Change A Button From Latched To Momentary Mode - TC-Helicon VL3X Reference Manual

Change a button from Latched to Momentary mode

When you are turning effects on and off using
the footswitches, the default behavior for each
switch is to work in "latched" mode. This simply
means that you press the button once to turn the
effect on and again to turn the effect off.
Latched mode works for a lot of cases, but there
are probably times when you would like an effect
to be active as you hold the button down – and
inactive as soon as you release it. This is called
"Momentary" mode.
Since we just experimented with turning effects
on and off, let's change the way one of those ef-
fect footswitches operates.
Press the Vocal button.
►
Press and HOLD the right Arrow (>) to "jump"
►
all the way to the last Vocal tab.
This is a common behavior for the Arrow but-
tons. If you press and hold, you will jump to
the far side of the effects/Preset pages. This
can save you some time while editing.
Curious about all those tabs and their param-
eters? Don't worry – we will cover all the Vocal
effects later!
Now press the left Arrow (<) to navigate to the
►
Buttonmap tab.
Buttonmap menu
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Use the Control Knob to scroll down and high-
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light the line starting with "HIT".
Selecting HIT in the buttonmap menu
Use the Mix Knob right below "Mode" to
►
change the mode of the HIT footswitch from
Latched to Momentary.
Changing Mode to Momentary
Press the Home button.
►
This will take you back to the main (or home)
screen.
Now, press the HIT button, just like you did be-
fore. Notice how the blue light only comes on
while you hold the button down? That's Momen-
tary mode.
Try singing the same song again, pressing/hold-
ing the HIT footswitch when you want harmonies
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to activate. Practice activating harmony for a
single word or short phrase. It's much easier in
momentary mode!
Before you move on, go back into the Vocal But-
tonmap screen and change HIT back to Latched
mode.
Changing Mode back to Latched
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