Octa Section; Chr Section; Other Goodies; Signal Flow Of The Octa Section - Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig Owner's Manual

OCTA Section

OCTAFILTER: This reinvented palette of expression provides a
crazy amount of possibilities, from Minimoog®-style synth to funky
town.The controls interact so that you can get dynamically-filtered
clean, fuzz, and octave, as well as octave and fuzz together. When Q is at
minimum, Range becomes a high-cut tone filter for different versions of
clean, fuzz, octave, and octave and fuzz together. You can then blend any
of these combinations with your direct signal via the Mix control. And
by bringing in some COMP, you can get infinite sustain like a keyboard
bass.
OCTAVE Switch engages a monophonic, classic '80s sub-octave effect
when pushed in.
FUZZ Switch engages the fuzz effect when pushed in.
RANGE: Controls the frequency range of the dynamic filter and is
dependent on the volume of your instrument and how hard or soft
your attack is. At minimum, the input signal has no effect over the
sweep of the filter. At maximum, the input signal determines the over-
all sweep of the filter, which becomes greater as the signal gets higher.
Q: Adjusts the band width and sharpness of the dynamic filter. At
minimum, it's smooth and allows the Range control to act like a tone
control that slightly rolls off the higher frequencies. At maximum, it
will provide the most dramatic transformation.
MIX: Blends in the amount of your direct instrument signal.
(7 o'clock): direct signal of your instrument only.
Minimum
Midway (12 o'clock): 50/50 mix of your direct instrument signal and
the affected signal (filtered/unfiltered fuzz and/or octave).
Maximum (5 o'clock): affected signal only (filtered/unfiltered fuzz, oc-
tave, fuzz and octave).

SIGNAL FLOW OF THE OCTA SECTION:

See Page 8 for Reference settings, which illustrate the relationship of
the controls and switches, and various combinations you can achieve
within this section.
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CHR Section

CHORUS: This single chorus control injects a detuned voice into the
main analog signal path to create the effect of 2 or more instruments in
unison. This eliminates the need for a speed control, as increasing or de-
creasing changes the amount and therefore, the depth of the effect.

OTHER GOODIES

CHROMATIC TUNER: The CHORUS/TUNER footswitch en-
gages the chromatic tuner. Simply hold the footswitch down to engage
the tuner, which will simultaneously mute the signal path.The LED in
the tuner window will then light up. If the green
light is on, you're in tune. If you're not, the red ar-
rows serve as indicators:
Arrow points up = Flat. Raise the pitch.
Arrow points down = Sharp. Lower the pitch.
As you get closer to being in tune, the arrow will blink faster and turn
off when you are in tune.The green light then comes on and you're
good to go.
HEADPHONE: Switches the 1/4-inch output into headphone mode
to drive both sides and provide higher powered output.
NOTE: Be sure to disengage when going di-
rect to a mixing board or amplifier, as it will
easily clip the signal.
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