EFFECTS
The Concert Performer has a 
selection of 21 effect types that 
can be used to enhance or even 
dramatically alter the instrument 
sounds.  The most common effects 
are Reverb, Chorus and Delay, but 
the CP goes well beyond that to 
include other effects that can 
add very interesting qualities to 
the sounds.  Each of the 300 
instrument sounds has already 
been assigned a chorus amount and 
an additional effect that suits 
its type.  For example, a 
moderate Delay effect is used on 
the Church Organ to recreate the 
sense of being in a large church, 
and a Rotary speaker effect is 
used on the Drawbar organ to give 
it an authentic, vintage feel.  
There are dedicated front panel 
buttons labeled CHORUS and EFFECT 
which you can use to instantly 
choose whether the chorus and the 
other specific effect assigned to 
the sound is activated. 

If you wish, you can change these 
effect settings entirely to suit 
your tastes.  For any instrument 
sound you can adjust the level of 
the Chorus, choose another effect 
and adjust its level, and select 
whether you want these effects to 
be automatically activated next 
time you select this sound to 
play.
(The CP can also remember this 
setting as a part of a 
Registration)

To turn on the 3-D effect:

1) Press the 3-D button.  The 
Indicator light will show that it 
has been activated.

2) Pressing the 3-D button again 
will turn the 3-D effect off.

The 3-D effect is produced with 
the Sound Retrieval System  
developed and licensed by SRS 
Inc.  This technology enhances 
the acoustic environment and adds 
a rich depth to the sound.

To add Chorus:

1) Press the CHORUS button.  The 
button's Indicator light will 
show that it has been activated.  

2) If you wish to edit the 
settings, hold down the CHORUS 
button for a moment until the 
Chorus Settings menu is 
displayed.

3) Use the F3-F6 buttons to 
select the Part which you are 
going to adjust settings on.

4) Use the L2-L4 buttons to 
select the specific setting that 
you wish to modify.

5) Turn the Dial to change the 
value.

6) Press the EXIT button to leave 
the Settings menu.

7) If you wish to deactivate the 
chorus effect, press the CHORUS 
button again.

The Indicator light on the CHORUS 
button will be lit only when 
Chorus is turned on for the 
active "Priority Part".  See 
"Effect Priority Guidelines" 
later in this chapter for an 
explanation of this.

You can select from four chorus 
types when in the Chorus Settings 
menu.  There is a fifth chorus 
type which is assigned as an 
Effect from the Effect Settings 
menu.  In this way, you can 
actually have two chorus effects 
active if so desired. 

To add an Effect:

1) Press the EFFECTS button.  The 
currently assigned effect is 
turned on.  

2) If you wish to edit the 
settings, hold down the EFFECTS 
button for a moment until the 
Effect Settings menu is 
displayed.

3) Use the F4-F7 button to select 
the Part which you are going to 
adjust settings on.

4) Use the L2-L5 buttons to 
select the specific setting that 
you wish to modify

5) Turn the Dial to change the 
value.

6) Press the EXIT button to leave 
the Settings Menu.

7) If you wish to turn the Effect 
off, push the EFFECTS button 
again.

EFFECT TYPES
Chorus	
Simulates the richness that would 
occur if many instruments played 
the same tone simultaneously.

Flanger 1-2	
Creates a gradually shifting 
tonal quality.

Ensemble	
A three-phase chorus with a 
slight modulation to each phase.


Celeste	
A three-phase chorus without 
modulation.

Delay 1-3	
Adds echoes to the sound.  The 
three types differ in the length 
of time between the echoes.


Auto Pan	
Moves the sound source back and 
forth across the stereo field.

Tremolo	
Modulates the volume of the 
sound.   



Tremulant	
A combination of tremolo and 
vibrato.  It simulates the 
tremulant pipes of  a church 
organ.

Phaser 1-2	
Creates a phase change, adding 
motion to the sound.  

Rotary 1-3	
This effect simulates the sound 
of the Rotary Speaker cabinet 
commonly used with electric 
organs.  Rotary 3 adds 
distortion.

Auto Wah	
Sweeps a tone filter up and down 
at the beginning of a note, 
recreating the popular vintage 
wah wah pedal sound.  

Enhancer	
Emphasizes high frequencies to 
make a sound more easily 
discernible in a mix.

Distortion	
Adds frequencies that were not 
present in the original sound, 
resulting in a "fuzzy" or 
warmer tone.

EFFECT PRIORITY GUIDELINES
The fact that the Concert 
Performer remembers what Chorus 
and Effect settings you've chosen 
for a particular sound is great, 
because this way you don't have 
to worry about remembering all 
the effect settings yourself. 
just select your sound, and the 
CP automatically recalls the 
rest.  However, since the CP's 
effect processor can only have 
one Effect turned on at a time 
(in addition to the Chorus, 
Reverb, and 3-D), what happens if 
you have two (or more) Parts 
active, with entirely different 
sounds, each with their own 
Chorus and Effect settings?
In these cases, the CP's effects 
processor can only follow the 
settings of one of the Parts.  
The effect settings for this one 
Part will be heard, while those 
for the others may be 
automatically turned off.  This 
"Priority Part" depends on the 
current situation. If you only 
have one Part active, regardless 
of which Part it is, it makes 
sense that the effect settings 
for that sound should be heard.  
If you have two or more Parts 
active, then the CP will treat 
one of them as the Priority Part, 
and not follow the settings of 
the other(s).   

Here are some guidelines to keep 
in mind:

Priority is given to the Parts in 
the following order: 
SOLO>RIGHT1>RIGHT2>LEFT.

This means that anytime the SOLO 
Part is active, its Effect 
settings are the ones that are 
applied not only its sound, but 
also to any other sound, in any 
other Part, that you've decided 
is to be enhanced by the CP's 
effects processor.  Likewise, the 
only time an active LEFT Part's 
settings will be applied is if 
the other 3 Parts are inactive.  
		
The Effect settings will only 
change in response to a change in 
the Priority Part being 
activated/deactivated, or a new 
sound is assigned to an active 
Priority Part.  In the latter 
case, the new Effect settings 
will reflect whatever settings 
are assigned to the new sound 
that you've just selected.
		
When the Effect settings change, 
the Effect (except Chorus) will 
be automatically turned off for 
the other Parts.  (This is so 
that your Flute sound on RIGHT2 
doesn't suddenly get effected by 
the Distortion settings of the 
Electric Guitar that you've just 
assigned to the SOLO Part!) 
		
You can, however, instruct any of 
the Parts to be effected by the 
new settings by adjusting the 
Effect On/Off option in the 
display for that Part.
		
The LED Indicator on the EFFECT 
and CHORUS buttons will be on 
only when the active Priority 
Part has effects turned on.
