ADJUSTING THE GROOVE (
) SEQUENCE:
If you wish, you can individually change the rate at which
each step moves to the next, causing less of a sudden step
and more of a glide to the next step in the sequence. Set
the “groove/trem” switch to “groove” to access this feature.
ADJUSTING THE GLISSANDO GLOBALLY:
There’s a knob on the upper right labeled “gliss” which
globally adjusts all glissando rates between steps to the
same value. It’s labeled differently from the “groove” switch
to remind you that it adjusts all of them at once, so it’s not
quite as “groovy.” ADJUST THIS ONE FIRST. If you
adjust the individual groove settings and then try to adjust
the global glissando setting, it will erase all of the groove
settings and every step will follow the global glissando con-
trol alone. You can, of course, go back and set your groove
settings, but remember this to save yourself time and ag-
groovation… set the glissando first, then get groovy, baby.
Just to try to help you understand these controls, here is a
not-so-brief summary. If you never adjust the gliss knob or
set the switch on the right to groove and twist any of the
16 sequence knobs, your steps will all be hard and quick,
jumping from one to the next very quickly like, well, steps.
You can smooth out the movement between steps with the
gliss knob, and they’ll all smoothly move the same from step
to step, getting more smeary as you turn it up. Or, you can
switch the small toggle on the right to groove and individu-
ally adjust how much glissando is applied to each step,
causing some steps to be sudden and others to glide. Or,
you can do both… adjust the whole bunch of them glob-
ally with the gliss knob and then set the groove switch and
groove on using the 16 small knobs, but please do it in
that order, and do not go back and adjust the gliss knob or
you’ll have to start grooving all over again. Got it? Probably
not. Just go screw around with it and something good will
happen.
DELTA CONTROL:
We came up with this mode where the tempo can speed up
and slow down, and the rate at which that happens we call
DELTA.
To activate DELTA mode, push and release both the “tap
div/delta” and “steps/preset” knobs at the same time. Each
push moves the mode led next to the “tap/hold” button.
Stop when you get to delta.
When the “tap div/delta” knob is held down and turned, it
adjusts the delta rate. This controls the rate of change when
the pedal is speeding up or slowing down. Selecting the
little arrow pointing left on the mini toggle switch causes the
tempo to decelerate when you step on the “tap/hold” but-
ton. When you release that button, the speed snaps back to
the original tempo. Fun, huh? If you choose the little arrow
pointing right then press and hold the “tap/hold” button, it
speeds up until you let go of the “tap/hold” button. Then it
again snaps back to the original tempo.
Want even more fun? Put that little switch in the middle
between the arrows. Now, when you hold down the “tap/
hold” button it’ll alternately slow down and stay there (when
you release the button), then speed back up and stay there
(after the next hold and release) and so on, alternating
faster to slower. This middle position of Delta behaves a
little differently when the pedal is being clocked by a MIDI
device. It will alternately speed up and slow down as before,
but instead of remaining at the tempo when released, it
will snap back to the MIDI clock. Remember, the rate at
which this all takes place is controlled by the “tap div/delta”
knob… just hold down and turn the “tap div/delta” knob to
adjust it to one of the sixteen different rates.
HOLD:
When the “tap div/delta” and “steps/preset” knobs are
pushed simultaneously for a moment, you can change the
function of the “tap/hold” switch and select HOLD mode.
In this mode, the sequencing stops when you push and
hold the “tap/hold” switch, and continues when you let go.
This feature works with MIDI clocking and all other tempo
choices.
GO TO 1:
This is another function of the “tap/hold” button. Whenever
you want the sequence to go directly to 1 and collect $200,
tap the “tap/hold” switch ONCE. You have to be in TAP
TEMPO mode (
to get there, push and release both the “tap
div/delta” and “steps/preset” knobs to cycle through the modes
).
Important Note: this is a really cool trick, but if you tap
too close together you will wind up entering a new tempo.
Using this feature with MIDI is really fun, and you don’t have
to worry about tapping too often. You can interrupt your se-
quence at any time, and jump back to the beginning. This al-
lows you change the sensation of your sequence by moving
the apparent start point. You can also stutter the beginning
of your sequence to complicate the pattern.
EXPRESSION PEDAL INPUT:
You can control either tempo or global glissando settings
with an external expression pedal. Simply plug an expres-
sion pedal into the input on the back of the Super Seek
Trem with a ¼” TRS cable. Set the expression pedal mini
toggle switch to either “gliss” or “speed”. That assigns
control of the selected parameter to the expression pedal,
and simultaneously disables the corresponding knob on the
pedal. When using the Super Seek Trem without an external
expression pedal, put the expression selector switch in the
OFF position. And there’s one more secret thing you can do
with the expression pedal. If you have the expression set to
control “speed” but you also have the Step/Seq/Rnd toggle
in “Step” you’d think nothing would happen, right? Wrong!
In this setting you can glide forward and backward through
the stages dependent on the position of the expression
pedal.
INDIVIDUAL GLISSANDO
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