Write/Copy - Engl SOVEREIGN 100 Operator's Manual

13 FX Loop 1/2
This button switches to and fro between FX Loop 1 and FX Loop 2 . The red LED above
the button lights up to indicate FX Loop 2 is on. You can also select loops via MIDI
program change or Custom Z-9 Footswitch.
A tip from the designer:
Both effect loops can be configured in series (that is, 100% processed signal when
Balance is set to Effect ) or in parallel (1% to 99% mix of preamp and effect signal
when Balance is set somewhere between dry and Effect ), or be bypassed altogether
(0 % wet balance when Balance is set to dry ). You can connect an effect device to
each of the effect loops and switch from one effect device to the other using the FX
Loop 1/2 function, or employ just one of the two effect loops (for example, FX 2
Loop) and use FX Loop 1/2 to activate the effect. In the latter case, FX Loop 1 serves
as a bypass (set its Balance knob to the dry position). Note that in the signal path, FX
Loop 1 and FX Loop 2 are post the preamp and pre the two master knobs.
14 Reverb
This button activates and deactivates the onboard spring reverb system. The red LED
above the button lights up to indicate Reverb is active. This button is important when
you're programming MIDI patches. Use it to assign the internal reverb signal to the
desired MIDI preset. Adjust the wet signal for the two main channels using the
assigned Reverb knob (45, 46) located at the rear panel of the amp. Reverb can also be
switched via MIDI program change or Custom Z-9 Footswitch.

15 Write/Copy

Press this button to store the modified setting of a programmable feature to a MIDI
memory slot (generally called a preset). Here's how to distinguish between Write and
Copy : with the former you're actually programming or writing a new MIDI preset, with
the latter you're making an exact duplicate of an existing preset.
The system will select a Write operation whenever you edit a MIDI preset, that is, when
you have modified a programmable feature. You'll know that this is the case because
the Status LED flashes steadily when you edit one or several programmable features. If
you press the button and did not edit a MIDI preset, the system will select Copy . This
means that the given preset becomes the source, and its contents are dumped to
another preset and stored there. When you press this button, the Status LED lights up
continuously to indicate Copy is activated. The system quits Copy mode autonomously
if you do not select a new MIDI preset within about 30 seconds.
The preset programming process -- the Write command, that is -- is not carried out as
soon as you press the button. Pressing the button merely initiates the process. You
must hold it down for about a second until the Status LED flashes three times in rapid
succession. This mechanism is designed to prevent inadvertent programming. You can
cancel the programming process at any time before the Status LED first illuminates by
releasing the Write button. Again, the preset will only be programmed successfully if
you press and hold the button until the Status LED flashes three times.
You'll have to go through a similar routine to copy a preset once you select a target
preset: When the Status LED extinguishes, the copy operation is underway and can no
longer be cancelled. The LED flashes three times to indicate the preset was copied
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