Owners Manual

TimeFactor User Guide The Footswitches

The Footswitches - Play and Bank Mode

TimeFactor’s footswitches are multi-purpose and operate in one of three modes, Play Mode,

Bank Mode, and System Mode. In normal use, TimeFactor is in either Play Mode or Bank

Mode. These two operating modes are discussed in this section. System Mode is used to set

up MIDI, external controls and various system parameters. See the System Mode section of

this User Guide for details.

Pressing and holding the Right Footswitch switches between Play and Bank Mode.

Play Mode

In Play Mode, for the nine Delay Effects, the Billboard displays the Effect name and the three

Footswitches are used to control the Effect. When the Looper is loaded, the Play Mode

Footswitches are used as transport controls as described in the Looper section of this User

Guide.

Active Footswitch

The “Active” footswitch is used to toggle between Active and Bypass. The Active LED is lit

orange when the Effect is in use. When Bypassed, the Active LED is off.

Repeat Footswitch

The “Repeat” footswitch is used to toggle the infinite repeat function ON and OFF. Repeat

captures the audio that is currently in the delays. The input to the delay is turned off and the

audio in the delay is continuously repeated. When Repeat is switched ON, the Billboard briefly

displays “RPT ON” and when Repeat is switched OFF, the Billboard briefly displays “RPT OFF.”

The Repeat LED is lit orange to indicate that the sound in the delay is captured and will repeat

forever or until power is off.

Tap Footswitch

The “Tap” footswitch is used to tap tempo if Tempo is ON or to tap a delay value if Tempo is

OFF. While tapping with Tempo ON, the updated tempo value is displayed by the Billboard in

BPM. While tapping with Tempo OFF, the updated delay value is displayed by the Billboard.

To turn Tempo ON or OFF, press the Encoder. When Tempo’s state changes, the Billboard will

briefly display the appropriate message either “TMP ON” or “TMP OFF.” When Tempo is ON,

the Tempo LED flashes at the current tempo.