Fx1 Fx2 - Mackie SNOWBOX Owner's Manual

SHOWBOX BATTERY POWERED ALL-IN-ONE PERFORMANCE RIG WITH BREAKAWAY MIX CONTROL
Appendix C : Table of Effects Presets
Effects that are available in both FX1 + FX2 – small/large chorus, fast/slow delay, delay + chorus, reverse delay, flanger,
phaser, and tremolo – may be "stacked", if so inclined. In other words, one of the instrument channels could essentially
"stack" two flangers or phasers to really fatten up the sound (and effect). Play around with the different effects
and "stacking" them. Works great with vocals, too!
Effect
SMALL CHORUS (FX1 + FX2)
LARGE CHORUS (FX1 + FX2)
FAST DELAY (FX1 + FX2)
SLOW DELAY (FX1 + FX2)
DELAY + CHORUS (FX1 + FX2)
OVERDRIVE (FX1)
FUZZ (FX1)
CRUNCH (FX1)
CAT'S MEOW
FLANGER (FX1 + FX2)
PHASER (FX1 + FX2)
TUBE MODEL (FX1)
TREMOLO (FX1 + FX2)
Description
These effects provide a soft, ethereal sweeping effect
that is useful for thickening and for making a particular
sound pop out of the mix.
These two effects provide delay with delay times of fast
and slow.
Delay + chorus combined as one adds rich, warm
character, but with modulated tails of delay.
This effect increases the gain, resulting in a "fuzzy" –
overdriven / distorted – tone. The tone is clipped,
but not too much. It is a "smooth, mellow grit".
This setting appears to make the ShowBox sound faulty
or damaged. It is not. The harmonic overtones dominate
the sound and the signal is absolutely clipped.
Crunch has more sustain than a clean tone
but less gain than overdrive or fuzz.
This effect will make your voice and/or instrument sound
like a cat's meow (at the sang / played pitch, of course).
The flange effect is a modulated delay with feedback
(and shorter delay times than a chorus), which creates
the characteristic "whooshing" sound often used to
describe the flange sound.
The phaser uses a series of all pass filters to alter the
phase of the signal so that when it adds to the dry signal,
you get notches in the output.
ShowBox is considered a "solid state" amp
as it doesn't have tubes. This effect
essentially "models" a tube model amplifier.
The tremolo effect produces a slight, rapid variation in
loudness. i.e. volume modulation
[Not to be confused with a guitar's tremolo bar which
fluctuates the pitch of the sound, not the volume.]
Perfect for enhancement of electric and acoustic
guitar and bass, or to add a dramatic effect to vocals,
These work best with full, up-beat music like
rock where the delay needs to cut through the mix.
A lot of heavy rock and metal bands employ fuzz. Some
blues and psychedelic artists, as well. Jimi Hendrix and
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) were frequent users.
Crunch is the perfect effect for rhythm guitar,
This effect is especially useful for gigs at House of Cats,
Royal Catbert Hall, Caturday Night Live, Red Cats, Seattle's
Showbox, and let's not forget the local fish market.
Guitarist King Edward (R.I.P.) used a phaser
Many musicians throughout history have used tube amps
on their recordings, live performances, and more.
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Example of its use
particularly group harmonies and choirs.
Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour,
often used this effect in his setup.
The late, great Stevie Ray Vaughn
used overdrive quite a bit on his albums.
with a moderate amount of overdrive.
Check out Heart's "Barracuda"!
all over the early Van Halen albums.
Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams,
Audioslave – Like a Stone and many more.