THE 11 EFFECT PROCESSORS EXPLAINED
Wha-wha
This is a very important effect if you're after that funky rhythmic kind of keyboard
comping. This effect is modeled after the famous JH CryBaby and sounds great with
Clavinet, electric pianos, even the VB3-II organ, or any other kind of sound that is rich
of overtones. It can work in different ways: auto-LFO (mimics the up/down
movement of a pedal), dynamic (detects level peaks) and pedal (responds to MIDI
CC#4).
Stereo Phaser
There are so many lovely phase shifters out there that it's hard to pick just one to
imitate, so why not doing one that could sound like them all? This stereo phaser can
have 2, 4, 6 or 8 stages, can be monaural or stereo (two individual phasers slightly
shifted), and offers parameters such as LFO offset as well as feedback amount.
Sounds great on the electric piano sounds and with the String Machine synth.
Stereo Chorus
We've been listening to a selection of chorus effects for keyboards and guitars,
ranging from the early analog BBD choruses up to the modern digital ones, but one
that works really great on a vast variety of sounds is the two-voice BBD-based stereo
chorus that Roland included in the RD-1000 and in many other of their instruments
of the eighties. This is a simulation of that very chorus and sounds really great with
the MKS electric piano as well as with all other EP sounds and synth sounds,
especially pads and strings.
Tremolo / Auto-panner / Ring modulator
The Gemini offers electric pianos and organs, so how could we miss such an
important effect in the chain? It is a must in mono mode when combined with the
Reed EP, sounds great in square stereo with the Tines EP, and is very useful if you're
after that Jon Lord organ sound smashed by the Ring Modulator.
Spring Reverb
It's not a case if this effect is put in this position of the chain, just before the amp
simulators and after the modulation effects. This is the exact same code as GSi Type4,
which is an exact digital reproduction of the Type 4 spring reverb tank by
Accutronics, a Company founded by Hammond organ inventor Laurens Hammond,
and a kind of reverberator that is mostly used in guitar amplifiers. Turn it on if you
want that boingy reverb effect on EP or Organ sounds.
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