Ditto X4 Looper
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions....................................... 3 Legal Disclaimer.............................................................. 3 Limited warranty............................................................. 3 1. Introduction................................................................ 4 2. Setup............................................................................ 4 3. Hookup....................................................
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual Important Safety Instructions Terminals marked with this symbol carry electrical current of sufficient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed. All other installation or modification should be performed only by qualified personnel.
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual 1. Introduction Ditto X4 Looper is the pedal that'll let you turn a single moment in time into something truly spectacular. By perfectly merging ease of use with stellar creative features like dual loop tracks, 7 loop FX, loop decay and MIDI sync, Ditto X4 Looper will instantly become the canvas on which you paint your multi-layered sonic masterpieces.
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Ditto X4 Looper User Manual Ditto X4 looper in an FX loop Drive Pedal(s) FX Loop Send Input FX Loop Return Reverb, delay and modulation pedals Combo Dual mono with two instruments Combo
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual 4. Controls (2) (3) (4) (5) (1) (6) (9) (7) (10) (1) STORE/LEVEL switches – these perform the following functions for their associated loop: • Briefly flip the switch up to store the current loop as a backing track. • Hold the switch in the up position for three seconds to delete the stored backing track. • Hold the switch in the down position while turning the associated LOOP knob to set the level of the backing track.
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual (10) OUTPUT jacks – Send audio via one or two 1/4" TS cables. Undo (11) Power input – connect the 9V power supply. Note that this pedal cannot operate on batteries. It’s very possible that at some point during your looping experimentation, you will not be satisfied with a loop layer you have just created. To clear the last layer that you recorded, press and hold the loop footswitch for the loop you want to delete for 1.5 seconds or longer during playback.
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual Deleting the loop when you are not recording or playing back To delete everything you have recorded for one of the loops while you are not recording or playing back audio, press and hold the LOOP footswitch. Doing this will cause a brief moment of playback to occur before the pedal “realizes” that you intend to delete the loop. Holding the STOP footswitch for 1.5 seconds will delete both loops without any audio being heard.
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual Exporting Ditto X4 Looper loops to a computer About audio formats If you have created a really great loop (e.g. a song idea or a beautiful riff), you may want to reuse it. Now you could simply record the signal coming from Ditto X4 Looper’s audio outputs to your DAW – but this could lead to signal quality degradation and requires post-editing (trimming) the recording. This is why Ditto X4 Looper allows you to export your loops in pristine quality.
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual Importing MP3 files to Ditto X4 Looper Half Usually, you will want to import AIFF or WAV files into Ditto X4 Looper: This will give you the highest possible audio quality, and no conversion is required. However, you can also import MP3 files with a 44.1 kHz sampling rate. Ditto X4 Looper will convert an imported MP3 file to AIFF and WAV format. Engaging this effect causes the loop to play back at half speed and also detunes the pitch by one octave..
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual Multiple FX Switch 4 It is possible to run more than one effect at the same time. For example, start playback from a loop, then engage the Reverse effect. The LED will flash red. Then turn the FX knob to the Half setting and press the FX footswitch again. The loop will play back in reverse and at half speed, and the LED will flash orange. To undo either effect, make sure the FX knob is set to the desired effect and press the FX footswitch.
Ditto X4 Looper User Manual 10. Specifications Bypass mode True Bypass (Buffered Bypass optional) Signal circuitry Analog dry-through Dimensions (W x D x H) 235 x 145 x 57 mm (9.3 x 5.7 x 2.
