Electro-Harmonix STEREO MEMORY MAN WITH HAZARAI User Manual page 5

DÉJÀ VU Modes: The Déjà Vu section contains Reverse Echo, the Looper and Presets. We
will discuss each mode separately.
REVERSE ECHO Mode
The echoes will playback in reverse. The Reverse Echo in the SMMH is an intelligent
reverse echo; it studies your playing so that it can produce reverse echoes that best suit
your delay time setting. Please Note: to take full advantage of the intelligent reverse echo
feature, we recommend the DECAY knob be turned all the way down to the counter-
clockwise position.
KNOB FUNCTIONS:
DELAY Knob: Sets the Delay Time from a minimum of 0.2 mS to a maximum of
3 seconds.
DECAY Knob: Sets the number of replay voices from 1 to 25. As you turn the
DECAY knob clockwise you will obtain more voices. The replay voices act a bit
like having a reverse multi-tap echo. Multiple versions of the same echo will
playback simultaneously. The more voices you have, the closer together the
voices will be when played back. To hear only one voice, turn the DECAY knob
down to its most counter-clockwise position. The intelligent Reverse Echo works
best when DECAY is at its minimum setting and there is only one voice.
REPEATS Knob: Acts like a feedback control. The further clockwise you turn
the REPEATS knob, the more echoes you will hear and the longer it will take for
the echoes to fade away.
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LOOP Mode
You can record a loop anytime while using the SMMH, except while in the MULTI TAP-1
SEC + REV mode. When recording a loop while in the echo modes, the loop will be
recorded from the output of the BLEND control so that what hear is what is recorded. In
addition, after recording a loop in an echo mode, by switching to LOOP mode you can alter
the loop by reversing the loop, filtering the loop or changing the speed or tempo of the
loop. To record a dry loop without any echoes mixed in, select LOOP mode prior to
recording the loop.
To enter loop mode turn the HAZARAI knob counter-clockwise until either no LEDs are lit,
or only the LOOP LED is lit. Please Note: If no mode LEDs are lit, it means you are in
LOOP mode.
LOOP RECORD PROCEDURE:
1. To begin recording a loop, press and hold down the TAP/RECORD Footswitch.
The SMMH will begin recording the loop the instant you press down on the
TAP/RECORD Footswitch.
2. Keep holding down the TAP/RECORD Footswitch for the duration of the loop
recording. You must hold down the TAP/RECORD Footswitch for a minimum of
half a second for the SMMH to register that a loop is being recorded. Once this
time has elapsed, the LOOP LED will light up to indicate that there is a loop in
memory.
3. To end the recording of the loop, release the TAP/RECORD Footswitch. At the
instant you release the TAP/RECORD Footswitch, the SMMH will end the loop
recording and will immediately playback the loop from its beginning.
4. The length of the loop is equal to the length of time you hold down the
TAP/RECORD Footswitch.
5. The loop will now play continuously unless you enter Bypass mode. You may
play over the loop while in any of the 8 modes.
6. While the loop is playing, the LOOP LED will blink once to indicate the loop has
cycled back to the beginning.
LOOP OVERDUB PROCEDURE:
1. Once you have a loop in memory, you may overdub onto the loop at anytime by
pressing and holding the TAP/RECORD Footswitch. The SMMH will begin
recording the overdub from the instant you press down on the TAP/RECORD
Footswitch.
2. The SMMH will record the overdub for the entire duration that you hold down the
TAP/RECORD Footswitch.
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