TC Electronic QUINTESSENCE HARMONIZER User Manual - Latching/momentary
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QUINTESSENCE HARMONIZER User Manual
3.1 Power/Computer connection
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POWER input To power up your pedal, connect a power supply to its power
input socket. The power input socket of your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal is a
standard 5.5/2.1 mm DC plug (centre = negative).
Your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal requires a 9 V power supply providing
100 mA or more (not supplied). TC ELECTRONIC recommends using the
PowerPlug 9.
To minimize hum, use a power supply with isolated outputs.
If no power supply is available, you can run this product using a battery.
For more information on changing batteries, see “7.2 Changing the battery”.
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USB port Use the standard Mini-B USB port on your TC ELECTRONIC effect
pedal to connect your pedal to a computer. This will allow you to load
TonePrints into the pedal or create your own TonePrint using TC’s TonePrint
Editor. For more information, see “5. Operation – TonePrint”.
If there should be firmware updates for this pedal, they can also be installed
using the USB port – see “7.1 Updating the firmware”.
3.2 Switching
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FOOTSWITCH Press the footswitch to switch the effect on or off, or to use
the MASH function. The LATCH / MOMEN selector controls whether the
footswitch works in latching or momentary modes. For more information
about the footswitch modes, see “4.1 Using the MASH function” or “4.2
Latching/Momentary Footswitching”.
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INDICATOR LED This LED lights up red when the effect is switched on.
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MASH LED This LED lights up amber to indicate the MASH function is active
when you gradually press down and hold the footswitch. The farther you
press the footswitch down, the brighter the MASH LED will light to indicate
that more MASH is being applied to the linked effect parameter. For more
information, see “4.1 Using the MASH function”.
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LATCH / MOMEN selector The LATCH / MOMEN switch allows you to select
between two switching modes:
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Latch Set the LATCH / MOMEN selector to “LATCH” so that the effect
stays switched on when the footswitch is pressed and released.
To switch the effect back off, press and release the footswitch.
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Momentary Set the LATCH / MOMEN selector to “MOMEN” so that the
effect is only active when the footswitch is pressed and held down.
When the footswitch is released, the effect will automatically switch off.
For more information, see “4.2 Latching/Momentary Footswitching”.
3.3 Audio in and out
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AUDIO INPUTS (mono/stereo) The audio inputs on the right side of this
pedal are standard 1⁄4" jacks (mono/TS). Connect your guitar to the audio
inputs on the right side of your pedal using a regular 1⁄4" mono cable. If
your guitar has a single mono output, use the upper input marked “MONO”.
If your particular guitar has stereo outputs, use both the “MONO” and
“STEREO” inputs.
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AUDIO OUTPUTS (mono/stereo) The audio outputs on the left side of this
pedal are a standard 1⁄4" jacks (mono/TS). Connect the audio output of your
pedal to the next device in the signal chain using a regular 1⁄4" mono cable.
For more information, see “4.3 Stereo Operation”.
3.4 effect controls
Please note that the knob assignments on your TC ELECTRONIC effect pedal
are the default assignments. Using the TonePrint Editor, you can change the
functionality of available controls. For more information, see “5.3 Editing
TonePrints with TonePrint Editor”.
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KEY knob The KEY knob controls which key the QUINTESSENCE pedal uses to
generate harmonies.
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KEY switch The KEY switch allows you to access additional flat/sharp keys.
For example, to access Key of D#/Eb, set the KEY knob to Key of D and then
move the KEY switch to the “#” setting.
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SCALE knob The SCALE knob allows you to choose which scale the pedal
will use to generate harmonies. The SCALE knob offers the following scale
options: IOmaj (Ionian Major), DO (Dorian Minor), PH (Phrygian Minor),
LY (Lydian Major), MI (Mixolydian Major), AEmin (Aeolian/Natural Minor),
and CUSTOM (Locrian Minor, default). For more information, see “4.4 Scales
and Intervals”.
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MIX knob The MIX knob controls the amount of the original dry guitar signal
versus the pitch-shifted signal. At full counter-clockwise, only the dry guitar
signal will be audible; at full clockwise, only the pitch-shifted signal will
be audible.
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HARMONY knob The HARMONY knob controls which intervals will be
generated from the notes from your dry guitar signal, based on the
scale selected by the SCALE knob. For more information, see “4.4 Scales
and Intervals”.
4. Operation – MASH Function,
Latching/Momentary
Footswitching, Stereo Operation,
Scales
QUINTESSENCE HARMONIZER has a lot more going on under the hood
than you might think, and this section will show you details about these
additional goodies.
4.1 Using the MASH function
The MASH function allows you to vary a linked effect parameter when you press
down continuously on the footswitch with variable pressure. The more pressure
you apply to the footswitch, the brighter the MASH LED will light up.
The MASH function deploys automatically any time you press and hold
the footswitch. Simply take your foot off the footswitch to deactivate the
MASH function.
The MASH function can be assigned to any parameter of your choice by using
the TonePrint Editor. For more information, see “5.3 Editing TonePrints with
TonePrint Editor”.
By default assignment, the MASH function is programmed to bend the pitch-
shifted note (in the effected signal) upward to the next scale degree available in
the chosen scale (except for the TP1, TP2 and TP3 default TonePrints, see below).