OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE
SGX 2000 EXPRESS
ADDENDUM TO THE SGX 2000 REFERENCE MANUAL
A.R.T. has increased the power of the SGX 2000 by 400% and kept the ease of use factor unchanged. There are some variations between the two units which will be explained in this addendum. All other functions remain the same.
Included in the EXPRESS are:
*Hundreds of new presets!
*Enhanced reverb algorithms!
*More gain!
*Dual pitch transposer
*Expanded digital tuner
*Space Phaser!
*Regenerated delay time increased
*Refined acoustic environment simulator!
*Expanded MIDI implementation!
Use this manual to reference all features and functions of your new SGX 2000 EXPRESS processor. Refer to the large reference manual for hook-up diagrams and "getting started" suggestions.
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Included in this addendum:
Enhanced user interface
Preset bank selection
Recalling presets
Storing presets
Creating presets
Banks
Organizing Presets
Preset hints
Preset list
Dual Pitch Transposer
Space Phaser
Expanded Digital Tuner
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Section |
Explanation |
Refer to New Section |
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PWR OUT |
Power out jack |
No new section |
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LCD |
Liquid crystal display |
Throughout this text |
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PRESET |
Preset selection |
Throughout this text |
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EDIT MODE |
Preview presets |
Throughout this text |
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STORE |
Storing presets |
Throughout this text |
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TITLE EDIT |
Characters in title |
Throughout this text |
7 |
Utility |
Addition of utilities |
Throughout this text |
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X-15 |
How to use with |
ART X-15 |
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SWEPT |
Addition of Phaser |
Space Phaser |
12 |
REGEN DDL Delay time longer |
Refined Algorithms |
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14 |
TUNER |
Expanded parameters |
Digital Tuner |
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MISC. |
About the presets |
Throughout this text |
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WARRANTY Amended warranty |
Warranty |
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PRESET |
New preset list |
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All reverb algorithms, natural and fabricated (halls, rooms, gated) have been redone allowing you to experience great sounding effects. No change to the user interface for creating patches with reverb was necessary. When creating patches, just listen to the reverb type to determine which space is right for you.
We have expanded the Digital Tuner to accommodate a wider range of tuning options. Included in the new options are a reference oscillator which produces a reference tone at the outputs to speed your tuning (or to give someone else in the band a tone to tune to) and the option of tuning to 12th fret harmonics. The delay length of the Regenerated Delay has been increased from a maximum delay time of 1150ms to 1300ms.
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ENHANCED USER INTERFACE
PRESET BANKS, WHAT'S IN THEM
When hundreds of presets are available in a device, you must make it effortless to access them all, as well as group them, in an intelligent fashion. A.R.T. has created "banks" of presets to supply you with every possible need. Four banks of factory presets, with a total of 475 patches, have been created for the SGX 2000 EXPRESS. The first bank, titled CLASSIC and designated by the letter "A", contains 125 instant use presets for the guitar. In bank two, the "B" bank, you will find 116 PERFORMANCE presets. These presets emulate guitar sounds as you would hear them on the radio from various types of artists and also through different types of amplifiers. Bank "C", the third bank is the PRODUCTION bank of the SGX 2000 EXPRESS. This bank contains 111 patches you would use in a studio/recording situation. The last bank "D", CONTRIBUTION, contains 123 patches created by recording engineers and artists worldwide.
Bank "A" CLASSIC
We've put together a small sample of the multitudes of sound capabilities the SGX 2000 EXPRESS has waiting inside for you to experience! The first 40 presets start off with ripping lead (1-10) patches and acoustic/clean lead (11-20) patches. Presets 21-22 feature the Digital tuner. The first one is silent, allowing you to tune in private, and the second one is set up to automatically detect the string you are tuning and put out a tone of that frequency through your amp! Even if you don't need an "E", perhaps someone without an SGX 2000 EXPRESS does! X-15 ready patches (23-28) show off just what the SGX 2000 Express is capable of when used with the ART X-15 MIDI Controller pedal. To finish off the tour, there are ten semi-dirt, lead/rockin' rhythm patches (29-40).
It doesn't stop there, starting at preset 41 and continuing to preset 75 are 35 more guitar solo lead patches! Everything from overdriven ripping lead sounds, "effected" leads, milder dirty leads to "clean" (no distortion!) lead patches. Don't limit these to just lead patches, there are other ways for you to decide how to use them. Starting with preset 76, rhythm, chunka chunka, dirt, grunge, overdrive, semi-overdriven, and yes, even clean patches are all contained in the group up to preset 109. Be sure to check out presets 101115 for some outrageous effects! Buried guitar leads, various wah-wah tremolo, sampling, pitch shifting, delay, panning and phasing are all featured here. Not enough?, it doesn't stop here, you still have three more banks of exciting sounds to go!
Bank "B" PERFORMANCE
The first 72 presets reflect guitar sounds from various recordings and artists you are sure to recognize. Next, from preset 73 to 93, are emulations of classic amplifier sounds. From preset 94 to 116, you will find presets set up for keyboard and MIDI controllers. Use your imagination and capitalize on these plug in and sound like presets!
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Bank "C" PRODUCTION
Individual effects in a patch, small rooms with different mic placements, clean/dirty miced amps, drum and vocal reverb patches are all represented here. From preset 1 to preset 29, each individual effect has its own patch. This allows you to just use chorus or compression or any other effect alone. Also, the effects parameters are set at their "default" value. The value each parameter of the effect comes up with when you are building your own patches. From preset 30 to 68 listen to all the different types of rooms you can have for your guitar sounds. Dirt, clean, close miced, not-so-close miced, effected, bright, warm and muddled; the possibilities seem endless. The next set of presets were set up to be used specifically with your SGX 2000 EXPRESS patched into a mixing board or console. Vocals and drums may be processed with patches 69 through 111. For the vocal and drum patches, the mix has been set for all "wet". This allows you to mix in the amount of "dry" signal to your needs from whatever board (preferably an A.R.T. PHANTOM) you are working from. Remember not to limit your use of these patches to what we say they were built for!
Bank "D" CONTRIBUTION
Artists, producers, and engineers worldwide compiled these presets. Presets range from rock lead, clean/dirty rhythm, to the totally bizarre. As with the other banks, presets are arranged from lead patches to dirt/clean rhythm, to "special effects". Preset 1-24 are "lead" patches from straight dirt to flanged to chorus to delay and ending with pitch shifting. Dirt rhythm patches start at preset 25 and go to 59. The effects pattern is the same progression as the lead. Next, from preset 60 to 90, thirty-one "clean" patches are available. The effect progression goes from clean to flange to chorus to delay. Last but not least, from preset 91 to preset 123 are presets we labeled "special"! Thirty-three presets with primary effects starting with flange, chorus, delay, tremolo, "bizarre!", wah, pitch transposing and ending with a few extra!
Bank "U" USER
Your own presets are stored in memory slots designated as "U" presets. When you create presets whether by starting from scratch, or modifying an existing factory preset, that preset is stored in "User" memory. Though there is no actual bank "U" assessable through the Utility function, the preset is labeled "U" in the title bar when you store a preset.
PRESET BANKS, HOW TO USE THEM
WHERE AM I?
To find out which bank of presets you are in, look at the title in the LCD window. The last space on the top line of the LCD (the title bar) is reserved to show you the bank designator. A capital letter "A", "B", "C", "D", or "U" will be visible in reversed text.
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