User manual DIGITECH S200

[. . . ] Dual-Engine Multi-Effects Processor Please visit Digitech Studio on the World Wide Web at http://www. digitech. com User's Guide WARNING CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN FOR YOUR PROTECTION, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: WATER AND MOISTURE: Appliance should not be used near water (e. g. near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, etc). Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings. POWER SOURCES: The appliance should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the appliance. [. . . ] Once the desired effect configuration has been selected, simply press the <Store> button to store the configuration change at the desired program location. Editing Engine A and B Effect Modules Because of its processing power, the S-200 gives you two Engine Effect modules that are fully programmable. The following section explains the simple procedure for Engine A and B editing. Selecting and Editing Effects 1. From Program mode, press the <Engine A/B> button and the display will appear something like this: L R ng eq PREdLY dECAY HALL dAMP LEVEL L R FACT USER UTIL EDIT CHNG LINK MIDI 6 User Guide S-200 Section - 2 Operation and Editing Note- Dual Engine effect configurations are used in configurations 2-5. If a dual-engine effect configuration is currently in use, successive presses of the <Engine A/B> button will toggle between Engines A and B. Now turn the <Program/Data> wheel to select the effect to be used. The selected effect's name will change as new effects are selected. · EFFECT PREVIEW At this point, the S-200 has a <Preview> button that will allow you to instantly hear any one of the effects in the S-200. When you have an effect that you wish to audition, press the <Preview> button and the S-200 will play a brief sample and the display will appear as follows: L R eq ng PREdLY dECAY HALL dAMP LEVEL L R FACT USER UTIL EDIT CHNG LINK MIDI 3. Once the effect to be used has been selected, you can use the <Parameter 1-4> edit buttons (Which are located directly below the corresponding available parameters names) to select and modify the parameters of the selected effect by pressing the desired parameter button and then turning the <Program/Data> wheel to change the parameter values. For a complete list of the Effects available in the S-200 and their respective parameters, please see Section 3 on pages 11-14. Once all of the edits have been made to the selected program, make sure to store any changes. EQ and Noise Gate Adjustments This editing function allows you to make EQ and Noise Gate modifications to each program. The procedure for both is as follows: Adjusting the EQ The S-200 offers a three band EQ with Low Shelf (200Hz) EQ Frequency, Parametric Frequency, Parametric Level and Hi Shelf (3 kHz) EQ Frequency parameters. From Program mode, press the <EQ/Gate> button once and the display will appear something like this: 12DB eq -12DB 0DB 1. 0khz 0DB 0DB FACT USER UTIL EDIT CHNG LINK MIDI 2. Now to make adjustments to the four different EQ parameters use the <Parameter 1-4> buttons and the <Program/Data> wheel. Parameter 1 - Low Shelf EQ Frequency (200Hz) - Range for the Low EQ is from -12 to +12 dB. Parameter 2 - Parametric Frequency - Range for the Parametric Frequency is from 25Hz to 20. 0Khz. Parameter 3 - Parametric Level - Range for the Parametric Level is from -12 to +12 dB. Parameter 4 - High Shelf EQ Frequency (3kHz) - Range for the High EQ is from -12 to +12 dB. User Guide 7 Section -2 Operation and Editing S-200 3. Once the modifications have been made, remember to store any changes and press the <Program> button to return to Program mode. Adjusting the Noise Gate The S-200 gives you the ability to custom tailor the Noise gate parameters (Threshold and Release) for each program by performing the following procedure: 1. The display will appear something like this, indicating that you are in Noise Gate edit mode: 0DB N. gate -50dB THRESH 10 RELEASE FACT USER UTIL EDIT CHNG LINK MIDI 2. Now press the <Parameter 1> button and Threshold parameter becomes active for adjustment by turning the <Program/Data> wheel. To adjust the Noise Gate Release , press the <Parameter 2 > and the Release parameter now becomes active for adjustment by turning the <Program/Data> wheel to adjust the Noise Gate Release parameter. [. . . ] This parameter sets the level at which Compression (or De-Essing) begins. This parameter controls the attack time of the Compressor or De-Esser. This parameter allows you to set the overall gain of the selected effect. This parameter allows you to set the amount of Vocal High Frequency that is passed through the Vocoder effect. [. . . ]