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Digital reverb sections: This effect is a more complex electronic circuitry
than a spring reverb and offers more control, such as time, feedback,
and level. Use a digital reverb for more realistic ambient sounds
than a spring reverb can provide or when you want more control over
the individual reverb parameters.
Outboard units: The guitarist interested in taking advantage of the best
of digital modeling technology may want to go with an outboard unit
(usually in the form of a pedal) and not the circuitry built into the amp.
Choosing an Effects Format
Effects are essential to creating a variety of sounds, but some guitarists rely
more on them than others. If you use only an occasional one or two effects,
you can get away with a couple of stomp boxes (the nickname for small
pedals). But the more you employ effects into your sound and the more particular
you get, the more you need to consider the different available formats,
or physical setups, for incorporating effects into your arsenal.
A string of effects: Pedals on parade
The most popular format for individual effects is the pedal, or so-called
stomp box. This often-inexpensive effect is usually a box the size of a deck of
playing cards that you turn on and off with your foot (by “stomping” on it).
Stomp boxes are usually single-function devices that connect together in
daisy-chain fashion, with short patch cords. Figure 15-18 shows a collection
of stomp boxes and the cables that connect them.
Figure 15-18:
The stomp
box solution.