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Appendix C: Table of Effects Presets
All FX listed below may be accessed via the Mackie Connect App. Descriptions and examples of the four
FX that are accessed via Reach [Verb 1, Verb 2, Delay 1 and Delay 2] are noted in the Title column.
No FX on Reach will illuminate when an FX is selected via the Mackie Connect App.
Title Description Example of its use
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.
Warm Lounge This preset features a medium sized room 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.
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.
Warm Theater
[Verb 2 on Reach]
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.
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’ed orchestral instruments.
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.
Plate Reverb
[Verb 1 on Reach]
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.
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.
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.
Chorus + Reverb 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.
Doubler 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.
Tape Slap
[Delay 1 on Reach]
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.
Delay 1
[Delay 2 on Reach]
This preset provides 300 ms delay. The smaller the delay
time, the faster the delay.
This FX works best with full, up-beat music like
rock where the delay needs to cut through the
mix.
Delay 2 This preset provides 380 ms delay. The smaller the delay
time, the faster the delay.
This FX works best with full, up-beat music like
rock where the delay needs to cut through the
mix.
Delay 3 This preset provides 480 ms delay. The smaller the delay
time, the faster the delay.
This FX works best with full, up-beat music like
rock where the delay needs to cut through the
mix.
Reverb + Delay This effect combines the Warm Theater reverb effect with
the echoes of the 3-repeat delay effect.
Perfect for thickening vocals while adding
dimensions, it can also be used as a spacey
effect on electric guitars.