Tutorial; Introduction - Art Quadra/FX User Manual

TUTORIAL

The best way to understand the Quadra/FX is to just jump in and edit some presets. It doesn't take long and
you'll see how easy editing is due to the Quadra/FX's intuitive layout. This section consists of four tutorials:
Creating From Scratch, Just Editing , MIDI , and Advanced Application Notes . After you finish the tutorials,
check out the section entitled The Quadra/FX's Adjustable Parameters , on page 27, for a complete list of
each effect's parameters and ranges.

Introduction

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The Quadra/FX contains four DSP engines and four separate input and output channels. Typically, an engine
processes one individual channel of audio, but engines can be grouped into a stereo pair. Two stereo pairs
can even be run in series to create multiple effects. Furthermore, it is possible to combine the processing
power of all four engines to create a "super charged" ultra-stereo processor. Engines are automatically
distributed among the channels with our proprietary Dynamic Engine Allocation (DEA) technology. DEA
allows for the following creative signal-routing options:
Discrete 4 (mono)
Twin Stereo
In Discrete 4 routing, each engine separately processes one
channel of sound and is just like having four mono effect-
processors. Inputs and Outputs #1–4 correspond to Engines
#1–4.
Twin Stereo routing contains two effect-processors with two
linked engines each. The result is two true-stereo processors.
Each channel remains independent, but the effect parameters of
each group are linked to create stereo processing. Inputs,
Outputs, and Engines #1 and #2 correspond to the first
processor, while Inputs, Outputs, and Engines #3 and #4
correspond to the second processor.
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