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TC Electronic D-TWO User Manual

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D•TWO
MULTITAP RHYTHM DELAY
U U S S E E R R ' ' S S M M A A N N U U A A L L

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  • Page 1 D•TWO MULTITAP RHYTHM DELAY U U S S E E R R ’ ’ S S M M A A N N U U A A L L...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead The exclamation point within an symbol within an equilateral triangle, is equilateral triangle is intended to alert intended to alert the user to the the user to the presence of important presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"...
  • Page 4 Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. Certificate Of Conformity These limits are designed to provide TC Electronic A/S, Sindalsvej 34, 8240 reasonable protection against harmful Risskov, Denmark, hereby declares on own interference in residential installations. This...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Technical Specifications ..28 Preset List ....29 TC Electronic, Sindalsvej 34, DK-8240 Risskov – tcdk@tcelectronic.com English Version Rev 5.4 –...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Congratulations on the purchase of your new D•TWO Multi-tap Rhythm Delay. The D•TWO Multi-tap Rhythm Delay is an easy to use, high quality digital Delay unit. When it comes to Delay effects we are convinced that with this unit you are well covered.

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW POWER button The tempo is also indicated via FEEDBACK % Power on/off. the blinking TEMPO/RHYTHM The amount of level fed back indicator. to the Delay line. Indicates the IN LEVEL knob Decay time of the Delay Adjusts the Input level. SUBDIVISION indicator repeats.

  • Page 9: Front Panel Overview

    FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW DELAY/TAP key FILTER key STORE key This key has two main Enables/disables the Filter Selects the Store menu. functions: functions. Double click Presets can be stored in the - When the DELAY key LED shortcuts to the High and Low User bank only.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

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  • Page 11: Signal Flow Diagram

    SIGNAL FLOW...

  • Page 12: Typical Setups

    TYPICAL SETUPS Connect the D•TWO as illustrated using balanced 1/4” jack cables. Mode selection The D•TWO has three Delay modes: Traditional, Straight and Rhythm. Traditional mode The standard setup used by any Delay unit, including the traditional feedback strategy. Straight mode The D•TWO default mode, including the ability to control the exact number of repeats.

  • Page 13: The D•Two Display

    THE D•TWO DISPLAY Overload LEDs Delay Time BPM/ms Tempo Rhythm Subdivision Preset Indication Indication Dynamic Meter Number Input Text Line Feedback Filter PingPong Edited Preset Bank MIDI Meters Filter Indication Indicator Activity Delay Time The DELAY TIME indicator displays the main The Dynamic Delay is a ducking function that Delay time in either ms or BPM (beats per reduces the Output level of the Delay with a...
  • Page 14 THE D•TWO DISPLAY Overload LEDs Delay Time BPM/ms Tempo Subdivision Preset Number Indication Dynamic Meter Input Text Line Feedback Filter PingPong Edited Preset Bank MIDI Meters Filter Indication Indicator Activity DI 44.1/48 Icon FB Filter Indicates whether the D•TWO is locked to an Indicates the Feedback High Cut and Low Cut external clock or not.

  • Page 15: Setup

    SETUP Setup Digital - The D•TWO locks to the incoming Digital clock. The Setup menu holds all general Setup- parameters including parameters normally Please note that when using internal found in Utility, Level and I/O menus. clock with external digital audio, the incoming digital audio must be in sync Basic Operation with the set D•TWO internal clock in...

  • Page 16: Bypass

    SETUP Status Bits MIDI Bulk Dump Sets whether the D•TWO is sending out Press ENTER to perform a Bulk Dump of all AES/EBU (professional standard or S/PDIF presets to an external MIDI device. The D•TWO (consumer standard) status bits. is always ready to receive MIDI Bulk Dump information.

  • Page 17: Recall

    RECALL - EDIT - STORE Recall Factory presets - ROM Factory presets that can be edited and stored Basic operation in any User location. You cannot store presets • Press RECALL to enter the Recall page. into a factory location. •...

  • Page 18: Delay Modes

    DELAY MODES The Parameters The D•TWO holds 3 basic Delay modes • Traditional Delay mode Parameters of the Traditional Delay mode In this mode the D•TWO operates as a are, as the name suggests, quite similar to regular Delay unit. those of any other Delay unit.

  • Page 19: Straight Delay Mode

    DELAY MODES Additional Effects Straight Delay Mode To the Traditional Delay mode the effects The Straight Delay mode, utilizes a feedback described below can be added: strategy that gives you all the normal controls Please see detailed description on 23-25. of a Delay and on top of that, the ability to control the exact number of repeats.
  • Page 20 DELAY MODES Additional Effects Feedback # Press and hold the FEEDBACK/RHYTHM key To the Straight Delay mode the effects and dial the DELAY wheel to change the exact described below can be added: number of Delay repeats. The maximum Please see detailed description on pages 21-25. number of repeats is 10 or limited by the total Delay time.

  • Page 21: Rhythm Mode

    DELAY MODES Rhythm Mode Feedback % Sets the Decay of the rhythm pattern The Rhythm mode offers a new unique feature depending on the RhythmDcay parameter. to Delay control i.e. Rhythm Delay. Tap the (see description on the next page). rhythm that you want the D•TWO to perform on the FEEDBACK/RHYTHM key.

  • Page 22: Rhythm Tap Edit

    DELAY MODES Rhythm Tap Edit RhythmDcay - Rhythm Decay This parameter sets the Decay style of the When in the Rhythm mode the tapped Rhythm Rhythm pattern. A Rhythm pattern is always fed pattern can be edited tap by tap. This gives you back from the last tap, meaning that the entire the possibility to change the Rhythm pattern pattern is repeated when Feedback % is...

  • Page 23: Pingpong

    DELAY MODES PingPong the current Tap is disabled. Taps cannot change order. This means that if a Basic operation tap is placed “on top” of a second tap, the Entering the PingPong menu can be done in second tap automatically will be set to “Off”. two ways: •...

  • Page 24: Dynamic

    DELAY MODES Dynamic Reverse Basic operation Basic operation Entering the Dynamic menu can be done in two Entering the Reverse menu can be done in two ways: ways: • Press EDIT and scroll to the Dynamic • Press EDIT and scroll to the Reverse parameters.

  • Page 25: Shortcuts

    DELAY MODES SHORTCUTS Last/Last Trg: Jump to User Bank The Last tap is reversed, while the rest of the While in the Recall menu, hit ARROW UP to taps are played back as normal Delay taps. jump straight to User preset 1. The “Trg”...

  • Page 26: Additional Algorithms

    ADDITIONAL ALGORITHMS To each of the described Delay modes the High Cut following effects can be added. Range: 19.95Hz - 20kHz High Cut filter allowing reduction of the high Spatial end frequencies on the source material. Basic operation Low Cut Entering the Spatial menu can be done in two Range: 19.95Hz - 20kHz ways.
  • Page 27 ADDITIONAL ALGORITHMS Golden Ratio Ensures a Golden Ratio between the Speed and Depth when active. If you want to create wild Chorus/Flanger sounds, you may want to turn the Golden Ratio off. Ph Reverse - Phase Reverse Reverses the phase of the left Chorus channel. This widens the stereo image of the Chorus/ Flanger.

  • Page 28: Appendix

    APPENDIX - MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART D•TWO MultiTap Rhythm Delay Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel Default Changed 1-16 1-16 Mode Default Messages Altered Note Number True Voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Touch Key’s Channel Pitch Bend Control Change 16-28 16-28 48-99...

  • Page 29: Midi Control Changes

    APPENDIX - MIDI CONTROL CHANGES D•TWO MIDI Control Change List System Parameter Name MIDI CC System Parameter Name MIDI CC INLEVEL FILTER DIGINLEVEL CHORUS OUTLEVEL REVERSE MIXLEVEL DYNAMIC BYPASS PING-PONG REVERSEOFFSET RHYTHM SPATIAL Param Name MIDI CC DELAY 10000 (5000) FBLEVEL FBREPEATS SHUFFLE...

  • Page 30: Technical Specifications

    APPENDIX - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Inputs and Outputs Connectors: RCA Phono (S/PDIF) Formats: S/PDIF (24 bit), EIAJ CP-340, IEC 958 Output Dither: HPF/TPDF dither 24/20/16/8 bit Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz Processing Delay: 0.1 ms @ 48 kHz Frequency Response DIO: DC to 23.9 kHz ±...

  • Page 31: Preset List

    Double Tap Flange Dark Triplets Slapback Flanger Fast Triplets Fat Flanger Moving Hat The Stereo Chorus D-Two In The House Ambient Chorus Shuffel Your Feet Fat Guitar Stabbed In The Back Giant mockup in 3/4 Flying Stabs Beauty in The Beats...

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