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Guided Tour - Front Panel
When you turn the Voicing knob, the display shows the currently selected voicing.
If the Voicing knob is untouched for two seconds, the display goes back to showing
the current delay time. The display also shows the selected delay when you turn the
Delay Type knob.
When the Looper is selected, the display reads
Loop
. When recording starts, the
available loop time (shown in seconds) begins to count down in the display. When
the loop is playing back, the current playback position within the loop is shown
as a series of vertical bars moving across the display in proportion to the length of
the loop.
Voicing Knob
4.
The Voicing knob lets you change the pitch of the delayed signals (repeats) that
you hear. When the voicing is set to unison (
U
or
U U
), the TimeBender
TM
creates
a traditional delay effect. But by changing the delay voicings, you have access
to a huge canvas of sonic possibilities like octave shifts and intelligent musical
intervals. Turn the Voicing knob by a single click to see the currently selected
voicing set. Turn it again to cycle through the other available voicing sets. The
voicings are described on page 21.
Mix Knob
5.
The Mix knob controls the level of the delayed signal or Looper playback. Turn
it all the way down (counter-clockwise) to hear just your guitar and no delays. As
you turn the Mix knob up (clockwise), the delayed signal gets louder. For a 100%
wet mix (all delay, no input guitar signal), turn the Mix knob all the way up to the
black region marked DRY OFF. The display will briefly show
d
.
OFF
for all delay
types except Reverse, Envelope, and Looper. To get the dry signal mixed back
in, turn the Mix knob counter clockwise until it is out of the DRY OFF region
(the display will briefly show
d
.
On
). For every delay type except Reverse and
Envelope, the Mix knob controls the level of the delays only – the input guitar
signal is the same undigitized signal you would hear if the TimeBender were
turned off. But when Reverse or Envelope are active, the input guitar signal level
gets reduced as you turn up the Mix knob, so you can adjust a wet/dry mix.
Memory Indicator LED
6.
When the Memory Indicator LED is lit, you can step on the right footswitch to
advance to the next memory location. When the Memory Indicator LED is off,
you can use the right footswitch to set the tempo by tapping at the desired beat.
Holding down both footswitches at the same time turns the Memory Indicator
LED on or off.
