MACKIE ProFX12 - Manual (Page 25)

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No. Title Description Example of its use
1 BRIGHT ROOM 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.
2 WARM LOUNGE 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.
3 SMALL STAGE This preset simulates the sound of a small concert
stage, with a medium reverb time and reverberant
space. Useful for vocals or guitars in fast paced,
high-energy songs that call for a “live”
sounding reverberation.
4 WARM THEATER 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.
5 WARM HALL 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.
6 CONCERT HALL 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.
7 PLATE REVERB 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.
8 CATHEDRAL 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.
9 CHORUS 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.
10 CHORUS + REV 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.
11 DOUBLER 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.
12 TAPE SLAP 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
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15 DELAY 1 (300MS)
DELAY 2 (380MS)
DELAY 3 (480 MS) 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.
16 REVERB + DLY
(250MS) This effect combines the warm theater reverb
effect with the echoes of the 3-repeat delay effect. Perfect for thickening vocals while adding
dimension, it can also be used as a spacey
effect on electric guitars.
TABLE OF INTERNAL EFFECTS