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Settings
Screen
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Brightness:
Sets the brightness / contrast of the COBALT8X screen.
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Switch:
Sets the screen ‘Page Switch’ / ‘Context Sensitivity’ mode to determine how the
screen responds to certain panel control interactions and MIDI-in messages.
There are three main Page Switch modes - Regular, Smart, Off; and the first two modes
contain three sub modes - All, Panel, MIDI.
The ‘Regular’ mode causes the screen to switch to the page of the adjusted parameter
and stay on the page until another parameter is adjusted; the ‘Smart’ mode causes the
screen to switch to the page of the adjusted parameter but then switch back to the
previous page after two seconds, where the ‘previous’ page will be the page accessed via
either the screen ‘Page / Param’ control, the Patch / Seq button, or the FX1 + FX2 + FX3
button combination.
The sub-mode of each mode sets the parameter source - the panel, MIDI-in, or both.
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Saver:
Sets the idle time for the screen’s screensaver. A smaller time will increase the
lifetime of the screen.
LEDs:
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Brightness:
Sets the brightness of the panel LEDs.
Settings
Expression Pedal
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Pedal Type:
Allows you to configure the COBALT8X to work with various types of
expression pedals.
There are two main modes here (TRS and RTS) where each mode has three sub modes
(1-3).
Select a ‘TRS’ polarity mode if you are using a TRS expression pedal (or an expression
pedal with a polarity switch, set to the TRS polarity) - this is the most common polarity of
expression pedals. Select an ‘RTS’ polarity mode if you are using an RTS expression pedal
which contains no polarity switch. If your pedal does not contain a polarity switch and
you are unsure of its polarity, if the COBALT8X isn’t responding to your pedal correctly
(e.g. full modulation range can’t be obtained, modulation curve is skewed), it is likely that
you need to switch the COBALT8X polarity mode. Please note that expression pedals with
the TS polarity will not work with COBALT8X.
Select the ‘1’ sub-mode for expression pedals with a resistance of 10k; select the ‘2’ sub-
mode for expression pedals with a resistance of 20k or 25k, or select the ‘3’ sub-mode
for expression pedals with a resistance of 50k or above. If you are unsure of the resistance
of your expression pedal then select the ‘1’ sub-mode - this will work with the majority
of expression pedals but you may find that the maximum modulation happens before the
pedal completes it movement (but selecting ‘2’ or ‘3’ instead may improve on this).
If you are unable to configure COBALT8X to work adequately with your expression pedal
using this setting, you may need to use a TRS Polarity Adapter.
