Lesson Description
FX Wizard
6m 25s
If you are new to incorporating effects like reverb, chorus, delay, pitch correction and pitch change, this tutorial will show you how to utilize the FX wizard to quickly and easily sweeten your mix.
Video Transcript
FX Wizard
6m 25s
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today we're gonna introduce you to the
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onboard effects processor on the touch
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mix and show you how to use the effects
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wizard to add effects to your
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performance
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audio effects such as reverb chorus
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delay pitch correction and pitch change
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are essential in today's audio
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production the touch mix may just give
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you more effects processing than you've
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ever had before but using effects can be
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intimidating so stick with us because
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the payoff is a professional sounding
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live performance first let's look at the
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architecture of the effects section
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imagine this inside touchmix is a
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virtual equipment warehouse in the
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warehouse there are 24 effects
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processors for chorus processors for
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pitch change processors for dense reverb
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processors for lush reverb processors
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for mono delay processors and for stereo
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delay processors you can choose to use
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any four of these processors in any
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combination to use at any one time each
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of these processors has multiple presets
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the reverb processors for example will
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have presets simulating various sizes of
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rooms and halls as well as reverb plates
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there may also be brighter or darker
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sounding variations and presets with
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longer or shorter reverb times we can
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send a signal from any of the inputs to
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any effects processors once the
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processor has done its job by adding the
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wet sound that's what we call the sound
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that's been processed through the effect
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it can be blended back with the dry
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unaffected sound from the inputs and
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says onto the mixers outputs now that we
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have a feel for how the effects works
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let's talk about what you're gonna use
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them for let's say that you have a large
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band with a sax player some vocalists
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and a fully mic - drum kit in this
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example we're gonna use the factory
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default presets now don't be afraid to
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use these we designed them to be useful
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in a lot of different situations now in
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this hypothetical band the lead vocalist
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will be sent to a 250 millisecond delay
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that we'll be mixing at a low level to
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provide a bit of thickening
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six uh rhythm a Nassau horns and all the
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vocals will be given a bit of space in a
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medium hall reverb
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the snare and Tom's are all going to
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have a medium plate reverb applied to
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the plate reverb is a go to effect for
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drums in a live sound environment note
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that you can send a channel to more than
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one effect our sax is also being sent to
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a pitch shift effect with a light
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detuned preset this will provide a
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subtle doubling other instruments don't
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need effects or they have their own
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effects like guitar pedals or internal
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effects on a keyboard so we're gonna
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leave those dry so now you understand
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the touch mix effects and you thought
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about what to do with the effects let's
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talk about the how there are several
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ways to select and send up the effects
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on the touch mix today we're gonna focus
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on the fastest and easiest method which
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is the effects wizard and much like the
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channel presets or pretty much anything
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else you find on the touch mix the
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effects wizard is designed to help you
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get the most out of your live
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performance so let's say that you need
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to add some reverb to a tom drum now you
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don't know which one is the best for
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your scenario
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well the wizard helps you out with that
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let me show you what we mean start by
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pressing wizard then effects wizard
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pause the software screens you're about
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to see were filmed on a previous version
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of the firmware if you're using version
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3.0 or higher then the graphics you'll
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see on your screen will look a little
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newer you'll see more options and more
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features than the software you see in
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this video don't worry the process we're
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gonna show you is exactly the same even
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if some of the buttons don't end up
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being the exact same place on the screen
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alright let's go
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if this is your first time using the
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effects wizard the mixer will default to
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FX processor 1 select a preset by using
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the source type and FX style windows to
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choose an effect you'll notice that not
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all the reverb types in the touch mix
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are available for selection just the
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ones they're most relevant and
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appropriate for the selected source so
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just like the previous example where we
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selected a plate reverb for the Tom's
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you'll see the plate reverb is available
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for use here while Hall reverb an effect
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that might muddy up the drums in a mix
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is not pretty smart right use the master
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encoder to scroll up and down the list
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or drag on-screen to see all the
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selections touch recall once you've made
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a choice and confirm the preset name
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will be displayed below the type window
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the preset has now been loaded and now
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it's time to send audio to effects 1 on
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your mixer just decide which channels
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you want the effect to apply to and
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touch the corresponding button under
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select inputs to feed the selected
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channels are now feeding the effects
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processor the moment you've selected an
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input it is automatically sent to the
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effects processor and returned again all
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at a nominal level you don't have to
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adjust anything else now is your
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performer gonna want to hear effects in
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his stage monitor well if so that's easy
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to do just select the buttons under
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select aux outputs to tell your mixer
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where the effects should go if you find
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that you'd like to change the level of
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the effect you can use the master
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effects fader here you've still got
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three effects available so touch one of
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the tabs on the top of the screen to set
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up another effect and that's it you've
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setup all your effects and here's one
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more tip the touch mix has an FX mute
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button you can use it to mute all the
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effects at the same time this is really
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useful if the singer is talking between
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songs and you don't want to hear the
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reverb and delay on his speech we're
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gonna use it right now to demonstrate
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the difference that effects have on a
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mix
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that's it for this installment if you
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wanna dive even further into effects
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check out our next installment advanced
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effects we'll see you then