Linking Effects; Control Module And Global Module - Zoom A2 Operation Manual

The patches of the A2 can be thought of as eight serially linked effect modules, as shown in the illustration
below. You can use all effect modules together or selectively set certain modules to off to use just specific
effect modules,
MODEL MIC
MARTIN MIC
DREADNOUGHT
GIBSON SUPER
JUMBO
MARTIN
AUDITORIUM
GIBSON ROUND
SHOULDER
TACOMA
OVATION
NYLON
MACCAFERRI
DOBRO
* Manufacturer names and product names
NATIONAL
mentioned in this table are trademarks or
RESOPHONIC
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
TUBE PRE AMP
The names are used only to illustrate sonic
characteristics and do not indicate any affiliation
with ZOOM CORPORATION.
For some effect modules, you can select an effect
type from several possible choices. For example,
the MOD/EFX module comprises CHORUS,
FLANGER, and other effect types from which
you can choose one. The MODEL module is an
effect for simulating the sound of various types of
acoustic guitars. Switching effect types here
means selecting different guitar body sounds.
CONTROL module and
GLOBAL module
B e s i d e s t h e a b o v e m o d u l e s , t h e A 2 a l s o
incorporates a CONTROL module and GLOBAL
module. The CONTROL module comprises
settings such as expression pedal and foot switch
function allocation, as well as the master level
that applies to all patches.
ZOOM A2

Linking Effects

Effect module
COMP/LIMIT LO EQ
COMPRESSOR LO EQ
LIMITER LO
PARAMETRIC
EQ
HI EQ ZNR MOD/EFX
ZNR
HI EQ
CHORUS
HI
STEREO
PARAMETRIC
CHORUS
EQ
CHORUS
ENSEMBLE
FLANGER
RESONATOR
TAPE ECHO
REVERSE DELAY
AUTO WAH
TREMOLO
The GLOBAL module lets you optimize the A2
characteristics to fit the requirements of pickup
and guitar amp. It contains the following settings.
●
AMP SELECT
This parameter serves to optimize the frequency
response of the A2 to fit the type of amplifier. It
can be helpful to reduce the trebly sound that can
be a problem when playing an acoustic guitar
with a pickup through an amplifier. Settings with
different effect depth are available for Combo,
Stack, and other amp types.
●
PICKUP SELECT
This parameter serves to optimize the frequency
response of the A2 to fit the type of pickup. It can
also be used as a simulator for turning the sound
of an electric guitar into that of an acoustic guitar.
DELAY/REVERB
HALL
ROOM
SPRING
ARENA
TILED ROOM
AIR
MODERN SPRING
BRIGHT
SLAP REVERB
DELAY
DARK SLAP
REVERB
EARLY
REFLECTION
DETUNE
MULTI TAP DELAY
PHASER
DELAY
ECHO
PINGPONG DELAY
STEP
Effect
type
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