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just ordered an efx-500@!!!

It's coming in 4-7 days.


Could you guys please give me some tips on getting started with it?


thanks a lot!

hammer it!



seriously, you won't move away from it for about 3 days. if you have a girlfriend, apologise in advance

haha good advice.

can you scratch on it? zabiela goes fuckin nuts on it.

it get's hooked up between my mixer and the amp right?

also, can it do samples?

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Originally posted by stevebutabi haha good advice. can you scratch on it? zabiela goes fuckin nuts on it. it get's hooked up between my mixer and the amp right? also, can it do samples?

-You can scratch on TTs or some CDJ players such as CDJ-800 or CDJ-1000. But not on the EFX; the jog wheel controls the effect, if that's what you're wondering what it is for.
-You can get it hooked up that way, but you can also hook it if to your send/return aux if your mixer has them (that way you'll be able to apply effects to different channels and not only on the master.
-The EFX hasn't a sampler unfortunately, so no.

On this topic, for other EFX users, I have mine for about a month, I was wondering how do you get the best sound output? 'Cos the manual says to put it just before the red light is lit, but if I do that on both Input and Effects Out Levels, weird stuff happens, such as holding jog wheel effects On and the track's volume decreases or the effect can be barely noticed. How do you have it configured?

Hope I make sense with all this, I'm in a "non-english talking" day lol

Re: just ordered an efx-500@!!!

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Originally posted by stevebutabi It's coming in 4-7 days. Could you guys please give me some tips on getting started with it? thanks a lot!

im jealous... how much did u pay for it?

connect it on aux, gives you much more freedom to be creative like that.
use delay (3/4), often!
use delay in conjunction with zip!
use jet on hold, and make really suttle or really aggressive movements on the jog!
when mixing (especially in techno), have a delay on 2/1 on both channels, raise one fader, drop it, raise the other, drop it, repeat!

those are my fav tricks

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Originally posted by benoitfan -You can scratch on TTs or some CDJ players such as CDJ-800 or CDJ-1000. But not on the EFX; the jog wheel controls the effect, if that's what you're wondering what it is for. -You can get it hooked up that way, but you can also hook it if to your send/return aux if your mixer has them (that way you'll be able to apply effects to different channels and not only on the master. -The EFX hasn't a sampler unfortunately, so no. On this topic, for other EFX users, I have mine for about a month, I was wondering how do you get the best sound output? 'Cos the manual says to put it just before the red light is lit, but if I do that on both Input and Effects Out Levels, weird stuff happens, such as holding jog wheel effects On and the track's volume decreases or the effect can be barely noticed. How do you have it configured? Hope I make sense with all this, I'm in a "non-english talking" day lol

regarding sound output, so long as you have the levels set the same, and it doesn't go into the red it will sound fine.

what you do have to be aware of with effects units, is that different effects cause different feedback levels. this is why you will find using jet, it may sound quiet, yet with fuzz it will be mega loud.

the meter on the right of the unit is the effect level, so when you have switched to that effect always make sure that the levels are.. well err, level and the depth is set to where you want it before you do this..

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im jealous... how much did u pay for it?

$400

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connect it on aux, gives you much more freedom to be creative like that.

hmm... i think the aux in my mixer is strictly an output i don't know if it will work... it doesn't arrive till next week though, i'll let you guys know if i have any problems settin it up

I love my effector. At first, I thought all it did was flanger..one of the dopest effects. But, later on, you release you can acutally do some live looping (using echo) and so really nice fade outs as well as build ups. This machine has great possibilities for people who know how to use it properly. Just experiment with it!!

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Originally posted by Psy-T use delay in conjunction with zip!

haha i've never tried that one. but should be hella intresting.

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Originally posted by DesifromJC I love my effector. At first, I thought all it did was flanger..one of the dopest effects. But, later on, you release you can acutally do some live looping (using echo) and so really nice fade outs as well as build ups. This machine has great possibilities for people who know how to use it properly. Just experiment with it!!

aye, i sometimes have fun with that, stick the echo on full depth, and cut a little section in (or do a little sc ratch, it doesnt even have to be an amazing scratch lol), it will loop it pretty much forever, and you can effect it with the jog effects. then when you get bored and want to kick a tune back in, spin the time knob to the right, keep spinning unitl it goes as far as it will (or as far as you want), then bring it back the other way down to about 25ms then kick in your tune.

muchos fun

using this technique you can pretty much make your own fucked up abstract tune.. cut a kick from one track, some hats from another, and some squelchy noises from some scratching.. it can really fuck with your head. especially if you get your headfones plugged in as a mic on the mixer and make stupid noises!

i'm getting really, really excited to get my hands on this thing

just to wet your apetite (not that you won't have it as your wallpaper until you get it )



dr0000l

Another effect I love to do is apply delay to like the last 2 beats of a phrase but close the channel on the last one while still having delay pressed

I tested one of these out in the store and it was awesome.

I used to have a Pioneer DJM 600 mixer with the built in efx processor, and I must say that this blows it away. It gives you much more freedom to be creative.

A&H Xone 92 + this EFX pad = the ultimate combination.

I GOT IT TODAY!!!!! ...will post soon with update

wow this thing is really really cool... after 5 minutes of playing with it my roomate wanted to buy his own



question- i heard that you can use the echo function to sample... how do you do that? also the echo function keeps on going even after i swith the fx button off... is that normal?

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Originally posted by stevebutabi question- i heard that you can use the echo function to sample... how do you do that? also the echo function keeps on going even after i swith the fx button off... is that normal?

Yes it is.
how to sample? well, imagine this drumroll and you use echo + 1 beat, with maximum depth, turn the original/effect knob all the way to the left (original) and let go echo. now while it's on maximum if you take it to the middle (the original/effect knob) you'll hear it, 'cos it loops forever. I think it's like this, if not I'll try myself and explain it. I just got back from holidays and haven't touch my mixer for a week damn I miss it so much

Hope you write a review about it in a few weeks

I'm thinking of getting either that or the Kaoss Pad 2...

get one!

^^ that would be my review.

re: sampling type effect.. its only really up to a maximum of 2730ms, which considering that when at 140bpm its about 1700ish, means that its only for a snippet of 4 beats. you don't need the depth to full if you only want to use the snippet once to swap bar for bar. but if you want it to recur for ages, wack it up!

remember the original/effect knob (i dont know why they didnt call it wet/dry like everything else) is your best friend

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