User manual DIGITECH RP-7 VALVE

[. . . ] Tube Preamp/Effects Processor & Controller User's Guide Please visit Digitech Electronics on the World Wide Web at http://www. digitech. com WARNING CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN FOR YOUR PROTECTION, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: WATER AND MOISTURE: Appliance should not be used near water (e. g. near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, etc). Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings. POWER SOURCES: The appliance should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the appliance. [. . . ] When changing Parameter values, a decimal point will flash in the display when the value is not the stored value for the program. If you return to the original value, the decimal point will stop flashing and the Store LED will go off. If you exit Edit mode after changing the Parameters and then return to Edit mode, the last viewed Parameter will be displayed. STORE MODE Once you have modified the Parameters and Effects, you can store them to a user Program location. When you change an Effect or Parameter in a Program, the Store LED will light, indicating that you have changed a Parameter and need to store the changes. Press the <STORE> button once and the first seven segment LED in the Display window will flash U. Select the User Bank and Program location you want to store your changes to, and press the <STORE> button again to save the changes. 8 User Guide RP-7 Valve Section - 3 Basic Operations BYPASS MODE Allows you to bypass the RP-7 Valve's Effects. Enter this mode by pressing footswitches <3 & 4> simultaneously. BYP will appear in the display window to indicate you are in Bypass mode. When you exit this mode, the RP-7 Valve will default to the last mode you used. TUNER MODE Allows you to tune your guitar. Enter Tuner mode by pressing footswitches <1 & 2> simultaneously. tune will appear briefly in the display window followed by --- to indicate that you are in Tuner mode. To begin tuning play a note on your guitar (a harmonic at the 12th fret will work best). The display window will show the note being played and the horizontal Parameter Matrix LEDs just under the tuning bar will light. Once the green LED directly under the IN TUNE of the tuning bar is lit, the note will be in tune. If the note is not in tune, 1 or 2 of the LEDs left or right of the IN TUNE LED will be lit. If the LEDs are to the right, the note is sharp and should tuned down. You can change your tuning preference by using the value <UP> and <DOWN> buttons. The tuning reference control ranges from 427 Hz to 453 Hz, which is the equivalent of ± 50 cents (1/2 semitone) in either direction form 440 Hz. When you scroll down from 427 Hz, you will also find alternate dropped tunings. The display window will briefly flash the currently selected tuning preference. When you exit this mode, the RP-7 Valve will default to the last mode you used. LEARN-A-LICK MODE The Learn-A-Lick function allows you to record a 12 second passage of music and play it back as slow as 1/2 speed with no change in pitch. They include: · Start / Stop · Rewind · Fast Forward · Record Using Learn-A-Lick · Connect the output of your CD or tape player headphone output to the Jam-a-long input jack on the rear panel. [. . . ] Ranges from 1 to 10. Level Decay Time User Guide 19 Section - 4 Effects and Parameters RP-7 Valve Speaker Cabinet Emulator Parameters On/Bypass Type Displayed Values On-Byp 1. . . 10 The RP-7 Valve's programmable Speaker Cabinet circuitry allows you to use it in both recording and live situations without lugging heavy amps and/or cabinets around. Just connect the RP-7 Valve's outputs to a mixing console and kick in the Speaker Cabinet. No miking hassles, no heavy equipment, just full on miked cabinet sound. Programs can be stored with different Speaker Cabinet settings so you can customize your Banks for whatever sound types you need. [. . . ]