Music Pedal - Foot Controller User Manual

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IMPORTANT NOTE 1: If you forget what pro-
gram you’re using, merely take a look at the
Top Panel of your Valvetronix amp and the
BANK DISPLAY and CHANNEL LEDs will
reveal all!
IMPORTANT NOTE 2: When your VC-4 is in
INDIVIDUAL MODE you can use the both the
TAP TEMPO SWITCH and the BUILT-IN
PEDAL as described earlier in this guide.
3. TUNER MODE
As you know your Valvetronix amp has a built-in
tuner and guess what? You can now do the same
exact thing using your VC-4 Foot Controller –
including that super cool SILENT TUNING thing
which is a must when playing live. As you’d expect,
when the VC-4 is in TUNER MODE or SILENT
TUNING MODE the note name appears in the
BANK DISPLAY while the 5 LEDs above
SWITCHES 1-4 and the TAP TEMPO SWITCH act
as your “tuner needle,” with LED 3 being the “you’re
exactly in tune” one. So, when the VC-4 is in
TUNER MODE, the note you are playing is exactly
in tune with the one shown in the BANK DISPLAY
when only LED 3 is “on.” If either LED 1 or 2 are “on”
then the note is flat, and if LED 4 or 5 (TAP TEMPO)
are “on” then the note is sharp. And obviously, when
LED 2 or LED 4 are “on” it means you are closer to
being in tune with the note in the BANK DISPLAY
than when LED 1 or LED 5 are “on.”
When in TUNER MODE the VC-4 is CHROMATIC,
just like the built-in tuner in your Valvetronix amp.
And just like your amp, it displays the note names
in the BANK DISPLAY as follows:
As already mentioned, when your VC-4 is in
TUNER MODE its BANK DISPLAY will show “ ”
or, if in SILENT TUNER MODE, “ ”…unless, of
course, you are playing a note in which case the
BANK DISPLAY will show the nearest note name to
the one you’re sounding. Here’s how you get to
TUNER MODE.
GETTING TO TUNER MODE
i) From PROGRAM SELECT MODE: All you have
to do is hold down the SWITCH of the selected
channel (1-4) for 0.5 seconds. As soon as the
BANK DISPLAY shows “ ” you’re ready to tune
with your VC-4.
ii) From INDIVIDUAL MODE: Here you have to
switch on the tuner via the Top Panel of your
amp by simply pressing the TUNER/CANCEL
Button. As soon as the BANK DISPLAY shows
“ ” you’re ready to tune
iii) From MANUAL MODE: As you know, when the
amp is in MANUAL MODE, the VC-4 goes to
MANUAL MODE as well and “ ” appears in its
BANK DISPLAY WINDOW. To get to TUNER
MODE from here you simply hold down the FX
ON & OFF/ CHANNEL SWITCH down for 0.5
seconds. As soon as the BANK DISPLAY shows
“ ” you’re ready to tune.
COOL VC-4 FUNCTION ALERT!
CHANGING PROGRAMS IN INDIVIDUAL
M
ODE
Yes, you can do this using your VC-4 Foot Con-
troller – how great is that!? And to do this all you
have to do is follow the exact same 3 steps you
follow when changing programs in PROGRAM
SELECT MODE. Namely:
STEP 1:Hold down the FX ON & OFF/CHANNEL
SWITCH for more than 1 second so that
the BANK DISPLAY starts flashing.
STEP 2:Select the Bank you want with
SWITCHES 1 – 4. This will cause the
BANK DISPLAY to flash faster.
STEP 3:Select the Channel you want with
SWITCHES 1 – 4. Once you’ve done
this, the BANK DISPLAY will display the
selected Bank and the LED of the
selected Channel (1 – 4) will light up for
approximately one second and then the
VC-4 will revert back to INDIVIDUAL
MODE.
NOTE 1: Remember, the Top Panel of your amp
will let you know what program you’re using when
in INDIVIDUAL MODE.
NOTE 2: As was the case when changing pro-
grams in PROGRAM SELECT MODE, you can
only change between programs stored in Banks 1
– 4 or programs stored in Banks 1. – 4., it
depends whether you are in Banks 1 – 4 or
Banks 1. – 4.. This means you can’t change from
say 1-3 to 2. (or vice-versa) using your VC-4
when in INDIVIDUAL MODE.
Note
Name
BANK
Display
Note
Name
BANK
Display
CF#
C# G
DG#
D# A
EA#
FB