Teac DM-24 Effects Manual - Manual (Page 27)

6 – TASCAM effects—Preset effect settings
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Some of these characteristics are difficult to explain
in words, and quite frankly, the only way in which
you can find out exactly what they do is to experi-
ment with the settings, if you are unfamiliar with
them.
However, the bulk of these settings should be famil-
iar to anyone who has used any multi-effects proces-
sor in the past.
A few notes may be in order here:
• All effects here are dual-channel except for the dis-
tortion and the guitar compressor, which are sin-
gle-channel effects.
• The “EQ patterns” in the distortion corresponds to
the approximate equivalent patterns produced by a
number of popular guitar and bass amplifier/
speaker combinations. Experiment with these to
obtain the guitar sound you want (or any other
instrument you care to put through this processor)
• The different patterns on the delay correspond to
Stereo, Ping-pong and Multi-tap settings.
• The knee shape on the soft compressor affects the
sharpness of the compressor effect.
Preset effect settings
Please bear in mind that the descriptions here are
very subjective. When a sound is recommended “for
use with bass”, for example, this is not a rule—sim-
ply a recommendation. Feel free to play with the different sounds and exper-
iment, using these preset sounds as the basis for your
own effects.
Soft Compressor
Threshold Ratio Attack Time Release Time Knee Shape Output level Bypass
–40 dB to –1 dB
(40 steps) 1:1.00 to 1: ∞ 0.05 s to 5.0 s
(100 steps) 50.0 ms to
500 ms
(451 steps) 1.0x to 0.5x
(21 steps) –18 dB to +12 dB
(31 steps) On/off
Effect type Preset No. Title LCD indication Comments
Guitar Compressor
0 Guitar Comp. Guitar Comp. Basic compressor
1 Classic Comp. Classic Comp. A classic compressor sound
2 Sustain Sustain Compressor setting for guitar sustain
3 Fat Comp. Fat Comp. A rather deeper, “fatter” type of compression.
4 Deep Comp. Deep Comp. Deep compressor sound.
5 Rhythm Comp. Rhythm Comp. A cutting compression setting for percussion.
6 Fast Attack Fast Attack A fast attack setting.
7 Slow Attack Slow Attack A rather slower attack setting.
8 Slap Comp. Slap Comp. Suitable for slap bass
9 Percussive Percussive A clean sound, suitable for percussive guitar work, etc.
Distortion
10 Distortion Distortion A basic distortion sound.
11 Over Drive Over Drive A basic overdrive sound.
12 Blues 1 Blues 1 Suitable for a “front pickup” blues guitar style.
13 Blues 2 Blues 2 A rather stronger sound than the previous Blues 1 sound.
14 Vocal Dist Vocal Dist Useful if you need distorted vocals.
15 Rock 1 Rock 1 Suitable for 70s rock music.
16 Rock 2 Rock 2 Another kind of rock-type distortion.
17 Rhythm 1 Rhythm 1 A sweet-sounding distortion for backing work.