User manual DIGITECH RP55

[. . . ] MODELING GUITAR PROCESSOR Owner's Manual Warning For your protection, please read the following: Water and Moisture: Appliances 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 instruction or as marked on the appliance. Grounding or Polarization: Precautions should be taken so that the grounding or polarization means of an appliance is not defeated. [. . . ] When using a "Y" cord, connect one end of the "Y" cord to the input of one amplifier or channel of a mixer. Connect the second end of the "Y" cord to a second amplifier, or second channel of a mixer. If connecting to a mixing console, set the pan controls of the mixer hard left and right to retain stereo separation. To emulate a guitar cabinet sound when using the RP55 with a mixer or headphones, you can enable Global Cabinet Modeling (see page 20). Guitar Amp Input / Effect Return Headphones or Stereo TRS "Y" Cable Connected to Output Input 6 Applying Power There are two options for powering the RP55: battery power, and the optional PS200R DC power supply. Before applying power to anything, set your amp(s) to a clean tone and set the tone controls to a flat EQ response (on most amps, this would be 0 or 5 on the tone controls). Battery Power The RP55 can be run for approximately 10 hours on 6 AA batteries. Note: Pay close attention to the battery polarity when installing batteries as polarity changes direction for each pair. 7 Connecting a cable to the Input applies power to the RP55. Disconnecting your instrument from the Input of the RP55 disconnects the battery power. Turn your amplifier(s) on and adjust the volume(s) to a normal playing level. Alternate tunings are A = Ab (displayed as Ab), A = G (displayed as G), and A = Gb (displayed as Gb). The tuning reference is retained when the unit is turned off. Bypass The RP55 presets can be bypassed for a clean, unprocessed guitar tone. Press either footswitch to exit Bypass and return the last selected preset. Editing/Creating Presets Creating your own signature sound with the RP55 is easy and intuitive. The RP55 lets you create your own presets, or fine tune existing Presets to suit your needs. When creating or editing a sound, you must start with a User or Factory Preset. You can save your preset to any User Preset location while storing the preset (see Storing a Preset pg 12). Press the EDIT buttons in conjunction with the Effect LEDs to choose the effect you want to edit. Press the VALuE Buttons to change the parameter values. 10 The Effect LEDs When editing a preset, the Effect LEDs are used to indicate which effect is selected for editing. The Value buttons are used to change the value for the selected effect. As a button is pressed, the value or status is shown in the display. The EDIT/EFFECT buttons select which effect to edit. The VALUE/MASTER VOLUME buttons edit the selected effect. When the stored value of an effect is changed, the lower right decimal point in the display lights indicating you need to store the changes. Changing presets, or turning the power off before storing any changes will erase any changes made and revert to the stored values for the preset. 11 Storing/Copying a Preset Once the preset has been modified, you may store your settings to one of the 40 User Preset locations (Presets 1-40). The following steps outline how to store changes to a preset or copy a preset to a different location: 1. Use the footswitches to select the preset location you want to store your changes to. 1. 3 Press the STORE button again to save the changes. 12 Effect Definitions The RP55 can be thought of as several different "virtual" amplifiers, and individual hi-tech effects. [. . . ] The first parameter of the delay effect is Delay Type/ Variation, which selects the delay type to be used and varies the amount of feedback (number of repeats) and level. This is indicated by a value 1-99 (10ms-990ms), 1. 0 and 2. 0 (1 and 2 seconds respectively) in the display when the Delay LED is lit. Delay settings are as follows: d, a, p1=5% fback, level 15 d, a, p2=25% fback, level 15 d, a, p3=50% fback, level 15 d, a, p4=5% fback, level 30 d, a, p5=25% fback, level 30 d, a, p6=50% fback, level 30 d, a, p7=5% fback, level 50 d, a, p8=25% fback, level 50 d, a, p9=50% fback, level 50 Reverb 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. [. . . ]