Class button and turn the Encoder to scroll through six algorithmic
variations, or classes, of the current effect. With twelve effect families and six
variations of each family, the Quadra/FX contains 72 different signal-processing
algorithms. The six class choices are Vocal, Instrument, Concert, Gated, Ambience,
and Dynamic. Each effect variation is optimized for a particular type of use, based
on its name; these are only suggestions. Sometimes the best results can be
obtained by choosing unconventional classes for an application. As you turn the
Encoder, you will immediately hear the sound of each class. Please note that some
Ambient classes use stereo algorithms that are not available in Discrete 4 (mono)
routing. For more information on classes, see page 28. Press the Class button
again to return to Preset mode.
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