The Relay Block - Fractal Audio FX8 Owner's Manual

THE RELAY BLOCK

WARNING! Do NOT connect anything to the RELAY jacks until you read the WARNINGS in Section 4.
As detailed in Section 4, two onboard TRS relays allow the FX8 to control switchable functions of a
connected amp or other device. The Relay block lets you use a footswitch to manually (pedally!) operate a
relay. The RELAY 1 block (RL1) operates relay 1, and the RELAY 2 block (RL2) operates relay 2.
RELAY BLOCK PARAMETERS
The relay block is simple.
When the footswitch is off the relay is off. Nothing is connected. The LED is off.
A single parameter,
RELAY ON
When the footswitch is ON, you can select whether the TIP, RING, or BOTH are shorted to the sleeve.
With X/Y, that's a total of three settings accessible from one footswitch (OFF, ON-X and ON-Y).
Setting What's Connected?
TIP Tip to Sleeve.
RING
Ring to Sleeve.
BOTH
Tip AND Ring to Sleeve.
NOTE: When a Relay block is added to your preset, the FX8 ignores CONFIG page programming
for that relay in that preset. You can still program the relay per-scene, however, in exactly the same
way you would program any other effect per-scene. Change to the desired scene, set the relay
block as desired using your foot, and store the preset.
, allows you to specify the state of the relay when the block is switched on.
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