Schapter 1 Ð Getting Started; Introduction; What It Is - Alesis GT Reference Manual

CHAPTER 1 Ð GETTING STARTED

1.1 INTRODUCTION

What It Is

The Alesis QuadraVerb GT is a stereo effects unit that is ideal for guitar.
It combines analog and digital electronics to provide the best of both
worlds. Analog effects include:
¥ Compression
¥ Distortion
¥ Flat/Presence/Brightness Control
¥ Bass Boost
¥ Speaker Cabinet Simulator (ideal for use with headphones or
recording direct; can be bypassed when feeding a guitar amp)
¥ Noise Gate
¥ Programmable Effects Loop for inserting other effects (can also
provide a signal send from the analog outputs, and receive a return
signal into the digital processor)
The digital effects are the same ones that have made the QuadraVerb
Plus a favorite in studios and live equipment racks world-wide:
¥ Reverb
¥ Delay (stereo or mono)
¥ Pitch Change (chorus, flange, detune, phaser, etc.)
¥ Equalization (graphic or parametric)
¥ Panning and Tremolo
¥ Ring Modulation
¥ Tunable Resonators (a very resonant filtering effect)
¥ Sampling (up to 1.5 seconds of sound can be captured and replayed)
The order of the analog effects are preset in their optimum positions; the
routing of the digital effects is flexible and programmable. All effects
parameters are editable. 100 edited programs can be saved in memory,
and called up by front panel switches or MIDI program change
commands.
The QuadraVerb GT is also MIDI controllable. Settings need not be
staticÑyou can control them in real time with Continuous Controller
foot pedals, or with sequencers or keyboards.
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