Yamaha AN200 - Manual (Page 24)

Chapter 5 Effects
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16 Playing with the Effects
Let’s take a look at each of the Effects, and try applying them to the sound.
Before you begin, set the [WET] knob up to about 2:00 or 3:00.
Generally, you should keep the knob at this position. This ensures that you can
properly hear the Effect. (Tweak it later as needed to adjust the Effect balance.)
Now, try out each Effect, and use the same procedure:
1 Select the Effect type.
Press the [TYPE] button, then use the [DATA] knob. Thirteen different types are available.
2 Adjust the Effect depth.
Use the [PARAM] knob.
● Delay
(Delay 1 — 3)
Delay is a popular effect that repeats the sound in rhythm. Play a Pattern and select Delay 1 (dLY1). Try
setting the [PARAM] knob to around 3:00. Hear how the Delay sound pulses with the original sound to cre-
ate a different, more complex yet “spacier” feel. Try the other Delay types, too.
The key to using Delay effectively (no pun intended) is to keep it in sync with the Pattern. This is a little
tricky and may take some practice. Slowly work the [PARAM] knob and listen carefully for changes in the
rhythm. Keep in mind, there are no “wrong” or “right” settings here — use your ears to come up with set-
tings that feel good.
● Reverb
Reverb (r<rb) is a “hidden” type in the Delay category and it lets you apply an ambient wash of reflections
to the sound. Used subtly, it can make your tracks warmer and more natural sounding — as if they were
being played in a concert hall. More extreme settings can drench the sound in reverb and produce spacy,
other-worldly effects.
Try this out on one of the Patterns. Select the Pattern and play it, then tweak the [PARAM] and [WET]
knobs, trying different settings, and hearing how they change the sound. Lower settings result in a shorter
reverb time as well as an overall brighter sound. Higher settings produce a longer reverb time and dampen
the high frequencies as well for a softer, more muffled sound.
Keep in mind that Reverb — like all the Effects — is applied to all tracks, Synth and Rhythm 1 - 3.