While the specific parameters for each device are described separately, some features and procedures are common to all effect devices:
This shows the level of the incoming audio signal, giving you an indication of which devices are active, connected and playing. However, you don't need to worry about clipping in effect devices, even if the meter goes into the red.
This is located in the upper left corner of each effect device. The switch has three modes, according to the following figure:
You adjust effect parameters using the regular editing techniques, as described in the Getting Started book. Note:
A quick way to reset the parameters to their default values is to [Ctrl]-Click the corresponding knob.
All effect devices have stereo inputs and outputs, and can be connected as send effects or as insert effects.
However, some effects are best used as one of these only. This is stated for each effect on the following pages. See also the section about the signal flow graphs below.
Most of the effect devices have one or several CV inputs on the back panel.
These allow you to control various effect parameters in real-time, from another device in the rack.
On the back of each effect device, you will find two or three small "graphs". These indicate how the effect device handles mono and stereo signals, depending on the connections. The selection of graphs for a device tells you how it should be used, according to the following rules: