DigiTech ACCESS Manual page 20

If you perform live, it is strongly recommended that you invest in the FS300 footswitch. The
FS300 has three buttons that allow you to bypass the harmony voices, mute the reverb effect to
talk to your audience between songs, and switch between 'main' and 'alternate' keys on Scale
presets. What are 'main' and 'alternate' Keys? Read on to the section below which explains what
they are and why they are so nifty to use.
To use the FS-300, follow the following steps:
connect FS-300 footswitch box to the 'footswitch input' on ACCESS.
press the first switch from the left to switch between 'main' and 'alt' keys'.
press the middle switch to mute the reverb effect
press the right hand switch to mute the harmonies in ACCESS.
Alternate key selection is only available with the FS-300 footswitch. Songs sometimes change to
another key or use a different scale somewhere in the song. Perhaps you would like to stay in the
same key but change to a higher or lower harmony voice in the bridge of your song. These are
the reasons for main/alt key switching. With main/alt switching you can pre-select an alternative
harmony sound including key, scale, and voicings for each Scale preset and switch back and
forth using the optional FS300 footswitch.
To create a Scale preset with unique settings for the 'main' and 'alt' Keys follow the steps
below:
select a Key/Scale that will work for the main part of your song following the editing
method on page 13.
press the left switch on your FS-300. The display will now show that your are on the
'alt' Key setting. The new Key and Scale will be shown in the LCD display.
to edit the 'alt' Key, press the footswitch button and follow the same edit steps for
adjusting Key and Scale. Any changes to the 'main' or 'alt' Keys may be stored with
the preset.
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