Using the multi-effect library, Modulation effects, 3 – effects – Teac 2488 User Manual

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3 – Effects

TASCAM 2488

User’s Guide

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DST

: Distortion. Either this effect or the compressor

(below) is in the second position in the chain.
Adjust the

DISTORTION

level,

TONE

and amount of

POST GAIN

(gain applied after the effect). You can

also

SWITCH

this effect on or off (in or out of the

chain).

CMP

: Compressor. Either this effect or the distortion

(above) is in the second position in the chain.
Adjust the

THRESHOLD

, compression

RATIO

, the

COMP

LEVEL

, and the amount of

DIRECT MIX

. You can also

SWITCH

this effect on or off (in or out of the chain).

AMP

: Amplifier model. This effect is always the

third in the chain. Adjust the

PRE GAIN

(corresponds

to pre-amplifier gain setting, the

TONE

, the

BOX SIZE

(speaker cabinet size), and the

POST GAIN

(overall

output volume). You can also

SWITCH

this effect on

or off (in or out of the chain).

• Modulation, etc. effects (see below). One of these

effects is always in the fourth place in the chain.

DLY

: Delay. This is always the final effect in the

chain. Adjust the

DELAY TIME

, amount of

FEEDBACK

,

HI DAMP

(the amount by which high frequencies are

damped with successive repeats) and the overall

MIX LEVEL

. You can also

SWITCH

this effect on or off

(in or out of the chain).

Modulation effects

One of the following effects

always takes the fourth place in the chain.

FLG

: Flanger. Adjust the

SPEED

,

DEPTH

,

RESONANCE

and

MIX

level of this flanging effect. You can also

SWITCH

this effect on or off (in or out of the chain).

PHA

: Phaser. Adjust the

SPEED

,

DEPTH

and

RESONANCE

of this phasing effect. You can also

SWITCH

this

effect on or off (in or out of the chain).

CHO

: Chorus. Adjust the

SPEED

,

DEPTH

,

TONE

and

MIX

level of this chorus effect. You can also

SWITCH

this

effect on or off (in or out of the chain).

EXC

: Exciter. Adjust the

FREQUENCY

and

DEPTH

of this

exciter effect. You can also

SWITCH

this effect on or

off (in or out of the chain).

PIT

: Pitch shifter. Adjust the

PITCH

(in semitones)

and use the

FINE

setting for fine-tuning. Set the

MIX

LEVEL

. You can also

SWITCH

this effect on or off (in

or out of the chain).

TRM

: Tremolo. Adjust the

SPEED

and

DEPTH

as well

as the

SHAPE

of the waveform. You can also

SWITCH

this effect on or off (in or out of the chain).

VIB

: Vibrato. Adjust the

SPEED

and

DEPTH

of this

vibrato effect. You can also

SWITCH

this effect on or

off (in or out of the chain).

WAH

: Wah effect. Adjust the

ATTACK

of the effect,

the

SENSE

(sensitivity) of the effect, and whether the

PEDAL

(the

EXPRESSION

pedal connected at the

front of the unit) is used or not to control the effect
(if

OFF

, this becomes an auto-wah effect).

Using the multi-effect library

1

From the multi-effect parameter screen, press

ENTER

:

2

Use the left and right cursor keys to select
either the

PRESET

memory banks, the

USER

memory banks, or

SAVE

the current setting.

The left side of the

PRESET

memory banks pro-

vides a description of the effect (

GRUNGE

,

LEAD

SOLO

, etc.).

In the right column, you can see the chief com-
ponents of the effect. The first part of the
name represents the second effect in the chain
(either

DIST-

for distortion, or

CLEAN-

for com-

pression, followed by one of the eight modula-
tion effects (

FLG

,

PHA

,

CHO

,

EXC

,

PIT

,

TRM

,

VIB

, and

WAH

). There are therefore 16 “starting points”

for multi-effect settings.

3

To save the current settings as an effect in the

USER

bank, move the cursor to

SAVE

and press

ENTER

. Select an existing effect to overwrite,

or pick a new library entry into which to save
the parameters.

You can rename any entry in the user banks
using the techniques described in “Titling” on
page 12. The basic
type of effect (for instance,

DIST-FLG

) is always shown in the right column

of the list, so even if you call it

HEAVY LEAD

, for

example, you can still recognize the basic
starting point.

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