Source Audio Soundblox Pro User Manual page 24

Octave Extension (OE)
This Backpage parameter offers a choice between a seven or eight band
equalizer. The illumination of the bottom most
of the factory default 7-band
from the bottom signifies the selection of an 8-band
8th band is one octave above the highest band in the default setting
EQ
(8 Kilohertz).
Once the 8-band
has been exited, the additional 8K band can be accessed by scrolling
the all the way to the right, then hitting the right arrow button one
EQ
additional time. Each frequency band setting will shift one position to
the left opening access to the
Note: This is a global setting and will not be saved per preset.
Volume (VA)
Adjusts the pedal's final output signal level. It is possible to change the
factory default output level by +/-
Q (Q)
First, let's define what
band-pass filter in the tuner section was, the better the radio could tune
in a desired station and reject other stations at nearby frequencies. So
the sharpness of the filter was termed "quality", or
Adjusting the Q parameter in the
filter definition. Increasing the Q's of the filters results in narrower and
sometimes higher peaks in the frequency response. In general, it will
sound wetter, although it is certainly possible to overdo it—the highest
Q settings are extreme. Notches in the frequency response, however,
will become less evident with higher Q's (because they will become nar-
rower.). Decreasing Q will create a dryer, less effect driven tone.
The center position of the
change to Q. Going up to higher values can reach a factor of
values go to . Higher Q's may require a volume reduction on the
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. The illumination of the second
EQ
has been selected and the Backpages mode
EQ
band in the right most column.
8K
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is. In the early days of radio, the sharper the
Q
BEF
display represents a value of
LED
signifies the selection
LED
dB in steps of 1 dB.
Q
Pro multiplies all the Q's in the
LED
. The additional
EQ
.
, or no
1.0
. Lower
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