DigiTech TIME BENDER Owner's Manual page 13

Guided Tour - Front Panel
14. Delay On/Off Footswitch
The Delay On/Off footswitch turns the delay effect on and off. When the delay
is off, your guitar signal is never digitized, so your tone is preserved. If any
repeats are being heard when the delay is turned off, the repeats fade out instead
of silencing instantly. For all delay types except Envelope, Reverse, and Looper,
this footswitch can also be used to freeze the delay line so you can, for example,
solo over a repeating backing track. To do this, hold down the footswitch for one
second—the Delay Indicator LED turns yellow, the delays loop continuously, and
the input guitar signal stops feeding into the delay line. Step on the pedal again to
re-enable the feedback loop input and return the pedal to the "on" position.
When Looper is selected, press the Delay On/Off footswitch once to start recording a
loop; press it again to stop recording and begin loop playback. Step on it while a loop
is being played back to overdub your current guitar signal onto the existing loop.
15. Repeats Knob
The Repeats knob controls the amount of signal that is fed back into the delay lines.
When the Repeats knob is turned all the way down (counter-clockwise), you hear
one or very few repeats of the delay pattern. As you turn the Repeats knob up, the
pattern circulates more and more causing the delays to repeat for longer and longer
time periods. When Envelope is selected, the Repeats knob controls the shape of the
envelopes applied to the input guitar signal. In the leftmost position, the envelope
has a sharp onset and a rapid decay, giving the effect of a newly plucked note. As
the Repeats knob is turned up, the envelope shape changes. It first begins to shorten
until it becomes quite percussive, then becomes longer with a more level sustain
section. Towards the end of the range the envelope has an upward ramp with a quick
decay resulting in a reverse envelope sound.
16. On LED
When this LED is green, the delay effect is turned on. When the LED is yellow,
the delay signal is set to Infinite Repeat (no input signal is being added to the
delay line). When Looper is selected, the LED is red during recording, green
during playback, and yellow during overdub.
17. Tone Knob
The Tone knob alters the tonal characteristics of the delay signal. Although the
exact tonal change depends on the selected delay type, generally turning the knob
to the left creates a darker (bass) tone, and turning it to the right creates a brighter
(treble) tone. In the center position, no additional tone coloring (beyond what is
already part of the currently selected delay type) is applied. Hint: An easy way to
control the quality of the tape in the Tape delay is to turn down the Tone knob.
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