DigiTech Element Owner's Manual page 9

4. EDIT BUTTONS
These left/right arrow buttons access effects and drum machine settings for editing.
5. EXPRESSION PEDAL (Element XP only)
The Expression Pedal is used to control effects in real time. A single effect can be controlled
by the expression pedal per preset.
6. EFFECTS CHAIN
These icons provide a graphical representation of the internal effect signal chain used in
the Element/Element XP. The signal flow is from left to right and offers effects like Wah
(Element XP only), Compressor, Amp Modeling/Distortion, EQ, Noise Gate, Mod FX, Delay,
and Reverb. The Element XP also has an option for setting up its built-in Expression Pedal to
control a variety of these effects. The LED above each of the icons indicates whether each
effect is on or off and which effect is selected when editing. These effect LEDs are also used
to help you tune your guitar when using the built-in tuner (see "Using The Tuner" on page
20).
7. MASTER LEVEL BUTTON
Press this button then turn the
global output level for the Main and Headphone Outputs and will affect all presets.
8. PRESET LEVEL BUTTON
Press this button then turn the
programmable level that is stored with each preset and provides a quick way to balance
volume between presets. Note that changes made to this parameter must be stored to the
preset in order to be retained (see "Storing/Copying Presets" on page 17).
9. TONE BANK BUTTON
This button is used to select from a preset library of 20 different clean and distorted tone
configurations utilizing the Wah (Element only), Compressor, Amp/Distortion Modeling, EQ,
and Noise Gate effect modules. Press this button then use the
a variety of genre-based amp tone defaults ranging from Blues to Metal to Country. See
"Selecting A Tone Bank" on page 14 for more information on Tone Banks.
10. FX BANK BUTTON
This button is used to select from a preset library of 20 different effect configurations utilizing
the Mod FX, Delay, and Reverb effect modules. Press this button then turn the
to select a variety of post-amplifier model effect chains (Chorus, Chorus + Delay, Delay +
Reverb, etc.). See "Selecting An FX Bank" on page 15 for more information on Tone Banks.
11. DRUMS BUTTON
Pressing this button toggles the internal drum machine on and off.
12. FOOTSWITCHES
These footswitches are used for preset up/down navigation, bypass, and tuner activation.
knob to adjust the Master Level. This will adjust the
SELECT
knob to adjust the Preset Level. Preset Level is a
SELECT
knob to select from
SELECT
SELECT
knob
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