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OWNER’S MANUAL

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Page 2: ...e the problem call Sound Sculpture at the number shown below during normal business hours If we are unable to resolve your problem over the phone and determine that the unit needs repair you will be given a return authorization number and further procedures for returning the unit UNAUTHORIZED REPAIR OF THE SWITCHBLADE 8B BY ANYONE OTHER THAN THE FACTORY VOIDS THE WARRANTY NO UNITS WILL BE ACCEPTED...

Page 3: ...8 CONTROLLING THE SWITCHBLADE ________________________________________________________________ 8 THE PRESET MANAGER ___________________________________________________________________________ 8 THE REMOTE ADJUST FEATURE ___________________________________________________________________ 8 DIRECT CONTROL OF CONTROL OUTPUTS _________________________________________________________ 9 USING MIDI CONTI...

Page 4: ...t in VU meter to get the best level match CONNECTING MIDI DEVICES 1 If you are using a MIDI foot controller to select presets on the Switchblade 8B then plug the controller s MIDI OUT into the Switchblade s MIDI IN 2 Set the MIDI controller to the same MIDI channel as the Switchblade The Switchblade is factory set to MIDI channel 1 If you wish to use another channel refer to the INPUT OUTPUT DEFIN...

Page 5: ...enter the PROGRAMMING GROUP SELECTION MENU Press the SELECT switch so the cursor underscore is under the word SETUP Press the MODE switch TWICE to skip over the COPY menu and to move directly to the Input Output Definition I O DEF Menu INPUT OUTPUT DEFINITION MENU PROGRAMMING This menu is used to assign names to all devices connected to the audio inputs and outputs on the Switchblade to assign MID...

Page 6: ...the Mode switch until the INPUT CONFIGURATION menu is displayed This menu is used to configure each input to either normal levels indicated by BAL in the display or higher than normal levels indicated by CUT in the display The input will usually be set to BAL factory default unless you have a piece of gear connected that has no level controls and puts out a high signal level Refer to CONNECTING AU...

Page 7: ...stination combination represents a particular patch you wish to connect and apply gain to 5 Press the SELECT switch so the cursor moves to the lower left side of the display This is the GAIN area or START GAIN area if doing continuous control Press the DOWN or UP DOIT switch to change the gain to 0 dB of the display This is the gain from the instrument to the input of the distortion effect 6 Press...

Page 8: ...n of the continuous controller IF YOU ARE NOT USING A CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER THEN YOU MAY SKIP THIS EXAMPLE 1 Name the preset as described above as SWEEP DIST or some other appropriate name 2 Follow the chart below to program the patch Notice that in this chart there are two gain areas called START GAIN and END GAIN These 2 gains represent the extremes of the continuous controller When the controll...

Page 9: ...er values to patches Graphic faders available with many sequencer packages can then be used to vary the gains of individual or group patches THE PRESET MANAGER The Preset Manager is a preset storage area consisting of 20 banks with 10 empty locations call items in each bank Any number of presets up to a maximum of 10 can be loaded into a bank in any order Even the same preset can be loaded into di...

Page 10: ...NTROL OF CONTROL OUTPUTS The Switchblade 8B has 2 jacks on the back panel that are each connected to relays that may be switched on or off under preset control These 2 outputs are used to simulate mechanical footswitches that are used to turn on or off the overdrive and reverb channels of amplifiers or to control effects devices that have a footswitch input Each preset can be programmed to set the...

Page 11: ...e Use the MIDI OUT MENU to create a burst of one or more program change commands to be sent over the MIDI OUT port to change the presets on MIDI devices connected to the Switchblade Whenever this preset is selected from PLAY MODE this burst will be sent to the effects on their corresponding channels 1 Be sure that one or more channel numbers were properly assigned to effect names using the INPUT O...

Page 12: ...utputs of the EQ device might be named EQ LEFT and EQ RIGHT but the input might just be named EQ If the device has 2 inputs and 2 outputs you may give the left in and out the same EQ LEFT name and the same for the right in and out 5 In addition to giving a name to each used OUT jack if any MIDI devices are connected to the Switchblade you can assign a MIDI channel for this device as well To do thi...

Page 13: ...to record and press UP DOIT NOTE BE SURE TO START THE SEQUENCER RECORDING BEFORE PRESSING UP DOIT 3 After the SAVE IN PROGRESS message goes back to BACKUP FUNCTIONS about 10 seconds then you will want to verify the information for and reset the sequencer to the first measure Press the UP DOIT switch so the message VERIFY IN PROGRESS is displayed then press the play button on the sequencer NOTE BE ...

Page 14: ...U ARE USING ONE AND THIS CHANNEL MUST MATCH THE MIDI CHANNEL THAT THE SWITCHBLADE IS SET TO SEE THE EFFECT CONFIGURATION MENU SECTION FOR SETTING THE SWITCHBLADE MIDI CHANNEL INPUT CONFIGURATION MENU SETUP MENU GROUP The Switchblade 8B affords the user with the option of attenuating the input channels individually by 6dB in cases where the equipment you are connecting has an unadjustable high outp...

Page 15: ... This is the SOURCE area Use the DOWN or UP DOIT switch to scroll to the name of the instrument or effect that will be the source of the audio signal you wish to patch 3 Press the SELECT switch to move to the upper right area of the display This is the DESTINATION area Use the DOWN or UP DOIT SWITCH to scroll to the name of the amp or effect that the audio signal will be patched to 4 Press the SEL...

Page 16: ...E EFFECT NAME AREA 3 Move the cursor to the program change number using the SELECT switch Use the DOWN or UP DOIT switch to scroll to the desired program change number to be sent to this effect Continue to add as many program change numbers to this burst by scrolling to the effect and setting the program change number If you do not want to send a program change number to a particular effect scroll...

Page 17: ...g on IN 3 and on IN 4 will have different pan rates again ONE SHOT SWEEP The third sweep type is a single sweep that begins when the preset is selected sweeps at the rate set in the display and stops sweeping when the end is reached The preset must be selected again either from itself or from another preset to start the one shot again The sweep may be fired over and over with the momentary footswi...

Page 18: ...d UP DOIT switch together will either reset the preset number to the first preset for this item only or else it will remove the preset entirely from the selected item depending of if the item shown is the last item in the bank that has a preset loaded into it or not 4 To load or change presets in the Preset Manager move the cursor under the bank number and scroll to the bank number that you wish t...

Page 19: ...e listed in a single Sys Ex data stream 01 CLEAR MATRIX No additional byte are required Clears all input to output patches to allow for new patches to be created from scratch Actual clearing occurs in memory only and is not transferred to the audio section until an End Of Exclusive is received If the CLEAR MATRIX command is used alone in a Sys Ex file then all input to output connections are clear...

Page 20: ...to exit the Sys Ex direct control operation and jump directly to the preset identified by the additional byte The additional byte must be in the range of 00 74 for presets 1 75 Exit occurs immediately upon receipt of the preset byte Note that the hex value placed in the Sys Ex file is 1 less than the preset desired For example to jump to preset 1 the hex value is 00 and to jump to preset 75 the he...

Page 21: ...controller 0 then create a connection from input 2 to output 5 and assign it to controller 1 Data Description F0 Sys Ex command 00 01 18 3 byte ID 20 Unit identification number if Switchblade is set at MIDI channel 1 01 Function clear the matrix 02 Function create a patch 00 first of 3 required bytes for this function Input number 1 00 Output number 1 00 Controller number to be assigned to this pa...

Page 22: ...ers are transmitting on matches the channel number that the Switchblade is set to To set the Switchblade channel go to the I O DEF menu in the setup group and scroll past all the IN numbers and past all the OUT numbers until the word SWBLADE appears in the bottom row then move the cursor to the CHxx area and select the desired channel Q I have a preset with a patch assigned to the UP controller bu...

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