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DigiTech WHAMMY Manual

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  • Page 1 A Harman International Company...
  • Page 2 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.
  • Page 3 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070, USA Tel: 801-566-8800 Fax: 801-566-7005 Effective February 15, 2000 ropean Contact: Your Local Digitech Sales and Service Office or Harman Music Group 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070, USA Tel. 801-568-7638 Fax 801-568-7642...

  • Page 4: Warranty

    7.The foregoing is in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and Digitech neither assumes nor authorizes any person to assume any obligation or liability in connection with the sale of this product. In no event shall Digitech or its dealers be liable for special or consequential damages or from any delay in the performance of this warranty due to causes beyond their control.
  • Page 5 Congratulations on the purchase of your new Whammy™ Pedal.When DigiTech invented the Whammy™ pedal, it was the most revolutionary and innovative pedal to hit the guitar since the he wah wah. Nearly a decade later, in response to your demands, we have gone to painstaking engths to bring back the original Whammy™.

  • Page 6: Guided Tour

    Guided Tour Detailed Descriptions . Preset Knob - This knob is used to select the Whammy™ (bend), Harmony intervals, or Detune range controlled by the treadle. . Bypass LED - This LED lights to indicate the effect is on. User’s Guide...
  • Page 7 . Dry Output - This jack contains your dry guitar signal only. No effect is present at this output. .Wet Added Output - This jack contains a mix of your dry guitar signal, and the pitch shifted signal produced by the Whammy™. User’s Guide...

  • Page 8: Making Connections

    . Connect from the Whammy™ Dry Out to a guitar tuner if desired. . Connect from the MIDI Out of a MIDI controller to the MIDI In on the Whammy™ if desired. . Connect the power supply between an AC outlet and the power jack on the Whammy™.
  • Page 9 ED will light to indicate which preset has been selected. Each Preset will fall into one of three roups:Whammy, Harmony, or Detune. Whammy - This group of Presets will bend your incoming signal either up or down depending pon the Preset you have chosen. As the treadle is rocked back and forth, the signal will bend om the original input pitch, to the pitch specified by the selected Preset.Whammy Presets...
  • Page 10 Harmony - This group of Presets adds a harmony to your incoming signal. Both the harmony ote and the input signal are mixed together as if two guitars were playing simultaneously. As you ock the pedal back and forth, the harmony note bends between two intervals specified by the elected Preset but the input signal remains unchanged.
  • Page 11 Detune - This group of Presets creates a copy of your input signal, slightly shifts the pitch of the opied signal and mixes it back with the original signal. As the treadle is rocked back and forth, he level of this detuned signal is changed.With the pedal in the toe up position, only the original ry signal is heard.

  • Page 12: Midi Functions

    MIDI Functions A new feature found in this incarnation of the Whammy™ is a MIDI input. MIDI messages can elect a Whammy™ Preset, engaged or disengaged the effect, and control the pedal position. MIDI Channel he Whammy™ MIDI channel is used for receiving incoming MIDI data only.The Whammy™ can eceive MIDI messages on any, or all MIDI channels.The following steps outline the procedure for...

  • Page 13: Midi Program Changes

    MIDI Program Changes he Whammy™ uses MIDI Program Change commands for preset selection. Presets can be elected in either an active or bypassed state.The following list outlines the program change ommands recognized by the Whammy™, and the corresponding Whammy™ preset.
  • Page 14 127 corresponds to a toe down position. MIDI CC0 is used to turn on and off the Whammy effect.Values from 0 through 64 on MIDI CC0 will turn the Whammy™ effect off, and values from 65 through 127 will turn the effect on.

  • Page 15: Specifications

    Specifications Sample Rate: 46.875 kHz Frequency Response Dry: 20 Hz to 20kHz Frequency Response Wet: 20 Hz to 12kHz Signal to Noise Ratio: Greater than -95dB (A weighted); ref = max level, 22 kHz bandwidth THD: 0.006% (1kHz); ref = 1dBu w/ unity gain A/D Conversion: 24 bit D/A Conversion:...
  • Page 16 DigiTech DigiTech and Whammy are trade marks of the Harman Music Group Inc. 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070 Copyright Harman Music Group PH (801) 566-8800 FAX (801) 566-7005 Printed in the USA 02/00 Manufactured in the USA International Distribution 8760 S.

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