Quick Operation Guide - Pioneer Efx-500 Operating Instructions Manual

QUICK OPERATION GUIDE

ADJUSTING THE INPUT LEVEL
Input signals to the input terminal and turn
the INPUT LEVEL dial to the position right
before the "OVER" (red) indicator lights.
INPUT LEVEL
OVER
MIN MAX
USING BEAT EFFECTS
1. Select BPM measurement mode.
Press the BPM MODE button to light an indica-
tor (AUTO, MIDI or TAP) on the indicator panel.
2. Select effect type.
Press the DELAY, ECHO, PAN, FLANGER or
TRANS button and the pressed button starts to
flash.
3. Select EFFECT FREQUENCY.
Press the button of the frequency (LOW, MID,
HI) you wish to affect by the beat effect and the
corresponding indicator lights.
4. Select the beat with which the effect
is to be synchronized.
Press a beat button (1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1/1, 2/1 or 4/1)
to light the desired button.
5. Apply an effect.
Press the lever towards you (ON position) to start
operation; release it and it returns to the center
position (OFF position). In the center position
(OFF position), the original sound is not affected.
Press the lever away from you to lock it in posi-
tion so that the beat effect is applied also when
the lever is released.
TIME/BPM Dial
Set the desired effect time as in step 4.
Turn the TIME/BPM dial while holding down the
TAP/SHIFT button to make the desired BPM set-
ting. When also the BPM MODE button is held
down, BPM can be set in 0.1 increments.
TAP button
BPM can be manually adjusted by adjusting the beat
(quarter notes) and hitting this key two times or more.
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USING THE ISOLATOR
1. Use the three dials, LOW, MID and HI to set respective levels. (Each –
produces no sound.)
2. Press the ISOLATOR lever towards you (ON position) to start operation; release
it and it returns to the center position (OFF position). At the center position (OFF
position), the signal is output as is regardless of dial setting. Press the lever
away from you to lock it in position so that the isolator operates also when the
lever is released.
ISOLATOR
ON LOCK
OFF
ON
—
ISOLATOR lever
EFFECT TIME Display
BPM Measurement Mode
Indicators
DELAY
BEAT
EFFECTS
ON
OFF
ON
MONITOR
MIN MAX
MIX Dial
Sets the balance between the
original sound and effects.
LOW MID
+6dB — +6dB
BPM COUNTER
EFFECT TIME BPM COUNTER
AUTO
TAP
mSec
ECHO PAN FLANGER
EFFECT FREQUENCY
LOW MID HI
LOCK
1/1
BPM
MODE
TIME/ BPM
TAP
/
SHIFT
DEPTH Dial
Sets the parameter of each ef-
fect.
setting
HI
— +6dB
MIDI
BPM
TRANS
DEPTH
MIN MAX
MIX
ORIGINAL EFFECT