User Manual

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SECONDARY MODE FUNCTIONALITY
The Grand Canyon contains an additional secondary mode for the PITCH
and DRUM Delay Types that can be accessed through a “hidden”
Secondary Mode function.
PITCH SECONDARY MODE
By default, the Grand Canyon is in Standard Pitch mode, where the pitch
shift block is before the delay block in the signal chain. In this mode, the
pitch shift is outside of the feedback loop, yielding an effect where the
delay’s repeats are always the same pitch.
When Secondary mode is enabled, the pitch shift block is placed within
the feedback loop so that each echo repeat is pitch shifted. This signal
chain produces a cascading pitch shift effect where each echo repeat is
pitch shifted further along than the previous echo.
DRUM SECONDARY MODE
By default, the Drum delay contains four playback heads, which yields
echo rhythms with four echo beats per pattern. Each pattern has different
playback heads muted or unmuted. When the Drum’s Secondary mode is
enabled, the playback heads are rearranged so that only three heads are
available. The echo rhythms now have three beats per pattern, which
works great for 3/4 or 6/8 time signatures or for producing polyrhythms
when played against 4/4 time signatures. See page 21 for a table of all
available Drum delay rhythms.
USING SECONDARY KNOB MODE
1. Ensure either the PITCH or DRUM Delay Type LEDs are selected.
2. Press and hold the PING PONG button.
3. After one second, the currently selected Delay Type LED shuts off.
Continue to hold down PING PONG.
4. After one more additional second, the selected Delay Type LED blinks.
5. Once the associated Delay Type LED begins blinking, primary mode
has changed to secondary mode.
6. When you enter Secondary mode, the Delay Type LED does not stop
blinking until you release the PING PONG button. You can release
PING PONG at any point after the LED begins blinking.
7. To return to Standard mode, perform steps 1 and 2 again. The
associated LED will blink after 1 second and stops after 2 seconds.