Listening To Patches (Play Mode Operation); Panel Display In Play Mode; Selecting A Patch - Zoom BFX-708 Operation Manual

Listening to Patches
The condition where you call up patches stored in the memory of the BFX-708 and use them for playing your
instrument is called "play mode". This is the condition the unit is in when you turn the power on. The various
operations possible in play mode are described in this section.

Panel Display in Play Mode

In play mode, the panel shows the following information.
Play mode display indication
PATCH NAME
COMP•DIST ZNR/EQ
Module LED corresponds
to modules that are ON in
currently selected patch are lit

Selecting a Patch

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To switch patches in play mode, press one
of the / foot switches.
Pressing the foot switch moves to the next
lower patch, and pressing the
to the next higher patch. For example, if you press
the foot switch repeatedly, the unit will switch
patches, banks, and groups as follows.
USER group
PRESET group
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To directly switch the bank, use the TYPE
(BANK) / keys. This allows you to move
to the next lower or next higher bank.
To quickly move to a patch stored at a distant
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Bank (A - F, 0 - 5)
Banks A - F are for the USER group, and banks
Patch name 0 - 5 are for the PRESET group
MOD REV TOTAL PEDAL
For patches where moving
the pedal will change the effect,
the PEDAL status LED is lit
foot switch moves
(Play Mode Operation)
BANK PATCH
Patch number (1 - 5)
BOTH EDITED
( VALUE )
When a dot (.) is shown here,
an effect parameter has been changed
When a dot (.) is shown here, patches can be
selected from either the USER group or
the PRESET group.
location, use the TYPE (BANK)
with the / foot switches.
This is not possible while playing a rhythm
NOTE
pattern.
It is also possible to set up the unit so that only
patches from the USER group or from the
PRESET group are switched. To do this, press
both TYPE (BANK)
each push, the group from which patches can
be selected is toggled as follows.
Both groups
TYPE (BANK)
(GROUP)
• If you plan to use several patches in a song,
HINT HINT
copying them to continuous numbers in the
USER group will make them easy to call up.
For information on copying patches,
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• You can also set up the unit to reserve a
patch and switch to it only after you confirm
the selection. (For details,
/ keys together
/ keys together. With
USER group
PRESET group
only
only
TYPE (BANK)
(GROUP)
p.
p. 14.)
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