User Guide / Owners Manual

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THE PRIMALTAP CONTROL PANEL
The Multiply control is key to the unique sound of PrimalTap. This
control increases the currently selected delay time time by either 2X,
4X, or 8X. Like the hardware, each time the delay time is doubled, the
sample rate is halved. This also brings into play some very steep anti-
aliasing filters. Essentially, every time the Multiply control goes UP, the
fidelity goes DOWN.
The indicators on the top and bottom of the control denote this
relationship in terms of delay time vs. bandwidth:
- At 1X available bandwidth is at 12khz.
- At 2X available bandwidth halves to 6kHz.
- At 4X bandwidth is further reduced to 3kHz.
- And finally, at 8X echoes are at a very lo-fi 1.5kHz.
MULTIPLY
PrimalTap — Version 5
The Tweak button activates the slide-out Tweak Menu which contains a
multitude of advanced parameter adjustment options. The Tweak button
will turn blue in the middle when clicked, and the Tweak Menu can be
hidden again by re-selecting the Tweak button. We will discuss the
Tweak Menu in-depth beginning on page 9.
TWEAK
PrimalTap features two independent delay lines, A and B, signified by
the large red (delay line A) and yellow (B) knobs. Each delay line can be
operated in one of two modes, Time and Beat. In Time mode the LCD-
style screens above the control give the delay time in milliseconds for
each channel. In Beat mode, the display will list the given spacing as
it relates to the current host tempo with a value range from 0.00 (no
delay) to 4.00.
To switch between Time and Beat mode, click on the switch below the
red LCD display for the appropriate delay line (which will read either
“Time” or “Beats” ). This will only change the mode for the selected
channel, which means that in PrimalTap you can have one delay line
synced to the beat while the other is programmed for a specific length
of time. The maximum available delay using Delay Select is 2500ms.
Please note that true to the original hardware, adjusting the Delay
Select knobs in real-time will introduce audible glitches and anomalies.
DELAY SELECT