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Built-in Effects


The QChord has two built-in effects-vibrato and reverb. The vibrato effect gives the QChord a wobbling or warbling sound, while the reverb gives an echo effect. Once one of these effects is turned on, you have two seconds to increase or decrease its depth by using the chord volume controls. You will recall that the buttons for these effects are in the chord mode section, and, along with the ez-play button, make up a group of three buttons just to the left of the chord volume controls. The leftmost button is the vibrato button, while the right button is reverb. The reverb button is on by default, and Suzuki recommends that you leave it on unless it interferes with your playing style.


To demonstrate the vibrato effect, first return the instrument to power-on defaults. Now, press the ez-play button and then push the autochord button twice to enable only the strumplate. Press a chord and strum the strumplate. Now press the vibrato button to turn it on, press a chord, and strum the strumplate again. The chord should have a slight shaky sound.


You adjust the depth of both the vibrato and reverb effects by means of the chord volume controls. You only have two seconds to do this once you activate one of the effects, so it's probably not a bad idea to keep a finger poised on the chord volume control in order to push it instantaneously once you've turned on the desired effect.


The reverb effect is much subtler than the vibrato effect. I will demonstrate it as follows.


Return the QChord to its power-on defaults.
Press the ez-play button, and then press autochord twice to hear only the strumplate.
Hold down the sustain down control for a second or two to achieve minimal sustain.
Press the reverb button. This turns reverb off.
Now push a chord button and strum the strumplate.
Next, press the reverb button to activate the effect.
Press a chord and strum the strumplate. You should hear an "echo" effect. This is a minute effect and may be difficult for some to hear.


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