User guide

PitchFactor User Guide System Mode

[CALIBRT] – Calibrate the Tuner (440 Hz)

Press the Encoder to select. Turn the Encoder to adjust the Tuner’s reference

frequency. 440 Hz standard is the default. This value will also establish the ‘A’

tuning for the pitch effects.

Press the Middle Footswitch once to back-up one level to TUNER menu.

Press the Middle Footswitch twice to go to top level System menu.

[AUX SW] – Program Auxiliary Switches

Up to three Auxiliary Switches can be assigned as controls for the Effects

parameters and system control. The three Aux Switches are connected to the rear

panel ¼” stereo phone jack. PitchFactor detects closures by sensing whether the

tip, the ring or both the tip and ring are grounded. Note that you must use a

stereo phone plug when connecting Aux Switches.

To assign the Aux Switches first press the Encoder to select AUX SW. You will see

two fields (split display) of the Billboard display (left/right) showing Parameter

destination and Control source assignments. An arrow pointing to the left

(Parameter) is flashing (if it’s not, press the Left Footswitch to select this field)

showing this to be the selected field for editing.

To assign the switches, first select the PitchFactor parameter or function (the

destination) that you want to externally control (Intensity for example) and then

select the Aux Switch that you want to control it with (the source).

The default settings for the Aux Switches are:

TIP - BYPASS

RING - LEARN/FLEX

TIP+RING - TAP

To Setup Parameter Destinations

Turn the Encoder knob to select an external control destination. Destinations

include the PitchFactor parameters and functions that can be controlled by one of

the Aux Switches. The choices are:

BYP – Toggle Bypass/Active. (Bypass type selected in BYPASS)

BK + – Increment Bank number switch function.

BK - – Decrement Bank number switch function.

TAP – Tap tempo switch function.

FLX – Toggle FLEX/LEARN function

P/B – Toggle between Play and Bank Mode.

KB0…9 – Because of the limited space in the Billboard display, the Parameter

Control Knob names cannot be meaningfully displayed. Instead, for display

purposes, we’ve numbered the knobs from 0 to 9 as indicated below.

FS1 – Left footswitch in alternate mode (i.e. if in PLAY, operates in BANK)

FS2 – Middle footswitch in alternate mode

FS3 – Right footswitch in alternate mode

PDL – Expression pedal

TUN – Enable/disable Tuner