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PIPELINE TAP TREMOLO User Manual
4. Operation – Tap Tempo,
Subdivisions/Sequencer and LFOs
PIPELINE TAP TREMOLO has a lot more going on under the hood than you might
think, and this section will show you details about these additional goodies.
4.1 Tap Tempo
Access the tap tempo function by pressing and holding the FOOTSWITCH for
approximately 1½ seconds, after which the INDICATOR LED will change from red
to green to let you know the PIPELINE pedal has switched into Tap Tempo mode.
Once in Tap Tempo mode, you can tap on the FOOTSWITCH to program in the
tempo of the song. Two taps of the FOOTSWITCH are sufficient to program the
song tempo. The pedal will always refer to the last two taps to set the tempo,
so tapping eight times will not make the tempo more accurate.
To exit Tap Tempo mode, just leave the pedal alone for a while and it will
automatically return to regular play mode.
4.2 Subdivisions/Sequencer
The Subdivisions function inside the pedal allows you to turn the tapped-in
quarter note tempo into different rhythms built on that basic tempo, such as
eighth notes or triplet eighth notes.
The pedal is limited to a maximum 20 Mhz cycle, so no matter how fast you tap,
you cannot exceed that 20 Mhz rhythmic cycle.
To take this concept further, PIPELINE also has a Sequencer mode with the ability
to sequence up to four different subdivisions in succession for cool "slicer-style"
tones. For example, you can sequence a rhythmic pattern that strings together
quarter note, eighth note, triplet eighth note and sixteenth note subdivisions in
a repeating loop.
PIPELINE ships with one default multiple-subdivision pattern accessible from the
SUBDIVISION knob's CUSTOM setting.
In order to build your own rhythm sequences and assign them to the CUSTOM
setting, you will need to use the TonePrint Editor. For more information,
see "5.3 Editing TonePrints with TonePrint Editor".
4.3 LFO Waveforms
PIPELINE features a bunch of different LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) waveforms,
which are all available in the TonePrint Editor. The available LFO waveforms
include obvious waveforms such as Sine, Triangle and Square, but more esoteric
LFO waveforms are also available, including a Random waveform. In addition,
the pedal also features two completely independent LFO waveforms that can
be blended to create some really unique alternative waveforms. For more
information, see "5.3 Editing TonePrints with TonePrint Editor".
5. Operation – TonePrint
This TC ELECTRONIC product supports TonePrints.
5.1 What are TonePrints?
When you look at your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal, you'll only see a few knobs.
Actually, for some pedals, it's just one knob. So – one knob, one function, right?
Actually, there's a lot more to it than meets the eye.
Star-tweaked signature sounds
When TC ELECTRONIC builds an effect pedal, the relationship between its controls
and many parameters "under the hood" are defined by developers, musicians
and product specialists who live and breathe sound. This gives you an excellent
starting point: a great-sounding pedal with well-balanced controls.
But wouldn't it be cool to have world-famous guitar players – guys like
Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, John Petrucci or Steve Vai – virtually rewire your
reverb pedal, defining what should happen "behind the scenes"?
And how about doing this yourself?
This is exactly what TonePrint allows you to do.
TC ELECTRONIC is working with top guitar players who explore a pedal's hidden
tonal potential, redefining the controls and creating their personal TonePrints.
And we are making these custom TonePrints available to you. Uploading them to
your pedal is really easy (see "5.2 Transferring TonePrints to your pedal using the
TonePrint app") – and with the amazing TonePrint Editor, you can even create
your own signature pedal, tweaked specifically to your liking.
You can change the TonePrint in your pedal as often as you like, and the best part:
It's totally free!
5.2 Transferring TonePrints to your pedal using
the TonePrint app
Being able to virtually rewire your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal wouldn't be much
use if you needed a lot of extra equipment to do it. This is why we created the
TonePrint app. The TonePrint app is free software for popular smartphones that
allows you to "beam" new TonePrints right into your effect pedal whenever and
wherever you feel like it.
Obtaining the TonePrint app
If you own an iPhone, you can download the TonePrint app from Apple's App Store.
If you own an Android phone, you will find the TonePrint app on Google Play.
Once you have the app, no additional downloads or in-app purchases are
required. You can access all available TonePrints from within the app, and all
TonePrints are free.
Transferring TonePrints to your pedal – step by step
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Launch the TonePrint app on your smart-phone.
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Find the TonePrint you want to use. You can browse TonePrints by Artist or
Product (i.e., pedal type). You will also find Featured TonePrints.
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Plug your guitar or bass into your TonePrint pedal.
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Turn your TonePrint pedal on.
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Turn up the volume on your instrument and set the pickup selector to
one pickup.
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Hold the speaker of your smartphone next to the chosen pickup and touch
"Beam to pedal".
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