Pilot's Guide

4. TAP - Tap tempo is available for all Delay effects, most Modulation
effects,andsomeFiltereffects.ForDelayandModulationeffectsturn
the middle top row
PARAMETER KNOB or for Filters turn the left
bottom row
PARAMETER KNOBallthewaytomax,andyou’llswitch
betweentaptempoandregularcontrolmodes.Onceyou’reintaptempo
control mode, turn the knob to select one of the available note values.
Tap two or more times on the
TAP switch, and all the effects set to tap
tempocontrolwillchangetheirtime/speed/tempotomatchthetempo
you tapped. To end tap tempo operation for an effect, turn the knob to
max again.
NOTE: Parameters set to tap tempo control are not affected
by expression pedal operation.
TUNING - Press and hold TAPtoenterTunerMode.Alleffectsprocess-
ing will be bypassed. Use your lower left parameter knob to set your
referencefrequency.Usethelowerrightparameterknobtoselecteither
“
BYPASS AUDIO” or “MUTE AUDIO” for silent operation. Press ON/
OFF or TAP to exit the tuner.
50 50
b#
MUTE
AUDIO
440
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5. ON / OFF - Turnsyoureffectonoroff.Whenenabledthefootswitch
will be brightly lit.
6. Presets - Press both ON/OFF and TAP simultaneously to enter Preset
Mode. M5 comes preloaded from the factory with 24 presets. The
DISPLAYwillshowthreepresetsatatimewiththecurrentlyselected
preset always in the middle.
02 Analog Chorus
01 Slap Back Delay
03 Particle Verb
Press TAP “ ” to advance down to the next preset or press ON/OFF
“
” to advance up to the previous preset. Press both ON/OFF and TAP
toload theselectedpresetandreturn to“Performance Mode”.When
inPresetsModeyoucanalsoturnthe
MODEL SELECT knob to scroll
through presets - press down on the
MODEL SELECT knob to commit
thehighlightedpresetandreturntoPerformanceMode.
saving, naming & aRRanging pResets
Youcan customizeand saveyourownpresetsor easilyrename anyof
the factory presets. To initiate the save procedure, press and hold the
MODEL SELECT knob for approximately 2 seconds. Your display should
now look similar to this:
SAVE PRESET:
CHAR < > DEST
02 Analog Chorus
HOLD MODEL SELECT TO SAVE
Turn the top right PARAMETER KNOB to select the preset location
(01-24) to save your new preset.  If you would like to rename your
preset, use the top center
PARAMETER KNOB to move the cursor to
the character segment you would like to change. Press
MODEL SELECT
to choose through four character sets (all caps, lower-case, numerical,
and symbols), then turn the
MODEL SELECT knob to scroll through
the character set. Once you have renamed the preset, press and hold
MODEL SELECT for approximately 2 seconds to save the preset and
returntoPerformanceMode.Youcanabortasavebypressingthe
TAP
footswitch.
Note:TheM5allowstwodifferentmodesforsavingpresets,
which can be changed in the set-up pages (See “Manual/Auto Save
(Presets)below).AUTOSAVEallowseveryadjustmentyoumakeina
given effect to be retained without going thru the above saving routine.
Usethismodewhenyoudon’twanttohavetorenameyourpresetevery
timeyou makeatweak. WhenPRESETS areset toMANUAL, your
adjustments are not recalled unless you go through the save routine.