User manual DIGITECH JAMMAN SOLO

[. . . ] Looper/Phrase Sampler Owner's Manual 1 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturer's Name: Manufacturer's Address: Harman Music Group 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070, U. S. A. Warning For your protection, please read the following: Important Safety Instructions Read these instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus. [. . . ] Loops should be archived using the JamManagerTM librarian and then deleted from the JamMan® Solo to free up memory. If when storing to an external SD card you see CP in the display, this indicates the SD copy protection switch is in the "Locked" position. 21 Time Signature The JamMan® Solo is capable of recording in different Time Signatures. To set up a different Time Signature, follow the steps on the opposite page. The STORE button will light when Time Signature is changed but you can immediately begin recording without having to store this change first. If a tempo has been set, the TEMPO button will flash red for the downbeat and then green for the rest of the beats of the measure. When you access Time Signature of a previously recorded loop, the Time Signature will appear in the DISPLAY, but it cannot be changed. Changing loops without saving any changes to Time Signature will lose the time signature setting and it will default back to 4/4. 22 Time Signature 1 Select a new memory location. (The LOOP and SINGLE LEDs will be off. ) Use the LOOP SELECT button to change the Time Signature. Press the STORE button twice to save the time signature to the current memory location. 4 2 Press the TEMPO and STORE buttons simultaneously to enter the Setup menu. The DISPLAY will now show the number indicating the default Time Signature of four beats per measure. 3 5 23 Setting a Loop Tempo for Recording Before you begin recording a phrase, you may want to set a tempo at which you want to record the loop at. Setting the tempo in an empty loop memory location automatically starts playing the rhythm guide track (Rhythm Level must be turned up to hear it). You can use the rhythm guide track as a metronome for recording against to help keep a consistent tempo of your performance. To set the tempo for recording, follow these steps: 1 Select an empty loop memory location using the LOOP SELECT buttons (LOOP and SINGLE LEDs are off). the RHYTHM LEVEL 3 Turn up it hasn't been already) knob (if to hear the rhythm guide track. 2 Tap the TEMPO button at least two times, or if Pedal Tempo is enabled, press the PEDAL SWITCH at least two times. The TEMPO button will begin flashing at the tempo that has been tapped in. The first downbeat of the measure flashes red and the other beats flash green. If Pedal Tempo is enabled, you must press and hold the PEDAL SWITCH for two seconds to fix the tempo before you can record. 4 To begin recording, press the PEDAL SWITCH, wait for the one-measure count-in, and begin playing. To set up a memory location with a tempo but not record to it, follow steps 1 and 2 and then store the new tempo using the Store procedure. When you return to the empty loop location, the tempo will already be set as indicated by the Tempo button flashing. 24 Using Auto-Quantize Looping There are two ways you can record loops using the JamMan® Solo, free-form looping or using the JamMan Solo's Auto-Quantize feature. Free-form looping (see pg 13) is the standard way loopers have been used since their inception. You initiate recording, play, and then set the loop point when you reach the end of your passage. The loop point is set exactly when you pressed the pedal and the tempo for the loop is then calculated and displayed. Getting an accurately timed and seamless loop takes practice but offers the flexibility experiences loopers need. [. . . ] Record the bridge loop and store it to memory location 3. To use these three loops in a performance, follow these steps: 1. To switch to Loop 2 (chorus loop), press the UP footswitch on the FS3X at least two seconds before the end of Loop 1. Once Loop 2 is selected, the DISPLAY will show a flashing 2, indicating Loop 2 is cued up to play once Loop 1 finishes. After Loop 1 begins playing again, you can then select Loop 3 (bridge loop) by pressing the UP footswitch twice. [. . . ]