Bypass Mode; Tuner Mode; Learn-A-Lick Mode - DigiTech RP-7 VALVE User Manual

RP-7 Valve

BYPASS MODE

Allows you to bypass the RP-7 Valve's Effects. Enter this mode by pressing footswitches <3 & 4> simultaneously. BYP will appear in the
display window to indicate you are in Bypass mode. Exit this mode by pressing any of the footswitches. When you exit this mode, the RP-7
Valve will default to the last mode you used.

TUNER MODE

Allows you to tune your guitar. Enter Tuner mode by pressing footswitches <1 & 2> simultaneously. tune will appear briefly in the display
window followed by --- to indicate that you are in Tuner mode. To begin tuning play a note on your guitar (a harmonic at the 12th fret will
work best). The display window will show the note being played and the horizontal Parameter Matrix LEDs just under the tuning bar will light.
Once the green LED directly under the IN TUNE of the tuning bar is lit, the note will be in tune. If the note is not in tune, 1 or 2 of the LEDs
left or right of the IN TUNE LED will be lit. If they are to the left, the note is flat and should be tuned up. If the LEDs are to the right, the note
is sharp and should tuned down. You can change your tuning preference by using the value <UP> and <DOWN> buttons. The default
factory setting is : A=440 Hz. The tuning reference control ranges from 427 Hz to 453 Hz, which is the equivalent of ± 50 cents (1/2
semitone) in either direction form 440 Hz.
When you scroll down from 427 Hz, you will also find alternate dropped tunings. Alternate tunings are A = Ab (415), A = G (392), and A =
Gb (370). The display window will briefly flash the currently selected tuning preference.
Exit this mode by pressing any of the footswitches. When you exit this mode, the RP-7 Valve will default to the last mode you used.

LEARN-A-LICK MODE

The Learn-A-Lick function allows you to record a 12 second passage of music and play it back as slow as 1/2 speed with no change in pitch.
This is very useful for picking out the notes of a fast solo passage.
There are 4 functions for Learn-A-Lick. They include:
• Start / Stop
• Rewind
• Fast Forward
• Record
Using Learn-A-Lick
• Connect the output of your CD or tape player headphone output to the Jam-a-long input jack on the rear panel. Set the level to a desired
listening level.
• Press foot switches <2> and <3> to enter Learn-a-lick mode.
• Cue up to the passage you want to record and hit pause on the CD or tape player.
• Release the pause button and press the <4> foot switch when you are ready to begin recording the passage. The display will read:
rEC and recording will begin. When recording is completed, the phrase is then set into an auto-loop playback mode. Stop or press
pause on the CD or Tape player.
• Pressing the <Tempo Dn> foot switch will slow the playback down to 1/2 speed in 1/8th speed intervals.
• Pressing the <Tempo Up> foot switch will increase the playback speed to normal speed at 1/8th speed intervals.
• Pressing the <Rewind> foot switch steps back through the loop at 1 second intervals.
• Pressing the <F Forward> foot switch steps forward through the loop at 1 second intervals.
• The Expression pedal will control output level of auto loop.
• To re-record a passage, press the <Record> foot switch again.
• To exit the Learn-A-Lick mode, Press footswitches <2> and <3> at the same time.
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