User manual DIGITECH ACCESS

[. . . ] WARNING 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. [. . . ] Doubling just produces thick and fat vocal sounds. The effect is produced by making exact copies of your voice which are slightly detuned from the original. On Double programs you can add up to four copies of your voice, making for thick and full doubled vocal sounds. A single voice assigned to doubling can also be selected in Chord and Scale programs. This is done by turning on the Double voicing button when making a voicing selection. This helps to thicken the overall harmony sound. 11 The Aux Input to Reverb This input jack allows you to share the reverb processor in Access with the other instruments in your band or with other tracks in your recordings. Here are a couple of points to help you get the most out of this handy little feature. First of all, the amount of signal level you send to the Aux Input to Reverb is controlled by your mixer. The Input level knob on Access is used only to set the input level of your microphone or line input to the harmony processor. The Clip LED on Access is used to monitor when the combination of the Aux Send to Reverb and the mic/line signals is near clipping. Second, any instruments you send to the Aux Input to Reverb will come out of Access' stereo (or mono) output 100% wet. You'll need to mix the dry sound from your instruments through your mixer to achieve a nice wet/dry balance. Third, you'll probably want to set Access' Global Mix and Global Reverb parameters to On. This configures Access so that if you're changing programs to make different harmony sounds, the reverb mix and reverb types will stay the same. Finally, leave adding reverb to your instruments to last. It's important to get your dry mix of vocal, instruments, and harmonies right first. Only when your dry mix sounds good should you add some of Access' reverb to the lead voice and harmonies. As a final touch, turn up the aux send on the channels you want to send through Access' reverb. Turning the reverb on and off with the optional FS300 footswitch will affect the instrument reverb also. 12 ACCESS has the easiest editing system* you are ever likely to see. Here are the guidelines to be aware of for editing: How do you get in to EDIT mode?Press the Data Entry Knob/Switch to enter the edit mode. The EDIT LED will light and you will jump to the first editable parameter on the LCD display. [. . . ] Most songs could benefit from either or both approaches. Depending on the chord changes in the accompaniment, the tight and always moving Scale harmonies might be better for a catchy chorus where the more stationary and open Chord harmonies would leave "breathing space" to highlight a lead vocal. It is helpful to experiment with both Harmony Control Modes in all styles of music you enjoy. 23 Bright Room: Simulates a smaller room which accentuates the higher frequencies. Not only can this preset give your vocals some added depth, but it can increase the clarity in live spaces where the upper frequencies are not reproduced well. [. . . ]