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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Certificate Of Conformity

TC Electronic A/S, Sindalsvej 34, 8240
Risskov, Denmark, hereby declares on own
responsibility that following products: 

D•TWO Multitap Rhythm Delay

- that is covered by this certificate and
marked with CE-label conforms with
following standards:

EN 60065

Safety requirements for mains 

(IEC 60065)  operated electronic and 

related apparatus for household
and similar general use

EN 55103-1  Product family standard for 

audio,video, audio-visual and 
entertainment lighting control 
apparatus for professional 
use. Part 1: Emission.

EN 55103-2 Product family standard for 

audio, video, audio-visual and
entertainment lighting control 
apparatus for professional 
use. Part 2: Immunity. 

With reference to regulations in following
directives:
73/23/EEC, 89/336/EEC

Issued in Risskov, November 1999

Anders Fauerskov

Chief Executive Officer

EMC / EMI.

This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class B Digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful
interference in residential installations. This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on. The user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the 
equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a 
circuit different from that to which the 
receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced 
radio/TV technician for help.

For the customers in Canada:

This Class B digital apparatus complies with
Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est
conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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Summary of Contents for D-TWO

Page 1: ...D TWO MULTITAP RHYTHM DELAY U US SE ER R S S M MA AN NU UA AL L...

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Page 3: ...not operate normally or has been dropped This equipment should be installed near the socket outlet and disconnection of the device should be easily accessible Do not install in a confined space Do not...

Page 4: ...Class B Digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations This equipment generate...

Page 5: ...HMS Delay Modes Traditional Delay Mode 16 Straight Delay Mode 17 Rhythm Mode 19 Rhythm Tap Edit 20 PingPong 21 Dynamic 22 Reverse 22 Shortcuts 23 Additional Algorithms Spatial 24 Filter 24 Chorus 24 A...

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Page 7: ...hm patterns consisting of up to 10 taps directly into the unit Many will recognize the TC 2290 studio Delay unit as the Delay unit that introduced the Dynamic Delay function A function that allows the...

Page 8: ...a the blinking TEMPO RHYTHM indicator SUBDIVISION indicator The selected subdivision determines the recalculation of the tapped tempo Example At 120BPM you tap 1 4 notes The tapped time equals 500ms I...

Page 9: ...lick shortcuts to the Chorus parameters REVERSE key Enables disables the Reverse Delay Double click shortcuts to the Reverse Delay parameters DYNAMIC key Enables disables the Dynamic Delay Double clic...

Page 10: ...THE CANADIAN INTERFERENCE CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS AND COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES OPERATION SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS STATED IN THE MANUAL RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN Balanced Jac...

Page 11: ...9 SIGNAL FLOW A D 0 D A Dither Delay Chorus 1...

Page 12: ...ode The D TWO default mode including the ability to control the exact number of repeats Rhythm mode A unique feature allowing you to tap a specific rhythm of your choice The D TWO automatically enters...

Page 13: ...division In Rhythm mode the Subdivision sets the Quantization grid Example Tap 500ms 120 BPM measured in 1 4 notes with the Subdivision set to 1 8 The D TWO recalculates the Delay time to 250ms To set...

Page 14: ...lay time in Beats per Minute Feedback Indicates the amount of level fed back to the Delay line thus controlling the Decay of the Delay repeats Feedback Indicates the number of repeats allowed Unlike t...

Page 15: ...TWO locks to the incoming Digital clock Please note that when using internal clock with external digital audio the incoming digital audio must be in sync with the set D TWO internal clock in order to...

Page 16: ...ected controller 32 can be used to address either the Factory or the User bank Factory bank Controller 32 0 User bank Controller 32 1 MIDI Bulk Dump Press ENTER to perform a Bulk Dump of all presets t...

Page 17: ...can store up to 100 user presets in the User bank Factory presets ROM Factory presets that can be edited and stored in any User location You cannot store presets into a factory location The D TWO hol...

Page 18: ...parameter has no effect in the Traditional Delay mode Track Tap The Track Tap parameter allows the preset to instantly track the current basic tempo and adapt to this as opposed to using the tempo th...

Page 19: ...Delay Line Delay Taps How to set up the Straight mode Set the FEEDBACK to anything between 1 and 10 by pressing and holding the FEEDBACK RHYTHM key while turning the DELAY wheel The D TWO is now in th...

Page 20: ...ap the overall tempo more than once RhythmDcay The RhythmDcay parameter has no effect in the Straight mode Subdivision The Subdivision recalculates the basic Delay time accordingly BPM equals 1 4 subd...

Page 21: ...pping the actual rhythm The Quantize function is non destructive during edits meaning that the original tap values are maintained until the quantized rhythm is stored in a preset enabling you to check...

Page 22: ...ped or to build a new pattern from scratch The Tap Edit menu contains three parameters for each tap The Tap number the Tap level the Tap time How to enter exit Tap Edit Press and hold the FEEDBACK RHY...

Page 23: ...the Input signal exceeds a certain Threshold PingPong The PingPong effect is not available in the Traditional mode PingPong Basic operation Entering the PingPong menu can be done in two ways Press PIN...

Page 24: ...choose from Additionally the Reversed taps can be offset in order to tailor the rhythmic feel of the Delay The Offset parameter is located in the Setup menu RvrsThres Reverse Threshold Sets the trigge...

Page 25: ...r 1 second to enter the Tap Edit menu Exit Tap Edit Press any key to exit the Tap Edit menu Last Last Trg The Last tap is reversed while the rest of the taps are played back as normal Delay taps The T...

Page 26: ...Feedback Low Cut Range 19 95 20kHz Low Cut type filter reducing the low end frequencies of the Delay When using Delay on signals with low frequencies a full range Delay might introduce a less tight f...

Page 27: ...rse Reverses the phase of the left Chorus channel This widens the stereo image of the Chorus Flanger LFO Curve Sets the curve of the LFO Choose between Sine or Triangle LFO Phase An LFO phase change o...

Page 28: ...Voice X X Velocity Note ON X X Note OFF X X After Touch Key s X X Channel X X Pitch Bend X X Control Change 16 28 16 28 48 99 48 99 Prog Change O O SysEx O O Common Song Pos X X Song Sel X X Tune Sys...

Page 29: ...RVE 71 0 1 CHOLFOPHASE 72 0 2 PINGSTYLE 73 0 2 THRESHOLD 74 60 0 RELEASE 75 11 26 DAMPING 76 60 0 REVERSETHRESHOLD 77 0 5 REVERSESTYLE 78 0 10 Rhythm mode only MIDI CC Min value Max value RHYTHM TAP 1...

Page 30: ...kHz 0 01 dB 48 kHz 1 4 phone jack balanced 21 kOhm 13 kOhm 24 dBu 0 dBu 12 dB headroom 12 dBu to 12 dBu 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream 0 65 ms 0 70 ms 48 kHz 44 1 kHz 100 dB typ 20 Hz 20 kHz typ...

Page 31: ...field New Jock Swing Rhythm Enginer groovey Breaker Heavy Accent Syncopated Beatbox Short Shuffled 1 16 Shuffle Hat Marmite on the Keys ECHOecho echo CHO Reversed Cunks Tow Bar 1 8 Pattern Last Man St...

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