effects unit

English

Noun

effects unit (plural effects units)

1. An electronic device that alters how a musical instrument or other audio source sounds.
   • 2009, Rick Snoman, Dance Music Manual: Tools, Toys and Techniques, page 69:

     Each aux out is connected to an effects unit and the signal is then returned into the desk.

Translations

device that alters how a musical instrument sounds

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 效果器 (zh) (xiàoguǒqì)

• Finnish: efektilaite
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• Russian: блок эффе́ктов m (blok efféktov)

See also

• pedal