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Eclipse User Manual

Release 4.0.1 Page 15 of 66 Eclipse User Manual

Choosing Effects

The Eclipse has a whole bunch of cool programs, and you can sort

through them in a number of useful ways. Press PROGRAM CRITERIA

(SORT BY) to select either Number or Name for numerical or alpha-

betical listings. Press PROGRAM CRITERIA (SEARCH B) to select either

Source (if you’d like to sort effects based on what type of input they were

designed for) or Effect (if you’d like to sort effects based on their underly-

ing algorithms). We’ll ignore the other choices for now. Press the

PROGRAM key to jump back “up” a level.

Now use the <  > and <  > soft keys to hop between categories and the

knob to scroll through programs within categories. When you see a pro-

gram you want to load, just hit the

<LOAD> soft key.  for more detail, see page 28

Altering the Effects

As soon as you load a program, you’ll be taken to the HOT KEYS area and presented with all of the most

important parameters in said program. Most parameter types are self-explanatory, and there is a nice ex-

planation of several of the more opaque parameter types on page 34. For now, we’ll explain the whole

concept of the tempo and synchronized parameters.

Tempo

The Eclipse’s tempo feature is your ticket to a good time… Almost all the time-based parameters (LFO

rates, delay times, etc.) in the Eclipse are synchronized to its tempo. Consequently, setting the Eclipse’s

tempo to the tempo of the material you’re working with makes for very useful effecting. The tempo can

be set five ways:

Tap the tap key

With SETUP TEMPO (TAP SRC) set to the factory default,

Internal, simply tap the TAP key at the tempo you’d like.

You can adjust SETUP TEMPO (AVERAGE) to determine

how many taps the Eclipse will consider in determining the

tempo you tap.

Manual Entry With

SETUP TEMPO (TAP SRC) set to the factory default,

Internal, simply enter the tempo you’d like at SETUP

TEMPO (TEMPO). Like most parameters in the Eclipse, you

can enter a number with greater precision than the Eclipse

will display. For instance, if you enter a tempo of 124.4

bpm (beats per minute), the display will only read

124, but

the actual tempo will be 124.4.

Foot Switch Control

Set

SETUP TEMPO (TAP SRC) to Foot Sw1 or Foot Sw2 to

control the tempo from the rear panel foot switch jacks.

While not very accurate, this can still be useful because so

many of the Eclipse’s parameters are controlled by the

tempo