Editing Effects Parameters - Alesis DM10 Operator's Manual

EDITING EFFECTS PARAMETERS

On this page, you can apply a variety of effects such as reverb,
chorus, or delay to the entire Kit:
1. Press DRUM KIT to go to the Main Screen.
2. Press EDIT INST.
number and name of the Kit whose effects you will be
editing.
3. Select FX (F4).
4. Select any of the options at the bottom of the LCD using the F-BUTTONS. Use CURSOR UP / DOWN
to move through the menu items and VALUE UP / DOWN
or the VALUE DIAL to adjust the settings:
a. RVB (reverb)
Type:
types of reverb are named after the kind of room
whose reverb is being emulated).
effects on the Kit, select "OFF."
Size: The size of the virtual "room" as designated
by the reverb Type.
Color: The amount of high-frequency dampening of the reverb, which affects its tone.
Level: The level of the reverb.
b. FX (other effects)
Type: The kind of effect applied. To disable effects on the Kit, select "OFF." The effects –
and their editable parameters – are as follows:
FLANGER:
phase-shifting. The DM10's flangers have the
same editable parameters.
CHORUS:
adding a slightly delayed and slightly pitch-
shifted "wet" signal to the original ("dry") signal,
producing a sound with a depth similar to that of
a string section or choir.
effects have the same editable parameters.
The top of the screen will show the
The kind of reverb applied (most often,
Flanging is a kind of phasing or
Mono Flanger: Traditional flanging effect.
Stereo Flanger: Flanger with a simulated
stereo effect, creating a "wider" sound.
XOver Flanger: The
"moves" around the stereo field.
Rate: The speed at which the sound will "flange."
Depth: How much of the delayed (or phase-shifted) signal is added to the
original.
Feedback: How much of the flanging signal will be routed back into the flanger
again, which intensifies the effect.
Level: The volume level of the flanging signal.
A chorus effect is produced by
Mono Chorus 1: Traditional chorus effect.
Mono Chorus 2: A variation of the
traditional chorus effect.
Stereo Chorus: Chorus with a simulated stereo effect, creating a "wider" sound.
XOver Chorus: The chorus effect "moves" around the stereo field.
Rate: The speed of the modulation of the chorus (or how much the signal is
delayed).
Depth: How much the chorus's delay varies.
Feedback: How much of the delayed signal will be routed back into the
processor again, which creates a thicker chorus effect.
Level: The volume level of the chorus signal.
To disable
flanging effect
The DM10's chorus
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