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Advanced Features
The Reverb Menu - The Chorus Menu
The Reverb Effect is an electronic simulation of a room or building that
is acoustically reflective.
When a sound is made in a room or large building, there are sound
reflections from all directions. When a Reverb effect is applied, it is
these reflections of the sound that are being added.
Use the PAGE up/down buttons to scroll through the Menu functions
available - See table below.
Type (Menu Page 1)
Different types of rooms and halls have different acoustics, therefore
different Reverb characteristics. The K-Station’s Reverb processor fea-
tures six different Reverb types. These range from a small room to a
large hall.
Turn the DATA knob to experiment with different types of Reverb, not-
ing how different ‘rooms’ affect the acoustic properties of the sound.
Decay Time (Menu Page 2)
This is the time it takes for the Reverb to die away after the original
sound has decayed. Very acoustically reflective rooms (like those with
metal or glass surfaces) tend to have long decay times and non reflec-
tive rooms have short ones.
Wheel Level (Menu Page 3)
Sets how much movement of the K-Station’s Modulation wheel will
introduce the Reverb effect.
This effect was originally designed to simulate the sound of many peo-
ple singing together (hence the name Chorus) in contrast to a single
voice. Instrumentally, consider the sound of a 12 string guitar com-
pared to a 6 string guitar. The very slight detuning of the individual
strings actually gives a richer quality to the sound.
Chorus is an effect produced by mixing a continuously delayed version
of the audio signal back with the original. The timing of the delayed
version is very small and is controlled by the Chorus’s own internal
LFO (not to be confused with the two LFOs available on the K-Station’s
front panel). The characteristic swirling Chorus effect is the result.
The K-Station’s Chorus is also capable of behaving as a Phaser. The
way a Phaser works is in fact entirely different to the Chorus. A portion
of the audio signal is split off and phase shifted at certain frequencies.
It is then mixed back with the original signal to generate the character-
istic swishing effect.
The functions available in the Chorus Menu are :
Type (Menu Page 1)
Determines whether the K-Station’s Chorus is behaving as a standard
Chorus or as a Phaser.
Rate (Menu Page 2)
Controls how fast the dedicated Chorus LFO is oscillating. A fairly slow
speed is recommended. Higher speeds tend to introduce a vibrato like
quality to the sound.
Note : The dedicated Chorus LFO should not be confused with the two
LFOs available on the K-Station’s front panel.
Sync Rate (Menu Page 3)
Similar to Delay Sync, the Chorus internal LFO may be synchronized
to internal or external MIDI clock tempo.
The available Sync resolutions are :
When a sync interval is selected, the tempo of the Chorus LFO is con-
trolled by the Arpeggiator’s TEMPO knob when MIDI Clock Source is
set to INT, or by the external sequencer’s tempo when MIDI Clock
Source is set to EXT. See Page 35 for information on how to change
the Global MIDI Clock Source.
Display MIDI Clocks Synchronised to Display MIDI Clocks Synchronised to
OFF - Manual Rate
32nd T 2 32nd Triplet 1bar D 144 1.5 Bars
32nd 3 32nd 2 bars 192 2 Bars
16th T 4 16th Triplet 4bar T 256 4 Bar Triplet
16th 6 16th 3 bars 288 3 Bars
8th T 8 8th Triplet 5bar T 320 5 Bar Triplet
16th D 9 16th Dotted 4 bars 384 4 Bars
8th 12 8th 3bar D 432 4.5 Bars
4th T 16 4th Triplet 7bar T 448 7 Bar Triplet
8th D 18 8th Dotted 5 bars 480 5 Bars
4th 24 4th 8bar T 512 8 Bar Triplet
2nd T 32 2nd Triplet 6 bars 576 6 Bars
4th D 36 4th Dotted 7 bars 672 7 Bars
2nd 48 2nd 5bar D 720 7.5 Bars
1bar T 64 1 Bar Triplet 8 bars 768 8 Bars
2nd D 72 2nd Dotted 9 bars 864 9 Bars
1 bar 96 1 Bar 7bar D 1008 10.5 Bars
2bar T 128 2 Bar Triplet 12bars 1152 12 Bars
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