Effects Section; Selecting The Signal Source; Activating An Effect; Selecting An Effect - Behringer DIGITAL PRO MIXER DDM4000 User Manual

DIGITAL PRO MIXER DDM4000
4.1

Effects section

Fig. 4.2: Effects section (here FX 1)
4.1.1

Selecting the signal source

To use an effect, you first have to assign the effect to a signal
source. This assignment also applies to the BPM Counter. Possible
input sources are as follows:
INPUT 1 – INPUT 4: Stereo channels 1 – 4.
MUSIC: Stereo sum signal (main signal).
CHAIN: CHAIN assigns the effect to the signal of
the other effects section, so that 2 effects
are triggered consecutively.
Selecting a signal for FX1:
1) Press the FX1 ASSIGN push button
2) Turn the left PARAMETER knob
from the list.
3) Press the left PARAMETER knob to confirm the selection.
Selecting a signal for FX2:
1) Press the FX2 ASSIGN push button
2) Turn the right PARAMETER knob
from the list.
3) Press the right PARAMETER knob to confirm the selection.
4.1.2

Activating an effect

1) Press the FX ON push button
the FX ON push button and the EFFECT/BAND push button
[46] – [48] flash.
2) Turn the DEPTH knob slowly to the right until you hear the
effect as is intended.
Kill function on the effect path:
A specially effective way of alienation is to remove individual
frequency bands from the effect processing. There are three ad-
ditional Kill switches that are found on the signal path leading to
the effects unit. The EFFECT/BAND push buttons of the activated
effect flash blue corresponding to the frequency bands that are
active. By pressing the push buttons you are able to "kill" the fre-
quency bands. And the display shows the Kill function's status.
Press one of the EFFECT/BAND push buttons (
=
[48]) while the effect is active. The push-button LED of the
deactivated band goes out.
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[43].
[45] to select a signal source
[43].
[45] to select a signal source
[42] to activate the effect. Both
[46], [47],
BPM and Effects section
4.1.3

Selecting an effect

Nine effect types are available. The effect table in Chapter 4.1.4
gives an overview of the possible effects and their adjustable
parameters.
1) Press the SELECT push button
of all types of effects.
2) Turn the PARAMETER knob
3) Press the PARAMETER knob to load the effect type.
4.1.4

Effect descriptions

The following gives you a description of the available effects
and adjustable parameters. (BPM-synchronized parameters are
printed in italic.) The tables show you which controls are used to
adjust the parameters. Chapter 4.1.5 describes effect processing.
Chapter 4.1.6 gives you the information you need to know about
BPM-synchronized parameters.
FLANGER, PHASER, PAN:
FLANGER: The flanger effect is achieved by frequency modula-
tion. You are able to adjust the speed of the LFO (Low Frequency
Oscillator), the amount of the effect signal that is fed back to the
input (Feedback), the effect depth (Depth) and the degree of
phase shifting represented in rhythmical units (Phase). Use Fade
in case you want the flanger to complete its period of oscillation
after the effect has been turned off, to avoid an abrupt truncation
of the effect.
PHASER is similar to the flanger. In this case the modulation is
achieved through phase shifting. You can adjust the speed of the
LFO and the effect depth (Depth). Use Fade to determine if the
effect is to end abruptly or softly fade out.
PAN specified an effect which lets the signal move from the right
to the left side of the stereo image. This effect sounds the most
intensive when the DEPTH knob is turned right up. LFO adjusts
the speed of the panning and Depth adjusts the effect depth.
Tab. 4.1: Effect parameters for Flanger, Phaser and Panning
DELAY, ECHO:
DELAY is a signal delay. The delay time (Time) can by synchro-
nized with the BPM Counter. A simple delay (Simple) and the
3-Pong Delay, which spreads the delays across the whole stereo
image, are available.
ECHO is similar to the delay. The only difference is that the
delayed signal is repeated several times. Use Feedback to spe-
cify the number of times that the delay is to be repeated. Fade
determines if the echo is to fade out (On) or not (Off) when the
effect is turned off.
[46]. The display shows a list
[45] to select the effect type.