Polyend Play - Effects

A number of audio effects are available in Play
including Reverb, Delay, Limiter, Saturation
and Sound available under the Master FX
section. Sound and Saturation are applied at
the main output stage. Play presents the
master effects settings as presets in order to
avoid complexity and to speed up the
workow. This includes EQ, Bass Boost and
Space which are also integrated into the
presets for main output sound FX. The limiter
includes a sidechain function. Sidechaining
can be a useful and creative technique where
a separate sound source can control the
dynamics. Play’s limiter has the options of
using separate tracks as the sidechain source.
Delay and Reverb operate as send effects.
The amount of effect audio sent to the main
mix can be controlled per step. Play also has a
lter which operates as a DJ style low pass or
high pass lter depending on the parameters
set. Some sound options may affect the stereo
spread, increasing its strength and which in turn
may affect phasing. The Flat preset option is a
safe starting point or a preset to revert to if
unwanted phasing issues are experienced. It is
always worth remembering that adjustment by
ear is usually a more appropriate method when
applying effects. While theoretical numbers and
parameters are often starting points, Play steers
away from an overload of parameter settings.
After all, Play is designed to get things moving
quickly and to focus on playing and performing
more so than iterative parameter conguration.
Having said that, the option to set custom
parameters is also available for the Reverb,
Delay, Sound and Limiter. These can be set in
the Master FX section. There is no better
method than to listen how sound output is
affected through the sound design process and
to focus a little less on the visual numbers
congured.
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