Mackie ProFX8 Owner's Manual - Page 25

Owner's Manual TABLE OF INTERNAL EFFECTS No. Title 1 BRIGHT ROOM 2 WARM LOUNGE 3 SMALL STAGE 4 WARM THEATER 5 WARM HALL 6 CONCERT HALL 7 PLATE REVERB 8 CATHEDRAL 9 CHORUS 10 CHORUS + REV 11 DOUBLER 12 TAPE SLAP 13 DELAY 1 (300MS) 14 DELAY 2 (380MS) 15 DELAY 3 (480 MS) 16 REVERB + DLY (250MS) 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/lounge sound, with just enough enhancement of the lower mids to produce a warm tone. Useful for vocals on songs that require a larger, more "wet" sound, or for giving dimension to bright horns without adding harshness. This preset simulates the sound of a small concert Useful for vocals or guitars in fast paced, stage, with a medium reverb time and reverberant high-energy songs that call for a "live" space. sounding reverberation. This reverb has a warm bodied tone and medium Perfect for vocals, drums, acoustic and long reverb time to simulate the live acoustics of a electric guitars, keyboards, and more. theater space. This reverb simulates the sound of a spacious, yet cozy, heavily draped and carpeted concert hall with an especially warm tone. Perfect for adding natural concert hall ambience to close-mic'd orchestral instruments. 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 diffusion and long pre-delays and reflections that would be found in a very large, stone walled house of worship. Gives amazing depth to choirs, wind instruments, organs, and soft acoustic guitars. 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 lets you both thicken your sound with the chorus effect 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. (50MS) Provides a vibe that is similar to chorus without the subtle swirl. This effect provides a single, relatively rapid delay of the original signal, with the added warmth that vintage tape-based echo units provided. (180 MS) 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 12. These delay presets provide around three repeats of the original signal. The default delay time for each preset is shown in ms - the smaller the time, the faster the delay. These work best with full, up-beat music like rock where the delay needs to cut through the mix. This effect combines the warm theater reverb Perfect for thickening vocals while adding effect with the echoes of the 3-repeat delay effect. dimension, it can also be used as a spacey effect on electric guitars. Owner's Manual 25