User Manual
MAGNETO - Four Head dTape Echo & Looper
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Playback Head Spacing In ECHO Mode
EVEN: Sets the Playback heads with even spacing
between each other.
Head 1: 1/16th note delay
Head 2: 1/8th note delay
Head 3: dotted 8th note delay
Head 4: quarter note delay
SHIFT: Changes the playback speed of each of the
four Playback heads with varispeed resulting in pitch-
shifted delay repeats. In LOOP and SAMPLE modes,
SHIFT head configuration results in playback at the
speed and pitches noted below.
Head 1: +1 octave+5th; 3x speed
Head 2: +1 octave; 2x speed
Head 3: -1 octave; half speed
Head 4: No shift; quarter note repeats
+1 octave
+5th
3x speed
3
+1 octave
2x speed
3
-1 octave
half speed
3
No shift;
quarter note
repeats
TRIPLET: Sets the Playback heads with triplet
spacing between each other.
Head 1: 1/16th note triplet delay
Head 2: 1/8th note triplet delay
Head 3: quarter note triplet delay
Head 4: quarter note delay
HEADS: Selects between three different modes for the tape heads.
Even spacing, triplet spacing, and rhythmic shifted pitches.
NOTE: In LOOP and SAMPLE modes, HEAD 1, 2
and 3 Delay times are determined by the Delay
Time when entering LOOP or SAMPLE mode.
Head 4 time is determined by the TAP IN/TAP
OUT action.