Operation - Inputs, Outputs And Controls; Power / Computer Connection; Switching; Audio In And Out - TC Electronic SUB 'N' UP User Manual

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SUB 'N' UP MINI OCTAVER User Manual
3. Operation – Inputs,
Outputs and Controls
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3.1 Power / Computer connection

(1) POWER input To power up your pedal, connect a power supply to its power
input socket. The power input socket of your TC Electronic effect pedal is a
standard 5.5/2.1 mm DC plug (centre = negative).
Your TC Electronic effect pedal requires a 9 V power supply providing 100 mA
or more (not supplied). TC Electronic recommends using the PowerPlug 9.
To minimize hum, use a power supply with isolated outputs.
(2) USB port Use the standard Mini-B USB port on your TC Electronic effect
pedal to connect your pedal to a computer. This will allow you to load
TonePrints into the pedal or create your own TonePrint using TC's TonePrint
Editor. For more information, see "4. Operation – TonePrint".
If there should be firmware updates for this pedal, they can also be installed
using the USB port – see "6.1 Updating the firmware".

3.2 Switching

(3) FOOTSWITCH To turn the effect on, tap the footswitch. To turn the effect off,
tap the footswitch again.
(4) INDICATOR LED The LED lights up when the effect is switched on.

3.3 Audio in and out

(5) AUDIO INPUT (mono) The audio input on the right side of this pedal is a
standard 1⁄4" jack (mono/TS). Connect your guitar to the audio input on the
right side of your pedal using a regular 1⁄4" mono cable.
(6) AUDIO OUTPUT (mono) The audio output on the left side of this pedal is a
standard 1⁄4" jack (mono/TS). Connect the audio output of your pedal to the
next device in the signal chain using a regular 1⁄4" mono cable.

3.4 Effect controls

Please note that the knob assignments on your TC Electronic effect pedal are
the default assignments. Using the TonePrint Editor, you can rewire all knobs
so they control one or several parameters of your choice. For more information,
see "4.3 Editing TonePrints with TonePrint Editor".
An octaver adds one or more additional voices one or more octaves above or
below the original signal. SUB 'N' UP MINI OCTAVER features three extra voices:
one octave up and one and two octaves below.
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Unlike the full-sized SUB 'N' UP OCTAVER pedal, SUB 'N' UP MINI OCTAVER does
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not have a SUB2 knob to directly control the voice two octaves down.
However, the second octave down is still available via TonePrint
(see "4. Operation – TonePrint"), and any of the SUB 'N' UP MINI OCTAVER's knobs
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can be re-mapped via TonePrints or the TonePrint editor to control the second
octave down.
(7) DRY knob Use the DRY knob to set the level dry signal. Crank this knob if
you want the same amount of dry signal as when SUB 'N' UP OCTAVER is
bypassed.
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(8) UP knob The UP knob allows you to blend in an extra voice an octave above
the original signal. Try cranking this knob in classic mode to get some cool ol'
school Hendrix-type tones.
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(9) SUB knob The SUB knob adds an extra voice one octave below the original
dry signal. This can be used to fatten up riffs or getting fake bass sounds
when backing down the dry signal completely.
Unlike its larger cousin, SUB 'N' UP MINI OCTAVER does not feature a 3-position
MODE selector switch, and the SUB 'N' UP MINI OCTAVER is set by default to
"TonePrint" mode.
However, "Poly" and "Classic" modes are still available using the
TonePrint system. For more information, see "4. Operation – TonePrint"
The three modes each alter the circuit operation to suit different situations:
• • TonePrint This is the pedal's default mode, and all octave configurations
are set by using the TonePrint system. .
• • Poly (Polyphonic) "Poly" mode offers the latest in polyphonic octaving.
In this mode, SUB 'N' UP MINI OCTAVER will handle even the most complex
jazz chords and give all sorts of cool sounds from fake 12-string guitar to
organ-like tones.
Classic In "Classic" mode, you can jump straight into those old-school
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octave tones of yesteryear. With this setting, you get all the warm, organic
imperfections associated with classic analog stompbox octaving.
Playing chords in this mode will lead to weird and beautiful glitches.