Foot Control: PROGRAMMER’S TIP
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PROGRAMMER’S TIP
Second, when you’re programming a sound, it’s generally a good idea to set up effects
in all the slots, even if you’re not planning on using them. The day may come when
you decide you want to hear some delay on the channel, and it would be a major
downer to hit the delay switch and have nothing happen. The only exceptions to this
would be patches where you want to use Tremolo but not Chorus, or vice versa. Since
the same switch turns Tremolo and Chorus on and off (you know, the one labeled
Trem/Chorus), and you don’t usually actually want them on at the same time, make
sure that the Chorus Level is set to 0 for channels where you’re using Tremolo and that
Tremolo Type is set to OFF when you’re using Chorus.
WHEN IS A WAH NOT A WAH?
One of the cooler things you can do with the Floor Board is set up the wah pedal to
modulate (which is a fancy but shorter way of saying change in real time) different
parameters on the AX2. For example:
Imagine that you have a song where you’re using the delay on your preset, set with
only one or two repeats, but you want the echo to just keep repeating at the end of the
song. Do you have to program a second channel with the Delay Feedback cranked to
max? Nope. Just set the Wah Type to 5.11 (to modulate Delay Feedback), set the
Delay Feedback control to the minimum amount you want for the main part of the
song, then (and here’s the key to the whole thing) figure out what’s the maximum
amount of feedback you want and set the Wah Depth to the difference between the
two. (Math tutorial: minimum feedback = 30, maximum feedback = 85, Wah Depth =
85 – 30, or 55). This same idea will apply to using the wah modulation with any of the
available parameters:
parameter setting = minimum, Wah depth = maximum – minimum.
Being someone with 12EEE feet, I’ve occasionally found myself inadvertently working
both the wah and volume pedal at the same time. Hey, I thought, why not design some
setups where I can make that work for me? I’ve used Presence, Speed, and Level
settings so far and come up with some cool effects. Use your imagination, and
modulate your troubles away.
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