User manual DIGITECH TALKER

[. . . ] User's guide Please visit Digitech on the Web at www. digitech. com A Harman International Company CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN A T T E N T I O N : RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - NE PAS OUVRIR W A R N I N G : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE WARNING 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. [. . . ] Select either the amp, mixer or "both" effect outputs. Speak or sing into the microphone as you play chords or individual notes on your instrument to achieve the talking effect. Experiment with other devices: sing over a sequencer line, try a keyboard with a vocal or pre-recorded tracks combined with a drum machine. Press the Program switch with your foot to select between six distinctive program sounds. Press the Bypass switch to bypass the effect. Note: If using guitar as an input, a distortion or compression device may be plugged in before the Talker to increase upper harmonics and sustain. Run the output of the distortion box into the instrument input of the Talker. Other effects (like echo) should go after the Talker in the signal chain. 1 Mixer Note: Additional connection information is printed on the underside of the Talker case. Control Descriptions: FRONT PANEL · Mic. · Instrument In: adjusts the instrument input level. · Effect Out: controls the effect amount to the outputs. Note: The above controls have no effect on Bypass levels. · Program LEDs: indicate which Program the Talker is set to. · Mic Clip LED: An LED flashing green with occasional orange means your input is set properly; red indicates distortion. · Instrument Clip LED: An LED flashing green with occasional orange means your input is set properly; red indicates distortion. · Bypass LED: A red LED means that the effect is bypassed. · Program Switch: Toggles sequentially between the six Programs. · Bypass Switch: Switches Bypass on or off. In Bypass, the inputs are directly connected to their respective outputs: instrument in > amp out, microphone in > P. A. This is a hardwire bypass, as if the Talker isn't in the chain when bypassed. The mic bypass will be at microphone levels. BACK PANEL · Power Input: a Harman Pro Group PS-750 power supply is included with your Talker. · Effect Routing Switch Amp: effect out to amplifier only (P. A. [. . . ] This program uses white noise to generate a devilish voice. The gate feature is active so that the user can switch back and forth between the effect and the guitar sound without pressing the Bypass switch. · TalkBox: This program features vocoder which has been EQ'd to sound more like the old Talkboxes such as the "Golden Throat", Heil "Talk Box", etc. · Alien: This program features an old style vocoder or alien sounding effect. [. . . ]