The Record Transport - Electro-Harmonix Forty-five thousand User's Reference Manual

The Record Transport

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1. NEW LOOP
The NEW LOOP button will put the 45000 into
Record-Ready Mode. When you press the NEW
LOOP button, the RECORD LED blinks at a medi-
um rate, indicating the 45000 is ready to record.
Press the NEW LOOP button again to exit Record-
Ready Mode. If you press the NEW LOOP button
while recording a New Loop it will end recording,
setting the loop length and put the 45000 into
Playback mode. The table to the right explains
the result of pressing the NEW LOOP button in
relation to the currrent mode of the 45000.
2. RECORD
Depending on the 45000's current mode, the
RECORD button serves a few purposes, all of
which enable the 45000 to enter/exit one of the
recording modes: Record, Overdub or Punch-In.
The RECORD LED will light up solid anytime the
45000 is Recording or Overdubbing audio. The
RECORD LED blinks at a medium rate when the
45000 is in Record-Ready mode. The table to the
right explains the result of pressing the RECORD
button in relation to the currrent mode of the 45000.
3. PLAY Button and LED
The PLAY button is used to toggle Playback mode
on/off. The PLAY LED will light anytime the 45000
is Playing or Overdubbing audio. The table to
the right explains the result of pressing the PLAY
button in relation to the currrent Record/Playback
mode of the 45000.
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L L L INPUT INPUT INPUT R R R
CLIP CLIP CLIP
DRY DRY DRY
OUT OUT OUT
NEW NEW NEW
LOOP LOOP LOOP
Button
Button and LED
Current Mode + NEW LOOP
Idle Record-Ready
Playback Record-Ready (Continues playing current loop)
Overdubbing Overdubbing (NEW LOOP Button is ignored)
Record-Ready Reverts to previous mode before Record-Ready
Recording New Loop Playback (End recording New Loop, set length)
Current Mode + RECORD (Record LED State)
Idle (no loop in memory) Begin Recording New Loop (LED = ON)
Idle (w/ loop in memory) Overdubbing (LED = ON)
Playback Overdubbing (LED = ON)
Overdubbing Playback (LED = OFF)
Record-Ready Begin Recording New Loop (LED = ON)
Recording New Loop Idle, sets loop length (LED = OFF)
Current Mode + PLAY (Play LED State)
Idle (no loop in memory) Idle, no change
Idle (w/ loop in memory) Playback (LED = ON)
Playback Idle (LED = OFF)
Overdubbing Idle (LED = OFF)
Record-Ready Playback of Current Loop (LED = ON)
Recording New Loop Overdubbing, sets loop length (LED = ON)
When a loop cycles back to the beginning, the PLAY LED blinks once,
signifying the start of the loop.
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