Note: In order to keep your tap tempo
Ping
time when you enter
System Settings Mode
, depress either
of the other two buttons before pressing the
Ping
button. If you press the
Ping
button before the other
buttons, the
Looping Delay
will register that as a tap and the tempo will change.
Proceed carefully and take the time to understand what you are doing
before pressing any
buttons, turning any knobs, or flipping any switches
. Changing a
System Settings
without realizing
what you changed can cause confusion. You can always do a Factory Reset if you want to revert to
safe settings (see
Factory Reset
section below).
The
Time
switch is used to determine what parameters you are editing. The buttons and knobs edit
parameters.
Time Center:
Auto Mute, Soft Clipping, and Crossfade Time
Auto Mute
:
Tap
Inf. Hold
to toggle Auto Mute on and off. When the light is on, Auto Mute is enabled.
Auto Mute
is a noise gate that silences the input when a signal is very low. This prevents runaway
feedback if
Feedback
is turned up and the module is allowed to run for a long time with no input
signal. Turning it off will introduce extra noise, including small amounts of clicking when the gate
output jacks fire. It’s highly recommended to leave
Auto Mute
on.
Soft Clipping
:
Tap
Ping
to toggle Soft Clipping on and off. When the light is on, Soft Clipping is enabled.
Soft Clipping
enables compression when the output signal exceeds 75% of the clipping point. Below
this point, the signal is unaffected. This saturation distortion is often more pleasing than harsh clipping.
Crossfade Time
:
Hold down
Reverse
while turning
Time
to 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 16 to set the Crossfade Time (CFT).
Time
at 1: CFT will be 0ms (cross-fading disabled).
Reverse
will periodically flash once.
Time
at 4: CFT will be 2ms.
Reverse
will periodically flash twice.
Time
at 6: CFT will be 4ms.
Reverse
will periodically flash three times.
Time
at 8: CFT will be 8ms.
Reverse
will periodically flash four times.
Time
at 10: CFT will be 25ms.
Reverse
will periodically flash five times.
Time
at 12: CFT will be 100ms.
Reverse
will periodically flash six times.
Time
at 16: CFT will be 250ms.
Reverse
will periodically flash seven times.
Any time the
Looping Delay’s
read and write “heads” jump from one address to another, there is a
short cross fade created in order to smooth out the splice. This occurs whenever the
Time
setting is
changed and whenever
Reverse
or
Inf. Hold
is toggled. Also, in
Inf. Hold
mode, when the audio
reaches the end of the loop it cross-fades back to the start. In most cases, the default timing (8ms) of
the cross fade is sufficient and will make the module operate seamlessly. However, advanced users
may wish to experiment with other settings.
Disabling
Crossfade Time
allows for instant movement between points, at the expense of creating
clicks and pops. This can be improved by enabling
Quantized Change Mode
(see section page 11)
because QCM forces the clicks to only occur on the beat. On the other hand, using a longer
Crossfade
Time
makes all transitions very smooth and natural sounding, while limiting how quickly the
parameters can change. In any setting of CFT and when
Inf. Hold
is on, if the loop size is shorter than
the
Crossfade Time
, then cross-fading will be disabled in order to preserve the loop size.
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