Meanings
nouneffects unit (plural effects units)
plural effects units
- An electronic device that alters how a musical instrument or other audio source sounds.
Each aux out is connected to an effects unit and the signal is then returned into the desk.
2009, Rick Snoman, Dance Music Manual: Tools, Toys and Techniques, page 69
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 效果器
- 效果器 (xiàoguǒqì)device that alters how a musical instrument sounds
Finnish efektilaite
- efektilaitedevice that alters how a musical instrument sounds
French unité d’effets
- unité d’effetsdevice that alters how a musical instrument sounds
Japanese エフェクター
- エフェクター (efekutā)device that alters how a musical instrument sounds
Polish efekt gitarowy
- efekt gitarowydevice that alters how a musical instrument sounds
Russian блок эффе́ктов
- блок эффе́ктов (blok efféktov)device that alters how a musical instrument sounds
Cite this entry
APA
effects unit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effects%20unit
MLA
“effects unit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effects%20unit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effects unit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effects%20unit.
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