Mackie DLM12 Owner's Manual - Page 27

Owner's Manual Appendix D: Table of Effects Presets No. Title 01 Bright Room 02 Warm Lounge 03 Small Stage 04 Warm Theater 05 Warm Hall 06 Concert Hall 07 Plate Reverb 08 Cathedral 09 Chorus 10 Chorus + Reverb 11 Doubler 12 120 ms Delay 13 Tape Slap 14 233 ms Delay 15 300 ms Delay 16 Delay (300 ms) + Verb Description Example of its use This room has a bright tone with lots of scattered reflections to simulate harder, more reflective surfaces. Useful on vocals that require a brighter reverb to cut through the mix, or for giving acoustic instruments a livelier vibe. This preset features a medium sized room sound, with Useful for vocals on songs that require a larger, just enough enhancement of the lower mids to produce a more "wet" sound, or for giving dimension to warm tone. bright horns without adding harshness. This preset simulates the sound of a small concert stage, Useful for vocals or guitars in fast paced, with a medium reverb time and reverberant space. high-energy songs that call for a "live" sounding reverberation. This reverb has a warm bodied tone and medium long reverb time to simulate the live acoustics of a theater space. Perfect for vocals, drums, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards and more. This reverb simulates the sound of a spacious, yet cozy, Perfect for adding natural concert hall ambience heavily draped and carpeted concert hall with an to close-mic'ed orchestral instruments. especially warm tone. This hall reverb is characterized by its large, spacious sound, long pre-delay, and vibrant tone. Adds life to acoustic instruments and vocals from solos to full-on symphonies and choirs. This preset emulates vintage mechanical reverberation that was generated with a metal plate. Its sound is characterized by lots of early reflections and no pre-delay. Perfect for thickening percussive instruments, such as a snare drum, or tight vocal arrangements. This reverb emulates the extremely long tails, dense Gives amazing depth to choirs, wind instruments, diffusion and long pre-delays and reflections that would organs and soft acoustic guitars. be found in a very large, stone walled house of worship. This preset provides a soft, ethereal sweeping effect that is useful for thickening and for making a particular sound pop out of the mix. Perfect for enhancement of electric and acoustic guitar and bass, or to add a dramatic effect to vocals, particularly group harmonies and choirs. This preset perfectly combines the chorus effect above with a large, roomy reverb. This effect thickens the sound with chorus while adding warmth and spaciousness thanks to the smooth reverb. This effect simulates the sound of a vocal or instrument being recorded twice (double-tracked) on a multi-track recorder. Provides a vibe that is similar to chorus without the subtle swirl. This preset provides 120 ms delay. The smaller the delay This FX works best with full, up-beat music like time, the faster the delay. rock where the delay needs to cut through the mix. This effect provides a single, relatively rapid delay of the original signal, with the added warmth that vintage tape-based echo units provided. Often used on vocals for a 1950's era feel, or on guitars for a surf-type tone. Often used by people whose favorite number is 13. This preset provides 233 ms delay. The smaller the delay This FX works best with full, up-beat music like time, the faster the delay. rock where the delay needs to cut through the mix. This preset provides 300 ms delay. The smaller the delay This FX works best with full, up-beat music like time, the faster the delay. rock where the delay needs to cut through the mix. This effect combines the Warm Theater reverb effect with Perfect for thickening vocals while adding the echoes of the 3-repeat delay effect. dimensions, it can also be used as a spacey effect on electric guitars. Owner's Manual 27