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- Page 1 USER’S MANUAL...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
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 BOLD AS JIMI WARM TAPE (TAPE) (TAPE)
- Page 5 SUMMERS TIME UNCHAIN MY FLANGE (FLANGER) (FLANGER)
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Page 6: (En) Introduction
(EN) Introduction Congratulations! You have just bought a flanger pedal that is a steppingstone to a world of inspiration, innovation and tone. We are proud to present Vortex Flanger, providing awesome flanger sounds, intuitive controls and instant satisfaction. With Vortex Flanger you are set for any situation that calls for some serious flanging, from subtle two-tape-machines-simultaneously to full-on 747-take-off sounds. But that’s not all! We love tone as much as any guitarist out there, so we are very excited to present a brand new, groundbreaking concept: TonePrint! TonePrint gives instant access to custom-tweaked sounds. We have gathered an impressive list of guitar heroes and had them tailor their signature sounds – the tones that made them famous. Toneprint... - 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 - Feedback control 7 - Speed control 8 - Flange/TonePrint/Tape selector...
- Page 8 Connecting Input jacks - Use MONO for mono input and both MONO and STEREO if connecting a stereo source. If you run 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: Delay Time
The controls FEEDBACK Use the FEEDBACK knob to control the amount of feedback of the short modulated delay that causes the Flanging effect. Turn the knob counter-clockwise to get negative feedback and clockwise to get positive feedback. Where the positive range gives a traditional studio-type feedback the negative range gives more extreme and “tube-like” sound. Try them out! 12 o’clock position is neutral = no feedback. Notice that too high settings might introduce internal feedback, resulting in a squealing noise that in most cases is unwanted in flanging effects. SPEED Use the SPEED knob to set the speed of the effect. - Page 10 FLANGER TYPE Selector: Switch between standard Flange, Tape type and TonePrint FLANGE The characteristic “flanging” sound occurs when a pitch-modulated part of the signal is slightly delayed and fed back to the input of the effect algorithm. Experiment with the Feedback parameter to get an idea of the effects you can achieve. TAPE - also know as the “through-zero-flange” emulates the original way of creating a flange effect, with two identical pieces of audio material being played back simultaneously on two tape decks and then being mixed on a third deck. The flanging effect was achieved by slowing down and speeding up the two decks at different times. An essential part of the special effect created this way is the unique phase...
- Page 11 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 12 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 hardwire 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 13 will most likely be to activate the buffer in the first and last pedal in the signal chain. Can you hear the difference between a pedal in True Bypass or Buffered Bypass? Maybe, maybe not, – many factors apply. Active/passive pick-ups, single coil/humbucker, cable quality, amp impedance and more. We cannot give a single ultimate answer. Use your ears and find the best solution for your setup! Kill-Dry on/off –...
- Page 14 (EN) Technical Specifications Sounds 2 amazing flanger effects: A 1:1 recreation of the legendary TC Electronic Chorus/Flanger pedal and a classic tape flanger for those psychedelic studio-style flange effects Unique, new TonePrint setting for stuffing Corona Chorus with your favorite artist’s tones Size & Weight 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 Vortex Flanger into true bypass mode if the battery runs out Design Custom ‘hammerhead’...
- Page 15 TC Electronic, Sindalsvej 34, DK-8240 Risskov info@tcelectronic.com...
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