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Multi-Effector The Multi-Effector MIDItool provides real time data compression, limiting, noise gating, and delay functions similar to an analog effects processor. Instead of processing analog signals, the Multi-Effector processes MIDI data to acheive the same effects.

Mouse over the buttons, LEDs, and potentiometer to see what they do.

HOW DO I...

...SET THE RECEIVE/RETRANSMIT CHANNEL?
Press the SETUP CHAN key. The MIDI channel for receiving and retransmitting messages is set using the +/- keys and/or the VALUE fader. The range of MIDI channels is: 1-16, ALL, or NONE.

...SET THE GATE THRESHOLD?
Press the EFFECTS GATE key. The gate threshold is set using the +/- keys and/or the VALUE fader. All notes received with a velocity less than this threshold will not be retransmitted. The GATE LED lights when a note is being gated.

...SET THE LIMITER THRESHOLD?
Press the EFFECTS LIMIT key. The limiter threshold is set using the +/- keys and/or the VALUE fader. All notes received with a velocity greater than this threshold will be retransmitted with the threshold velocity. The LIMIT LED lights when a note is being limited.

...SET THE COMPRESSION RATIO?
Press the EFFECTS CM/EX key. The compression ratio is set using the +/- keys and/or the VALUE fader. Values for compression are found at the bottom half of fader travel (lowest 64 positions). The COMPRESS LED lights when a note velocity is being compressed.

...SET THE EXPANSION RATIO?
Press the EFFECTS CM/EX key. The expansion ratio is set using the +/- keys and/or the VALUE fader. Values for expansion are found at the top half of fader travel (highest 64 positions). The EXPAND LED lights when a note velocity is being expanded.


...SET THE DELAY PARAMETERS?
Press the EFFECTS DELAY key. The delayed note spacing is set with the NOTE key. The range of values is: 1,2,4,8,16, or 32; corresponding to whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, or thirty-second notes.
The decay algorithm is entered with the ALG key. The available decay algorithms are:

ALG Description
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0 Delay generator OFF
1 Repeat note at same velocity (endless)
2 Divide velocity by 2 until v=0
3 Divide velocity by 4 until v=0
4 Divide velocity by 8 until v=0
5 Subtract 2 from velocity until v=0
6 Subtract 4 from velocity until v=0
7 Subtract 8 from velocity until v=0
8 Subtract 16 from velocity until v=0

The delay generator affects the last note played only.

...SET THE TEMPO OF DELAYED NOTES?
Press the SETUP TEMPO key. The tempo, in quarter notes per minute (QPM), of delayed notes is set using the +/- keys and/or the VALUE fader. The range of tempo values is 20-255 QPM.

...KNOW THE PROCESSING ORDER?
Each received note flows through the effects processors in the following order:

GATE ==> COMP/EXP ==> LIMITER ==> DELAY

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LCD Screen:

When the SETUP CHAN key is pressed,

| MULTI-EFFECTOR | where nnnn=1-16, " ALL",
| CHANNEL: nnnn | or "NONE"


When the SETUP TEMPO key is pressed,

| MULTI-EFFECTOR | where eee=20-255
| TEMPO: eee |

When any other key is pressed,

| GAT zz LIM DL-A| where bbb=0-127, cc=0-63,
| bbb cc bbb rr d| d=0-8, zz="EX" or "CM",
rr=1,2,4,8,16, or 32

The cursor arrow points to the parameter that will be
modified by the +/- keys and VALUE fader.

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