User manual DIGITECH BP8

[. . . ] User's Guide Please visit Digitech Electronics on the World Wide Web at http://www. digitech. com 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. The symbols shown above are internationally accepted symbols that warn of potential hazards with electrical products. The lightning flash with arrowpoint in an equilateral triangle means that there are dangerous voltages present within the unit. The exclamation point in an equilateral triangle indicates that it is necessary for the user to refer to the owner's manual. [. . . ] Enter this mode by pressing footswitches <3 & 4> simultaneously. BYP will appear in the display window to indicate you are in Bypass mode. Exit this mode by pressing any of the footswitches. When you exit this mode, the BP-8 Valve will default to the last mode you used. Bypass does not affect the Notch Filter nor the Hi/Low crossover frequency settings. TUNER MODE Allows you to tune your bass. 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 bass (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 they are to the left, the note is flat and should be tuned up. 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 default factory setting is : A=440 Hz. 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. Alternate tunings are A = Ab (415), A = G (392), and A = Gb (370). The display window will briefly flash the currently selected tuning preference. Exit this mode by pressing any of the footswitches. When you exit this mode, the BP-8 Valve will default to the last mode you used. User Guide 9 Section - 3 Basic Operations BP-8 Valve NOTCH FILTER The BP-8 also offers an adjustable notch filter which helps reduce annoying low frequency room resonance from one venue to the next. The procedure for editing the Notch filter is as follows: 1. From Program mode, press and hold the <2> and <3> footswitches. 2. [. . . ] Ranges from 0 to 99 and Repeat Hold. User Guide 19 Section - 4 Effects and Parameters BP-8 Valve Reverb Parameters On/Bypass Type Level Decay Time Displayed Values On-byp CLub. . . SPr g 0. . . 100 1. . . 10 Ambience, or reverberation, is produced when sound energy is reflected off room surfaces and objects. Using reverb in recorded program material gives the listener a sense that the material is being performed in an actual room or hall. It is this similarity to actual acoustic spaces that makes reverberation a useful tool in recorded music. Reverb Parameters and their functions are as follows: On / Bypass Type Turns the Reverb effect on or off. [. . . ]