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- Page 1 DELAY AND LOOPER USER’S MANUAL...
- Page 2 Important Safety Instructions Warning! • To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not 1 Read these instructions. expose this equipment to dripping or splashing and 2 Keep these instructions. ensure that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, 3 Heed all warnings. are placed on the equipment. 4 Follow all instructions.
- Page 3 These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and – if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions – may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
- Page 4 AUSTIN ECHOES AMBIENT SLAP...
- Page 5 EDGY ECHO DUAL DELAY...
- Page 6 Congratulations! You have just bought a delay pedal that is a stepping stone to a world of inspiration, innovation, and tone. We are proud to present Flashback Delay, providing TC Electronic’s legendary delay sounds, intuitive controls and instant satisfaction. Our delays are widely heralded as the best for a reason, but that’s not all.
- Page 7 1 - Effect on/off (true bypass) 2 - 1/4 inch mono jack input 3 - 1/4 inch mono jack input (for stereo in) 4 - 1/4 inch mono jack output 5 - 1/4 inch mono jack output (for stereo out) 6 - FX level control 7 - Delay time control 8 - Subdivision selector...
- Page 8 Connecting Input jacks - Use MONO for mono input and both MONO and STEREO inputs if connecting a stereo source. If the pedal runs on battery, we recommend removing the mono input jack to preserve battery power when you don’t play. Output jacks - Connect to another pedal or directly into an amp or mixer.
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Page 9: The Controls
Once you have tapped the songs tempo, the subdivision selector switch allows you to chose between letting Flashback play 1/4, 1/8. or 1/4+1/8., according to the tapped tempo. - Page 10 To set the tempo: • Hold down the ON/OFF switch. With the switch held down, play steady short 1/4 notes on your instrument. Please note the following regarding Audio Tap: – The output is always muted while you strum for audio-tap – In Buffered Bypass mode, your delay repeats ring out when the pedal is bypassed (spill-over) • Play steady short 1/4 notes on your instrument. • Release the switch again. That’s it - you have now entered the global tempo, and the delay repeats will play according to the selected subdivision. The options are: 1/4, 1/8. and 1/4+1/8. 2290 - Digital Delay Input equals output. Superb digital delay based on the legendary TC 2290. No processing of the delay repeats. Pure and clear unaltered digital delay. ANA - Analog The Analog Delay delicately rolls of high-end frequencies, giving you delay repeats with less edge that blend in perfectly with the music, even when long relatively loud repeats are used.
- Page 11 TAPE This is an emulation of the old style tape delays. Prior to the digital era, delays were created using a Tape Recording device with a tape-loop and several recording/playback heads. Analog tape-recorders have a tendency to deteriorate/change the recorded material. Wow and flutter combined with a significant loss of high-end frequencies, and to some extent also low-end frequencies, are all elements commonly associated with tape recordings. These attributes, that on paper sound negative, are often quite useful and sought-after as they tend to compliment the source material in a highly musical manner. LOFI Deliberately squashing the sound of the delay repeats, the Lo-Fi delay effect allows you to make a statement.
- Page 12 MOD - Modulated The MOD type ads vibrato to the delay repeats. The result is quite stunning. Opposed to running the entire signal through a chorus/vibrato and then adding delay, you can have the input signal perfectly in tune and present in the acoustic image, yet at the same time have the cool lush vibrato on the delay repeats.
- Page 13 LOOP With Flashback’s loop function you can record and playback grooves and lines for playing along. You can even overdub your recording an unlimited number of times. The duration of a loop can be up to 40 seconds in mono and 20 seconds in stereo regardless of how many overdubs you make. How does it work? Select LOOP. Make sure the pedal is in bypass mode (LED off). Feel the groove and prepare for recording. Then press the switch to start your recording and play. The LED flashes red. Press the switch again to stop recording. Flashback immediately starts playing the loop. In this play mode the LED is green.
- Page 14 - The DELAY and FEEDBACK knobs are inactive in Loop mode. TonePrint Consider the knobs and switches on your pedal as a few handles that actually controls a large number of parameters. TC Electronic staff has defined the controls, - but wouldn’t it just be cool to let the world’s leading guitar players contribute with their own definition of how the controls should work? YES - this is TonePrint. We allow top guitar players to dig out the pedals hidden tonal potential, re-define the controls and make their own TonePrints. These TonePrints are available for you and uploading TonePrints to your pedal is easy. • Connect the pedal to your Mac or PC computer using the supplied USB cable.
- Page 15 Now, – once you have selected TonePrint, all controls react exactly as defined by the artist that has provided the TonePrint. Bypass modes and Kill-Dry on/off Unscrew the back-plate and look for the two small dip-switches in the upper left corner. The upper dip-switch (closest to the DC 9V in connection), switches between True Bypass mode (default) and Buffered Bypass mode. Buffered Bypass Kill-Dry - off Kill-Dry - on True Bypass True Bypass – is a hard-wire bypass that gives absolutely no coloration of tone when the pedal is bypassed. Using True Bypass on all pedals is a perfect choice in setups with a few pedals and relatively short cables before and after the pedals.
- Page 16 Buffered Bypass – If you use a long cable between your guitar and the first pedal or if you use many pedals on your board or if you use a long cable from your board to the amp, then the best solution will most likely be to activate the buffer in the first and last pedal in the signal chain.
- Page 17 72 mm x 122 mm x 50 mm - 300 g (excl. battery) Battery Dual Supply Rails technology ensures headroom for line level effect loops from a single 9V battery. Battery failure circuit automatically puts Flashback Delay into true bypass mode if the battery runs out Design Custom ‘hammerhead’ rugged, die-cast aluminum casing built for a life on the road Unique one-screw battery access for lightning fast battery changes Connectors &...
- Page 18 TC Electronic, Sindalsvej 34, DK-8240 Risskov info@tcelectronic.com...