ALESIS X User Manual
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Exploring the X Guitar’s effects
The X Guitar contains an advanced, stereo effects processor. Distortion, compression,
delays, choruses, reverbs, and much more allow you to create a wide variety of popular,
vintage, and experimental electric guitar sounds.
Begin by exploring the X Guitar’s default programs. Turn the
Effect knob all the way to the
left to select
Play. Now, play your guitar and explore the programs by pressing the
Program Up and Program Down buttons or twisting the Value knob.
You’ll hear programs ranging from ultra-clean to rocking to jazzy to out-and-out nasty. If
you have the chance, be sure to plug a pair of stereo headphones directly into the X Guitar’s
output to experience these effects in stereo. Some of the effects really come alive in stereo.
Modifying the effects programs
There’s a lot more to the X Guitar’s effects than just what’s in the presets. The X Guitar has
eight separate effect modules, as shown below:
These effects are accessed using the
EFFECT knob.
Move the
EFFECT knob clockwise out of the Play position in order to edit the effects.
Once you change an effect, the
EDITED LED on the bottom right of the display will light.
From left to right, here are your options: