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6 SUB ‘N’ UP MINI OCTAVER User Manual
4. Operation – TonePrint
This TC Electronic product supports TonePrints.
4.1 What are TonePrints?
When you look at your TC Electronic eect pedal, you’ll only see a few knobs.
Actually, for some pedals, it’s just one knob. So – one knob, one function, right?
Actually, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye.
Star-tweaked signature sounds
When TC Electronic builds an eect pedal, the relationship between its controls
and many parameters “under the hood” are dened by developers, musicians
and product specialists who live and breathe sound. This gives you an excellent
starting point: a great-sounding pedal with well-balanced controls.
But wouldn’t it be cool to have world-famous guitar players – guys like
Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, John Petrucci or Steve Vai – virtually rewire your
reverb pedal, dening what should happen “behind the scenes”?
And how about doing this yourself?
This is exactly what TonePrint allows you to do.
TC Electronic is working with top guitar players who explore a pedal’s hidden
tonal potential, redening the controls and creating their personal TonePrints.
And we are making these custom TonePrints available to you. Uploading them to
your pedal is really easy (see “4.2 Transferring TonePrints to your pedal using the
TonePrint app”) – and with the amazing TonePrint Editor, you can even create
your own signature pedal, tweaked specically to your liking.
You can change the TonePrint in your pedal as often as you like, and the best part:
It’s totally free!
4.2 Transferring TonePrints to your pedal
using the TonePrint app
Being able to virtually rewire your TC Electronic eect pedal wouldn’t be much
use if you needed a lot of extra equipment to do it. This is why we created the
TonePrint app. The TonePrint app is free software for popular smartphones that
allows you to “beam” new TonePrints right into your eect pedal whenever and
wherever you feel like it.
Obtaining the TonePrint app
If you own an iPhone, you can download the TonePrint app from
Apple’s App Store.
If you own an Android phone, you will nd the TonePrint app on Google Play.
Once you have the app, no additional downloads or in-app purchases are
required. You can access all available TonePrints from within the app, and all
TonePrints are free.
Transferring TonePrints to your pedal – step by step
• • Launch the TonePrint app on your smart-phone.
• • Find the TonePrint you want to use. You can browse TonePrints by Artist or
Product (i.e., pedal type). You will also nd Featured TonePrints.
• • Plug your guitar or bass into your TonePrint pedal.
• • Turn your TonePrint pedal on.
• • Turn up the volume on your instrument and set the pickup selector to
one pickup.
• • Hold the speaker of your smartphone next to the chosen pickup and touch
“Beam to pedal”.
4.3 Editing TonePrints with TonePrint Editor
The TonePrint app allows you to use TonePrints created by your favorite guitar
and bass players. But this is only the start. Using TC’s TonePrint Editor, you can
create your very own signature pedal sounds.
TonePrint Editor features
• • Use TonePrint Editor to build your own custom sounds.
• • Enjoy complete control over all eect parameters and eect behavior – it’s
your vision, your sound.
• • Customize knob function and knob range to suit your needs and sounds.
• • Audition your sonic creations in real-time live - make changes on the y and
listen to results immediately.
• • Works with both PC and Mac.
Last but not least...
• • TonePrint Editor is absolutely free!
Obtaining TonePrint Editor
If you want to use TonePrint Editor for your Windows or OS X computer, download
it from
tcelectronic.com/toneprint-editor/
If you want to use TonePrint Editor on your Apple iPad, download it from Apple’s
App Store.
Please note that version 2.0 or higher of the TonePrint Editor is required for
working with TC Electronic Mini pedals. Version 2.0 has a Library function that
allows you to access and use TonePrints even without an Internet connection.
Obtaining the TonePrint Editor manual
Download the TonePrint Editor manual from
tcelectronic.com/toneprint-editor/support/
If you open the manual for TonePrint Editor in Adobe Reader, you can click
on interface sections to jump directly to the sections of the manual you are
interested in.
4.4 Frequently Asked Questions about
TonePrint pedals
Do the TonePrint pedals have balanced or unbalanced
inputs/outputs?
TonePrint pedals have unbalanced inputs and outputs. Use cables with TS jacks
(i.e., standard instrument cables).
Is it possible to run this TonePrint pedal in the eects
loop of a tube amp?
Yes. All TonePrint pedals have a very wide gain range and are designed to run
at both instrument and line level. There are a few amps which are capable of
running much hotter than regular +4 dBu line-level signals because of the way
their eect loops are designed. With these amps, it might be possible to get the
input to clip. But for 99 % of all amps, the TonePrint pedals will work just ne.
For additional information about your TC Electronic TonePrint eect pedal,
please go to TC Electronic Support:
tcelectronic.com/support/