User manual ROCKTRON INTLPTCH

[. . . ] I N T E L L I G E N T P I T C H S H I F T E R With Pitch Processing By: USER'S MANUAL May be covered by one or more of the following: U. S. Patents #4538297, 4647876, 4696044, 4745309, 4881047, 4893099, 5124657, 5263091, 5268527, 5319713, 5333201, 5402498, 5493617 and 5638452. Foreign patents pending. Your IntellipitchTM has been tested and complies with the following Standards and Directives as set forth by the European Union: Council Directive(s): Standard(s): 89/336/EEC Electromagnetic Compatibility EN55013, EN50082-1 This means that this product has been designed to meet stringent guidelines on how much RF energy it can emit, and that it should be immune from other sources of interference when properly used. Improper use of this equipment could result in increased RF emissions, which may or may not interfere with other electronic products. [. . . ] The Pan parameter is adjustable from 0 to 100 - where 0 = full left, 100 = full right and 50 = center. These parameters determine the amount of time after a signal is input that the delayed signal will begin to reproduce the input signal. This parameter is provided for each delay and determines the number of times the delayed signal will repeat itself. This is achieved by feeding the delayed output back into the input. Higher levels of regeneration will result in more repeats. The Delay Type parameter determines whether the Stereo, Ping-Pong or 2-Tap delay type is currently active. Delay High Frequency Damping determines the amount of high frequency content in the delayed and regenerated signals. Higher amounts of damping will result in less high frequency information in the delayed signal. DLY TIME REGEN D TYPE DL HF DAMP 16 DUCKER Function The process of ducking enables the user to suppress the level of a given signal or effect dynamically, dependent upon the presence of another signal which is desired to be prominent. The Ducking feature of the Intellipitch works in conjunction with the Delay and Reverb sections to attenuate the delay and/or reverb level while a phrase is being played (resulting in a less cluttered, more intelligible sound), yet return each to its original level when the phrase ends--thus allowing for the full decay of the delayed and/or reverberated signal. Ducker Parameters DUCKER In the HUSH; Delay; Ducker configuration, this parameter determines whether the Ducker is off or on. In the HUSH; Chorus; Delay; Reverb and HUSH; Pitch Shift; Delay; Reverb configurations, this parameter determines whether the Ducker is either (A) off, (B) operating on the delay, (C) operating on the reverb, or (D) operating on both the delay and reverb. SENSITIVITY This parameter determines the threshold point above which the ducker will begin attenuating the delay and/or reverb signal. Until the input signal reaches this level, the delay/reverb signal will not be affected. This parameter determines how much the delayed signal is attenuated (muted). It may be set for only a slight change in signal level or it can completely attenuate the delay/reverb signal so that no delayed or reverberated signal passes while ducking is active. ATTENUATION RELEASE RATE This parameter is adjustable from . 2 seconds to 9 full seconds, and determines the length of time it takes for the muted delay signal to return to its original signal level after the input signal falls below the threshold point set by the Sensitivity parameter. 17 VOICE/DLY Function The Voice/Dly function is available only in the following Intellipitch configurations: HUSH;CHORUS;DELAY;REVERB HUSH;8 VOICE CHORUS;DELAY HUSH;PITCH SHIFT;DELAY HUSH;PITCH SHIFT;DELAY;REVERB In each of the above configurations, a separate Voice/Dly function is provided for each chorus or chromatic pitch shift voice that the configuration provides--thus allowing each chorus or pitch shift voice to be configured independently. Alternatively, any of the voices provided by a given configuration's Voice/Dly functions can be used as a delay-only voice, either by turning the Depth parameter to "0" (in a chorus configuration) to disable the chorus effect, or by setting the Pitch and Fine parameters to "0" (in a pitch shift configuration) to disable the pitch shift effect. CHORUS The Chorus effect is achieved by using one or more delayed signals, detuning these delayed signals (slightly changing their pitch) then modulating this detune effect so that the amount of pitch detune is constantly varying. Using many delayed signals at different delay lengths--as well as using different detune amounts, modulation rates and modulation depths for each delayed signal--results in a rich, spacious stereo chorused signal. Chorus VOICE/DLY Parameters LEVEL This parameter adjusts the volume of the delayed signal relative to the other voice(s) of the effect and is included in the parameter list for each voice (or each delay signal) of both the 8-Voice and 4-Voice Chorus effects. (This level control is not the same as the Chorus Level found in the Mixer function parameter list. ) The Pan parameter allows you to pan each voice of the chorused signal to the left or right channel. This parameter is adjustable from 0 to 100 (where 0 = full left, 100 = full right, and 50 = center). The Delay parameter determines the delay time (in milliseconds) for each tap of the chorus signal. It is this delayed signal that is detuned and modulated to produce the chorus effect. Using shorter delay times for this effect produces a tighter sounding chorused signal, while using longer delay times will achieve a much larger, ambient effect. The Depth parameter adjusts the amount of modulation of each delayed signal. A lower depth setting will produce a more subtle detune effect while a higher setting of this control will cause a more drastic detuning of the delayed signal. [. . . ] Data string 82, which is miscellaneous data, will contain 12 data bytes. Dump/Load Error Messages "RECEIVE ERROR" - This message will appear on a receiving Intellipitch if Check Sum bytes do not match, or if a status byte (MSB = 1) is received when a data byte was expected. This message also appears if a knob is turned or a button is pressed during reception. This message also appears if System Exclusive strings are sent too fast, without a long enough pause between strings. "DUMP ERROR" - This message will appear if MIDI Data is received at the MIDI IN while dumping is in progress. [. . . ]