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QUINTESSENCE HARMONIZER User Manual

3.1  Power/Computer connection

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POWER

 

input

 To power up your pedal, connect a power supply to its power 

input socket. The power input socket of your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal is a 

standard 5.5/2.1 mm DC plug (centre = negative).
Your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal requires a 9 V power supply providing 

100 mA or more (not supplied). TC ELECTRONIC recommends using the 

PowerPlug 9.
To minimize hum, use a power supply with isolated outputs.
If no power supply is available, you can run this product using a battery. 

For more information on changing batteries, see “7.2 Changing the battery”.

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USB

 

port

 Use the standard Mini-B USB port on your TC ELECTRONIC effect 

pedal to connect your pedal to a computer. This will allow you to load 

TonePrints into the pedal or create your own TonePrint using TC’s TonePrint 

Editor. For more information, see “5. Operation – TonePrint”.
If there should be firmware updates for this pedal, they can also be installed 

using the USB port – see “7.1 Updating the firmware”.

3.2  Switching

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FOOTSWITCH

 Press the footswitch to switch the effect on or off, or to use 

the MASH function. The LATCH / MOMEN selector controls whether the 

footswitch works in latching or momentary modes. For more information 

about the footswitch modes, see “4.1 Using the MASH function” or “4.2 

Latching/Momentary Footswitching”.

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INDICATOR LED

 This LED lights up red when the effect is switched on.

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MASH LED

 This LED lights up amber to indicate the MASH function is active 

when you gradually press down and hold the footswitch. The farther you 

press the footswitch down, the brighter the MASH LED will light to indicate 

that more MASH is being applied to the linked effect parameter. For more 

information, see “4.1 Using the MASH function”.

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LATCH / MOMEN selector

 The LATCH / MOMEN switch allows you to select 

between two switching modes:

• 

Latch

 Set the LATCH / MOMEN selector to “LATCH” so that the effect 

stays switched on when the footswitch is pressed and released. 

To switch the effect back off, press and release the footswitch.

• 

Momentary

 Set the LATCH / MOMEN selector to “MOMEN” so that the 

effect is only active when the footswitch is pressed and held down. 

When the footswitch is released, the effect will automatically switch off.

For more information, see “4.2 Latching/Momentary Footswitching”.

3.3  Audio in and out

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AUDIO INPUTS

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mono/stereo

) The audio inputs on the right side of this 

pedal are standard 1⁄4" jacks (mono/TS). Connect your guitar to the audio 

inputs on the right side of your pedal using a regular 1⁄4" mono cable. If 

your guitar has a single mono output, use the upper input marked “MONO”. 

If your particular guitar has stereo outputs, use both the “MONO” and 

“STEREO” inputs.

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AUDIO OUTPUTS

 (

mono/stereo

) The audio outputs on the left side of this 

pedal are a standard 1⁄4" jacks (mono/TS). Connect the audio output of your 

pedal to the next device in the signal chain using a regular 1⁄4" mono cable.

For more information, see “4.3 Stereo Operation”.

3.4  effect controls

Please note that the knob assignments on your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal 

are the default assignments. Using the TonePrint Editor, you can change the 

functionality of available controls. For more information, see “5.3 Editing 

TonePrints with TonePrint Editor”.

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KEY knob

 The KEY knob controls which key the QUINTESSENCE pedal uses to 

generate harmonies.

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KEY switch

 The KEY switch allows you to access additional flat/sharp keys. 

For example, to access Key of D#/Eb, set the KEY knob to Key of D and then 

move the KEY switch to the “#” setting.

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SCALE knob

 The SCALE knob allows you to choose which scale the pedal 

will use to generate harmonies. The SCALE knob offers the following scale 

options: IOmaj (Ionian Major), DO (Dorian Minor), PH (Phrygian Minor), 

LY (Lydian Major), MI (Mixolydian Major), AEmin (Aeolian/Natural Minor), 

and CUSTOM (Locrian Minor, default). For more information, see “4.4 Scales 

and Intervals”.

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MIX knob

 The MIX knob controls the amount of the original dry guitar signal 

versus the pitch-shifted signal. At full counter-clockwise, only the dry guitar 

signal will be audible; at full clockwise, only the pitch-shifted signal will 

be audible.

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HARMONY knob

 The HARMONY knob controls which intervals will be 

generated from the notes from your dry guitar signal, based on the 

scale selected by the SCALE knob. For more information, see “4.4 Scales 

and Intervals”.

4.  Operation – MASH Function, 

Latching/Momentary 

Footswitching, Stereo Operation, 

Scales

QUINTESSENCE HARMONIZER 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  Using the MASH function

The MASH function allows you to vary a linked effect parameter when you press 

down continuously on the footswitch with variable pressure. The more pressure 

you apply to the footswitch, the brighter the MASH LED will light up.
The MASH function deploys automatically any time you press and hold 

the footswitch. Simply take your foot off the footswitch to deactivate the 

MASH function.
The MASH function can be assigned to any parameter of your choice by using 

the TonePrint Editor. For more information, see “5.3 Editing TonePrints with 

TonePrint Editor”.
By default assignment, the MASH function is programmed to bend the pitch-

shifted note (in the effected signal) upward to the next scale degree available in 

the chosen scale (except for the TP1, TP2 and TP3 default TonePrints, see below).

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