Operation Manual

The Acoustica Distortion effect is used to add audio distortion to a recording, similar to that used on electric guitars.
This effect can range from subtle grit to extreme destruction of the original audio. Note that adding distortion can
severely affect the volume of the recording. Also note that a little distortion goes a long way! You may want to
experiment with very low settings to see how the audio is affected, and increase the settings as you see fit.
Acoustica EQ
The Acoustica EQ effect is a 10 band graphic equalizer with gain control. The equalizer allows you to boost or reduce
the audio frequencies that make up the sound of your recording. If, for example, your recording sounds tinny, you can
boost the bass frequencies. If your recording sounds too 'bright', or if you wish, for example, to reduce the volume of
acoustic guitar finger squeaking, you might want to reduce some of the high frequencies in the recording. The Output
Gain control is used to raise or lower the volume of the recording after the EQ is processed.
Acoustica Flanger
The Acoustica Flange effect is similar in nature to the Acoustica Chorus effect, and features the same controls. Unlike
chorus effects, which are used to subtlety thicken up a sound in natural-sounding ways, flange effects are more
dramatic, and are used to create audio that sounds unusual and unnatural.
Acoustica Reverb
Reverb effects, like delay effects, are some of the most useful effects in music. They are used to recreate the subtle
echoes and reverberation of a natural room. For example, most people know that they sound better when they sing in
the shower. This is because your voice bounces off the walls of the shower, and these echoes serve to improve the
sound that you hear. Likewise, a single violin or piano playing in a large church or auditorium takes on new life, when
the last note bounces around the room and fades away long after the musician has ceased playing the instrument.
The Acoustica Reverb effect can be used to recreate the ambiance of many different environments, ranging from
small spaces to exceptionally large chambers. The High Frequency Damping control allows you to set the amount
that the reflected audio's high frequencies are muted. Carpeted rooms, for example, will absorb most of the high
frequencies, but large empty houses with marble floors sound extremely bright and 'echoey' in comparison because
the high frequencies are not dampened.
Classic Auto-Filter
This extremely powerful effect can be used to produce filtering effects which change over time. For example, you can
create a low-pass filter effect such that the sound will be bright, then fade to a dull sound over the course of a second,
then fade back to a bright sound over the next second, with this cycle repeating throughout your use of the effect. The
LFO Sync function allows you to synchronize the timing of these changes with the tempo of your recording. Instead of
setting a static time, such as 1 second, you can set the number of beats or fractional beats used to complete a cycle
as the current tempo. So with each beat, for example, the effect can complete a cycle, or you can set the effect to
wait 4 beats (i.e. one measure) to complete an effect cycle. This effect practically demands you experiment with it to
learn all of the powerful things it can do!
Classic Chorus
This effect is similar to the Acoustic Chorus effect, with some additional features and a unique sound.
Classic Compressor
This effect is similar to the Acoustic Chorus effect, with some additional features and a unique sound.
Classic Delay
This effect allows you to create echo and delay effects, just like the Acoustica Delay effect. However, this effect goes
much further, with several outstanding features. Most exciting is the Sync feature, which allows you to sync the delay
amount to the tempo of your song. Instead of setting a static time for each delay, such as 1 second, you can set the
number of beats or fractional beats before the delayed sound is played. In this way, you can have sounds delay every
eight note, every quarter note, every measure, and more! Synced delay effects are extremely useful in music. A
delay effect with some feedback, with one quarter note delay, can turn a simple percussion parts into a huge-sounding
orchestration, with all echoed sounds occurring on the beat and at the correct tempo. You can also use the Classic
Delay effect to recreate the sound of analog delay effects and tape delay effects from the 70s.
Classic EQ
Similar to the Acoustica EQ effect, the Classic EQ effect gives you individual control over the left and right channel of
your recording. This can be used, for example, to create interesting stereo effects, where one speaker emphasizes
different frequencies than the other speaker.
Classic Flanger
This effect is similar to the Acoustic Flanger effect, with some additional features and a unique sound.