Yamaha DTX-MULTI Owner's Manual - Page 37

Reference KIT Internal Design ■ Effects & Effect Categories The various individual effects provided by this instrument's effect units are sorted into a number of different categories. What follows is a description of each category and the effects it contains. We recommend that you refer to these descriptions whenever setting effects. Each category's effect table indicates which of the effect units - i.e., Reverb (Rev), Chorus (Cho), or Variation (Var) - can be used to apply the effect in question. Any effect marked using a ✓ symbol can be selected and modified on the corresponding effect unit's parameter setting pages. ● Compressor & EQ The compressor is an effect commonly used to limit and compress the dynamics (i.e., softness or loudness) of an audio signal. In the case of vocals, guitar parts, and other signals that have widely varying dynamics, this effect essentially squeezes the dynamic range, making soft sounds louder and loud sounds softer. Furthermore, a compressor's attack and decay characteristics can be adjusted to modify how punchy or sustained an audio signal sounds. Multi-band compression, meanwhile, splits the input into three different frequency bands for processing independently of each other; accordingly, this type of effect can be thought of as combining compression with equalization. Effect Type Compressor MltBndComp 3 Band EQ Vintage EQ Enhancer Var Description ✓ Relatively fast-acting compressor well suited to solo performances. ✓ Three-band compressor. ✓ Three-band compressor also featuring equalization. ✓ Vintage five-band parametric equalizer. ✓ Adds higher-order harmonics to enhance a sound's presence. ● Flanger & Phaser A flanger creates a swirling, metallic sound, similar to that of a jet plane. While this effect operates using the same basic principles as chorus effects, it uses shorter delay times and also incorporates feedback to produce a very distinctive swelling sound. Rather than being used constantly throughout a song, it is more suited to selective use in specific sections in order to add variety. A phaser, meanwhile, introduces a phase shift into the sound being processed before returning it to the effect input using a feedback circuit in order to produce a characteristic animated yet mellow tone. Gentler overall than a flanger, this effect can be put to use in a wider range of situations, and for example, is often used with electric pianos to sweeten their sound in a variety of ways. Effect Type SPX Flanger TempoFlanger PhaserMono PhaserStereo TempoPhaser Cho Var Description ✓ ✓ Produces a swirling, metallic sound. ✓ ✓ Tempo-synchronized flanger. - ✓ Vintage sounding mono phaser. - ✓ Vintage sounding stereo phaser. - ✓ Tempo-synchronized phaser. ● Distortion As its name suggests, a distortion effect distorts the sound fed into it. It produces a sound similar to that of an amplifier turned up too high or fed with a signal that is already sufficiently loud. This type of effect is widely used to add a harsh, biting edge; furthermore, the resultant sound is characterized by overall thickness and long sustain times. This thickness comes from the large numbers of harmonics contained within clipped signals. Meanwhile, the longer sustain is not produced by the original sound being stretched; rather, it is produced when the slowly-fading release portion that cannot normally heard is amplified and distorted. Effect Type AmpSim 1 AmpSim 2 CompDist CompDistDly Var Description ✓ Guitar amp simulation. ✓ Guitar amp simulation. ✓ Combines compression and distortion. ✓ Combines compression, distortion, and delay. VOICE MIDI WAVE PATTERN UTILITY TRIGGER Owner's Manual 37