TC-Helicon PERFORM-VE, User Manual

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PERFORM-VE User Manual
6. Looper
The Looper acts as both a drum machine and an
audio looper.
Press the loop corner of the button to arm the
looper. The button will now pulse to indicate that
it is armed.
You can lay down a drum pattern immediately or
press loop again to record an audio loop.
Drum Loop
Pressing the kick, snare and HEADPHONE (works as hi-hat) buttons will start
recording the drum loop. Pressing loop again will set the loop point.
Audio loop
With the initial drum loop playing or the LOOPER button pulsing red, press loop
to record the audio loop. The audio loop can be multiple lengths of the drum
loop thus you can put down a single bar of drums then say 8 bars of audio.
Pressing loop again sets the audio loop length.
Overdubbing
When the loop is playing, press loop again to overdub drums and audio.
Erasing Loop Components
Hold the SET button while pressing kick, snare, HEADPHONE or loop to erase
the kick, snare, hi-hat or audio loop respectively. You can then re-record the
component.
Stopping Loop Playback
Press the TAP button or double tap loop.
Start Loop Playback
Press loop.
Erase Loop Including Drums and Audio
Double tap and hold loop.
The LOOPER states are as follows:
Once a loop has been recorded Perform-VE derives its tempo from the loop
so that all effects are in sync. The derived tempo will be between 80 and
160 BPM (Beats Per Minute).
Unlit Looper off / loop cleared
Pulsing red Armed for 1st loop recording
Solid red Recording in progress
Pulsing green Loop paused
Solid green Loop playing
Drum Level
Kick Drum Selection
Press the kick corner button to trigger the kick sample - you do this whether you are recording or not.
Hold the kick corner button while turning the Control Knob to select one of four kick drum samples:
A green LED indicates an acoustic kick, while red LEDs indicate an electronic kick.
To adjust the drum loop level, hold the loop corner button while turning the
Control Knob.
Range: -60 dB to 0 dB