Effector Function; Beatbreaker Function - Denon FN-X1700 Owner's Manual

Effector Function

The unit comes with 2 independent effectors which are linked to the number of beats which has been set
in synchronization with the number of beats per minute (BPM) of the musical compositions. It also has
an effect send configuration which makes it possible to send the signals of a multiple number of input
channels simultaneously to the effectors. As a result, it can give presentations based on effect groups by
effector A and effector B, add the effects which are produced by the 2 effectors and which differ between
channel input and master output, and present a wide range of other acoustic effects as well.
Types of effects and details of operations
No. Effect
1 Delay Adds signals which have been delayed by the time of the beat setting.
2 Echo Adds echo signals which have been delayed by the time of the beat setting.
3 Trans Cuts off the signals at the time of the beat setting.
Adds signals whose delay time has been varied in the LFO period of the beat
4 Flanger
setting.
5 Filter Varies the filter cut-off frequency using the beat setting time.
Adds signals whose phase has been varied in the LFO period of the beat
6 Phaser
setting.
Adds reverberation signals which have been delayed by the time of the beat
7 Reverb
setting.
Initiates the same kind of loop sampler processing as the LOOP function of
8 Loop
other Denon DJ products.
9 Rev. Loop Initiates the reverse play processing of the above loop signals.
Initiates the pitch shift processing of the input signals, and outputs the
10 Pitch Shift
results.
Initiates the partial insertion processing of the attack sounds of the beats as
11 BeatBreaker
per the beat pattern.
Sends the signals whose effects have been selected to the external effector
12 SEND/RTN and returns the signals from the external effector.
* EFX 1 and EFX 2 cannot be selected at the same time.
* In order to achieve normal effects, set the BPM value that matches the number of beats of the musical
compositions.
Description of effect operation

BeatBreaker Function

1. What the BeatBreaker effector does
This effector breaks down the music signals in each bar obtained from the BPM value a quarter beat at
a time into 16 sections, replaces these sections with a preset beat pattern, and then plays them back to
achieve an effect where the beat of the original musical composition is changed.
2. Details of operation
The beat patterns consist of 16 blocks, and when these blocks are lighted, the sound is being replaced
by the initial sound of the beat.
effect
When this is ON, the block being played lights up blue.
Example:
q
Pattern
Snare
w
Kick
Snare
e
Kick
In the case of pattern q shown in the figure, when the music signals w are input, the sound of signals
e, which are produced by replacing the sound of the first quarter beat with the lighted section, are
output.
3. Operation method
Effect ON/OFF
Using the buttons, the effect with the timing when the buttons were set to ON at the
beginning is added. The beat pattern is selected using the
In the Utility mode, five user presets can be created.
BEAT
, buttons.
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