Emulator Composite.book - Creative

9 - Effects
Overview
In addition to the hardware-based effects of PatchMix DSP, Emulator X offers software
effects processors and a powerful effects routing scheme. The E-MU engineers have
created a complete collection of top quality effects using 32-bit floating point precision
for pristine sound quality. In addition, the effects algorithms have been designed for
low CPU usage.
The Emulator X effect routing architecture is extremely flexible. Effects can be included
as part of the preset or multisetup or both. Preset FX and Aux FX both use the same
effects algorithms.
• Multisetup (Aux) Effects are designed to be used for your main effects such as
reverb or delay. Aux effects can be applied to any or all of the 64 MIDI channels.
• Preset Effects are used when you want an effect to be included as part of a
certain preset. For example, you might want to add chorus to a string pad or
distortion to a guitar sound.
Aux Effects in Sidechain
From
Voices
Amounts
MAIN
Aux 1
Effect
Aux 1
Effect
Aux 1
Effect
To
Host
Preset Effects in Series
From
Voices
Wet/Dry
Wet/Dry
FXA FXB
Each effect has a number of user-adjustable parameters and a wet/dry mix control.
See page 25 to learn how to connect controllers.
When using effects as part of the preset, the wet/dry mix or effect amount is controllable
on a per-voice basis. This means that you can create presets using effects as
integral parts of the sound and control the effect amounts using LFOs, envelope generators,
key velocity or any other PatchCord source. As an example, you could build a
preset where the distortion amount increases the harder you hit the key.
Amounts
Main
9 - Effects
Overview
E-MU Systems 209
Aux 1
Aux 2
Aux 3
To
Aux FX
or Host