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1. A MicroExpress D unity D5 1 Jeo IAC Bus 1 Now Repeater will sync to the tempo map in Protools Cubase Syncing to Cubase is also simple First if you are using a Mac you must set up OMS see above This assumes you have a MIDI interface Then you will need to setup your synchronization inputs and outputs Go to the Synchronization window under the Options menu Select your input and output device Set the tempo base to MIDI Clock Select your MIDI clock input source as your MIDI inter face port For the Sync out select your MIDI inter face port Double clicking on the Click button in the trans port will open the Metronome window Disable MIDI Click by unchecking the MIDI Click box Now Repeater will sync to Cubase Metronome M Precount T Audio Click 2 Bars 30 Audio Chek Level F MIDI Click de EH Aigh Note 120 High Velocity CET Low Note 95 Low Velocity PER M From Mastertrack 04 04 Signature l Prerecord I Preroll English 36 TP erie bre ag O Hate T Device Ik pave Hawa Sarah FA E eid rahe Pa saa rawi te CI alma E DA KET Fr Trikk Syrchronization Offsets 00 00 00 00 00 Song Start 00 00 00 00 00 Time Display 0 Bar Display Sync Options E Lock Time E Dropout Time l Detect Frame Change Syne Source Intern Timecode Base Layla Mid From Input di Layla Mid Z Output d
2. ips Frame Rate MIDI Clock z Tempo Base Layla Mid z From Input 4 LET MIDI Timecode LET MIDI Clock MAOS System Resolution 304 FFON 500 System Prerall Help MIDI MIDI SPECIFICATIONS TABLE Name Track 1 Record Select Track 2 Record Select Track 1 amp 2 Record Select Track 3 Record Select Track 4 Record Select Track 3 amp 4 Record Select Track 1 Level Mute Track 2 Level Mute Track 3 Level Mute Track 4 Level Mute Loop Select MSB Loop Select LSB Slip Track 1 Beats Slip Track 1 MS Slip Track 2 Beats Slip Track 2 MS Slip Track 3 Beats Slip Track 3 MS Slip Track 4 Beats Slip Track 4 MS Pan Track 1 Pan Track 2 Pan Track 3 Pan Track 4 Pitch Track 1 Semi Pitch Track 1 Cents Pitch Track 2 Semi Pitch Track 2 Cents Pitch Track 3 Semi Pitch Track 3 Cents Pitch Track 4 Semi Pitch Track 4 Cents BPM amp Pitch MSB BPM amp Pitch LSB Tempo MSB Tempo LSB Overdub Feedback Level Overdub Replace Reverse Play Record Stop Play Stop Undo Loop Multiply FX Insert Default O o ol o o 100 100 100 100 OoO o o o o O O O O 0 64 0 90 90 forward 0 0 0 N A O o o PC 6 7 14 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A CC 80 81 90 82 83 91 16 17 18 19 0 32 20 52 21 53 22 54 23 55 24 25 26 27
3. 19 26 39 43 20 39 42 26 MAIN AUDIO PATH Connector Input Impedance Output Impedance SNR THD Max Input Frequency Response Gain 1 4 Unbalanced Input Output 77kOhm 1kOhm 94dB A Weighted lt 0 012 18 2 dBu 0 0 7dB 20Hz to 20kHz 21dB to negative infinity EFFECTS LOOP PATH Connector Input Impedance Output Impedance SNR THD Max Input Frequency Response Gain 1 4 Unbalanced Input Output 77kOhm 1kOhm 94dB A Weighted lt 0 013 18 2 dBu 0 0 6dB 20Hz to 20kHz OdB POWER CONSUMPTION 15W USE ONLY WITH ELECTRIX SPECIFICATIONS INSTRUMENT PATH Connector Input Impedance SNR THD Max Input Frequency Response Gain PHONO PATH Connector Input Impedance SNR THD Max Input Frequency Response Gain Voltage 100 240 V POWER SUPPLY MODEL TFROO35 1 4 Unbalanced Input 500kOhm 94dB A Weighted lt 0 014 18 2 dBu 0 0 5dB 20Hz to 20kHz 21dB to negative infinity RCA phono line Input 47kOhm phono line 94dB A Weighted lt 0 28 phono lt 0 014 line 19 dBu phono 18 2 dBu line 2 5 0 2dB 20Hz to 20kHz phono 0 0 75dB 20Hz to 20kHz line 36dB 1kHz Frequency 47 63Hz English 47 FLOW DIAGRAMS RCA R Aulormualiec input switcher 1 Ick Record feet t 2 1 4 i NOK Je HX Inset Select MG on level Wo FX Return FX Send Digital FXINSFRT Wulpul
4. English 26 LOOP EDITING Repeater must record or Overdub though the entire length of the Virtual Track after which it flattens the track and it is no longer virtual If you do not record through the entire length of the loop Repeater will auto matically keep recording until the end of the loop During this time the Record LED will flash to indicate that Repeater is still Recording If you press Stop during the recording immediately after a Loop Multiply your overdub will be lost IMPORTANT You can multiply the loop out by a factor greater than two by pressing and holding the Loop Multiply Button Use the Tempo encoder to select the multiplication factor Release Loop Multiply to execute If you have multi plied the loop further than you wanted you can multiply the loop by a fraction to get back to where you started or to a smaller number of multiples of the original loop Just rotate the tempo encoder to the left to access the available fractional multiples of the current loop Note this is only possible for loops consisting completely of virtual tracks TEMPO EDIT If Repeater has not figured out the proper bars beats and division for your loop don t worry you can edit this infor mation Changing these values has no effect on the actual audio it will however affect how the loop syncs to incoming tempo information Press and hold Syne to get into the Tempo Edit mode Use the Loop knob to edit the total number of b
5. UFACTURER 11 THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE SERVICED BYQUALIFIED SERVICE PERSON NELWHEN A THE POWER SUPPLY CORD OR THE PLUG HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR B OBJECTS HAVE FALLEN OR LIQUIDS HAS BEEN SPILLED INTO THE PRODUCT OR C THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO RAIN OR D THE PRODUCT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OPERATE NORMALLY OR EXHIBITS A MARKED CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE OR E THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN DROPPED OR THE ENCLOSURE DAMAGED 12 DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SERVICE THE PRODUCT BEYOND WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN THE USER MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS ALL OTHER SERVICING SHOULD BE REFERRED T OQUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL Cet appareil Numerique de la Classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Reglement sur le materiel brouilleur du Canada Certificate of Conformity Electrix a div of IVL Technologies Ltd hereby declares on their own responsibility that the follow ing product Electrix Repeater is covered by this certificate and marked CE label conforms with the following standards e EN 60065 Safety requirements for mains operated Electronic and related apparatus for house hold and similar general use e UL6500 99 Audio Video and Musical Instrument Apparatus for Household Commercial and Similar General Use e EN 55103 1 Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 1 Emission e EN 55103 2 Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting con
6. aij i Truck 2 i gp rek wr Tei bm Th Track ee Ke Truck db 2 Frk Ar Og Lap 207 Og Lemu ICE D A Ee i ee m EEEE E Ea Press Gopy and use the Tempo knob to select the destination Loop number e Press Record to execute 2 Copy using a PC with a CFC reader Simply copy the contents of a card onto a local drive on your PC Here you can rename each folder within Teche Tik 17 e Tidar td aH im aH KAG 11 AR 1 11 ER Tidar cit TEH 1 TATA IL R 110 10 AR adan 5 Tec Poche 17 Felg i Ticker 4 ih af 75 ap 4 aH iS at GR af Repeater s naming convention of course to re organize a new set of loops for a new card Now copy the fold ers onto the card into the Electrix Repeater directory English 32 FILE MANAGE MENT SHARING FILES WITH YOUR PC Here s how to get the loops you ve created with Repeater onto your PC for back up or for loading into your favorite PC based audio application First you re going to need a USB Compact Flash Reader Check out the SanDisk ImageMate http www sandisk com cons imagemate htm Get the CFC reader working and plug in a CFC with Repeater data on it Repeater organizes its data in convenient folders The folders are named just like the loop i e Loop001 Inside the folder are nine files Four 4 of these files labeled track1 wav track4 wav are the content from each track in the standard WAV file for
7. an effects processor to Repeater s FX Insert for easy patching of the effect onto the overall input or individual tracks ed kn LPA Considerations If Repeater is in Beat detect MIDI Sync or the metronome is turned on in User mode then as long as you press Record near the downbeat of your track Repeater will automatically tweak the loop start time to the nearest division of the beat To stop recording press Record close to the downbeat of the next bar Repeater will auto matically tweak the end point to match up with the start point and immediately begin playing the trimmed loop If you are just in user mode with no metronome then no LPA is applied to your recording Trigger Recording Repeater has a great little feature we call Trigger Recording Pressing Stop and Record at the same time will arm Repeater In this mode Repeater will automatically trigger the Record operation when an audio signal is pres ent at the inputs This is useful when sampling from CDs or in facilitating a hands off approach to recording and overdubbing Input Mute In some situations it may be desirable that the dry signal is not passed through Repeater and mixed with the track outputs To activate this feature hold down Stop and press the Overdub button The display will state Dry Muted or Dry unmuted depending on whether you are activating or deactivating the feature This feature can also be accessed via MIDI English 15 GETTING
8. bom increments fine increments 0 2 bpm no feedback 100 feedback On Off Off replace On overdub 0 63 forward 64 127 reverse 64 127 Press 64 127 Press 64 127 Press 64 127 Press 64 127 Press 64 127 Press As per Appendix E English 37 Tempo Lock Off N A 104 0 127 0 63 off 64 127 on Tap Tempo 0 12 68 0 127 64 127 Press Loop Select Up 0 4 96 0 127 64 127 Action Loop Select Down 0 5 97 0 127 64 127 Action Dry Mute Off 22 107 0 63 Off 64 127 On Erase Loop N A N A 108 Value of 123 erases the current loop Audio Trigger Record N A 23 92 64 86 arm trigger at current programmed level Values 87 127 arm the audio trigger at 40dB to 0 dB respectively Advance Track Select N A 24 109 64 127 Action Tracks 1 amp 2 Level Mute N A 25 110 0 127 See Appendix G Tracks 3 amp 4 Level Mute N A 26 111 0 127 See Appendix G Inhibit MIDI RT Start Stop Off N A 112 0 63 off 64 127 on Output Internal Loop Select PC N A 48 63 N A Selects Internal loop 1 16 CFC Loop Select PC N A 64 127 NA Selects CFC loop 1 64 Denotes new options in OS 1 1 English 38 The MIDI CC and PC messages tables reference the following appendices Appendix A Loop Bank Select MSB controls the range of the LoopSelect LSB message as received by Repeater Bank 0 Internal 1 16 Bank 1 External 1 128 Bank 2 External 129 256 Bank 3 External 257 384 Bank 4 External 385 512 Bank 5 Exter
9. playing the new loop English 22 THE TRANSPORT PLAY In Play mode Repeater plays back the contents of a recorded loop at the selected tempo and the green LEDs of the Play button are illuminated seems obvious but you never know In addition the Slip Pan and Pitch controls are available and can be tweaked If these controls are used they will take over the nor mal play display Play mode can be entered in several ways The conditions and meaning of these differ ent entry modes are discussed below Oooh Wait till you read this Playing with Loop From Stop Pressing Play while the unit is in the stop state will instantly trigger the loop from the start If the current loop is an empty loop the play button Is inactive From Record If the unit is in the record state and Play is pressed the recording will be com pleted and playback will start if it s an initial record or continue if it s an overdub From Play Pressing Play when the unit is in the play state Pressing Play when the unit is in the play state has the effect of continuing the play operation but immediately Triggering Repeater s transport has some unique features that make it very playable in a performance setting Every time you press Play the loop is restarted from the beginning This is great for re triggering or changing up the feel of loops on the fly Additionally you can press and hold Stop and momentarily trigger the loop by pr
10. slip through the entire range of the loop until you eventually get right back to the beginning Yeah baby ADDING EXTERNAL FX If you have an external FX unit connected to Repeater s FX Insert you can apply FX to the input and record the effects as a part of the loop or you can apply the FX to any number of tracks during playback To set the FX Insert location e Press and hold FX Insert button JET SG e Select the tracks that you d like the FX inserted on by using the Track Select buttons If you de select all of the tracks the FX will be applied to the input The Input gt Insert LED will light USING THE METRONOME Repeater has a great training feature that will help you to develop a consistent meter with some practice Repeater will produce a metronome sound at the current tempo when you press and hold the Tempo Lock button for 1 sec ond While the metronome is playing Repeater will quantize the initial record to the beat of the metronome To dis engage the metronome press and hold Tempo Lock for 1 second You can set the metronome level by pressing and holding Tempo Lock while tempo Lock is engaged Use the Tempo knob to adjust the level while holding down the Tempo Lock button When the metronome is active in user sync mode recordings will be quantized to the beat as they are in MIDI or Beat Detect sync modes English 12 GETTING STARTED ACOUSTIC GUITAR Here s a basic setup to get an acoustic guitar up a
11. to adjust in finer amounts Press Slip again to confirm and exit e Press and hold Slip to reset to 0 slip Using a Keyboard to Trigger Pitch Repeater s Track Pitch Shift can be eas ily controlled with MIDI note informa tion All the tracks currently selected for slip pan or pitch will be affected PITCH SHIFTING You can alter the pitch of your tracks by one octave up or two octaves down To control the track Pitch Shift via MIDI e Press the Pitch button and the SSS display will change to show pitch e Connect the MIDI out of your key information in semi tones for the a Sear a a SN BIANG One MIDE Cm PEPEN selected track s Set the MIDI receive channel on the back of Repeater to match the MIDI e Deselect any tracks you don t want transmit channel on your keyboard to Pitch Shift using the Track Select buttons Editing one track ata Peder time displays the pitch shift amount with a finer resolution time to shift the pitch e Use the Tempo knob to change the pitch in cents 100th of semitone e Middle C will return the track s intervals Use the Loop knob to shift in semitone increments back to their default key You can press and hold Pitch to reset to 0 PANNING You can set the pan positions for tracks using the Pan button CiEMACH EE e8 Lj e Press Pan and the display will change to show the current pan value e Deselect any tracks you don t want to Pan using the Track Select buttons Editin
12. you wish to be a part of the new mixed track s Press Resample Now press Record to engage the resample Press Record again to finish the resample CFC States Card Ready Card inserted in socket and socket LEDs off Reading from card Green Writing to card Red Reading Writing Amber Card rejected Flashing Red Note Removing the card whilst reading or writing is in progress can potentially corrupt the file system on the card To be safe ensure the CFC slot LEDs are off before removing the card Unformatted Cards If you insert an unformatted card in while playing a loop the CFC light blinks red If you insert an unformatted card any other time the FORMAT CFE P display comes up To format the card the unit needs to be stopped When the FORMAT CFE P prompt comes up just press record to format the CFC To force format simple insert the CFC while holding the Stop button Remember to check the amount of remaining memory by holding down the Copy button First press shows the internal memory left a second press of Copy shows the CFC s available memory A third press exits English 42 REFERENCE To upgrade Repeater s software first copy the file from your PC onto a CFC card that Repeater has formatted Unplug Repeater s Power Supply and insert the CFC with the upgrade software Restore the power If more than one ver sion of software exists on the card then the Tempo encoder
13. 20008 If you cannot achieve a good result by this means the diagram to the right shows how to build an in line attenuator cable that will help match the output of Repeater to a high gain input such as a guitar amplifier hi H I Re ke Use an unbalanced or mono cable List Gils cable betaten the output of Repeater fo The mput of your Amp 5 F return or input 2 Repeater won t power up Make sure you ve got the correct power supply Repeater requires a custom Electrix power supply model TFR0035 The power supply has a mechanical fuse that will reset after a short or a faulty power input cable is replaced The power supply also has a small green led that indicates if it s working 2 can t overdub To Overdub Repeater still needs memory to undo And you probably don t have enough memory left Or you might have multiplied and recorded to other tracks and once you try and overdub to the multiplied track you might not have enough memory See virtual tracks 2 I try playing my loop on my PC and it doesn t sound right First you need to discard any extra trim data Press and hold Trim to cut and discard any extra data If you have pitch shifted or changed tempo then you will need to flatten the loop before you move it to the PC Do this by resampling the tracks to themselves See resample 2 I can t trim my loop You might have a multiplied track that is still virtual check the active LEDs in the tracks sec tion If any are blinking yo
14. 28 60 29 61 30 62 31 63 14 46 41 11 105 84 85 86 87 88 89 102 103 Value 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 12 0 99 12 0 99 12 0 99 12 0 99 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 16 Ranges and meaning 64 127 active 64 127 active 64 127 active Selects stereo pair 1 amp 2 64 127 active 64 127 active 64 127 active Selects stereo pair 3 amp 4 see Appendix G see Appendix G see Appendix G see Appendix G Selects Loop in combination with Loop Select LSB messages see Appendix A Slips by beat as per Appendix B Slips between beats as per Appendix C Slips by beat as per Appendix B Slips between beats as per Appendix C Slips by beat as per Appendix B Slips between beats as per Appendix C Slips by beat as per Appendix B Slips between beats as per Appendix C O full left 64 centre 127 full right O full left 64 centre 127 full right O full left 64 centre 127 full right O full left 64 centre 127 full right Semitones as per Appendix D 0 99 cents 99 127 99 Semitones as per Appendix D 0 99 cents 99 127 99 Semitones as per Appendix D 0 99 cents 99 127 99 Semitones as per Appendix D 0 99 cents 99 127 99 75 150 Adjusts the Tempo and Pitch of all four tracks as a percentage of the current tempo 76 Is zero shift 1 240 bpm in 2
15. Input insert selected HX Insert engaged Input L f Recording Fx Send FX Return Track 1 selected FX Insert engaged Mini Output NAN HX Send TX Retum Stereo Track selected I HA Insert engaged Main Cutput PX Send FX Return English 48 rm Output level
16. LD CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING LOSS DO NOT OPERATE FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME AT HIGH VOLUME OR AT AN UNCOMFORTABLE LEVEL IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY HEARING LOSS OR RINGING IN THE EARS CONSULT AN AUDIOLOGIST 4 THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE LOCATED WITH SUFFICIENT AIR SPACE FOR PROPER VENTILATION 5 THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE LOCATED AWAY FROM HEAT SOURCES SUCH AS RADIATORS HEAT REGISTERS OR OTHER HEAT PRODUCING PROD UCTS 6 CLEAN ONLY WITH A DRY CLOTH BEFORE CLEANING THE UNIT TURN OFF THE POWER AND UNPLUG THE POWER CORD FROM THE OUTLET 7 THE POWER SUPPLY CORD OF THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE UNPLUGGED FROM THE WALLOUTLET DURING LIGHTNING STORMS OR WHEN LEFT UNUSED FOR A LONG PERIODS OF TIME 8 DO NOT DEFEAT THE SAFETYPURPOSE OF THE POLARIZED OR GROUNDING TYPE PLUG A POLARIZED PLUG HAS TWO BLADES WITH This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a classA digital device pur suant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resi dential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the
17. LOOP TRANSPORT Li Scat Detcor mu user English Engage Hald ra mdr vat Resercis Repeaster Loop Based Recorder GAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION risque DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR A WARNING To REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE THE LIGHTNING FLASH WITH ARROWHEAD SYMBOL WITHIN AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE IS INTENDED TO ALERT THE USER TO THE PRESENCE OF UNINSULATED DANGEROUS VOLTAGE WITHIN THE PRODUCT S ENCLOSURE THAT MAY BE OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO CONSTITUTE A RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK TO PERSONS THE EXCLAMATION POINT WITHIN AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE IS INTENDED TO ALERT THE USER TO THE PRESENCE OF IMPORTANT OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICING INSTRUCTIONS IN THE LITERATURE ACCOMPANYING THE PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY TO PERSONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS WARNING WHEN USING ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS BASIC PRECAUTIONS SHOULD ALWAYS BE TAKEN INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 1 READ ALLTHE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT 2 DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT NEAR WATER FOR EXAMPLE NEAR A BATHTUB WASHBOWL KITCHEN SINK IN A WET BASEMENT OR NEAR A SWIMMING POOL 3 THIS PRODUCT EITHER ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH AN AMPLIFIER AND HEADPHONES OR SPEAKERS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOUND LEVELS THAT COU
18. Resample Tracks Repeater Leap Eia mil Aacordker e Set the Levels Pan Pitch and FX Inserts just how you want it to sound for the new resampled track Use the Track Select buttons to select the track s you wish to record to e Press Resample The display will show SELECT SR e Use the Track Select buttons to select the tracks you wish to be a part of the new mixed track s e Press Resample again to confirm your settings Now press Record to engage the resample Repeater will stay in record and play until you press Record again If you press Record before an entire loop cycle is completed then the record light will begin to flash Don t panic Resample needs to record through one entire loop cycle When the Resample operation is com plete the Record light will stop flashing and you re done Pressing the Record button before the loop is fin ished is a good way to automate the resampling to a single loop cycle English 20 RECORDING LOOPS You may adjust the mix or any other parameter during the resampling operation During resample if any destination tracks have the FX insert assigned to them then any tracks that were not chosen as sources will have their FX sends suspended The FX send lights will flash until the resample is done This ensures the FX return from such tracks does not mix into the resampled track or tracks REVERSING Reversing is great for creating or decoding secret messages or transmogri
19. STARTED One day every person in every band will integrate Repeater into their live show Imagine a band that utilizes Repeaters allowing them to loop themselves then move on and overdub additional parts All in perfect sync with each other via MIDI The air would fill with harmonies licks ambient loops and grooves grooves grooves Hey you could load your part into Repeater put down your instrument and go and dance with your honey hmmmm THE ALL REPEATER BAND HELE aa The All Repeater Band a little obsessive we know English 16 STUDIO In the studio Repeater can serve many purposes It makes a great scratch pad for getting ideas or grooves down quickly It also makes for a great loop player with its unique ability to record and play loops without the need for manual trimming Repeater can also function as a great sound design tool Check it out MIDI OUT If you ve got a modest home stu dio setup try connecting Repeater like this p p yan A G a gj FX INSERT ri re S ro enn G SEND RETURN Ls FOG THRU OUT IN MIDI DIGITAL Ler midt vert gt rent err Rent IQ KON LET RIGHT F WER sw ea CHANNEL Lon a BAS REEORDER ATIS se N T Phono HIZIN ultiple VuUTpuUTS phy iy Q ki AG 2 z 2 gt gt BE ONLY WITH ELECTMMPOWER SUPPLY OEL TFROOSS a 1 2 TRACK OUTPUT 4 ii a a JA SPDIF For those of you with large for mat expe
20. a legend of our lunchroom Want to find out more about other Electrix products Check out our Web site at http www electrixpro com Again thanks for purchasing Repeater English 3 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN TABLE OF CONTENTS Term 1 Loops Term 2 Tracks Why Loop Based Recording OVERVIEW Key Features of Repeater All Things Related to Power English 4 FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL Sleep Mode GETTING STARTED Recording Basics Overdubbing Additional Parts Recording to a New Track Loop Manipulation Adding External FX Using the Metronome Acoustic Guitar Electric Guitar Live Sampling The All Repeater Band RECORDING LOOPS THE TRANSPORT Empty Loops Overdub vs Replace Undo REDO Erase Resampling Bouncing Reversing FX Insert Loop Browsing Loop Cueing Play Record Stop Reverse Changing Tempo Trimming YNNA OOA W 06 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 15 16 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 22 22 22 23 23 24 25 26 26 TAB LOOP EDITING LOOP SYNC FILE MANAGEMENT MIDI REFERENCE TROUBLESHOOTING INDEX SPECIFICATIONS FLOW DIAGRAMS Tempo Edit Recording Polyrhythmic Time Signatures Slipping Pitch Shifting Syncing Tempo Lock Compact Flash Card Loop Copy Memory Space Management File Directory Structure Copying between Compact Flash Cards Sharing files with your PC Using MIDI MIDI Channel Selection Repeate
21. ailable when Repeater is playing or stopped To Copy a loop e Select the loop and press the Copy button The Copy button will flash indicating that you re in copy mode and the display will change to show the source loop number on the left of the display and the target loop location on the right of the display If you don t have enough memory the display will read FULL You can free up space by erasing some loops e Use the Tempo knob to change the target location and press Copy again to make the copy or Stop to get out of the copy function e When the copy is complete the display will flash LOOP COPIED MEMORY SPACE MANAGEMENT Repeater s memory structure is comprised of two storage areas internal memory and external flash memory Internal Memory has an apostrophe before the loop number Internal Memory Internal memory is limited to 8MB which translates to about 85 seconds of record time This memory is volatile memory so if you lose power to Repeater you will lose the data Internal loops can be copied to a CFC Internal memory space may have performance advantages over some CFC s Some functions like time stretching are limit ed by the speed at which a storage device can move data Internal memory is faster than some CFC s and may offer you greater range when it comes to speeding up and time stretch External Memory ing a loop Internal memory is great for those times when you forget gt your CFC or want
22. an be selected for erasing Copy makes a duplicate of the current loop in any available loop location Copy can be used to make multiple revisions on a single bed or to copy materi al stored internally to the CFC Press and hold COPY to see remaining record time 10 Overdub sets Repeater s record mode When the Overdub indicator is lit the recording will be mixed together with any existing material on a given track Alternatively Replace mode is available to replace the content of the selected track when recording is engaged Replace mode is active when the Overdub indicator is off See RECORDING LOOPS for details 11 Reverse reverses the direction for both Recording and Playback See RECORDING LOOPS for details D Stop stops playback or record operations 13 Sleep Mode press Reverse and Stop at the same time and hold for 3 seconds to enter the ener gy saving sleep mode You will not lose any of the data stored in internal or external memory To revive press any button FRONT PANEL D Play Play immediately starts the loop at the begin ning To achieve a stuttering effect press and hold Stop then rhythmically press Play to trigger the loop You can restart the loop even while it is playing by pressing Play Record press Record to enter and leave record ing Pressing Record on Repeater also engages Play for you With an empty loop pressing Record also defines the downbeat Recording ca
23. ance for gaps if loops have been deleted The browser indicates internal loops with a CFC loops are indicated simply with the numbers 128 Once you browse to the end of the set of internal loops there will be a final blank internal loop Then the external loops on the compact flash card will be displayed with the numbering starting again at 1 The CFC Indicator displays card activity Green for reading Red for writing Internal loop Note One empty loop will always be shown at the end of the internal and external sequences to provide a location for the creation of a new loop LOOP CUEING If Repeater is currently playing a loop you can use the Loop knob to select a new target loop number if not the current loop number The new loop needs time to load about a half a second so prepare a little early for your loop transition Repeater tells you when the new loop is locked and loaded by adding a row of dots under the flashing loop number Pressing Play will then engage the auto loop transition Repeater will wait and quantize the start of the new loop to the end of the playing loop The play light will flash until the cued loop begins playing This facili tates seamless loop transitions If you press Play at any time after the first press while the play light is flashing the new loop will start playing immediately and the display will stop flashing Pressing Stop will stop the current loop leaving the unit cued and ready to start
24. ange the pitch or key of each track independently Repeater uses instrumental pitch shifting that is specially engineered for music Loop Point Assist LPA is an automatic loop trimming feature It automates the tedious pre production process of manually trimming a loop to match a given BPM LPA works in real time The moment Repeater leaves record it will begin playing the automatically trimmed loop You can over ride LPA with the loop trim function Learn more about this in LOOP EDITING Compact Flash Cards CFC are Repeater s main storage mechanism They supplement Repeater s internal 8MB of memory with up to 512MB of additional storage space Loops on the CFC are in WAV file format With the addition of an inexpensive CFC USB card reader you can export loops and tracks from Repeater to your PC with out any special software MIDI Clock makes syncing Repeater up to your sequencer or drum machine easy When you adjust your tempo Repeater will time stretch the loop to match the tempo without affecting the key How cool is that Beat Detection keeps Repeater in sync with incoming audio like a live drummer or a vinyl source Okay this one may be even cooler that the MIDI sync above The FX Insert allows external effects to be applied to individual tracks the input of Repeater or the entire output Alternatively you can use the FX insert to achieve independent track outputs Reverse Play is a fun way to realize reverse solos and ambie
25. ce mode in that Replace will mute the track during the record cycle In Overdub at 0 feedback the record destination track will not be muted during the record cycle UNDO REDO Repeater features one level of Undo for overdubbing operations Additionally you can Redo what you just undid and then carry on to Undo the Redo if you just can t make up your mind ERASE Erase lets you erase any or all tracks within a loop even while the loop is playing e Press and hold the Erase UNDO button until the display changes to look like and the Track Select and Erase UNDO buttons all flash in unison Na e The track select buttons will flash only for full tracks thus in the example shown you have a loop with four full tracks You can select tracks to erase by pressing the Track Select buttons e Press Erase UNDO to erase the selected tracks Stop will take you out of Erase mode without erasing any thing e Erasing all tracks will completely erase the loop RESAMPLING BOUNCING Once you ve built up a multitrack loop you can bounce it down to one or two tracks Resampling will cement any modifications you ve made to your loop including pitch shift track slip pan level FX and tempo Resampling can bounce the contents of all four tracks down to a mono or stereo pair of tracks You can only bounce down to a stereo pair if one is already made You cannot record a stereo pair over two mono tracks To Bounce
26. ce the loop to synchronize to the incoming beats Here s what happens as Repeater goes in and out of Reverse the beat of the loop may become misaligned to that of the external sync source so Repeater will speed up slow down to correct this timing discrepancy and realign the beats If you don t want this to happen put Repeater into User mode In User mode Repeater s intelligence takes a back seat allowing you to Reverse all you want without it trying to stay in sync with anything English 25 LOOP EDITING CHANGING TEMPO In User Sync mode the tempo of the loop can be changed at any time by simply adjusting the Tempo knob or tap ping a new tempo with the Tap Tempo button Native Tempo To return to the original tempo the loop was recorded at press Stop and Tap Tempo buttons at the same time TRIMMING When you first record into an empty loop Repeater pads the record ing a little leaving you extra room at the start and end to develop the best loop points You can even move the trim point past zero to add silence to the beginning or end of your loop Trim Basics e The first press of Trim will put you into the Bars Trim mode The Loop knob will remove whole bars from the front of the track the Tempo knob removes bars from the end of the track Press Trim again to go into Seconds Trim mode In Seconds Trim mode the display shows the start and end points of the loop in min sec sec 100 which you can modify with
27. ch before powering up Repeater M3OkOJSS O98v8 dog HALVT Id E MIDI Thru sends a perfect copy of the MIDI information received at the MIDI in de VI TONN TAS HTG ATTA T E SUVA HILIAS HIMOd Loos MIDI Out transmits the best of the front panel commands to facilitate the use of multiple Repeaters in loop based recording setups and live rigs MAHL O MIDI In full support for MIDI control change program change and MIDI clock messages to control all front panel functions O MIDI Channel Select selects the receiving transmitting MIDI channel D Digital Output 44 1kHz 16 bit S PDIF Coaxial 750 main output for those who know better than to use the analog inputs on their Sound Blasters sa O00 Sat TANNYHD pow r g Main Outputs stereo mix outputs mri p te 1 z tt N IL GL 4 el O FX Send a post fader post pan FX send activated by the front panel control Connect this to the input of an Electrix MOFX or Filter Factory for some serious FX mayhem The FX send also serves as multiple out puts Just assign Tracks 3 amp 4 to the FX sends and pan them hard left and right Tracks 1 amp 2 will be on the main outputs while 3 amp 4 come out the FX sends See ADDING EXTERNAL FX for details Q o fm TI al A FX Return Connect the outputs of your FX device here The FX return is mixed in with the other tracks on the main bus that is sent to the ma
28. change messages for remote selection of loops via MIDI They work as a MSB LSB pair MSB stands for Most Significant Bit and LSB Least Significant bit think of it as chapter and verse MIDI CCs are limited to 127 values Using MSB LSB allows us to utilize banks of 127 to access all of Repeaters 1000 loops Use the Bank Select MSB CC 0 to Select the Bank as follows Bank 0 Internal 1 16 Bank 1 External 1 128 Bank 2 External 129 256 Bank 3 External 257 384 Bank 4 External 385 512 Bank 5 External 513 640 Bank 6 External 641 768 Bank 7 External 769 896 Bank 8 External 897 999 Use the Loop Select LSB to select the loop within the bank i e to select External 387 send CC 0 Loop select MSB at 4 and CC 32 Loop select LSB at 3 There are some other ways of moving between loops too Try these for size Loop select up down via PC or CC messages e Direct loop select PC messages MIDI CONTROL CHANGE All of Repeater s functions are remotely accessible via MIDI Almost all controls on Repeater generate MIDI Control Change CC messages from the MIDI output These CC s all occur on the currently selected Repeater MIDI channel Additionally all front panel controls respond to CC and PC messages received on the currently selected MIDI channel The MIDI CC and PC messages supported are given in the Repeater MIDI Specifications Table USING A MIDI FOOT CONTROLLER WITH REPEATER By lining up a MIDI foot co
29. d flashes all four Track Select but tons the Stop button and the Erase button Only the Erase button enacts the erase All other button presses cancel the erase Track Select buttons are used to select deselect tracks to be erased If all tracks are erased then the loop becomes EMPTY If the Erase button is pressed then the tracks are erased and the display shows the progress and finishes with LOGP ERASED English 40 REFERENCE Copy If there is not enough memory to complete the copy the MEN LIMT message is presented If there is room to copy the display will indicate the current source loop on the left and destination loop on the right The Tempo knob controls the destination Stop and Record will flash Pressing Copy performs the action Pressing Stop or any other button cancels the copy The copy function is complete and the unit leaves copy mode Overdub Feedback Level A single press of Overdub puts the unit in overdub mode Press and hold Overdub for 3 seconds and the unit enters feedback edit mode Modify the feedback level using the Tempo knob Edit Beat Press and hold the Syne button for one second and the unit BEER 2208 M enters tempo edit mode Use the Loop knob to edit the total er Ba number of beats in the loop Use the Tempo knob to change the time signature Slip If only one track is selected for slipping the display reads TRACK X witha higher re
30. d while syncing to MIDI or Beat Detection select the appropriate Sync mode before starting your Recording Setting Levels before Recording The Input Level knob on the front panel of Repeater controls the front and back input levels To set the level plug in your instrument and tweak the Input Level knob until the LED flickers red just on the loudest notes The Signal LED beside the Input Level knob indicates the audio level Green Repeater hears audio somewhere in the range of 20dBu to 12dBu optimum level is 4dBu e Orange Optimal level this is where you want to be e Red The audio signal is causing saturation or clipping some consider this bad borderline on distortion The LINE PHONO switch on the back panel sets the RCA inputs for either phono or line input levels Track Selection QO 6 O os O mrk The default state of the unit is ready for recording Press the Track Select eggen buttons to select the target track s for recording overdubbing Selected tracks are indicated by the lit LEDs surrounding the Track Select buttons If one of the Pitch Pan or Slip edit parameters are selected the Track Select buttons LEDs will flash to indi cate the selected tracks for that particular operation Make sure the track parameters are deselected before you attempt to select a track for recording English 18 RECORDING LOOPS When selecting tracks for recording the Track Select buttons operate as radio style bu
31. e activation of the tempo lock feature locks the unit tempo to the currently detected beat allowing only minor varia tions for tracking In user mode activation of tempo lock forces all newly loaded loops to run at the current user tempo Track Select Buttons operations such as record re sample pan pitch slip and FX insert all use the Track Select buttons to determine which tracks an operation is carried out on You can select any or all tracks for editing Track Levels these control the levels of each track to the main outputs FX Insert assigns the FX loop to the input an individual track or any combination of tracks The FX loop is post fader and pan See RECORDING LOOPS for details Re sample records the selected tracks and the FX inserts to an individual track or a stereo pair of tracks See GETTING STARTED for details Headphone Output amp Level a headphone output and volume control makes Repeater a stand alone recording device Especially suitable for that 3 00 A M inspiration that can t wait til morning od O 9889s English 9 REARPANEL D Power Input accepts only the Repeater power supply Pull back the connector housing to insert the jack into Repeater D Footswitch plug in a Digitech FS 300 three button footswitch here Undo Play Stop and Record are supported with the footswitch A sin gle momentary footswitch will control the Record function Please con nect the footswit
32. e Tap Tempo button to reset to the native tempo of the just captured loop English 17 RECORDING LOOPS For those of you that are still reading this manual and not busy making freak a delic loops that will earn you a Grammy we offer these thoroughly entertaining and highly technical discussions regarding the finer points of the micro technology blinking before you This section was lovingly prepared for you by our really smart and talented engineering folks The smirky text is courtesy of the marketing department Please keep your arms and legs inside the tram at all times Your mileage may vary Void where prohibited BELOVED PROPELLERHEADS EMPTY LOOPS Dial around with the loop encoder and find yourself an empty loop An empty loop location shows up on the display as a loop with the bar beat division dis N play as If browsing to this loop in User Syne mode without Tempo Empty loop with Tempo Lock the BPM display will also show the last known loop tempo Don t worry this tempo will not affect your initial recording in User Sync mode Initial Recording The first recording overdub on an empty loop defines the length of the loop During this initial recording the display will change to indicate the estimated beats Once the initial recording is completed Repeater esti mates the tempo and calculates the loop length Setting the SyncMode Repeater defaults to User Sync mode on power up If you wish to Recor
33. e selected and so the Track 1 select button LEDs will be lit Memory Full Display English 23 THE TRANSPORT Pressing Record from Stop Pressing Record when the unit is in the stopped state will immediately start the unit recording overdubbing If the current loop is empty this first recording will determine the length of the loop Pressing Record from Play Pressing Record when the unit is in play mode will immediately start the unit recording from the current play position Pressing Record from a Cued Loop Pressing Record when a loop is cued will immediately begin recording to the new loop location Undo Considerations Undo will normally undo the last overdub however if multiple overdubs are made without leaving the record mode the undo function will undo Remaining Memory Display all of the overdubs back to the last time the unit entered Record Additionally the record operation consumes memory as it progresses This leads to the potential condition that the unit runs out of memory before it can complete a record operation perish the thought The sequence of indications and the subsequent operation in this case is as follows e When the memory limit is approached the display will show a shrinking bar graph that will show the impend ing demise of the available memory As the unit runs out of memory the unit will behave as if the user had pressed the Stop button Beat Quantization in MIDI and Beat De
34. eats in the loop e Use the Tempo knob to change the time signa ture You can always return to the tempo the loop was recorded at by pressing Stop and then Tap Tempo RECORDING POLYRHYTHMIC TIME SIGNATURES Even though Repeater defaults to 4 4 time it will support many strange and wonderful time signatures To record in a polyrhythmic time signature e First in User Sync mode select a new loop Record your first part e Now press and hold the Syne button to enter BEAT EDIT Here you can use the Loop and Tempo knobs to change the number of beats and the division Use the Loop knob to select the total number of beats in the loop e Use the Tempo knob to select the time signature Press Sync to exit Tap a Tempo with the Tap Tempo and finish laying your masterpiece down English 27 LOOP EDITING SLIPPING makt MW Slipping lets you offset the start position of a loop or its individual tracks e Press Slip and the display will change to show Track 2 the slip offset of each active track in beats You can select deselect the appropriate tracks for Slipping by using the Track Select but tons Editing one track at a time displays the slip amount with a finer resolution e Use the Tempo knob to set the slip position in bars beats 1 100 of a beat with zero being the Original position Use the Loop knob to slip whole beats e Twist the knob quickly to edit in larger steps Twist the knob slowly
35. epeater at the tempo you want You can use the Transport to define the position of the down beat just press Play at the top of the bar USER In User mode Repeater stores tempo information within each loop This is the loop s stored tempo In a per formance setting this feature allows you to pre configure each loop for a unique tempo that will automatically be recalled the next time the loop is loaded You can manually change the tempo of the loop at any time with the Tempo encoder or by tapping a new tempo with the Tap Tempo button If you change the tempo of the current loop Repeater will store this new value as the loop s stored tempo Repeater transmits MIDI clock during both Play and Record operations Native empo You can always return to the tempo the loop was recorded at by pressing Stop and Tap Tempoat the same time TEMPO LOCK In User mode the Tempo Lock feature overrides the stored tempo information imbedded in a loop in favor of the current tempo This is useful for quickly loading a different loop at the current tempo In Beat Detect mode the Tempo Lock feature will lock down the current tempo and yet still make adjustments to keep Repeater beat synced to the incoming audio Sync Tap Tempo and Tempo Lock Press and hold the Tempo Lock button for 1 second to engage the metronome While the metronome is playing Repeater will quantize the initial record to the beat of the metronome To disengage the metr
36. equipment on and off the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult a qualified dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful How to identify and Resolve Radio TV interference Problems This booklet is available from the USGovernment Printing Office Washington DC 20402 USA Stock No 004 000 0034 4 Caution You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your warranty For the customers in Canada This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations ONE WIDER THAN THE OTHER A GROUNDING TYPE PLUG HAS TWO BLADES AND A THIRD GROUNDING PRONG THE WIDE BLADE OR THE THIRD PRONG ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR SAFETY IF THE PROVIDED PLUG DOES NOT FIT INTO YOUR OUTLET CONSULT AN ELECTRICIAN FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE OBSOLETE OUTLET 9 PROTECT THE POWER CORD FROM BEING WALKED ON OR PINCHED PARTICULARLY AT PLUGS CONVENIENCE RECEPTACLES AND THE POINT WHERE THEY EXIT FROM THE APPLIANCE 10 USE ONLY WITH ATTACHMENTS ACCESSORIES SPECIFIED BYTHE MAN
37. essing Play The loop will only play for as long as you hold down Stop and Play together This is great for stuttering FX and sample hits and shots moving back to the start of the loop Get it From a Cued Loop Pressing Play when a new loop is being cued will engage the auto loop transition pressing play again will engage the new loop immediately RECORD Recording mixes the audio from the input with selected tracks to produce a new track or stereo pair of tracks The display shows the current bar and beat counting down and the Record button LEDs will light Additionally while the undo function is available the Erase UNDO button is lit During recording it is legal to operate the Slip Pan and Pitch controls You may also dance but only if legal in your current location The special case of recording is the Initial recording which is defined as recording to a track in a loop that currently contains no data In this special case the loop length is set by the length of this initial recording Recording Limitations Record is always immediately available but may not be possible to com plete due to memory constraints In the case that record is triggered when memory is full the word TET LIMT will flash in the memory play time win dow for 3 seconds A Track Select button or a stereo linked pair of Track Select buttons will always be lit This is the active track for recording By default initially Track 1 will b
38. first intelligent loop based recorder to reach planet earth Repeater s powerful custom software and intuitive design will make sampling and looping an integral part of your live and studio music production Repeater like its other Electrix siblings represents an entirely new concept in musical electronics unique in both its hands on ease of use and future retro design This manual describes the behaviour of Repeater running OS1 10 Further upgrades of system firmware may be made available from time to time ELECTRIX DOES LOOP BASED RECORDING First we shook up FX processing with our popular Filter and Warp Factories MoFX and the MOD s now we re chal lenging the contemporary notion of linear recording Why Because we realized that many of our Electrix friends are producing music in loops and phrases So we put our heads together to come up with an intuitive way to record and manipulate loops in music composition Whatever the genre you like to work in Repeater will benefit your creative process by allowing you to quickly sketch and manipulate musical phrases and parts THE FEEDBACK LOOP Repeater was designed for creative people and as a tool to spark the creative process Along those lines we would like to hear what you can do with Repeater and other Electrix gear If you re so inclined please send your original ideas on CD MD MP3 vinyl or cassette to us at the address on the back page of this manual You just may become
39. fying your lyrics into some ancient foreign tongue More appropriately Reverse Play is a fun way to create reverse solos and ambient textures You can put Repeater into Reverse only when Repeater is in PLAY or STOP mode Repeater will not allow you to reverse direction in the middle of a recording A cool effect is to hit Reverse overdub a new part and then hit Reverse again to take you out of the reverse mode Now your loop will play forwards and the portion you ve just overdubbed like a guitar solo will be playing backwards IlooC FX INSERT The stereo effects insert allows you to integrate external effects processing into your loop sound design You can assign this insert to the main input or on individ ual tracks The insert is engaged when the FX Insert button is lit If there is nothing plugged into the FX Inserts when the insert is engaged the signal path will be broken and you will no longer hear what is routed to the FX Inserts Assigning the FX Insert to the input allows you to record the effects into the loop Loop Based Recorder Engaging the FX Send To select tracks for the FX Insert e Press and hold FX Insert button the display will read SELECT SENDS e Use the Track Select buttons to select the tracks to be sent to the FX Insert Release the FX Insert Button English 21 THE TRANSPORT Reverse Stop Play Record LOOP BROWSING Card loop Loops are arranged in a continuous sequence with allow
40. g one track at a time displays the Pan amount at a finer resolution Use the Tempo knob to scroll the pan values from 100 Left to 100 Right Press and hold Pan to reset the values back to 0 English 28 English 28 LOOP SYNC SYNCING Press the Sync button to toggle through your sync modes Beat Detect Repeater reads your incoming audio to find the tempo e MIDI syncs tempo to MIDI clock input User tempo is set by the Tap Tempo button and adjustment of the Tempo encoder Beat Detect Selecting Sync Repeater identifies the beat and tempo of your input audio and uses it to drive Repeater s internal clock which determines the tempo of any recorded loop In Beat Detection mode it may be necessary to help Repeater define the downbeat Press Play to re trigger the loop on the downbeat or press the Tap Tempo once to realign the beats If Repeater is having trouble tracking the incoming beat try tapping along with the Tap Tempo to rein force the tempo In Beat Detect mode Repeater transmits MIDI clock in both Play Stop and Record modes In the absence of an input signal the beat detection software will lock onto the last stable tempo and hold there until it can detect a new signal tempo The Beat Detect LED will flash to indicate that Repeater is not able to lock to the incoming audio MIDI When MIDI is selected as the sync mode tempo is determined by incoming MIDI try hooking up your drum machine to drive R
41. ges Basically that means that just about any MIDI foot controller is capable of controlling Repeater Don t have a bass guitar One of the advantages of Repeater s pitch shifting being on the loop output as opposed to the input is that you can quickly achieve great pitch shift effects automatically on playback Try this on for size Set the pitch shift of Track 4 to 12 Now create a rhythm loop with your guitar on Track 1 Select Track 4 to record and play a bass line on your low E string You will not hear the pitch shift effect until you are done recording As soon as the loop starts playing back Track 4 will be pitch shifted an octave down and you ll have snuck in a bass line with out anyone knowing what happened English 14 Create Ambient Tracks A looping recorder is a great way to create ambient textures By using external effects and Repeater s own arsenal of time stretching and pitch shifting thick and organic textures are within your reach Use delay reverb and filtering to shape sounds giving them depth and resonance Layer these sounds being careful to record only the sustaining portions of each note Experiment with Reverse mode and the Overdub feedback level to facilitate ever changing loops and ambiences GETTING STARTED LIVE SAMPLING Repeater is set up to take just about any kind of signal from a sub mixer to your mixer s FX send a group output or even a vinyl source In addition you can connect
42. ght up the MIDI Receive LED on the front of Repeater REPEATER amp MIDI CLOCK Repeater responds to the following MIDI clock related messages System Common Messages e SPP Identifies the location of the next timing clock by 1 16 note 6 ticks System Real time Messages e Start Regarded as a SPP of 0 and a sequencer start message 0x FA e Stop Stops the sequencer OxFC e Clock Sent out 24 times per quarter note OxF8 Advanced MIDI RT tweaking In some situations it may be desirable for Repeater to NOT send out MIDI RT start stop and SPP messages The output of these messages can be inhibited enabled by sending Repeater the Inhibit MIDI RT Control CC message When syncing via MIDI it may be necessary to tell Repeater where the downbeat is This is done by pressing the tap tempo button USING A KEYBOARD TO TRIGGER PITCH Repeater s Track Pitch Shift can be easily controlled with MIDI note information To control the track Pitch Shift via MIDI e Connect the MIDI Out of your keyboard to the MIDI In on Repeater e Set the MIDI receive channel on the back of Repeater to match the MIDI transmit channel on your keyboard e Press the Pitch Edit Button e Select the track s you wish to adjust e Play monophonically one note at a time to shift the pitch e Middle C will return the track s back to their default key e Press Pitch to exit English 34 SELECTING LOOPS VIA MIDI Repeater uses the MIDI Bank control
43. in and digital outputs See page 12 for details NY AN ln 1HDIY 11 Main Inputs Stereo unbalanced 1 4 inputs Don t forget the mono instrument input of the front as well N AN 7 RCA amp Phono Pre inputs the RCA s and the phono pre afford quick and easy setup with CD players and turntables N i ON35 t LHSSNI KI 1471 NHNLIJYH English 10 GETTING STARTED RECORDING BASICS Loop recording works a little differently peers Record 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 41 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 than conventional recording Capturing a good loop is all about being in touch Om j Dm j 6m om Adi Om with the rhythm of your musical figure A typical 4 bar loop Recording and Combining Loops at Different e Start by playing your groove to get a feel for the tempo Tempos Press Record right on the downbeat of the first bar of the loop to start recording Say you ve got a drum loop at 100 BPM and e Assuming a four bar loop press Record again on the downbeat of bar five to end you want to add a shak recording bar five is essentially the first bar repeated er loop to a new track but its tempo is 94 BPM Now you ve captured a complete 4 bar loop that will play back perfectly every time With Repeater you can record samples that were different tempos and synchronize them Sound Design Considerations into the same loop here s how Repeater is a great sound design tool for music productio
44. inguish the Overdub LED and put Repeater into the Replace mode Overdub lets you infinitely stack and layer additional parts much like you would on the JAMMAN or Digital Echoplex Pro Setting Overdub FeedbackLevel The Overdub Feedback reduces the level of the original recording as a new part is recorded on top of it This pre vents an undesirable gain increase This level can be cus tomized and here s Johnny to tell you how To change the default overdub feedback levels e Press and hold Qverdub for a half a second e The display changes to show the feedback value level which you can modify using the Tempo knob Cverdub Press Overdub again to exit and overdub with the new feedback level Every time you overdub to a track the original track content is mixed in ei DE with the new material from the overdub The Feedback control adjusts how N much of this signal is mixed in Try setting it to 30 for example Now every time you overdub a new part the original track s will quickly get quieter with every pass Repeater defaults to 94 which works most like a multi bid Final track mix Final track mix track recorder when overdubbing Settings of 85 and less will create dynamic loops that will evolve over time with each new overdub English 19 RECORDING LOOPS 0 Feedback 0 feedback will completely erase the original loop track after the completed overdub cycle This differs from Repla
45. ks WHY LOOP BASED RECORDING Regardless of the genre of music or ability of the musician recording with loops can be an efficient way to establish the feel of a song Loops can also benefit the arranging process allowing the composer to focus on a single section of a song shaping and refining until that phrase feels just right Loop based recording makes for a great musical scratch pad allowing you to quickly sketch out a tune It is also an indispensable tool for creating grooves and tex tures both live and in the studio Loop based recording essentially gives all musicians access to the same arranging power that a MIDI sequencer gives a keyboard player But now you can use live drums real bass layered guitars and vocals to shape your masterpiece For the music producer loop based recording allows you to quickly build up a unique groove Refine a 2 bar progres sion or work an 8 bar verse until it sits just right Overdub parts and licks until you ve created the perfect supporting bed Loop based recording benefits the live player too Imagine harnessing the power of a multitrack recorder for live spontaneous use Layer harmonies add percussion drop in licks and paint ambiences Before you or your audience knows it you ve become a one man band English 6 OVERVIEW Time Stretching gives Repeater the unigue ability to change tempo without affecting the pitch of the loop KEY FEATURES OF REPEATER Pitch Shifting lets you ch
46. llows 1 Off Card inactive or no card is inserted It is safe to remove the card 2 Flashing Red Card checks out as unformatted or unusable 3 Flash Green Once Card is Ok 4 Constant Green Data is being read by the card 5 Constant Red Card is actively writing Do not remove IMPORTANT CFC Performance All CFC s are not created equal Some lack the bandwidth to keep up with Repeater Cards that we have tested to work with Repeater are Sandisk Simple technologies Kingmax and our own cards We cannot guaranty that Repeater will work with any other brands of CFC card Before you buy a card make sure It is type 1 and that It is a high bandwidth card Check out our website for the latest information www electrixpro com Formatting a CFC Card When you insert an unformatted CFC into Repeater the CFC indicator will flash red in unison with Record button and the Display will read FORMAT CFC Pressing the Record button will format the card pressing stop will cancel While formatting the record LEDs stay on and the CFC indicator continues to flash Once the operation is complete the CFC indicator will light green for 1 second and then extin guish to show that the card is OK Force Formatting To force a CFC to be formatted press and hold Stop while inserting the CFC The display will read FORMAT Press Record to format or any other button to cancel English 30 FILE MANAGEMENT LOOP COPY The Copy function is av
47. mat The other five 5 files are proprietary Repeater files that contain track and loop information If you have pitch shifted or time stretched to a new tempo you will need to re sample each track before exporting to capture those effects Repeater records extra data at the start and end of each loop to facilitate trimming If you want your exact loop in the wav file you will have to erase that extra data You can do this on Repeater by pressing and holding the Trim button until the display reads TRIM CUT Organizing Loops You can re organize the order of loops in Repeater simply by renaming the folders Be careful to keep Repeater s naming convention otherwise Repeater may not be able to find your loops even though they remain on the card When copying Loop folders insure that they contain all of the proprietary Repeater files along with the WAV files Exporting Loops From Repeater The WAV file format has provision for region marks Repeater uses the region marks to identify the start and end point of the loop Most audio applications will support and indicate the region marks in their editor win dows Bounce Tracks amp Commit External FX amp Pitch Shift Flatten the loop Pitch shifting and FX applied on tracks are completely non destructive in that they do not permanently affect the recorded audio If you wish to record the effects to memory you can re sample the tracks To Bounce Tracks with or without Effects e Set
48. n By using Repeater s excep ST tional time stretching algorithms you can combine and synchronize loops of different First load the drum tempos together into one new loop see sidebar By utilizing Repeater s FX loop you can aki aa NG we ve been add an external Filter or effects unit to shape the sound of each track Once you re satis a fied you can re sample the loop and export it to your PC via the CFC or Digital output Now select BEAT DETECT SYNC i Play your new sample Recording a Loop at the new tempo Set your levels so that the Signal bi color LED goes red every once in a while Wait for Repeater to Keeping it in the yellow will assure great get a lock on the tempo levels and no harsh digital clipping a TRACKS You will now hear that 1 3 a the two samples are syn e Select a track or a pair of tracks to record O r O r chronized to by pressing the Track Select but O Ye press Record on tons above the Track Level faders Papa thedownbeatandoress Set the Track Level s to the top which L en pe pe a ee re aan is unity 0 omm of stop the recording ia nf as ony 20 TT Now switch back to e Press Record to start recording The T i ll USER SYNC and set the next time you press Record or Play J 906 Es tempo back to 100 BPM the recording will finish and the loop will immediately start playing back Track Select Ere e Selecting a pair of tracks simultaneously sets Repeater to reco
49. n be undone with the UNDO feature O Tempo can adjust the tempo of the loop in real time The range of the tempo control may be limited by the speed of the storage device Repeater s has a tempo range of 1 BPM up to 150 of the recorded tempo See LOOP EDITING for details This control is also used for Slip Pan and Pitch edits Sync selects the clock master In beat detection mode Repeater tracks the tempo of the incoming audio and acts as a master clock with MIDI In MIDI mode Repeater slaves to incoming MIDI clock In User mode Repeater will clock to the tempo set with the Tempo knob or the Tap Tempo Function See LOOP SYNC for details Slip offsets the start point of a given track or com bination of selected tracks with the tempo knob See LOOP EDITING for details Twist the Tempo encoder quickly for larger steps and slowly for divisions of each beat Pan selected tracks are panned with the Tempo knob Pitch selected tracks are pitch shifted within a range of 2 octaves through 1 octave Twist the Tempo encoder quickly for large steps and slowly for cents TRACHS 1 tek ngana E G A Loop Bosad Recorder 21 Tap Tempo in User Sync mode the Tap Tempo is used to establish the tempo of the current loop In Beat Detection mode the Tap Tempo button can be used to help the software find the beat of the incoming audio by tapping along with the beat Tempo Lock In beat detect mod
50. nal 513 640 Bank 6 External 641 768 Bank 7 External 769 896 Bank 8 External 897 999 Appendix B Slips to the beat number Loops generally have unique numbers of beats To determine the num ber of beats multiply the bars by the beats in the time signature This controller will advance though each beat at a rate of one beat per value Appendix C Slips the beat between the beat selected as per Appendix A and the next consecutive beat by per centage Appendix D Sets Pitch Shift in semitones 40 24 46 18 52 12 58 6 64 0 70 6 76 12 41 23 47 17 53 11 59 5 65 1 71 7 42 22 48 16 54 10 60 4 66 2 72 8 43 21 49 15 55 9 61 3 67 3 73 9 44 20 50 14 56 8 62 2 68 4 74 10 45 19 51 13 5 7 63 1 69 5 75 11 Appendix E Selects the FX Insert combination O No Effects Insert active 6 FX on Tracks 283 12 FX on Tracks 3 amp 4 1 FX on Track 1 7 FX on Tracks 1 2 amp 3 13 FX on Tracks 1 3 amp 4 2 FX on Track 2 8 FX on Track 4 14 FX on Tracks 2 3 amp 4 3 FX on Track 1 amp 2 9 FX on Tracks 184 15 FX on all Tracks 4 FX on Track 3 10 FX on Tracks 284 16 FX on input 5 FX on Tracks 183 11 FX on Tracks 1 284 Appendix F Note that selecting a track track pair causes the current selection to be removed Appendix G Track Level PC messages will mute unmute the particular track Once a track is muted via a MIDI PC unmuting it will restore it to the level as set by the cha
51. nd running with Repeater without the need of any help from your pocket protector friends Making a Connection GD Plug in your guitar here Connect the optional Digitech FS 300 or a single momentary footswitch to engage disengage the Record function here Connect Repeater s outputs to your monitoring system ALEIS eg NAAS SIE at DE EEE GEER OE Vesar Hede HHHHHHHHFEF pr ri IFE e IPF 100900 TFTA a La 1AL ELECTRIC GUITAR Now for the guitar player for whom effects have become an integral part of their sound Try integrating Repeater in this format Using an amp without an effects loop Trigger Record If you don t have a foot switch you may benefit l from using Repeater s handy Trigger Record fea You can plug Repeater into the guitar input of your amp if you take ture Trigger Record will set Repeater to start the following precautions recording as soon as signal is present at the audio input e Turn down the Input Level to at least half of what you usually run Repeater s output is at line level and this is substantially hot To set Repeater for Trigger Recording ter then the average guitar Press and hold St p and press Record e Use the clean channel of your guitar amp If you try to run Repeaters Record LED will flash indicating Repeater into a high gain or lead channel you will most likely be that it is armed and read
52. nnel fader or the associated MIDI CC message English 39 REFERENCE DISPLAYED MESSAGES For those of you who hate reading manuals we ve matched LCD displays to brief descriptions so you can quickly flip to what you want to know Power Up On power up Software Version Detects CFC Loop Location CFC Memory Internal Memory Multiply Loop Press Multiply Loop and the loop is instantly doubled in length Press and hold Multiply Loop and use the Tempo knob to dial in another multiple Trim Loop e The first press of Trim will put you into the Bars Trim mode The Loop knob will remove whole bars from the front of the track the Tempo knob removes bars from the end of the track Press Trim again to go into Seconds Trim mode In Seconds Trim mode the display shows the start and end points of the loop in min sec sec 100 which you can modify with the Loop and Tempo knobs These changes will affect your tempo and the Bars and Beats will be recalculated according to the rule Seconds Bars x Beats x Tempo 60 Div For example in 3 4 time the Beats value would be 3 and the Div would equal 4 4 4 time the values would be Beat 4 Div 4 Undo Press Erase UNDO and the display reads UNDONE for a second Press Erase UNDO a second time and the display reads REDONE Erase Press and hold the Erase UNDO button to put the unit into erase mode The display shows four s an
53. nsive consoles with great EQ and routing capabili ties Repeaters 25mm faders may not quite be your cup of tea Well we thought about you and how much we d like to be you but in the meantime here s how to set up Repeater to send each channel out a unique output Bus or ALT Output s MainOutput EE Sp e First make sure Tracks 1 amp 3 are panned hard Left and Tracks 2 amp 4 hard Right ose sales oo Ci 06666898 C 08 6865 C 066 6859 I 08669958 Ci 01866858 NOW press and hold FX Insert and select Tracks 3 amp 4 You will now find Tracks 1 amp 2 on the main outputs and Sampling from Sample CDs Tracks 3 amp 4 on the FX Sends If you need help capturing a loop from a sample CD try using Repeaters Single Bar Capture mode Put Repeater into Beat Simply set the Track Detect sync mode arm the Audio Trigger by pressing Stop and Levels to the top Unity Record together Now play the sample Repeater will start recording automatically when the audio kicks in Now press Record near the Gain and take command from the downbeat of the end of your track as long as you re close Repeater bridge of your own console captain will automatically tweak the loop end to the nearest transient Don t worry about your loop speeding up when you re done This is because you have now left Single Bar Capture and are in Beat Detect mode Just put Repeater into user sync mode and hold down th
54. nt textures These are just a taste of some of the great features in Repeater So call your friends and tell them how smart you are for buying Repeater then sit down and learn how to use it Trust us It s quite easy ALL THINGS RELATED TO POWER Repeater comes with an external switching power supply It will work with line voltages from just about anywhere around the world without any modification If you should happen to lose your Power Supply get in touch with Electrix and ask for a TFR0035 The Electrix TFR0035 is the only Power Supply that will work with Repeater Repeater s power supply features a locking connector To insert the connector Pull back the housing a l Insert the connector Pull back the housing to insert e Release the housing SLEEP MODE Repeater does not have a power switch It does however have an energy saving sleep mode To enter sleep mode Press Reverse and Stop at the same time and hold for 3 seconds You will not lose any of the data stored in internal or external memory TO WAKE REPEATER PRESS ANY BUTTON Sleep Mode English 7 FRONT PANEL HA T DR ua R D Input Level controls the input level to Repeater GD Set this control so that the input level indicator is Orange most of the time and rarely clips goes red Instrument Input a high impedance input opti mized for instrument level sources When a cable is plugged into this input
55. ntroller with some of the above mentioned parameters it is possible to control a Repeater entirely with one s feet May we make a few suggestions Name Value ranges and meaning Track 1 Record Select 0 127 64 127 active Track 2 Record Select 0 127 64 127 active Track 3 Record Select 0 127 64 127 active Track 4 Record Select 0 127 64 127 active Track 1 Level Mute 100 0 127 see Appendix G Track 2 Level Mute 100 0 127 see Appendix G Track 3 Level Mute 100 0 127 see Appendix G Track 4 Level Mute 100 0 127 see Appendix G Overdub Feedback Level FX Insert Tap Tempo Loop Select Up Loop Select Down 90 forward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 no feedback 100 feedback 0 63 forward 64 127 reverse 64 127 Press 64 127 Press 64 127 Press 0 63 off 64 127 Undo Momentary 0 127 0 16 0 127 0 127 0 127 64 127 Press As per Appendix E 64 127 Press 64 127 Action 64 127 Action English SYNCING REPEATER TO POPULAR SEQUENCERS DAW S Protools Syncing to Protools is a two step process First if you are using a Mac you must set up OMS to acknowledge Repeater and its characteristics In the Studio Setup create a device that looks like this see Opcode for OMS instructions MIDI Beat Clock MIDI Beat Clock A Enable MIDI Beat Clock Now in Protools under the MIDI menu select MIDI Beat Clock Enable Beat Clock and select your MIDI Interface
56. o Repeater insure that the signal is clean and rhythmic in nature Kick into beat Detection mode Emphasize the beat if necessary by tapping along with the Tap Tempo Press Play on a downbeat Unusually loud levels and distortion if you are using the RCA inputs and you are experiencing unusually loud levels and distortion then you probably have the phono pre amp engaged even though you are feeding a line level signal Disengage the phono pre by pressing the back button on the back of Repeater next to the RCA inputs Noisy results with Guitar amp inputs or FX loops Guitar inputs are typically sensitive to low level signals typi cally 20dBu FX loops are typically designed to operate at or near line level 4dBu Repeater is designed to produce a clean high level signal typically around 8dBu suitable for a studio environment As a result the output from Repeater can mis match with some guitar amps producing a noisy result The first step in improving the situation is to try and optimise the levels in the system to minimise noise Try adjusting the input level of the guitar amp down so that it will accept a signal from Repeater that corresponds to OdB or better on the track level indi cators without clipping Reducing the output of Repeater using the track sliders or input level control is undesirable as this will reduce the ratio of signal to noise in the system 12 0B ATTENUATION CABLE Sigve Ras3kg l
57. onome press and hold Tempo Lock for 1 second You can set the metronome level by pressing and holding Tempo Lock while tempo Lock is engaged Use the Tempo knob to adjust the level while holding down the Tempo Lock button English 29 FILE MANAGEMENT COMPACT FLASH CARDS IMPORTANT Never remove the Compact Flash Card while the light is on No it doesn t matter if it is green yellow or red Wait until the light is out to remove the card If you do remove the card while the light is on the data on the card could become corrupted and unreadable by repeater The Compact Flash Card CFC use the standard FAT DOS like file system using the FAT16 standard Current Type 1 CFC implementations peak out at 256MB Repeater is designed to take advantage of Type 1 CFC implementations with up to 512MB of storage When a CFC Is inserted into Repeater the unit checks it for formatting and readability It then looks for a directory called Electrix then one called Repeater If this directory exists then this is the focus for all file operations Within the Repeater directory each loop will have its own directory labeled LoopXXX Each loop folder contains up to nine files up to four WAV files Track1 wav that contain the contents of each track and five proprietary files that contain track and loop information TrackX tdf and Looplinfo ldf The LED above the CFC slot indicates the state of the Compact Flash Card as fo
58. peater stores information on the CFC in a hierarchical format F Electrix Repeater Loop001 Loop999 track1 wav FILE MANAGEMENT Each loop folder contains up to 9 files of which there are three possible file types lt wav gt the WAV file contains the content for each track is the standard 16 bit 44 1kHz format Loop start and end locations are marked with region markers lt ldf gt a Loop Data File is a proprietary file that contains parameter data for the loop and the status of each track Please do not mess with the contents of this file lt tdf gt a Track Data File contains proprietary information about the content of the track Repeater uses this data to optimize time stretching and pitch shifting operations Don t mess with this either see above A typical 4 track loop will look like this Please do not rename any of the files inside a loop folder Repeater will not recognize files or folders that do not conform to its strict file structure The WAV files are standard files and are compatible with many PC based audio applications Each of the four tracks are exactly the same length COPYING BETWEEN COMPACT FLASH CARDS There are two basic ways to copy data between CFC s 1 Copy using Repeater s internal memory e Select the Loop you wish to copy wr r Fee pera bee 28 fan 722 7 HD ail i ba Pai Tied ik Ebrir ic Og fester n DEE iii Carta 1 dal Trekk be Trik i
59. r amp MIDI Clock Using a Keyboard to Trigger Pitch Selecting Loops Via MIDI MIDI Control Change MIDI Specifications Table Displayed Messages 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 34 34 34 34 34 35 35 37 40 40 44 46 47 48 English 5 OVE Throughout this book we ll be discussing many terms and ideas Two of these terms are important to understand at the get go Don t worry there won t be any tests So here you 90 TERM 1 LOOPS One bar at 4 4 When we talk about loops we re simply making reference to a repeating 13 6 61 iy musical figure Looping is unique in the way it allows you to record and a arrange your music When Repeater hits the end of the loop it will imme coe record diately start playing again from the beginning One bar loop LoopBasics Repeater can store up to 999 Loops per CFC card Repeater can store an additional 16 loops in its internal memory Only one Loop can play at a time How your recording becomes a loop e Each Loop is comprised of 4 mono Tracks or 2 stereo e Tracks levels can be independently controlled You can cued up another Loop to play immediately after the current Loop TERM 2 TRACKS A track is a unique place to record audio within a loop Tracks on Repeater are much like tracks on any hard disk or tape based recorder Each track has level pan pitch shift and time slip controls Each loop has 4 trac
60. rd in stereo The i Stereo LED will go on to indicate that the pair of tracks have AE been linked for stereo 070 Press both Gace to create a stereo pair Note If you are recording in stereo on your initial pass Repeater automatically pans the tracks hard Left and hard Right English 11 GETTING STARTED OVERDUBBING ADDITIONAL PARTS Now that you ve got your first loop down you can continue to overdub onto the existing track If you want this new part to be quieter try adjusting the Input Level or the volume of your instrument to get the balance just right Repeater has a default feedback amount that reduces the level of the original recording as the overdub is recorded onto it This prevents undesirable gain increases throughout the recording process See RECORDING LOOPS for details RECORDING TO ANEW TRACK Additionally you may select a new track to record another part Recording to a new track affords more control and access to Repeater s track parameters like Pitch and Level Later you can bounce your tracks after you ve mixed them to taste down to one or two tracks LOOP MANIPULATION Now that you ve got your basic tracks down there is so much more you can do Start by tweaking the pitch of the loop e Press the Pitch button select the tracks you ve recorded on and turn the Tempo knob to pitch shift the tracks If you think that s cool use the Slip function to slip a track out by an 1 8th note You can
61. rt or you will double up on the effect English 45 0 Feedback A Acoustic Guitar Ambient Tracks Audio Threshold B Beat Detection Bounce Tracks C Compact Flash Cards Copy D Displayed Messages E Electric Guitar Erase External Flash Memory F File Directory Structure Footswitch Formatting a CFC Front Panel FX Insert Initial Recording Internal Memory L Levels Live Sampling Loop Loop Point Assist LPA Loop Triggering M Memory Space Management Metronome MIDI MIDI Clock MIDI Foot Controller MIDI Specifications Multiple Outputs Multiply Loop O Overdub Overdub Feedback English 46 19 13 14 19 7 29 33 7 30 32 31 32 40 39 13 20 39 31 32 10 14 30 8 9 7 12 21 41 18 31 39 18 15 6 22 71 15 23 31 12 34 34 35 43 37 17 26 39 12 19 43 14 19 40 P Pan Pitch Trigger Pitch Play R Rear Panel Recording Recording and Combining Loops at Different Tempos Recording Polyrhythmic Time Signatures Replace Resample Reverse S Sampling Sharing files with your PC Sleep Mode Slip Stop Studio Sync Single Bar Capture T Tempo Tempo Lock Track Trigger Record Trim U Undo REDO Upgrading Software V Virtual Track 28 40 14 28 40 28 34 23 10 11 23 11 27 19 20 41 7 21 25 17 33 7 8 12 28 40 24 17 18 29 36 17 26 27 40 29 6 13 15
62. solution displayed for the slip amount in bars beats 1 100 of a beat If more than one track is selected for slipping the display shows all slip values in beats only The dot indicates that the value is as displayed lus some fraction Pan If only one track is selected for panning the display says TRACK X witha higher resolution displayed for the pan amount in If more than one track is selected for panning the display shows all pan values Pitch If only one track is selected for pitch shifting the display says TRACK X with a higher resolution displayed for the pitch amount in semitones up no extra indicator and down a minus sign If more than one track is selected for pitch shifting the display shows all shift values English 41 REFERENCE FX Insert Engage When the FX Insert is lit the FX Insert is engaged While it is held down the display says SELECT SENDS and the tracks to be sent can be selected by the Track Select buttons which are lit to indicate the selected tracks to be sent out the insert These tracks are always displayed by lit FX Insert LEDs Even when the insert is not engaged Resample Set the Levels Pan Pitch and FX Inserts just how you want LE it to sound for the new resampled track Use the Track Select oo buttons to select the track s you wish to record to Press Resample The display will show SELECT SRL Use the Track pa Select buttons to select the tracks
63. tect Sync modes If Repeater is in Beat Detect or MIDI sync modes or the Metronome is on then it is assumed that you want to hit the Record button near the beat of the input signal This is why in these sync modes Repeater quantizes your recording to the beat of these tempo sources STOP In the stop state the unit displays the current size of the loop in the bars beats division at the currently selected unit tempo Even in the stopped state the input is routed through the selected track output slider Thus if the selected track level is turned all the way down the output will be silent From Play Pressing Stop when the unit is playing will immediately stop playback and return to the start of the loop From Play with Stop held If the Stop button is held down the Play button will momentarily trigger the loop for as long as it is held Stu Stu Stu Stutter effects are created this way English 24 THE TRANSPORT From Record This will immediately stop the recording process and return the current playback read point to the start of the loop REVERSE Reverse can be pressed at any time except during recording For both recording and playback the active direction will now be reverse If pressed again the transport will return to the forward operating mode In Beat Detect and MIDI Sync modes going in and out of reverse might cause your loop to speed up This is because external sync modes like Beat Detection and MIDI Sync for
64. the LEVELS PAN PITCH and FX Insert just how you want it to sound for the new resampled track e Select the track s you wish to resample to Press Resample Use the Track Select buttons select the tracks you wish to be mixed into the resampled tracks Press Resample again to confirm Now press Record to engage the resample Repeater will stay in Record and play until you press Record again If you press Record before an entire loop cycle is completed then the record light will begin to flash Don t panic Resample needs to record through one entire loop cycle When the Resample operation is complete the flashing CFC light will stop and you re done Pressing the Record button before the loop is finished is a good way to automate the resampling of a single loop cycle You may adjust the mix or any other parameter during the resampling operation English 33 USING MIDI Repeater primarily uses MIDI in two ways to automate remotely control its parameters via MIDI Control Change mes sages and to sync to MIDI clock from Sequencers or other Repeaters MIDI CHANNEL SELECTION Repeater receives MIDI information on the channel specified by the MIDI channel selector on the rear panel There is one exception to the global MIDI receive channel as set by the rear panel selector MIDI clock messages are not chan nel specific and will be received regardless of the receive channel Additionally reception of MIDI Clock messages will not li
65. the Loop and Tempo knobs These changes will affect your tempo and the Bars and Beats will be recalculated according to the rule Seconds Bars x Beats x Tempo 60 Div BTW Math is truth and beauty For example in 3 4 time the Beats value would be 3 and the Div would equal 4 4 4 time the values would be Beat 4 Div 4 Trimming is non destructive so when you ve finished editing and want to discard the trimmed parts press and hold Trim The dis play will change to read 7Ri7 CUT and Stop and Trim will flash Pressing Trim will save and discard the trimmed ends The display will flash GONE Pressing Stop will cancel Discarding the trimmed parts is a destructive edit and cannot be undone MULTIPLY LOOP Pressing Multiply Loop will double the length of your loop For example you can turn a four bar loop into eight then eight into sixteen etc This is great for creating a longer bed for overdubbing guitar solos or longer musical phrases Multiplying creates virtual tracks Virtual Tracks don t take up extra memory until they have been Resampled or Overdubbed They are indicated by the blinking active LED in the tracks section Virtual tracks can be a real memory saver for example if you record a one bar drum loop on Track 1 and multiply it out eight times then switch to Track 2 to record an eight bar riff guess what Your drum loop will still only take up one bar of memory even though the loop is eight bars long
66. the rear inputs are disabled Loop selects the current loop 0 Trim allows the length of a loop to be modified either by bar or in 1 100ths of a second This is use ful for trimming an 8 bar loop down to 4 or for over riding the LPA function to manually trim the loop See LOOP EDITING for details Multiply Loop lets you multiply out your loop With Multiply Loop you can overdub an eight bar progression over a 1 bar drum loop See LOOP EDIT ING for details Repeater s Display indicates the status of four crucial parameters Loop shows the current loop number internal memory loops have a little in front of the number Bar when stopped the bar display shows the loop length in bars During an initial record it shows esti mated beats While playing or overdubbing this dis play shows the current bar Beat Div shows the time signature of the current loop while stopped and counts beats while in Play or Record BPM indicates the current tempo Beats Per Minute English 8 Compact Flash Card Slot insert a Type 1 CFC here The CFC is slotted so that the card can only be plugged in right side up Check our website for CFCs that will work On the first insertion Repeater will format the CFC for you See FILE MANAGEMENT for more information g UNDO Erase a single press will UNDO the last operation or overdub Pressing and holding will put you in the ERASE mode where tracks or the entire loop c
67. to copy files between CFC s External Flash Memory 7 UGG SA oF F 7 5 TANG i N CFC memory is non volatile and will hold its content forever without the need for power of any kind CFC memory is designed to work like a Internal Memory hard drive in fact most computers treat it simply as a hard drive which makes it a widely compatible storage medium CFC s come in a variety of sizes Repeater is compatible with Type 1 CFCs up to 512MB in size Some CFCs perform better than others We tested a number of brands of card before settling on the brand that we ship with Repeater This card has been found to provide the performance required to allow all operations that can be performed through the use of internal memory Not all cards are so lucky All CFC cards should work with Repeater but there may be speed issues which prevent multiple tracks or stereo recording from behaving well with some cards For details of recommended cards to use with Repeater get the latest information from our website Checking available memory space To find out how much record time you have left press and hold the copy button for about half a second The display will change to show firstly internal memory remaining and if a CFC is inserted a further press of copy will show the amount of CFC memory remaining A final press will return the display to normal The space remaining is displayed in minutes and seconds English 31 FILE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE Re
68. trol appratus for professional use Part 2 Immunity With reference to regulations in following directives 72 23 EEC 89 336 EEC as amended by directive 93 68 EEC Issued in Victoria February 15 2000 by Brian Gibson Executive Vice President Research and Development For the UK IMPORTANT THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOW ING CODE BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals on your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED Under no circumstances may either of the above wires be connected to the earth terminal of the three pin plug IVL Part No SUP0087 V1 4 BEFORE YOU BEGIN INVENTORY INSPECTION The uniquely styled Electrix carton should contain o Electrix Repeater o Warranty Card o Repeater User Manual o International Switching Power Supply with a power cord appropriate for your region o Rackmount Screws in a small envelope Note If any of the above are missing please inform your local Electrix distributor agent or dealer immediately WELCOME TO ELECTRIX We would like to thank you for purchasing Repeater possibly the
69. ttons Pressing a new button deselects the previous track and chooses the one you just pressed extinguishing and lighting the appro priate LEDs You can select single tracks or stereo pairs Stereo pairs are selected and deselected with a simultane ous press of both tracks Tracks 1 amp 2 can be paired as can Tracks 3 amp 4 Audio Triggered Recording You still have to press record manually to finish the loop recording but try this on for size Repeater can begin recording when it hears something rather than in response to a button being pressed Here is how to do It e Press and hold Stop and then press Record This puts the unit into audio triggered mode e Whilst record is held down the trigger level can be adjusted Setting up for Trigger Recording using the tempo encoder e The audio trigger is activated when Record is released This is indicated by the record button LED flashing e The audio triggered record will start when audio is detected above the selected trigger level e Audio triggered record can be cancelled by pressing the Stop button OVERDUB VS REPLACE Repeater normally operates in Overdub mode In overdub mode Repeater will mix the recording with the existing material on the selected track without erasing the original recording In Replace mode Repeater will replace the existing material on the track with the new recording like a conventional tape based recording device Pressing the Overdub button will ext
70. u have a virtual track You need to flatten it by resampling it to itself or overdubbing to the virtual track See resample Now you can trim the loop English 44 TROUBLESHOOTING My MIDI foot controller doesn t line up with Repeater s PC numbers Some companies offset their PC numbers to confuse the rest of us Hooray You may need to subtract one from the Program Change numbers in Repeater s MIDI chart to line up right with your floor controller insert a CFC while playing and the CFC light just blinks red It s an unformatted card You need to stop Repeater and reinsert the card to format it It s a card that is too slow to work with Repeater try to record and all I get is a Tempo Fast or Tempo Slow message You need to adjust the tempo of the loop into a range that Repeater can handle remove the CFC and when I put it back in the loop has lost my edits Repeater saves parameters only after coming out of record or when you change loops Try changing loops before removing the card My loop speeds up If you are in Beat Detect or MIDI sync modes Repeater will sync your loop to these sources If In different cases this could cause Repeater to speed the loop up to resync the beats Putting Repeater into User sync will prevent this 2 After resample my loop sounds different After you resample Pitch edits and the FX sends are still active You need to reset any Pitch shifting and disengage the FX inse
71. will scroll through them Select the software version you wish to load and then press Record to upgrade the unit Any other button press cancels the action Upgrading Software Blank Loop Blank loop with tempo information Low on Memory In the case that record is triggered when memory is full the word MER LIMIT will flash in the memory play time window for 3 seconds Unless the unit shows the current memory space Is full a track select button or a stereo linked pair of Track Select buttons will always be lit This is the active track for recording By default initially Track 1 will be selected and so the Track 1 select button LEDs will be on English 43 TROUBLESHOOTING 2 Can t hear the Input make sure the input level is set sufficiently to make the Input LED go red on louder notes Make sure the selected track tracks output levels are turned up Make sure the FX Insert is not engaged Tracks are not making sound If there is signal present as indicated by the LED meters next to each track make sure that the Levels are up that the FX Insert light is off if not press FX Insert and that your tracks are panned where you are expecting them Loop skips a beat it is conceivable that the Loop Point Assist algorithm won t work every time Use the Trim function to correctly trim your loop manually Repeater won t sync to incoming audio make sure that you are sending sufficient signal t
72. y for recording unhappy with the unnecessarily noisy results aaa BING e To get distorted or lead sounds try using one of the many avail As soon as Repeater detects audio at the input it able distortion pedals or a tube preamps before connecting to will start recording your Repeater English 13 GETTING STARTED an From Amp Send To Amp Return E Footswitch EFFECTS RETURH 5 END Using an amp with an effects loop It is best to plug Repeater into the Effects Loop of your amp if it has one Connecting this way will ensure safe passage of your tone through Repeater If your amp has a Wet Dry Mix set it to 100 wet for best results Using a Footswitch If you re thinking How am I supposed to do all this button pressin while I m playin my guitar then you may ben efit from picking up a Digitech FS 300 3 button footswitch The FS 300 will let you control Undo Play Stop and record with your feet This should free up your hands for some serious bo jangelin Accessing Repeater s features from a MIDI Foot Controller If you want to control Repeater from the floor you will be glad to know that you can access all of Repeater s front panel parameters and controls via MIDI Program Changes or Control Change messages Pick up a MIDI floor controller like a Digital Music Corp Ground Control Yamaha MFC10 Lexicon MPX R1 or a Digitech Control 8 You can control Repeater with Program Change messages and or Control Change messa

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