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Contents 10 Chapter 1: Amps and pedals 10 Amps and pedals overview 11 Amp Designer 11 Amp Designer overview 13 Amp Designer models 19 Build a custom Amp Designer combo 21 Amp Designer equalizer 23 Amp Designer amplifier controls 24 Amp Designer effects 26 Amp Designer microphone parameters 27 Bass Amp Designer 27 Bass Amp Designer overview 28 Bass Amp Designer models 29 Build a custom Bass Amp Designer combo 30 Bass Amp Designer signal flow 32 Use the D.I. box 33 Bass Amp Designer amplifier controls 34 Bass Amp Designer effects 37 Bass Amp Designer microphone parameters 38 Pedalboard 38 Pedalboard overview 39 Use the Pedal Browser 40 Use Pedalboard’s import mode 41 Use the Pedal area 42 Use Pedalboard’s Router 44 Use Pedalboard’s Macro Controls 45 Pedalboard distortion pedals 47 Pedalboard modulation pedals 50 Pedalboard delay pedals 51 Pedalboard filter pedals 51 Pedalboard dynamics pedals 52 Pedalboard utility pedals 3 53 Chapter 2: Delay effects 53 Delay effects overview 54 Delay Designer 54 Delay Designer overview 55 Delay Designer main display 56 Use the Delay Designer Tap display 58 Create taps in Delay Designer 60 Select, move, and delete taps 61 Edit parameters in the Tap display 67 Delay Designer Tap parameter bar 68 Delay Designer sync mode 69 Delay Designer master parameters 70 Echo 71 Sample Delay 72 Stereo Delay 73 Tape Delay 75 Chapter 3: Distortion effects 75 Distortion effects overview 76 Bitcrusher 77 Clip Distortion 78 Distortion effect 79 Distortion II 79 Overdrive 80 Phase Distortion 81 Chapter 4: Dynamics processors 81 Dynamics processors overview 82 Adaptive Limiter 83 Compressor 83 Compressor overview 85 Use Compressor 87 DeEsser 88 Enveloper 90 Expander 91 Limiter 92 Multipressor 92 Multipressor overview 92 Multipressor Display parameters 93 Multipressor Frequency Band parameters 94 Multipressor Output parameters 95 Use Multipressor 96 Noise Gate 96 Noise Gate overview 97 Use Noise Gate Contents 4 98 Chapter 5: Equalizers 98 Equalizers overview 98 Channel EQ 98 Channel EQ overview 99 Channel EQ parameters 100 Channel EQ use tips 101 Channel EQ Analyzer 101 Linear Phase EQ 101 Linear Phase EQ overview 102 Linear Phase EQ parameters 103 Linear Phase EQ use tips 104 Linear Phase EQ Analyzer 104 Match EQ 104 Match EQ overview 105 Match EQ parameters 106 Use Match EQ 108 Edit the Match EQ filter curve 109 Single-Band EQ 110 Chapter 6: Filter effects 110 Filter effects overview 110 AutoFilter 110 AutoFilter overview 111 AutoFilter threshold 112 AutoFilter envelope 113 AutoFilter LFO 114 AutoFilter filter 115 AutoFilter distortion 115 AutoFilter output 116 EVOC 20 Filterbank 116 EVOC 20 Filterbank overview 117 EVOC 20 Filterbank Formant Filter 118 EVOC 20 Filterbank modulation 119 EVOC 20 Filterbank output parameters 120 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator 120 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator overview 120 Vocoder overview 121 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator interface 122 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator analysis in parameters 123 Use EVOC 20 TrackOscillator analysis in 124 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator U/V detection parameters 125 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator synthesis in parameters 126 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator oscillators 128 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator formant filter 129 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator modulation 130 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator output parameters 131 Fuzz-Wah 131 Fuzz-Wah overview 131 Auto Wah parameters 133 Fuzz-Wah Compressor parameters 133 Fuzz parameters Contents 5 134 Spectral Gate 134 Spectral Gate overview 135 Use Spectral Gate 136 Chapter 7: Imaging processors 136 Imaging processors overview 136 Direction Mixer 136 Direction Mixer overview 137 Stereo miking techniques 139 Stereo Spread 140 Chapter 8: Metering tools 140 Metering tools overview 140 BPM Counter 141 Correlation Meter 141 Level Meter plug-in 142 MultiMeter 142 MultiMeter overview 143 MultiMeter Analyzer parameters 144 MultiMeter Goniometer parameters 145 MultiMeter Level Meter 145 MultiMeter Correlation Meter 146 MultiMeter Peak parameters 147 Use the Tuner utility 148 Chapter 9: MIDI plug-ins 148 Use MIDI plug-ins 149 Arpeggiator MIDI plug-in 149 Arpeggiator overview 150 Arpeggiator control parameters 151 Arpeggiator note order parameters 156 Arpeggiator pattern parameters 159 Arpeggiator options parameters 160 Arpeggiator keyboard parameters 161 Use Arpeggiator keyboard parameters 162 Assign Arpeggiator controller parameters 163 Chord Trigger MIDI plug-in 163 Chord Trigger overview 164 Use Chord Trigger 166 Modifier MIDI plug-in 167 Modulator MIDI plug-in 167 Modulator MIDI plug-in overview 167 Modulator MIDI plug-in LFO 169 Modulator MIDI plug-in envelope 171 Note Repeater MIDI plug-in 172 Randomizer MIDI plug-in Contents 6 173 Scripter plug-in 173 Use the Scripter plug-in 173 Use the Script Editor 175 Scripter API overview 175 MIDI processing functions 177 JavaScript objects 181 Create Scripter controls 183 Transposer MIDI plug-in 184 Velocity Processor MIDI plug-in 184 Velocity Processor overview 185 Velocity Processor Compress/Expand mode 186 Velocity Processor Value/Range mode 186 Velocity Processor Add/Scale mode 187 Chapter 10: Modulation effects 187 Modulation effects overview 188 Chorus effect 189 Ensemble effect 190 Flanger effect 190 Microphaser 191 Modulation Delay 193 Phaser effect 194 Ringshifter 194 Ringshifter overview 194 Ringshifter interface 195 Set the Ringshifter mode 196 Ringshifter oscillator parameters 197 Ringshifter delay parameters 197 Ringshifter modulation 199 Ringshifter output parameters 200 Rotor Cabinet effect 200 Rotor Cabinet effect overview 201 Rotor Cabinet effect motor parameters 202 Rotor Cabinet effect microphone types 203 Rotor Cabinet effect mic processing controls 204 Scanner Vibrato effect 205 Spreader 206 Tremolo effect Contents 7 207 Chapter 11: Pitch effects 207 Pitch effects overview 207 Pitch Correction effect 207 Pitch Correction effect overview 208 Pitch Correction effect parameters 209 Pitch Correction effect quantization grid 210 Exclude notes from pitch correction 211 Use Pitch Correction effect reference tuning 212 Pitch Shifter 212 Pitch Shifter overview 213 Use Pitch Shifter 213 Vocal Transformer 213 Vocal Transformer overview 214 Vocal Transformer parameters 215 Use Vocal Transformer 217 Chapter 12: Reverb effects 217 Reverb effects overview 218 EnVerb 218 EnVerb overview 219 EnVerb time parameters 220 EnVerb sound parameters 221 PlatinumVerb 221 PlatinumVerb overview 222 PlatinumVerb early reflections parameters 223 PlatinumVerb reverb parameters 224 PlatinumVerb output parameters 225 SilverVerb 226 Chapter 13: Space Designer convolution reverb 226 Space Designer overview 227 Space Designer interface 228 Use impulse responses 232 Space Designer envelopes and EQ 232 Space Designer envelopes and EQ overview 232 Space Designer button bar 233 Edit Space Designer envelope parameters 234 Space Designer volume envelope 235 Space Designer density envelope 236 Use Space Designer EQ parameters 237 Space Designer filter 237 Space Designer filter parameters 238 Space Designer filter envelope 239 Space Designer global parameters 239 Space Designer global parameters overview 240 Use Space Designer global parameters 242 Use Space Designer output parameters Contents 8 244 Chapter 14: Specialized effects and utilities 244 Specialized effects overview 244 Denoiser 244 Denoiser overview 245 Denoiser smoothing parameters 246 Exciter 247 Grooveshifter 248 Speech Enhancer 249 SubBass 249 SubBass overview 249 SubBass parameters 250 SubBass use tips 251 Chapter 15: Utilities and tools 251 Utilities and tools overview 251 Gain plug-in 252 Use I/O utility 253 Test Oscillator 254 Appendix: Legacy effects 254 Legacy effects overview 254 AVerb 255 Bass Amp 256 EQ 256 DJ EQ 257 Fat EQ 258 Single-Band EQs 259 Silver EQ 260 GoldVerb 260 GoldVerb overview 261 GoldVerb early reflections parameters 262 GoldVerb reverb parameters 263 Guitar Amp Pro 263 Guitar Amp Pro overview 264 Guitar Amp Pro amplifier models 265 Guitar Amp Pro cabinet models 266 Guitar Amp Pro EQ 266 Guitar Amp Pro amplifier controls 267 Guitar Amp Pro effects 268 Guitar Amp Pro microphone parameters 269 Silver Compressor 270 Silver Gate Contents 9 1 Amps and pedals Amps and pedals overview MainStage features an extensive collection of guitar and bass amplifiers and classic pedal effects. You can play live—or process recorded audio and software instrument parts—through these amps and effects. The amplifier models recreate vintage and modern tube and solid-state amps. Built-in effect units, such as reverb, tremolo, or vibrato, are also reproduced. The modeled amplifiers can be paired with a number of emulated speaker cabinets. These amplifiers and speaker cabinets can be used as a matching set or combined in other ways to create interesting hybrids. Also emulated are a number of “classic” foot pedal effects—or stompboxes—that were, and remain, popular with guitarists and keyboardists. As with their real-world counterparts, you can chain pedals in any order to create your sound. 10