TC Electronic Helix Phaser, User Manual

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About this pedal
Helix Phaser English manual 2015-04-27 7
Thank you for spending your hard-earned mon-
ey on this TC Electronic product! We have done
our best to ensure that it will serve you for many
years to come, and we hope that you will enjoy
using it.
Helix Phaser
Tons of guitarists throughout history have sworn
by phasers as their secret tone weapon. The
phaser is an effect that helped define count-
less legendary records within the world of pop,
rock, metal and indie. And once you kick in He-
lix Phaser, you will know why! With its exten-
sive set of controls, Helix Phaser enables you to
dial in everything from vibrant vintage-sounding
Gilmour swirls, big and bold Van Halen sweeps
to more modern phaser tones
à la Smashing
Pumpkins and Radiohead.
Waves of Versatility
You know we can’t release anything without
putting that certain TC twist on it. So instead
of making a simple “set it and forget it” phaser,
we created what may easily be the most flex-
ible and versatile phaser ever. You will get ev-
erything from subtle sweeps to massive sonic
bends straight out of the box. And with our free
TonePrint Editor, tone-tweaking paradise awaits
– with only the sky and your imagination as the
limit.
True Bypass
Here at TC, we have a simple philosophy: When
you are using one of our products, you should
hear something great – and if you don’t, you
shouldn’t hear it at all. This is why this pedal
sports
True Bypass . When it is bypassed, it is
really off and has zero influence on your tone, re-
sulting in optimum clarity and zero loss of high-
end.
You will also be delighted to hear (literally) that
this TC Electronic effect pedal will let your dry,
unprocessed sound pass without ever convert-
ing it to digital – keeping your original tone pure
and without any latency. This feature is called
analog dry-through
.
Sometimes, it is advisable to switch an effect
pedal from True Bypass to Buffered Bypass
mode. For more information, see “Switching
the pedal from true bypass to buffered bypass
mode”.