User manual ART SGX NIGHTBASS SE

[. . . ] 3 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CONTROLS AND OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Input Level Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Digital Processor Input Level Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] While you are in the PM Mode you can select the MIDI Monitor utility and verify MIDI data being sent to the device. A table of MIDI controllers can be found in Appendix E, Tables and Charts. Presets in the SGX NIGHTBASS SE are set up to be controlled by Performance MIDI via the ART X-15 ULTRAFOOT. See the section "Operating the Multiverb SGX NIGHTBASS SE with the X15 ULTRAFOOT" further on in this manual for more information. In most cases (especially with an X-15) you virtually plug in and play. Modification to select the specific values and ranges you want the parameter to cover is done by normal editing. The number displayed in the upper left corner represents the MIDI Controller you are working with. Performance MIDI has four levels of programming information associated with it broken up into 4 screens. The first screen displays the information to define what parameter the assigned MIDI controller will control. The LCD will display the MIDI control number and its description (i. e. Incidentally, the default value is MC 4 which happens to be the Left Foot Controller on the X15. Short attacks tend to give a "tight" , well controlled sound. Set the final output level of the Compressor with the Output parameter. NOTES: 21 1) If you add the compressor and set its' slope to 1:1 you get a programmable level control on the input of the analog signal chain. This works great as a variable distortion drive, or volume pedal effect. 2) The Compressor can be re-patched and replace the input signal on the "DRY" portion of the mix. This is great for getting a compressed guitar mixed with distorted guitar. Just add the PATCH BAY to the preset and set DRY= POST CMP to use the compressor as the DRY signal. EXPANDER [EXPANDER], [EXP] Parameters: RANGE: OFF, 0 to 100% in 2% increments [75%] RATIO: OFF, 1:1. 5, 1:1. 8, 1:2, 1:2. 5, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5 [1:3] The expander is an extention of the compressor. (You don't need the Compressor in the effects chain for the Expander to work) Use the expander to reduce the noise the compressor may bring up. Setting the slope below 3:1 allows notes to tail off smoothly and still remove noise. Greater slopes act more like a noise gate, chopping off the noise below the threshold setting. [. . . ] Some parameters were specifically tuned to be used with foot controllers. These include: compressor output, envelope filter tuning, and any threshold, attack, release or range parameter, distortion output when using TURBO, or JAZZ TUBES, SOLID WARM or TUBE STACK. 57 WARRANTY & SERVICE INFORMATION WARRANTY Warranty service for this unit will be provided by Applied Research & Technology, Inc. warrants to the original purchaser that this product and the components thereof, will be free from defects in workmanship and materials for a period of one year from the date of purchase. (ART) will, without charge, repair or replace, at its option, defective product or component parts upon prepaid delivery to the factory service department or authorized service center, accompanied by proof of purchase date in the form of a valid sales receipt. [. . . ]