User Reference Manual
Thank you for purchasing the Electro-Harmonix 45000 MultiTrack Looping Recorder. Please read this manual in order to familiarize yourself with this unique instrument’s layout. It was written TABLE OF CONTENTS to be a reference guide that you can keep close by. The sound is INTRODUCTION 2 ativity. The 45000 will take your QUICK START GUIDE 3 music to new creative heights.
Introduction A Little History In 1983, Electro-Harmonix released what would become a legendary and more importantly, revolutionary, musical instrument… the 16 Second Digital Delay. Aside from being the first looper ever invented, it helped change the way music was created while presenting individual musicians with a way to manipulate their creations instantly. The concept of looping, as we know it today, was an entirely new dimension in musical expression in 1983 and the 16 Second Delay was an instant hit.
Quick Start Guide L INPUT CLIP R DRY OUT SD CARD NEW LOOP How to Record a Multi-Track Loop 1. Plug your instrument into either the LEFT or RIGHT INPUT jacks and adjust the corresponding INPUT knob so that the Clip LED (Light Emitting Diode) barely lights up on your loudest notes. 2. Connect the MONITOR OUT jack to an amplifier or mixer, turn up the HEADPHONE knob to approximately 50%. 3.
Pressing RECORD will stop record and playback. Pressing PLAY will cycle the loop back to its beginning and begin overdubbing onto Tracks 3 & 4 immediately, the loop continues playing. How to Record a Quantized Loop 1. Press the QUANTIZE button to enable Quantize mode. Its corresponding LED will light up. 2. Turn the CLIX LEVEL knob up so you hear the metronome beat coming out of either the MONITOR or Headphones output. 3. Press the NEW LOOP Button. The RECORD LED blinks. 4.
The Record Transport L INPUT CLIP R 8 7 DRY OUT SD CARD 1 NEW LOOP 4 1. NEW LOOP Button The NEW LOOP button will put the 45000 into Record-Ready Mode. When you press the NEW LOOP button, the RECORD LED blinks at a medium rate, indicating the 45000 is ready to record. Press the NEW LOOP button again to exit RecordReady Mode. If you press the NEW LOOP button while recording a New Loop it will end recording, setting the loop length and put the 45000 into Playback mode.
4. REVERSE Button and LED Press the REVERSE button and the loop will reverse its Playback/Record direction. The REVERSE button can be used at all times except when recording a New Loop. The REVERSE LED will light up when the Reverse function is active. If EXT. CLOCK is activated and you press REVERSE while currently playing or recording a loop, though the loop’s tempo will remain synced to the external clock, the loop will most likely lose its place.
Tracks, Track Selection and Mixdown L INPUT CLIP 16 R 15 11 DRY OUT SD CARD 12 NEW LOOP 9 10 9. DRY OUT Fader and Pan Pot The DRY OUT Fader and pan knob allow you to monitor your instrument when recording or to play along with a loop you have already recorded. Adjust the output volume of your instrument using the DRY OUT Fader. Use its pan knob to direct the Left and Right Inputs to the Left and Right Outputs.
The STEREO MODE button can also used to change the loop number on the 45000 main unit although it may be preferable to do this with the optional 45000 Foot Controller or MIDI: i. Press and hold the STEREO MODE button. After two seconds all four TRACK LEDs will light up solid. ii. While continuing to hold down the STEREO MODE button, press and release OCTAVE to go up 1 loop number or press and release REVERSE to go down 1 Loop number. iii.
Analog Control and I/O SECTION A LEFT and RIGHT INPUT Jacks Plug your instruments into these high impedance audio input jacks. In mono mode, either input can be recorded onto any of the 4 tracks. In Stereo Mode, the Left Input will record to either Tracks 1 or 3, the Right Input will record to either Tracks 2 or 4. The input impedance presented at each INPUT Jack is 1MΩ. INPUT L and R Knobs Adjust the amplitude of the signal before it goes into the A/D Converter.
MONITOR OUT Jack 9VDC/200mA Power Jack This output produces a mono version of the HEADPHONES output jack. The left and right channels of the headphones are mixed together into mono and then sent to this jack. The MONITOR OUT jack contains the loop audio from all four main tracks, the Mixdown track, the DRY OUT audio channel, audio from the AUX IN jack and the CLIX LEVEL metronome beat. Connect the output plug of the supplied AC Adaptor into the 9VDC power jack on the rear panel of the 45000.
should not be Playing, Recording or Overdubbing when you remove the card. If you do remove the card during Recording or Overdubbing, you could damage the card’s file system where the 45000 does not properly read or write to the card. If this occurs, connect the 45000 to a Windows PC with a USB cable and run the Scandisk utility on the card. If the card still does not work re-format the card for FAT32, unfortunately you will lose all loops that are on the card.
In-Depth Look at Recording Tracks L INPUT CLIP R DRY OUT SD CARD NEW LOOP Readying the 45000 to Record a NEW LOOP Plug your instrument into either the LEFT or RIGHT INPUT jacks, or both if recording two separate instruments or if recording in stereo. To monitor your recording, connect the LEFT, RIGHT or MONITOR OUTPUT jacks to a mixer or amp or plug headphones into the HEADPHONES jack.
The most appropriate times to press the QUANTIZE button are either just before pressing the NEW LOOP button or while the 45000 is in Record-Ready mode. Pressing the QUANTIZE button while in the process of recording a new loop will enable you to end the loop according to the rules of the Quantize mode you just entered. For example, you start a loop in Quantize mode so that you can have the 4-beat count-in but you want to end the loop in the middle of a bar.
loop number is currently activated. Also you can only change loops when the 45000 is idle, you cannot change loops while its playing back. Here’s the procedure for changing loop numbers on the 45000: MIDI PC #122 is Loop Down. When the 45000 receives this message, it will decrement the loop number by 1. 1. Press and hold the STEREO MODE button. After approximately 2 seconds, all 4 track LEDs will light up. MIDI Control Change: MIDI CC #115 selects a new loop number directly.
In-Depth Look at Overdubbing Tracks L INPUT CLIP R DRY OUT SD CARD NEW LOOP Our Definition of Overdubbing Overdubbing is the recording of any track after the initial recording of a New Loop. Overdubbing can mean: • Recording on a track that has not been previously recorded. • Layering notes or instruments on top of each other on one track. Using the track’s fader as a feedback control. • The RECORD and PLAY LEDs are both lit but Punch-In mode is not enabled.
Punch-In Steps for Punch-In: If the Punch-In function is activated while Overdubbing, whatever was recorded previously on the active track will be erased. 1. Select the track you want to Punch-In by pressing the TRACK SELECT button until your track is activated. Punch-In is useful for situations where you want to fix a bad note or simply erase one section or track of the loop. 3. Press the Play button to playback the loop.
Recorded tracks will play backwards while the Mixdown track records going forward. This enables you to reverse a track (on the Mixdown track) after you had recorded it forwards. Using Constant Tempo Mixdown While the 45000 is idle, press the MIXDOWN button until the MIXDOWN LED blinks rapidly. The 45000 must be idle to enter Constant Tempo Mixdown mode. At this point, you may also see the TEMPO LED blink rapidly.
MIDI Notes & Tips 45000 as MIDI Clock Slave and Master When the 45000 creates a loop as a MIDI Clock slave, it needs to work in Quantize mode in order to create loop lengths that are exactly x number of bars in length. If you do not use the Quantize feature, the loop’s length will be completely variable depending on when you started and stopped the recording of a new loop and most likely will not sync up with the MIDI Clock master, even though the 45000’s tempo is in sync with the master. 1.
Using MIDI to Control the 45000 L INPUT CLIP R DRY OUT SD CARD NEW LOOP Independent of the MIDI SYNC state, the 45000 responds to Program and Control Change messages at all times. You can control nearly every button, slider and knob on the 45000 via MIDI. The exceptions are the Input Sensitivity knobs and the Headphones Level knob, these controls are fully analog and cannot be controlled via MIDI.
MIDI Control Change Messages MIDI Program Change Messages The 45000 can respond to specific Control Change messages. The following lists all of the 45000 parameters and their corresponding CC#. The 45000 interprets certain Program Change messages as button pushes and mute/unmute commands. In addition to accessing every button on the 45000 with Program Change, we have also added more functions not present on the face of the 45000, such as mute/unmute of the tracks and direct selection of a track.
Signal Path Diagram Aux In Left Input Right Input L Dry Out Fader R Dry Out Pan Mono Stereo SD Card LoopXX Track 1 R L Track 1 Fader Track 1 Pan Track 2 Fader Track 2 Pan Track 3 Fader Track 3 Pan Track 4 Fader Track 4 Pan Mono Stereo SD Card LoopXX Track 2 Left Output R L Mono Stereo Right Output SD Card LoopXX Track 3 R L Mono Stereo SD Card LoopXX Track 4 R L SD Card LoopXX Track M Mixdown Track Fader denotes Mono signal path Tempo Slider denotes Stereo signal path MIDI I
Electro-Harmonix 45000 Multi-Track Looping Recorder Factory Drum Loops LOOP # 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 DESCRIPTION Pop Rock Funk Rap Blues 1 Dance Jazz 808 1 808 2 Metal Country 1/16 Note Groove Rock Blues 2 Funky Electro DMX 1 DMX 2 DMX 3 DMX 4 Speed Metal Vintage Rap Latin Dance 2 LM-1 808 Rock 1 808 Rock 2 EHX DRM32 1 EHX Rhythm-12 1 EHX Rhythm-12 2 EHX Rhythm-12 Latin EHX DRM32 2 Click 6/8 Click 5/4 Click Kick Drum BPM 100 80
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