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PIPELINE TAP TREMOLO User Manual

4. Operation – Tap Tempo,

Subdivisions/Sequencer and LFOs

PIPELINE TAP TREMOLO has a lot more going on under the hood than you might

think, and this section will show you details about these additional goodies.

4.1 Tap Tempo

Access the tap tempo function by pressing and holding the FOOTSWITCH for

approximately 1½ seconds, after which the INDICATOR LED will change from red

to green to let you know the PIPELINE pedal has switched into Tap Tempo mode.
Once in Tap Tempo mode, you can tap on the FOOTSWITCH to program in the

tempo of the song. Two taps of the FOOTSWITCH are sufficient to program the

song tempo. The pedal will always refer to the last two taps to set the tempo,

so tapping eight times will not make the tempo more accurate.
To exit Tap Tempo mode, just leave the pedal alone for a while and it will

automatically return to regular play mode.

4.2 Subdivisions/Sequencer

The Subdivisions function inside the pedal allows you to turn the tapped-in

quarter note tempo into different rhythms built on that basic tempo, such as

eighth notes or triplet eighth notes.
The pedal is limited to a maximum 20 Mhz cycle, so no matter how fast you tap,

you cannot exceed that 20 Mhz rhythmic cycle.
To take this concept further, PIPELINE also has a Sequencer mode with the ability

to sequence up to four different subdivisions in succession for cool “slicer-style”

tones. For example, you can sequence a rhythmic pattern that strings together

quarter note, eighth note, triplet eighth note and sixteenth note subdivisions in

a repeating loop.
PIPELINE ships with one default multiple-subdivision pattern accessible from the

SUBDIVISION knob’s CUSTOM setting.
In order to build your own rhythm sequences and assign them to the CUSTOM

setting, you will need to use the TonePrint Editor. For more information,

see “5.3 Editing TonePrints with TonePrint Editor”.

4.3 LFO Waveforms

PIPELINE features a bunch of different LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) waveforms,

which are all available in the TonePrint Editor. The available LFO waveforms

include obvious waveforms such as Sine, Triangle and Square, but more esoteric

LFO waveforms are also available, including a Random waveform. In addition,

the pedal also features two completely independent LFO waveforms that can

be blended to create some really unique alternative waveforms. For more

information, see “5.3 Editing TonePrints with TonePrint Editor”.

5. Operation – TonePrint

This TC ELECTRONIC product supports TonePrints.

5.1 What are TonePrints?

When you look at your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal, you’ll only see a few knobs.

Actually, for some pedals, it’s just one knob. So – one knob, one function, right?
Actually, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye.

Star-tweaked signature sounds

When TC ELECTRONIC builds an effect pedal, the relationship between its controls

and many parameters “under the hood” are defined by developers, musicians

and product specialists who live and breathe sound. This gives you an excellent

starting point: a great-sounding pedal with well-balanced controls.
But wouldn’t it be cool to have world-famous guitar players – guys like

Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, John Petrucci or Steve Vai – virtually rewire your

reverb pedal, defining what should happen “behind the scenes”?
And how about doing this yourself?
This is exactly what TonePrint allows you to do.
TC ELECTRONIC is working with top guitar players who explore a pedal’s hidden

tonal potential, redefining the controls and creating their personal TonePrints.

And we are making these custom TonePrints available to you. Uploading them to

your pedal is really easy (see “5.2 Transferring TonePrints to your pedal using the

TonePrint app”) – and with the amazing TonePrint Editor, you can even create

your own signature pedal, tweaked specifically to your liking.
You can change the TonePrint in your pedal as often as you like, and the best part:

It’s totally free!

5.2 Transferring TonePrints to your pedal using

the TonePrint app

Being able to virtually rewire your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal wouldn’t be much

use if you needed a lot of extra equipment to do it. This is why we created the

TonePrint app. The TonePrint app is free software for popular smartphones that

allows you to “beam” new TonePrints right into your effect pedal whenever and

wherever you feel like it.

Obtaining the TonePrint app

If you own an iPhone, you can download the TonePrint app from Apple’s App Store.
If you own an Android phone, you will find the TonePrint app on Google Play.
Once you have the app, no additional downloads or in-app purchases are

required. You can access all available TonePrints from within the app, and all

TonePrints are free.

Transferring TonePrints to your pedal – step by step

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Launch the TonePrint app on your smart-phone.

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Find the TonePrint you want to use. You can browse TonePrints by Artist or

Product (i.e., pedal type). You will also find Featured TonePrints.

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Plug your guitar or bass into your TonePrint pedal.

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Turn your TonePrint pedal on.