Muse Research Musebox manual v1.0 - Manual (Page 26)

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PRESETS are the unique sounds or effects that are in a particular Tag. In your Acoustic Pianos Tag,
you might have presets like Concert Grand Piano, Studio Grand, Rock Piano, Jazz Piano, etc. These
different pianos can be selected by turning the top knob, and pressing the knob to load.
Note: The same preset may be associated with several different Tags. For example, the "Rock
Piano" preset might reside in the "Acoustic Pianos" Tag, as well as the "Jam Night" Tag you created.
PLAY mode makes it super simple to use all the functionality of your MuseBox quicky and easily.
Even someone completely unfamiliar with music technolology can use it! However, it is valuable to
know how the different sounds and effects are organized so you can quickly find the preset you are
looking for.
You already know MuseBox does two basic things: it generates sounds using a MIDI keyboard or
controller, or it processes sounds coming from an audio input of some sort. Because of this, there
are two main categories of TAGs: SOUNDS and EFFECTS.
The Tags for SOUNDS simply state the type of sounds to expect in that particular Tag. For
example, the "Acoustic Pianos" Tag has all the various acoustic piano sounds, the "Strings" Tag has
all sampled string instruments inside it.
The Tags for EFFECTS all have the letters FX before the effect category. Therefore, to hear a
preset with FX in its Tag, you have to have an audio input. In the realm of effects presets,
there are presets that are designed specifically for use with different pre-assigned inputs, as well as
"generic" effect categories for specific types of effects.
Here are some example Tags for the synth and sampled sounds:
TAG Name TAG contains: Expected Input:
TAG: Acoustic Guitars Synth / Sampled Sounds MIDI keyboard, controller or interface
TAG: Acoustic Pianos Synth / Sampled Sounds MIDI keyboard, controller or interface
TAG: Brass Synth / Sampled Sounds MIDI keyboard, controller or interface
TAG: Electric Basses Synth / Sampled Sounds MIDI keyboard, controller or interface
TAG: Electric Guitars Synth / Sampled Sounds MIDI keyboard, controller or interface
TAG: Electric Pianos Synth / Sampled Sounds MIDI keyboard, controller or interface
- etcetera -
Here are some example Tags for effects. Note they indicate what they are intended to process:
TAG Name TAG contains: Expected Input:
TAG: FX Acous Guitar Effects for Acous Gtrs Input A on front panel
TAG: FX Elec Guitar Effects for Acous Gtrs Input A on front panel
TAG: FX Vocals Effects for Vocalists Input B on front panel
TAG: FX PA Effects Effects for use with Mixers Inputs C and D on rear panel
TAG: FX Kbd + Gtr Synths + effects at once MIDI and Input A
Specific Effects Types have presets that indicate what input the effect expects to see:
TAG Name TAG contains: Expected Input:
TAG: FX Reverb Reverb effects only Any Audio Input (varies by preset)
TAG: FX Spectral Chorus, flanger, etc. effects Any Audio Input (varies by preset)
TAG: FX Dynamics Compression, limiter, gates Any Audio Input (varies by preset)
Inside the effects-specific Tags you'll find presets organized by input type, i.e. inside the TAG: FX
Reverb, you might have gTR Large Hall, VOC Large Hall, and AUX Large Hall, where the gTR preset
processes a guitar on Input A, the VOC preset processes a microphone on Input B, and an AUX
preset processes line level inputs from an external device (keyboard, mixer, etc.) on inputs C & D.