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    – Press Release

    BackLine Engineering LLC has announced FX-Tracker, the first effects unit in the industry that allows guitar and
    bass players to control their sound by changes in their playing style. FX-Tracker utilizes the note
    recognition technology developed for the successful RiffBox looping device while incorporating
    many of the effects popular with musicians today. This allows you to tailor your own unique sound
    beyond what can be created using standard effects devices.

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    FX-Tracker includes 70 effects in the categories of Delay, Chorus, Tremolo, Flanger, Filter and
    Pitch Shifter. With most of these effects, you can control timing or intensity of the effect by
    changing your playing speed or your playing volume. An additional delay effect is included and
    can be placed before, after or in parallel with any of these effects to create unique layered
    sounds.

    Here are some examples:

    · A delay time that matches your playing speed. Faster playing produces shorter delays.
    · A delay time that increases as you play faster.
    · Chorus, tremolo, flanger or filter periods that track your playing speed.
    · You can trigger volume, chorus, flanger or filter envelopes with your playing, with the length of
    the envelope dependent on your playing speed.
    · Whammy dive bombs that are triggered each time you play a note.
    · Programmable arpeggio harmonies with intervals that can change on each note.
    · Change the depth or feedback of an effect with your playing speed or your playing volume.
    · Change effects without touching a footswitch. For example, slow playing provides a tremolo
    effect while fast playing switches to a delay effect.
    · Output your playing speed or playing volume as MIDI CC messages. For example, you could
    increase the drive of an external amp modeler as you increase your playing intensity.
    · You can have an external MIDI drum machine track your playing speed.
    · Use it to create loops that you can play over with up to 60 seconds of stereo delay.
    · Use an external MIDI expression pedal to manually sweep the chorus, flanger or filter. You
    can also use it to create a whammy pedal.
    · Several effects allow you to transform a mono source to stereo delay, chorus, tremolo or
    flanger.

    FX-Tracker is designed using state-of-the-art digital signal processing technology and provides
    high quality mono or stereo audio. It includes a full MIDI implementation so you can control any
    parameter with MIDI CC messages. It contains 100 preset locations to save your favorite effect
    settings and you can also change the preset number using MIDI PC messages. This allows you
    to change presets from your existing MIDI floorboard. You can also load future firmware updates
    using MIDI to protect your investment.

    With FX-Tracker, guitarists and other artists can set themselves apart by creating unique sounds
    that have never been heard before. You can check out some of the demo tracks at http://www.backline-eng.com

    The retail price is 99.00 with a street price of 19.00.

    Website: http://www.backline-eng.com

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