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1. parentheses ate for Individual pa ranteters Here we see LEVELS es E WET DRY A_BACK This special soft key sends you up a level Here we see PARAMETER EDIT MOD after the PARAMETER key has CE ERER lbs been pressed a few times Pressing A_BACK sends us up to the normal PARAMETER atea screen INFO Before we move on to the top line of the display we should point out a fever IN GAIN 3 OUT GAIN 31 WETCORY 1 METER bik little graphic you may notice on the bottom right corner of the screen It s a number next to a right pointing arrow This graphic indicates that the area you re in has more than one page The number is the page you re on Pressing LEVELS after being in some other area will result in the screen to the right As shown we re on page 1 and we know there are other pages because there s an arrow To flip to the other pages press the area key associated with those pages Here we ve pressed the LEVELS key again Notice the position of the arrow SPAS ii Stine relative to the page number If the arrow is to the left of the page number it indicates that pressing the LEVELS key again will take us back to the first page The Top Line of the Display The top line of the display usually shows what area you re in LEVES OAE wa tie iu 3 peitaan tet ae vs SETUP PROGRAM etc and the parameter value for the highlighted soft key The PARAMETER area breaks from this convention
2. You have the ability to select how these two channels are patched into the two inputs of the DSP as we ll discuss shortly Once inside the DSP signal flow and levels are controlled in the PARAMETER area as de scribed on page 37 The output of the DSP is mixed with the input to the DSP for a wet dry mix and then sent to every output with the exception of the ADAT pairs Using the Meters The meters are your window on the signal level at various points through REIS A s qur cam 3E ero 1 CREF out the signal path Press LEVELS METER to adjust the point that they monitor their decay rate or their peak hold time Your choices for LEVELS SOURCE are Mele SELES eda ae oe oe es Master In The level at the input of the DSP after the digital and analog signals have been combined Analog In The analog input level after both LEVELS IN GAIN and LEVELS page 2 ANLG IN Digital In The digital input level afer LEVELS page 2 DIG IN FX A In The level at the input of effects block A FX A Out The level at the output of effects block A after PARAMETER page 2 MIXER FXA MIX FX B In The level at the input of effects block B FX B Out The level at the output of effects block B after PARAMETER page 2 MIXER FXB MIX Master Out The level at the output of the DSP after LEVELS page 2 MSTR OUT You can change the decay time of the meters from 1 to 10 seconds at caros aE i er aan LEVELS METER DECAY You can also chang
3. Release 2 500 Page 43 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual External Controllers SETUP page 3 EXTERNAL connects external controllers to the Eclipse You can make up to eight connections EXT 1 through EXT 8 Let s see how one of these connections is made First press SETUP page 3 EXTERNAL EXT 1 Select the external controller you want to MONITOR Our choices are pedal 1 2 tip 1 2 ring 1 2 tip amp ring 1 2 mod wheel breath con foot con damper portamento sostenuto soft hold 2 volume balance pan expression general 1 8 MIDI single MIDI double connect with SOURCE Monitor its value with pe Pedal 1 Ji MONITOR lip The input from the pedals at the rear panel foot pedal jacks 1 amp 2 gt to set these up see page 47 tip is fully modulated when a switch connected between tip and sleeve of the rear foot pedal jack is closed ring is fully modulated when a switch connected between ring and sleeve of the rear foot pedal jack is closed tip amp ring are fully modulated when the tip and ring are electrically connected and a switch connected between them and the sleeve of the rear foot pedal jack is closed MIDI control message 1 typically assigned to the mod wheel on a MIDI keyboard MIDI control message 2 typically assigned to the breath controller on a MIDI keyboard MIDI control message 4 typically assigned to
4. 1 2 a Parallel OTE Y LEVELS 4 EDIT MOD 2 E ROUTING LEVEL 4 lt EDIT MOD p iE dual mono e r A y LEVELS b EMT MOD rge E nFade E ATM Y LEVELS 4 EDIT MOD ep Setup Modes Time 2 3 sec C PGOMCHG RG EXPERT J t EACH 4b kz Routing Levels GE 507 wet GER 504 wet DET E FHA LUL 32 FRE MIS 3 FRE LUL 3 a Eclipse User Manual Page 38 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual the output of both effects blocks via their routing The global wet dry control will not change from pro gram to program and might be more suited to a guitarist s needs than those described here gt 88 page 22 Output Level Routing Levels EES 1 3 de CES 1 3 dB The output of each effects block can be attenuated to achieve just the right Fiat TANIE Pee bait eo FRE LOL a blend of effects Press PARAMETER page 2 LEVELS FXA LVL or FXB LVL to alter this parameter Be aware that there is also global level attenuation in the LEVELS area gt 88 page 22 Bypassing Effects Blocks You can bypass an effects block by toggling PARAMETER FXA ON to 62 dual maodfilters GEE dual modfilters lt FHA OM gt lt EDIT FHA gt lt FRE ON gt lt EDIT FRE gt ap FXA OFF The same thing works for effects block B FXB The bypass firsa dual modfilters GEES dual modfilters lt FHA OFF gt lt EDIT FRA gt lt FHE ON gt lt EDIT FHE gt ap status of an effects block is saved and loaded with
5. 32 will pass the fine value for the modulation chan pressur MIDI channel pressure message pitch wheel MIDI pitch bend message note on MIDI keyboard note number Middle C on an 88 note keyboard gives a value of 60 Note switch Triggers when a MIDI note on event is received MIDI program Triggers when a MIDI program change message is received MIDI clock Modulates as a function of the BPM beats per minute of a MIDI clock signal The value of this external controller is input BPM 480 value so 120BPM yields a value of 0 25 96BPM yields a value of 0 2 and so on This MIDI mes sage is channel independent MIDI start Triggers when a MIDI start command is received This MIDI command is channel independent MIDI stop Triggers when a MIDI stop command is received This MIDI command is channel independent off No external controller will be connected For all of the above MIDI messages except for those involving MIDI Zp sete ___ _thannel Omri A a clock if SETUP page 2 CHANNEL is set to Omni then the MIDI message will be accepted on any channel MIDI Setur Channel E IMODE S 5e8 SERIAL h On the other hand if SETUP page 2 CHANNEL is set to a specific channel e g 6 then you must select the channel that the external control ler will be accepted on Jumping back to SETUP page 3 EXTERNAL EXT 1 j select CHANNEL Teun mod hannel base 2 E Your selection is made re at ve to the ch
6. We ll H ame X INSERT pa av 2 use this as an example Press PROGRAM page 2 SAVE AS NAME MuckedOe 93 Zoo PX DELETE gt a Use the knob to advance through a set of alphanumeric characters or use the keypad to type in numbers Each key cycles through 1ts number plus three letters and a symbol like this h 1 A B C 2 2 D E F B 3 G H I and so on Use the gt gt soft key to move to the next position or the gt soft key to move back Use the lt INSERT gt soft key to insert a blank space at the current cursor position Use the lt DELETE gt soft key to delete the currently selected character When you re finished entering a new name move up a level by pressing fave Froaram Az RAEE the PROGRAM key The new name will be saved only after you press AE Af DEAE bi SAE t lt SAVE gt Eclipse User Manual Page 32 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Parameters Factory programs ship with their most salient parameters linked to the HOT KEYS atea So 1f you re only doing some light tweaking stick to the HOT KEYS area you need not venture into the PARAMETER area at all The PARAMETER area gets you inside a program so to speak In it you can change the underlying algo rithms loaded into the effects blocks the routing between the effects blocks or the parameters of the un derlying algorithms themselves Programs 100 through 199 compri
7. to limit displayed programs to n Pares St scan e a ternal memory or Card memory Alternatively you can display All the programs regardless of their location Now that you ve selected your CRITERIA go back to the first PROGRAM page Use the gt and gt gt soft keys to jump between collections For example 1f you set PROGRAM SEARCH B to Effect pressing gt gt scrolls through such collections as Delay Mod Multi Eq and so on Select programs within a collection by turning the knob by pressing the increment decrement keys or by entering the pro gram number you want followed by ENT When you find the program you want press LOAD Setur Modes Froa Cha Mute All During the brief period when one program is unloading and the other is ara KAME IU EMERY Ira loading no effect will be heard unless both the outgoing and the loading programs are routed for crossfade as is often the case Normally the Eclipse will simply mute the outputs during this interval so that the input to the unit is heard at its output How Eclipse User Manual Page 28 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual ever you can instead bypass the effects processor during this interval by selecting Mute All at SETUP page 2 PGMCHG If both the outgoing and the loading programs are routed for crossfades if each program only uses one of the two available effects blocks and neither is too big then the two programs will
8. Program Setting the Tempo and Assigning INTIS ht A A A A A O A 16 Tutorial 2 Creating a Program from Scratch and Assigning a Hot JE E A AE A N I E E E A T AEPA A AAAI ANIA AA AEA 19 Operation AAA ld 20 Motatas and Hand iia 20 MEMO CAOS liada 20 The Display Brenticss aad Chek Catt es anti a N a E 20 Global Sienall Blow ain Level Stands iodo ii siii is 20 O EE te HA es cman renner rere ner oreo DO 21 Input Mode Global Stereo or Global MONG ususiniisiaadr tala ida cet 21 ED EE O ee ee E E eee 22 Global ler aaa 22 By DAS SA VO AAA AAA AE 24 DataSet A ii as 24 Dita PU ii batons N A 24 Mnterialana External CoOk SO Ui Ce ia cid 29 EART a ares DA SOULE TPO A eb E E A E seal da AN E E abe aga A E E A E A E 26 DA IN A AEN A N ANN 26 IRAT Om OF LOC PONN OD A T IUA NA ASS AA AA T 2 Proctami Operations Load Save Remove et 28 Sortie a a Lordino Prost siria 28 VAR SUE E A esata st teh AE N cea gant aesisur anodestat 29 MEET WI AI ANI cda iia 29 tao NAD BDI SAL INCISION NA A A id pio 29 Savine and Updatno Pros rams S siei ni a AA E EO E O 30 UNESL TOTAS AATA EO AS T E E E TE TE E E E ARA 30 SA EE E O 30 COMDATIAS Ie nEn I PONI DAUT AES OVAT VORU A used east A ENT A A ORR 31 Release 2 500 Page 1 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Contents O RE TONE O NN ey mre 31 Remova Protams AAA ENER OROORO 31 T EEB D T N S NAE E N AE AE A T AN 31 CORIO FICE DEIA A A OF A E EE E A ASS A AAA A E T af Copyiie and Protecting Prostat
9. The Eclipse will sum analog and digital inputs and will output both analog and digital signals at all times gt see the separate Eclipse System Signal Flow sheet for all the gory details Analog Connections Insert either an unbalanced 1 4 inch cable at 10dB or a balanced XLR cable at 4dB into one or both analog inputs see page 9 Such a signal could come from a mixer or a preamplifier You can plug a guitar directly into the Eclipse but you ll have to crank the gain LEVELS IN GAIN Even then the signal may not be optimal Instead we recommend using a preamp or effects loop Connect balanced 1 4 inch or XLR cables to the analog outputs both will be operational These could lead to a mixer or an amplifier Using an unbalanced 1 4 inch cable at the output will halve 6dB the output level gt see page 9 Digital Connections OK this is meant to be a Quickstart section so we re going to keep things as simple as possible If some thing doesn t make sense or if things aren t working as you expect them to go to page 24 To input digital audio first plug a cable into an appropriate port on the ee ag y tol back panel Next select from XLR RCA Optical or ADAT under SETUP DIG IN If you select ADAT use the ADAT IN soft key to select which two channels the Eclipse will process by repeatedly pressing the ADAT IN soft key Next you will probably want to set SETUP CLOCK to Digin All of
10. a bit with the first Sa page showing which algorithms are loaded into each effects block and whether each effects block is muted or not You ll find a few other such anomalies but they shouldn t be too hard to figure out Altering Parameters Once you highlight a NORMAL or GANGED soft key the top line of E E ee the display will show a parameter or parameters that you can adjust To adjust a parameter you can e Turn the knob e Key in a value with the keypad pressing ENT when you re finished Negative values can be entered by pressing either before the keyed number or after the keyed number If you key in a number that is out of range the highest or lowest value available will be shown If you don t press ENT the number you typed won t stick NOTE You can often obtain greater precision than the display will show by Reying in a value For example if you key in a delay time of 333 333 the display will read 333 But the actual value will be 333 333 e Press the INC DEC keys the little up and down arrow in the keypad Release 2 500 Page 13 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Quickstart gt cc Pressing keys is fine but if that s all you wanted to do you d have been better off buying an infant s activity center No the whole point is to get some of that Eventide goodness into your music and that s just what we re gonna do now Hooking Up To the Outside World
11. alters that pa rameter try it but we re getting ahead of ourselves There are four kinds of brackets around soft keys and each denotes something different curly braces SRST ou Gain Ei Wervoee aca are for ganged parameters Pressing the soft key more than once cycles through the gang First the parameters are linked then just one is adjustable then just the other is ad justable then both are linked again and so on Try this on LEVELS IN GAIN e the IN GAIN soft key in the LEVELS area Gnd Folsdi GA difich cangled brackets EAn OM S EDIT FHA FHE DN gt lt EDIT FHE ip indicate that pressing the soft key will perform an action f FeAl Poladri CE diffch such as triggering an LFO Here pressing PARAMETER O Leu one FXA ON bypasses effects block A Then pressing PARAMETER FXA OFF un bypasses it a indicates that more soft keys hide beneath this one Xe ee meter Sete Pressing a changes the screen entirely as differ PEE 1t mecan Ii Hio am en ent soft keys are displayed A menu is a list of choices as in a restaurant so a sub menu is a menu one or more levels down Eclipse User Manual Page 12 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual You know you re a level down because a little triangle appears in the lower right corner of the screen To come back up press the area key for the area you re in in this example we d press LEVELS Try this on LEVELS METER
12. assume that the checksum error was no big deal get a cup of coffee and go back to work not advised OR you can assume something nasty is going on and take immediate action advised Assum ing you take the latter smart course of action the first thing you ll want to do is to save all of your impor tant programs to a card see page 32 or to an external storage device see page 50 Internal memory checksum errors should occur infrequently if ever Should they occur more frequently than infrequently contact Eventide as something is definitely amiss Fixing Strange Behavior Freezes Etc In the rare and unlikely event that your Eclipse starts behaving erratically or freezes the first thing to do is power down let it sit for a few seconds in the corner to think about what it did then power back up This will fix most problems If it won t start back up properly the program that was running when it Discard current Prosram and load MUTE started behaving strangely is probably to blame Power down then power o back up while holding down the PROGRAM key After a few seconds the Eclipse will ask if you want to discard the current program and load MUTE Select YES but be warned any changes you made to the cur rent Program or the MOD BLOCK will be lost If this does not resolve the problem power down and then power back up Return to Factory defaults while holding down the SETUP key After a f
13. candies To insert a memory card well just insert it until it stops To remove a memoty card just pull it out but be sure that the yellow BUSY light isn t illuminated when you do soh It s possible to load a program from a memory card and then remove the memory card the program will still run The card only needs to be in place for such functions as loading saving updating removing and so forth gt see page 53 for formatting information While more resilient than removable media of yesteryear you should still treat your CompactFlash cards with respect lest bad things happen Don t spill on them don t shock them don t leave them on the dash under hot sun and on and on CompactFlash cards do not need batteries The Display Brightness and Click Features Press SETUP page 2 to adjust the brightness BRIGHT adjusts the nL ee a ee brightness of the display in sixteen increments while AUTODIM reduces the brightness after a set period of inactivity to prolong the display s life AUTODIM can kick in after 5 to 120 minutes of inactivity or it can be turned off After the screen autodims it can be brought back to full bright ness by pressing a button or turning the knob Irs like sleep mode for your computer s display Press SETUP page 2 CLICK to adjust the click features The knob will ee a eee click when turned if you adjust KNOB to On buttons will click when pushed if you adjust KEYS to On and the te
14. different signals Send a vocal in channel 1 and load VOXPROC onto effects block A Send a guitar in channel 2 and load OVERPRE onto effects block B Use PARAMETER page 2 FX LVL to control the relative volume between the vocal effect and the guitar ef fect Each effects block takes its signals from a single input and each effects block sends its signals to a single output This is similar to dual described above except that the outputs of each effects block are zof mixed Only one effects block runs at a given time However by setting SETUP page 2 XFADE to some nonzero value when you load a program the old program and the new program will smoothly crossfade In addition to creat ing unique effects in its own right xfade is useful for smooth onstage transitions Note that crossfades are not possible between all programs gt see page 29 to learn how to load programs with crossfades Wet Dry Ratio With the Wet Dry ratio you can make an effects block pass its input signal unaltered 0 wet or have none of the original signal present all effect 100 wet Or you can have half original signal half effect 30 wet And so on Press PARAMETER page 2 FXA MIX or FXB MIX to alter this parameter Be aware that there is also a global wet dry control in the LEVELS area that controls how much of the dry input signal will mix with the signal coming out of the DSP chip 1 EH series E ATM Y LEVELS 4 EMT MOD rge
15. either copy freely to copy once more or not to copy the material Digital Input The Eclipse can only accept a digital signal from one digital input Select EC ea ae GTR CLOCK IC FR CHY J ADAT IH 7 the XLR input the RCA input or Optical input for stereo optical informa tion or ADAT for cight channel information at SETUP DIG IN If you re not using the digital input select Off The Eclipse reads the digital input format and makes any adjustments that it needs to automatically with the exception of s aving to the digital input s clock Unless the device con nected to the Eclipse is slaved to the Eclipse you will want to switch SETUP DIG IN CLOCK to Digin If the digital input that you select is absent or corrupt the EXT LED will blink hypnotically To find out the status of the input signal for troubleshooting or general Misin Status curiosity press and hold the SETUP DIG IN soft key E EE la Press STATUS to verify that the signal is being read OK or Data gare oy Rat i Ta Err and if it is in what format Pro or Cns Bee O Eclipse User Manual Page 24 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Press BITS to check the input word length era Input Bits 24 STATUS ME EMPHAS JE Scho a Press EMPHASIS to check the input emphasis status Emphasis is e a largely a relic of early digital audio technology The Eclipse can read and write emphasis flags but it does no
16. gain of 30dB to 10dB It comes after the DAC digital to analog converter and affects the signals be ing sent out the analog output only Note that setting the meter to Analog Out shows the level before this control not after LEVELS page 2 ANLG LVL Ah weve included this digital gain of 144 5dB to OdB Levels EN 0d En 0 0 db simply because we could It comes afer the ADC and hence j E is in the digital domain It affects only the level of the MUEEREBEO Pur Sin ii Merson Ut METER bie analog input But you probably don t want to use it That s right leave it at OdB unless you feel you have a good reason to do otherwise such as disabling the analog inputs use 100dB To adjust the analog input level you should instead use the above mentioned LEVELS IN GAIN LEVELS page 2 DIG LVL This is a digital gain of 144 5dB to OdB It affects signals lever a 0 0 supplied at the digital input only and its effects can be A i EREE i monitored by setting the meter to Digital In It is advisable to leave this set to 0dB and to optimize the input level by adjusting the device connected to the digital input of the Eclipse Only use LEVELS page 2 DIG IN should that fail you LEVELS page 2 MSTR OUT This is a digital gain of 144 5dB to OdB It affects the sig nal at the output of the DSP after the Wet Dry mix and before the DAC and can be monitored by setting the meter to DSP Out Adjusting this parameter will affect
17. generic parameters modules located at PARAMETER page 2 EDIT MOD page 2 modulates the program parameter of interest If you patch a bunch of pro gram parameters to one of the generic parameters you can alter all of the patched parame ters in concert simply by adjusting the generic parameter Pretty handy gt see page 42 Use MONITOR to view the current value of the module selected under SOURCE To the right we see a value of about 60 If the module is something very dynamic like Ifo 1 or follower 1 this MONITOR will jump around quite a bit adsr 1 MN absolute 2399 12H o SOURCE JMC lO TYPE J RING Jip Parameters with active modulations applied will have their names under 036 FinsMod misil 100 Elia NICE lined on the softkey labels Scaling Modules and Selecting Modulation TYPE Here s the situation let s say you ve selected Ifo 1 to modulate a low pass HP OE ja filter cutoff frequency FREQ When the LFO is at the bottom of its cycle will the filter be at OHz You wouldn t hear anything When the LFO is at the top of its cycle will the filter be at 20 000Hz This might be what you want but maybe you only want the filter to cycle between 2000Hz and 3000Hz How can we make that happen Here s the solution Scaling Before holding down the FREQ soft key A eco O enter a value of 2000Hz We ll call this value the base value below Now hold down the soft key and press MODU
18. on each of PEN roladrives ica lt FHA OM gt lt EDIT FHA gt lt lt FRE ON gt ee the Eclipse s effect blocks effect block bypassing program AER teries er MID Sane loading routing and modulation block EDIT MOD con Load Program Block PROGRAM JE ELOCK lt LOAD FHA gt lt LOAD FRE gt p3 trols gt see page 33 SebuF SETUP Catchall for system level functions such as display bright f m Ai mm M MeN Ai iem ness digital rates and sources MIDI setup and lots of Cera er CREAS A EREE dez Setur other cool stuff ERTERMAL b MAPS 1 DURA UTILITY 3 Understanding the Display and Soft Keys The Bottom Line of the Display The display shows two lines of text The top line is typically dependent on the bottom line so let s talk about the bottom line first As you can see from the screen to the right there are typically four bracketed phrases along the bottom Press the LEVELS key on your Eclipse until you see the same screen Press ing the soft key below a bracketed phrase highlights that phrase and allows you to adjust the parameter associated with that phrase From now on we ll just treat those phrases as if they were actually the soft keys like so press IN GAIN Pressing IN GAIN results in the screen to the right try itl AL Ra ri eet Notice that the top line contains the parameter associated with IN GAIN geese ea ieee Turning the knob or using the keypad with the ENT key
19. re sure that there is nothing worthwhile on the card that isn t saved somewhere else press SETUP page 3 UTILITY FORMAT gt YES Be EEES j Oo you wish to Format the Card advised doing so will wipe out everything on the card HES EMI gt You might also put a label on the card using adhesive tape indelible marker etc indicating that a problem occurred along with the date Keep track of this kind of problem and make multiple backup copies Updating Software The Eclipse Operating System and Factory Presets are field upgradeable using tools available from Even tide These updates can be done either with e an Upgrade Card a specially coded CompactFlash card or e via OUpdate a special Windows Application The latest Eclipse software and the software tools described below can be obtained via the Eventide Web Site http www eventide com Creating an Upgrade Card In order to create an Upgrade Card you must have access to the Eventide website a PC with a Compact Flash card reader and an application e g WinZip that can open and extract zip files You may have re ceived an Upgrade Card directly from Eventide in which case you can skip this section 1 Download the Card Upgrade file from the Eventide website This file will generally be in the form of a zip file 2 Insert a blank formatted CompactFlash card into the card reader attached to your PC 3 Unzip
20. ring sleeve 1 4 inch connec tay an e e S tor Between the ring and sleeve is a fixed 5 volts provided by the Eclipse The foot pedal that is hooked up to the jack and returned between the tip and the sleeve alters that voltage SETUP page 2 allows you to calibrate the foot pedal jacks for the particular foot pedals you are using Use the SETUP page 2 PEDAL 1 or PEDAL 2 soft key to tog Release 2 500 Page 47 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual gle between calibration for foot pedal 1 and foot pedal 2 The horizontal bar graph at the top of the menu page represents the current foot pedal position relative to the calibration To calibrate your pedal first select HEEL and rock it all the way back Peg a eee Oe cb Press CAL Then select TOE and rock it all the way forward Press CAL A ES You re done Now when you use that foot pedal to modulate parameters the minimum foot pedal position will correspond to no modulation and the maximum foot pedal position will correspond to maximum modulation If you want the opposite to occur maximum foot pedal position corresponding with no modu lation and minimum foot pedal position corresponding with maximum modulation simply calibrate the pedal as discussed above and then swap the heel and toe values by entering them with the keypad Eclipse User Manual Page 48 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Storing and Loading Setups The Eclipse s global
21. synchronizes LFOs delay times and other time sensitive parameters to the music being processed e Two configurable effects blocks for serial parallel or dual mono processing e An arsenal of LFOs envelope followers and ADSRs that can be patched to any parameter e Analog and AES EBU S P DIF optical and ADAT digital inputs and outputs for total flexibility e 24bit resolution for superb fidelity at up to 96kHz sampling e MIDI control of parameters for inspired creativity Read on to learn how to put all this muscle to use The Big Picture A Must Read The Eclipse is conceptually simple At any given time e A program is loaded Programs such as delays reverbs and pitch shifters among many others do the effecting e A tempo is running unless turned off The Eclipse derives the tempo from a sequencer connected to its MIDI In port or from the front panel TAP key tbere are a few other ways to set the tempo Many parameters such as LFO rates and delay times change to synchronize with the tempo e A modulation block is modulating The modulation block contains LFOs envelope followers etc that exist ndependently and in addition to any LFOs envelope followers etc that are constituents of pro grams You can patch parameters from programs to these LFOs envelope followers etc e A suite of global parameters defines the Eclipse s overall behavior Global parameters are such things as input and ou
22. that channel If it s set to Key then a MIDI af tertouch message on a given channel affects only the note with which it is associated PBEND When using a MIDI keyboard to play a synthesizer program in the Eclipse this parameter controls how many semitones to 24 a maximum MIDI pitchbend message shifts the original pitch SETUP page 2 SYSEX e eee IE S S8S5PD J de SYS EXC Setting this parameter to Off will disable system exclusive messages Settings between 1 and 127 select a Device ID All system exclusive messages to and from h7s Eclipse will have 1hzs Device ID If you re using more than one Eclipse you can set each one s Device ID to a dif ferent value Doing so would let them share a common MIDI chain while allowing system exclusive messages to be sent to each specific Eclipse Normally the Device ID is left at 1 the factory default You can control one Eclipse from another by matching their Device IDs SEQ OUT If set to On then every time a parameter is changed or a program is loaded a corresponding message is sent out the MIDI port as a system exclusive message By recording parameter changes to a MIDI sequencer you can automate your mix downs Simply play back the re corded MIDI sequence at the Eclipse s MIDI input and you will see the changes you re corded played by the sequencer assuming MIDI is enabled and the Device ID matches that of the message This feature can also be used to make one Ecl
23. that damage The unit is a complex piece of equipment that does not react well to being dropped bounced crushed soaked or exposed to excessively high temperatures voltages electrostatic or electromagnetic fields If the unit is damaged for these or similar causes and the unit is deemed to be economically repairable we will repair it and charge our normal rates The warranty DOES NOT COVER shipping damage either to or from Eventide If you receive a new unit from us in damaged condition notify us and the carrier we will arrange to file an insurance claim and either repair or exchange the unit If you receive a new unit from a dealer in damaged condition notify the dealer and the carrier If we receive the unit from you with apparent shipping damage we will notify you and the carrier In this case you must arrange to collect on any insurance held by you or your carrier We will await your instructions as to how to proceed with the unit but we will charge you for all repairs on damaged units Who is covered under the warranty The warranty applies to the original purchaser of a new unit from Eventide or an Authorized Eventide Dealer Demo units are also covered by this warranty under slightly different circumstances see below Units that are used or have been used as part of a rental program are not covered under any circumstances It is your responsibility to prove or to be able to prove that you have purchased the unit under circumstanc
24. that the Eclipse expects to receive at the serial port For things to work properly all of these parameters must be set to the same values on both the Eclipse and the machine connected to the serial port Higher baud rates result in faster transmission times but most ma chines have a ceiling above which errors occur So set the baud rate to the highest value that you can on both the Eclipse and the machine connected to its serial port that results in error free transmissions DATA BIT is normally set to 8 STOP BIT is normally set to 1 and PARITY is normally set to None You should only need to stray from these values if the device the Eclipse is communicating with is con strained to some other values If that is the case change the values on the Eclipse to match the other device To aid in troubleshooting the BUSY LED will illuminate when data is transferred at the serial port provided no memory card is in place If the serial port is enabled messages sent out the MIDI Out port are also sent out the serial port Note If both the serial port is enabled and MIDI is en abled a command received over either the serial port or the MIDI In port causes the port not receiving the command to be ignored until the command is complete The pin out for the serial port 1s 1 DCD 2RXD 6 DSR 3 TXD 7 RTS 4 DTR 8 CTS 5 ond 9 ne For most applications only pins 2 3 and 5 need be connected Dumping Data Via th
25. the digital outputs send live signals all of the time However they only a nests Cnet it ons send one protocol Select that protocol under SETUP FORMAT Under CS TYPE select Pro if you are primarily interested in using the XLR digital outputs and Cns if you ate primarily interested in using the RCA or optical non ADAT digital outputs To output the ADAT protocol through the optical output set SETUP Petter cetical Pts OAT DIG OUT OPTICAL to ADAT Then use the ADAT OUT soft key to se BS Out setae ea one y a lect which channels will receive processed audio Ch 1 or Ch 2 which will receive the signal supplied at the ADAT input Thru and which will be muted Eclipse User Manual Page 14 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Choosing Effects The Eclipse has a whole bunch of cool programs and you can sort through t searh ei ue ME CEA SEARCH E 1i LOCATION J nn them in a number of useful ways Press PROGRAM CRITERIA SORT BY Fra a earch Gu Effect to select either Number or Name for numerical or alphabetical listings Press PROGRAM SEARCH B to select either Source if you d like to sort effects based on what type of input they were designed for or Effect if you d like to sort effects based on their underlying algorithms We ll ignore the other choices for now Press the PROGRAM key to jump back up a level Programs 1771 Densekoom E Now use the gt and gt gt soft keys
26. the files from the Card Upgrade zip file and copy them to the CompactFlash card Updating with a Memory Card Power down the Eclipse Insert the Upgrade Card into the MEMORY CARD slot While holding down the 1 key power on the Eclipse Wait patiently for the programming process to finish If the programming process is successful a Pro gramming Completed Cycle Power message will appear Power down the Eclipse Remove the Upgrade Card and go about your business The programming process is complete ee oy Release 2 500 Page 53 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Upgrade via the OUpdate Application 1 Using your web browser download the update application from the Eventide website e g eup2000 exe and save it to your computer Power down the Eclipse Connect a 9 pin straight through Male Female serial cable Radio Shack p n 26 117 between your PC serial port and the Eclipse serial port Start the OUpdate application double click on its icon downloaded in step 1 While holding down the 2 key on the Eclipse power up the Eclipse You should see Eventide Soft ware Update Utility Awaiting Contact If you have not connected the Eclipse to the COM1 port on your PC you may need to use the OUp date Setup button to change the COM port You should not change the default settings of 115200 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity press the Send button in the OUpdate app
27. the program To avoid confusion if either FXA or FXB has been explicitly bypassed by these controls the red BYPASS light will flash Of course if the system as a whole is bypassed you ll not be able to see it Loading Different Algorithms into Effects Blocks You load different algorithms into an effects block of the currently loaded program by selecting a program that already contains the algorithm you want Think of it as stealing the algorithm and its parameter values Since programs 100 to 199 represent the raw algorithms themselves loading a raw algorithm is just a spe cial case of the more general procedure See the separate Eclipse Algorithms document for more informa tion about the Eclipse s algorithms First things first if you want to load an algorithm into effects block B FXB make sure PARAMETER page 2 ROUTING is something ozher than xfade as this routing restricts a program to only one effects block To load a new algorithm first go to PARAMETER page 3 Use PARAMETER page 3 PROGRAM to select the program that you Hee a eer ahaa aan ace would like to steal the algorithm from In this case we re going to steal from RingPongRoom If the program you re stealing from uses both of its effects blocks many ee rere ele ee oe don t you can use PARAMETER page 3 BLOCK to select which block E yee a ee a contains the algorithm you d like to steal Here we can steal m_ringtaps from effe
28. the signal level at both the digital and analog outputs If you have digi tal outputs use this to optimize the signal being sent out of them Levels GA 1 5 dE EA 1 5 dB E IH GAIN SOT WET ADRY J METER bik db MA 0 0 db MODE JE HTA OUT pz Levels Ge 0 0 ME 0 0 de fANLG LUL GE DIG LUL 30 IN MOIE ET pe For the audio purists Assuming that you re not clipping the DAC jou d know you were if you saw the OVERLOAD LED light with the meter set to DSP Out use LEVELS OUT GAIN if you need to turn the analog output down and use LEVELS page 2 MSTR OUT if you need to turn the analog output up Why You want the highest signal possible going through the DAC for maximum resolution with minimum noise gt see page 8 for more about the Overload LED Release 2 500 Page 23 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Bypassing and Muting i Setur Mad Eupass Relay E The purpose of the BYPASS key is as the name suggests to remove any eran It enarecr 10 Tenet MELIA 1 effects while passing the signal through unchanged Eclipse offers a number of options which can be selected under SETUP BYPASS gt see page 45 to learn how to remotely control the 4ygass function Relay Byp When this is selected the analog XLR inputs and outputs are connected by a relay you can hear it click when you operate the switch The digital inputs and outputs are connected electronically as in DSP bypass The Y4
29. to change the status of its output Your choices are Thru The selected ADAT channel will carry the same signal that the corresponding ADAT input carried Mute The selected ADAT channel will carry silence Ch 1 The selected ADAT channel will carry the Eclipse s channel 1 output Ch 2 The selected ADAT channel will carry the Eclipse s channel 2 output Disital Format CS Tyre Pro If you select ADAT for the optical output the other digital outputs send the mea i Empmasis 10 tems JC BTs Ja format selected at SETUP DIG OUT FORMAT CS TYPE as described above Release 2 500 Page 27 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Program Operations Load Save Remove etc Some care is required when saving programs to avoid overwriting precious material but surgical correctness 1s not necessary Sorting and Loading Programs The Eclipse comes with a wealth of factory programs program numbers 100 499 In addition you can save up to one hundred programs in internal memory numbers 0 99 and up to five hundred programs on a memory card numbers 500 999 That s a lot of programs Fortunately we ve devised a clever way of organizing all of those programs so that you can find the program you need in just a moment s time It works like this all of those programs that were created for guitar are flagged as such all those that were created for vocals are flagged as such all those that were crea
30. to hop between categories and the Prosrame fr leDenseRoom 8 knob to scroll through programs within categories When you see a pro gram you want to load just hit the LOAD soft key gt for more detail see page 28 Altering the Effects As soon as you load a program you ll be taken to the HOT KEYS area and presented with all of the most important parameters in said program Most parameter types are self explanatory and there is a nice expla nation of several of the more opaque parameter types on page 34 For now we ll explain the whole concept of the tempo and synchronized parameters Tempo The Eclipse s tempo feature is your ticket to a good time Almost all the time based parameters LFO rates delay times etc in the Eclipse are synchronized to its tempo Consequently setting the Eclipse s tempo to the tempo of the material you re working with makes for very useful effecting The tempo can be set five ways Temra Source Internal Tap the tap key TEMPO SCT AVERAGE With SETUP TAP SRC set to the factory default Internal simply tap the TAP key at the tempo you d like You can adjust SETUP AVERAGE to determine how many taps the Eclipse will consider in determining the tempo you tap Manual Entry With SETUP TAP SRC set to the factory default panna 1 SCE PART An A Internal simply enter the tempo you d like at SETUP AEEA a mar a e ana iet BEM TEMPO Like most parameters in the Eclipse you c
31. using the soft keys below the display Once a parameter is selected you can alter its value with the knob or the keypad Let s look at this in a little more depth shall wer The Areas e g Levels Program Setup etc Each area has a dedicated key and an LED that illuminates when you re in that area For example press ing the LEVELS key illuminates its LED and changes the display to show the LEVELS area parameters Press the LEVELS key again to see even more parameters Here s a list of areas and the sorts of things you can view in each LEVELS Input and output levels at different points along the sional Levels path along with master wet dry controls and coarse signal evel ei ac meme 1EMsTR OUT po flow controls gt see page 20 Prosrams P gt ee tae i L CRITER 4 q gt LOAD ik PROGRAM Utilities for sorting loading and Saving programs Save Prosaram 006 Chorusdelaus gt See page 28 lt REMOVE gt lt UPDATE gt lt COMPARE SAME AS b kz HOT KEYS A real help for speedy sessions All of the most important M_ZLEVEL J M_DELAY 11 M RATE J MH_DEPTH Jib parameters for factory programs are found here and you 90 ChorusLelass M_FERCE J can assign parameters from any ofher area here for quick ac cess gt see page 33 Release 2 500 Page 11 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual PARAMETER Parameter adjustments for the effects running
32. CA AUDIO RE J THRESH J In addition to restarting when you tap in a new tempo with the TAP key or start an external sequence that s connected to the Eclipse you can cause the LFOs to re synchronize every beat for perfectly timed effects Simply turn PARAMETER page 2 EDIT MOD TAP RETR to pulses Note that this is under the mod block EDIT MOD and as such is global in scope its status isn t saved or loaded with programs cc 9 CD lho retrisaer Fare audio retrig 1 2 Further you can have the LFOs start over when the input audio crosses mao perk METRES TR cc 22 171 GPO lo retrisser rare thresh 40 dB a given threshold Select which input causes them to start over with off BRI retrisasr pars reia e inl in2 1 2 under PARAMETER page 2 EDIT MOD RETRIG AUDIO RE Adjust the threshold that causes them to retrigger under THRESH Sends and Manual Parameters Littered throughout the parameter pages are SEND and MANUAL_P E A soft keys Both affect the signal level sent into the algorithm While handy 160 E Polfaz manual ped TA in their own right they truly shine when used in conjunction with MIDI foot controllers MIDI sequencers or the back panel foot pedal jacks Sim ply patch them to a handy external modulator see page 40 and you can enjoy un zippered send level control Want the last words of a desperate singer to delay off into oblivion Pat
33. CK bk Fe mode loradelautar RUH JC DELAY Jip Gh tartime Farame AA i TTYPE 11 ttre Wedate RUH JE DELAY Ji GID tartime Farame MOIE Ta CO tartine Farame tyre climb MODE RET FUH JE DELAY li GD tartine Farame L EPM J EXT_RESE 4 LEACH ke GD estlrezet mod Source Pedal 1 METAS li J MOHITOR lip Envelope following Parameters SENS ATTACK and DECAY Many algorithms involve parameter modulation via an envelope follower An envelope follower tracks the level of the input audio and modulates some parameter according to that level Envelope filters are a prime example of this sort of modulation the envelope follower modulates the cutoff frequency of a resonant fil ter In the Eclipse envelope followers frequently modulate LFO rates so that as the input signal gets louder the LFO rate speeds up SENS adjusts the sensitivity of the envelope follower Use lower values for quieter input levels and higher values for louder input levels Short values of ATTACK and DECAY track the envelope tightly while longer values smooth out the response LFO Parameters LFOs low frequency oscillators abound An LFO produces a slowly al ternating signal that modulates some parameter or another RATE and T_RATE determine how fast the signal oscillates FMRATE and T_FMRATE determine to what degree the speed of oscillation is affected Gm modfilteriran DFICTAPAH Wi LFO bi ENU i IMFO 4 GM enve
34. COPY To copy you first set the Start and End range of the Source Programs us Cory Programs 0011 Pandelays ERA i FRETO YC DEST FRM lt COPY o gt a ing the SRC FROM and SRC TO parameters and specifying the Start Cory Proarams 0101 Chorustars SRC FROM EM CEST FRH IZ COPY gt a ing location of the Destination range with the DEST FRM parameter lors Frosrams S011 cometa SRC FROM JE RC TO SE COPY gt a Next press COPY to start the transfer Before the copy begins a message will appear indicating the source and Cory Prosrams 001 010 To 501 5107 A A WES gt lt Ho gt destination ranges and requesting a confirmation In the event that a destination program location is not empty a message Do vou wish to overwite erosram 510 A e SVESTOALL gt YES gt lt OHO gt lt EniT gt will appear with four options Answer YES to overwrite the existing program or NO to keep the existing program Choosing YESTOALL gt will overwrite the existing program and any others that are encountered during the copy operation Press EXIT to quit immediately Note that choosing EXIT will not undo any copy operations that had previously been completed The source and destination Program ranges are not allowed to overlap opc FIPLRESS AHY REY TO CONTINUE Yoa Obviously this will not be a problem when copying between the Internal Release 2 500 Page 51 of 64 Eclipse User Manual E
35. ED at LEVELS OL CLEAR This LED is cleared automatically when a new program is loaded 12 Rate amp Source 13 TAP The LED that is illuminated tells you the rate at which the Eclipse is sampling The EXT LED indicates that the Eclipse is taking its clock from the digital device connected to the Eclipse s digital input gt see page 25 Press the key once to check the current tempo or press it rhythmically to change the tempo Many of the Eclipse s time based parameters will automatically synchronize to the tempo gt To define the tempo see page 15 To learn about parameters that synchronize to the tempo see page 35 14 PARAMETER 15 BYPASS Press this key to access a the program parameters those found in the simpler HOT KEYS area and many more Change a program s underlying algorithm change the routing between effects blocks or change the parameters of the underlying algorithms themselves gt see page 33 You can alter the program independent modulation block under this key as well gt see page 42 Press this key to bypass the effects This key can be made to fetur Modes Boran DSP Bur DISPMODE J PROTECT 1 TEMPO MNAE i bypass the entire unit just the DSP or it can mute the Eclipse depending on SETUP BYPASS gt see page 24 for more on Bypassing and Muting 16 MEMORY CARD 17 BUSY 18 EDITED Insert a CompactFlash card into this slot to save and load programs Remove the card
36. Eventide Eclipse User Manual Part number 141045 Manual Software Release 2 500 17 September 2003 2003 Eventide Inc One Alsan Way Little Ferry NJ 07643 USA Harmonizer is a registered trademark of Eventide Inc for its audio special effects devices incorporating pitch shift Eventide Eclipse Orville and UltraShifter are trademarks of Eventide Inc Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Inc ADAT is a trademark of Alesis Inc CompactFlash 1s a trademark of SanDisk Corporation This page is intentionally left blank Eclipse User Manual Contents The Tiongs and Whys of us Manta aa 5 Overviews Basic Information and Quickstart si Rs 6 TS Di ETS XIV SA 6 Kmobs Keys vana Jack Saa 7 ns A E EE PUE A A 7 Tine Bac AN ene a A AE abs aa AE E OO AEON 9 Genine Around and Aenne Carat issena Rd 11 The Areas e Levels Proen Set Oe CIC rones jornada codornices 11 Waderstanding the Display and Stt trote aidais 12 PLAET RE A I AD A AAA AAA AA E E E A AA sete nc Sasha O E Sinan suse E 12 TO LOD Te Of T A A O pana O E 13 Pee tl PAPAS ers ias 13 OLEE S E A E mite T A A eee Go 14 Hookiin Up To the Outside Worlds ia Tini n E E anne enous O 14 KIRO CE ONU ON EEE T E E E E A E A S 14 BI CORRA RA NS A DAS ASA E ANA ARI 14 A A ree ree mere rere sore cere 15 ul Sano ne ec timos 15 E EE EEE SA E A EE S A E A E S E AOE A S ATOE N S OES E E A O Saderteiee 15 TAO O T RRE T SIE LA A ERA TE B00 rs E EE AA O ENE E AS EONO A 16 Tutorial 1 Loading a
37. FOLLOWS PARAMS lt lt RESET PERRO ARE MOD Changes made to the modulation block are normally saved or loaded with programs This can be changed by going to SETUP page 1 modes and E A A lat changing ModBlock from Prog to Global If set to Global the modula tion block will not change as programs are loaded Eclipse User Manual Page 42 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Below we ll examine each menu page in the modulation block that isn t described elsewhere in this manual gt TTIME and RETRIG are discussed on pages 35 and 36 respectively LFO 1 accesses parameters for the modulation block LFO The parameters are analogous to those found in program specific LFOs as discussed on page 36 FOLLOW 1 accesses parameters for the modulation block envelope follower The parameters are analogous to those found in program specific envelope followers as discussed on page 36 PARAMETER page 2 EDIT MOD accesses patameters for the GMD adore Paras eit arma a GD adsr 1 Params modulation block ADSR attack decay sustain and release The ADSR is yee cta ie RELEASE VC DLEVEL doce triggered by the level of the input audio and generates an envelope deter MBadsr 1 pams h mined by the ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE DLEVEL and SLEVEL as shown in the picture DLEVEL ADSR ADSR determines which input will trigger the ADSR SENS determines how loud the trigger needs to be in o
38. G Jib get modulation between 2 000 and 4 000Hz Finally select Ifo 1 under SOURCE Fol MD unipolar 2PH MOWITOR Jf TYPE Jf FREQ Jib For a good time or to troubleshoot watch your parameter vary FREQ in this case Neat Release 2 500 Page 41 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Scaling Modules and Selecting Modulation TYPE Here s the situation let s say you ve selected Ifo 1 to modulate a low pass A ja filter cutoff frequency FREQ When the LFO is at the bottom of its cycle will the filter be at OHz You wouldn t hear anything When the LFO is at the top of its cycle will the filter be at 20 000Hz This might be what you want but maybe you only want the filter to cycle between 2000Hz and 3000Hz How can we make that happen Here s the solution Scaling Before holding down the FREQ soft key a ve enter a value of 2000Hz We ll call this value the base value below Now hold down the soft key and press MODULATE as discussed above E 7_1000Hz_ 20H and press HOTKEY to nagivate to page two where the Scale parameter is located The total range of possible modulation parameter range for a frequency parameter is 0 20 000 but we only want a modulation of 3 000 2 000 1 000 To scale enter the value of 1000 in the SCALE setting MONITOR SRE i FRES Ji EACE Ob FE ort Co unipolar 2000H2 Great Now we need to select the TYPE of modulation We have three MMEC
39. If you re happy with the program number the name and the database flags press MEME Hare hi tease hg SAWE gt a o ish to uedate thi E lt SAVE gt to commit the program to memory If the NUMBER you selected above e guar eva eiacit was empty the Eclipse will save the program without hesitating If on the other Pe 9 wih lo overwrite this proaram hand the NUMBER you chose was already occupied the Eclipse will verify that you want to destroy the original occupant with an update or an over write Select YES gt and the original occupant will disintegrate into digital dust Updating Programs gt save Program 036 RiraMod If you make changes to a program that you ve already saved you can store e sc uppaTe gt lt COPA 2 PR be those changes without messing around with numbers names and flags this A Se Hed ste oO is like the save command on a computer as opposed to the save as command Press PROGRAM page 2 UPDATE A dialog box pops up that asks if you really want to update the program Press YES if you do press NO if you don t Eclipse User Manual Page 30 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Comparing the Current Program with the Saved Program Before updating your program you may wish to do a comparison between fie Prosram 10351 Emahod lt REMOVE 2 UPDATE gt lt COMPARE i SAME AS 4 the current edited program and the previously saved version Press E Save P
40. LATE as discussed above E 7_1000Hz2_ 20H and press HOTKEY to nagivate to page two where the Scale parameter is located The total range of possible modulation parameter range for a frequency parameter is 0 20 000 but we only want a modulation of 3 000 2 000 1 000 To scale enter the value of 1000 in the SCALE setting MONITOR SRT i FRES Ji EACE Ob FE ort Co unipolar 000Hz Great Now we need to select the TYPE of modulation We have three EQUI monitor ji TWPE Ji FREG Jir choices unipolar unipolar uses the base value the value of the parameter before modulation as a starting point and adds the modulation value to it In the example above the parameter value will vary between 2 000 and 3 000 1t starts at the base value and modulates up bipolar bipolar uses the base value as a starting point and modulates above and below it In the example above the parameter value will vary between 1 500 and 2 500 centering on the base value Note that for bipolar the scale setting reflects the amount the parameter will vary above and below the base value absolute absolute zonores the base value and passes the modulation right through going from mini mum to maximum parameter for the swing of the modulation In the example above the parameter value will vary between 20 and 2 000 So continuing our example we would select unipolar under TYPE to of 1 unirolar 2000He TC MOMITOR Jf TYPE Ji FRE
41. OAD ip Load Prosram Block A stereo Phaser FH PROGRAM 1 ELOCK LOAD FHA gt FS GCE stereo Phaser FRE lt FA OM Z EMT FRA gt ik 1 H series E TE Y LEVELS 4 EDIT MOD ze Proarams 1125 2 FM Parner E CRITER 4 t ook gt LOAD ip CHS lho Farame trate whole note RATE RG FMRATE 11 T FMRATE Jib CH trate mod a Pares HODULATE gt MIO lt lt AFGH gt a trate whole note T_RATE 101 Mute_sFade Release 2 500 Page 19 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual don t touch the sides You remember Operation the childhood game where you pull plastic bones and other parts out of a little cardboard man No Oh well Mounting and Handling Normally you should have the Eclipse rack mounted in a standard 19 inch rack If you take it on the road support it from the rear as well Keep the Eclipse well ventilated dust free dry and like Little Bear s por ridge neither too hot nor too cold Don t play catch with the Eclipse or use it as a bat Pat the Eclipse gen tly and whisper sweet nothings of affection in its direction before powering it down for the night Memory Cards The Eclipse accepts CompactFlash cards of all memory capacities All functions that work with internal memory also work with memory cards In addition to increasing the number of programs you can store memory cards allow you to take your programs to a friend s Eclipse or to trade your programs for
42. ROGRAM page 2 REMOVE CZAUE AZ A bz To avoid accidents Eclipse will want to be sure that you are sure before re Do vou wish to remove this Prosram 3 MES gt HO gt moving a possibly important program Hey You can t remove factory programs We don t even give you the op tion Removing ALL Your Saved Progtams You can remove all your internal programs in one fell swoop by pressing tlt Funetions i ee SETUP page 3 UTILITY page 2 CLEAR YES This will not affect pro Do vou wish to erase all User Presets WES gt HO gt grams saved on the memory card Checking free space in internal memory or a card Utilitas Function Int 85 83k B099 3 To find out how much of the internal memory has been used or is free Cursi com AED lt FORAT gt ap Utilita Function Card 503 9MB 0982 go to SETUP page 3 UTILITY FREE MEM CHERRY CAN RED FO Ss Release 2 500 Page 31 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Copying and Protecting Programs To copy a program simply load it and then use PROGRAM page 2 SAVE AS to save it in a new location To protect all your programs from fumbling hands turn SETUP A tee ee ann PROTECT to On Naming Things The Mechanics It s a lot easier to name something than it is to describe how to name something Nevertheless this manual is all about descriptions so let s dive in You will often find yourself naming programs when you save them
43. T CIRIA lb dd a 58 WDE DI L TEA A E A a EE a E A E ESO ASA Il site E AO E A 58 VOD OUTTA IN a iii EE A 59 SDDS WELDED OCS UIT STA SA E Sse edt A ded Os AA ede Mita Siesta ain AAA AAA A E 59 IE TE RN A ES A A E A E T A gov N A T E ae omsea tes 59 Tider SAA N E E E 61 Release 2 500 Page 3 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Contents This page is intentionally left blank Eclipse User Manual Page 4 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual The Hows and Whys of This Manual Of course you have mote exiting things to do than to read this manual For one thing you have Eventide s fabulous new Eclipse Harmonizer brand processor waiting to effect all those sounds so badly in need of effect ing While the Eclipse is engineered for intuitive user friendly operation reading this manual either in part ot in whole will help clarify and illuminate its vast array of powerful features Here s how we ve made that as painless a process as possible e The Overview and Quickstart section will get you up and running fast with references to the mote in depth discussions contained in the Operation section If you re really in a hurry skip to the tutorial on page 16 e The Operation section will answer all of your in depth questions with a complete tedium free discus sion of a of the Eclipse s potent features e The Table of Contents and Index will direct you to topics of interest with dispatch There is only one conv
44. TCCONS monitor ji TWPE ji FREG Jir choices unipolar unipolar uses the base value the value of the parameter before modulation as a starting point and adds the modulation value to it In the example above the parameter value will vary between 2 000 and 3 000 it starts at the base value and modulates up bipolar bipolar uses the base value as a starting point and modulates above and below it In the example above the parameter value will vary between 1 500 and 2 500 centering on the base value Note that for bipolar the scale setting reflects the amount the parameter will vary above and below the base value absolute absolute zonores the base value and passes the modulation right through going from mini mum to maximum parameter for the swing of the modulation In the example above the parameter value will vary between 20 and 2 000 So continuing our example we would select unipolar under TYPE to of unirolar 2000He ET i oTo Jf TYPE Ji FREG Jib get modulation between 2 000 and 4 000Hz ioli BNO J unirolar 3 244 7H METE i HOHTO 1 TYPE J FREQ Jap Setting Up the Modulation Block The Modulation Block MEE seres Let it be said The modulation block is totally cool It s a collection of LEVELE EENT MID Aeg ie er a GOO modulation block modules residing inside the Eclipse waiting to be patched to effects pa Se ae Lk parameters The modulation block exists at PARAMETER page 2 EDIT Gi modulation black
45. WE gt a soft key until the page shown to the right appears Fol MT absolute 10 Select MODULATE and then set SOURCE to LFOF 1 Trippy A A a R A L a You can change the depth of the effect with SCALE To disconnect modulation simply set SOURCE back to off gt see page 40 for of O absolute UA more information about patching parameters to the modulation block UFC A TORE EE Eclipse User Manual Page 18 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Tutorial 2 Creating a Program from Scratch and Assigning a Hot Key A bit of background all of the Eclipse s programs are built on a hundred or so algorithms A single pro gram can contain one or two algorithms connected in series parallel or variations thereof All of these raw algorithms are stored in factory programs 100 through 499 and are diagrammed in the separately provided Eclipse Algorithm document The process of creating a program from scratch involves stealing an algorithm and its associated parameter settings from an existing program gt see page 39 for more details Assuming you ve read the first part of Tutorial 1 and know how to sort and load programs load Mute_Xfade Unless you bypass your Eclipse the Mute_Xfade is silent Some may consider this boring Let s make a phaser that pans shall we First we need to steal the phaser algorithm from an existing program Press PARAMETER page 3 PROGRAM to select the progr
46. alog Input Mono 1 i l I I I I I I I I I I I Global Wet Dry Mix You can control the global wet dry mix at LEVELS WET DRY While foe MetrDra Mis 100 you can adjust the wet dry ratio of each effects block and save it with a program page 38 that s not the same thing as the global wet dry mix that we re discussing here The global wet dry mix affects how much of the signal that goes into the DSP dry is mixed with the signal that comes out of the DSP wet Recall that the DSP contains both effects blocks and the routing between them The global wet dry mix that we ate discussing here does vot change when you load a new program You will hear no effects with WET DRY set to 0 You won t hear the original signal with WET DRY set to 100 Settings in between will mix the two IN GAIN 3 OUT GRIM BGT Y HETER bik Why is there a global wet dry along with PARAMETER area wet dry controls Isn t this redundant Well no Treat PARAMETER page 2 FX_ MIX as a tool for getting an effect to sound its best and remem ber that this wet dry will change when you load a new program Use the LEVELS WET DRY that we are discussing here to harmonize your Eclipse with the rest of your studio or rack If you use the Eclipse in an effects loop you probably want LEVELS WET DRY set to 100 but if you always run a guitar through it you may want this parameter set to some lower value Global Levels You have plent
47. am and me tering parameters gt see page 20 5 SETUP Press this key to access system parameters such as display digital rate and clock source MIDI configuration and much mote 6 Display This is your window on the inner workings of the Eclipse 7 Soft Keys Each of the four soft keys corresponds to the bracketed phrase in the display directly above it Pressing a soft key allows the parameters associated with that soft key to be altered 8 Keypad The keypad is used to enter parameter values Negative values can be entered by pressing the key before or after the number Numbers entered will not stick until you press the ENT Release 2 500 Page 7 of 64 Eclipse User Manual 9 Knob 10 Meter Eclipse User Manual key Use the increment or decrement keys the little triangles to change parameter values by small sensible amounts Turning the knob changes parameter values Source Master In DECAY Jf HOLD J lt OL CLEARS meter setur Displays the signal level at various points throughout the ioma sional path It s useful both for optimizing sound quality you always want a high signal short of clipping and for troubleshooting You can alter the point in the signal flow at which the meter is inserted by pressing LEVELS source gt see page 21 11 OVERLOAD This LED lights to let you know that the signal being moni tored by the meter see above has c zpped overloaded Clear the OVERLOAD L
48. am that we will steal from Select St Phaser This preset is not deeply religious its apparent saint hood is an abbreviation for svereo If St Phaser used more than one algorithm we could use the BLOCK soft key to select which algorithm we d like to steal But it doesn t So we can t Load the selected algorithm into effects block A by pressing the LOAD FXA gt soft key You re taken back to the first page under the PARAMETER key where you can see that the stereo phaser algorithm is now running on effects block A Cool Now we need a panner to run after the phaser Select serial under PARAMETER page 2 ROUTING We ll load the panner into effects block B FXB gt see page 37 Return to PARAMETER page 3 PROGRAM and select FM Panner This time press LOAD FXB to load the panning algorithm onto effects block B Voila A phaser that pans Now let s say you want access to the panning rate from the HOT KEYS area First find the parameter at PARAMETER EDIT FXB gt T_RATE Hold down its soft key until the screen to the right pops up Select the hot key slot you d like it to appear at with HOT KEY then press lt ASSIGN Bam Go to the HOT KEYS area to check out your handiwork gt see page 33 for more information 101 BiMute_ Fade ook 2 LOAD ip Proarams i CKITER 4 lt 7 10001 Mute_ Series gt LOAD Fa Proarams 11351 5t Phaser U CRITER be o Fe A L
49. an enter a number with greater precision than the Eclipse will display For instance if you enter a tempo of 124 4 bpm beats per minute the display will only read 124 but the actual tempo will be 124 4 Foot Switch Control Tempo Source Foot Swi TEMPO GOTTA AVERAGE Set SETUP TEMPO TAP SRC to Foot Sw1 or Foot Sw2 to control the tempo from the rear panel foot switch jacks While not very accurate this can still be useful because so many of the Eclipse s parameters are controlled by the tempo Release 2 500 Page 15 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual MIDI Clock Set SETUP TEMPO TAP SRC to Midiclock to control the ibi a ss Midiclock tempo from a MIDI sequencer connected to the Eclipse s MIDI input Externals Set SETUP TAP SRC to ext x where Xis a num Mar a ber between 1 and 8 to control the tempo from external controller inputs C TEMPO CTIA AVERAGE gt See page 43 for more information about Externals When you save or update a program the current tempo is saved along with it This saved tempo will replace the current tempo the next time the program is loaded You can disable the tempo by setting SETUP TAP SRC to Off emro ee gt Additional explanations and diagrams can be found on page 17 We highly recommend checking them out Tempo Controlled Parameters T DELAY T_RATE etc You ll notice many parameters with T_ stuck onto the beginning of
50. annel selected in the MIDI setup In MEE E CA lap the example shown to the right our base channel is 6 so EXT 1 will re spond to MIDI messages on channel 8 6 2 8 As opposed to manually selecting a MIDI controller along with its Pei mad channel base 2 lt CAPTURE gt EERCE bk Fe roper channel and control number a feature exists that captures the prop gt p first MIDI message sent to the Eclipse Press SETUP page 3 EXTERNA EXT 1 page 2 CAPTURE and then send the Eclipse the MIDI message you would like to use Dedicated External Controllers As well as the eight general purpose controllers described above there are also a number of single purpose External Controllers evPAss Wi PaM if PaM if tench Yk BYPASS Allows you to bypass the Eclipse from a foot switch or MIDI source Using this controller is the same as hitting the BYPASS switch on the front panel gt see pages 8 and 24 for more on Bypass PGM Allows you to select a foot pedal or a MIDI source to load the next highest program This can be useful in a live performance Of course this can be set to Off as well Release 2 500 Page 45 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual PGM Allows you to select a foot pedal or a MIDI source to load the next lowest program Of course this can be set to Off as well Setting the Trigger Switch Mode The dedicated external controllers are rgger type controls that is they d
51. ay the routing between effects blocks that we re discussing here will change from program to program depending on what you re trying to achieve with the effect For example a pitch shifter into a reverb Series sounds different from a pitch shifter and a reverb parallel On the other hand the input mode will likely depend on your studio or rack setup For example if you re using the Eclipse during a mixdown you ll probably want to have the input mode set to stereo but if you re using it with a guitar you ll probably want it in Mono see page 21 You can route signals between the two effects blocks in five different ways Press PARAMETER page 2 ROUTING to choose between them series parallel dual dual mono xfade The effects of block A are effected by block B Effecting an effect if you will If you wanted a filtered delay you d load a filter into block A a delay into block B and then route the effects blocks in series Each effects block takes a signal from both inputs and the output of each effects block is summed If you wanted a phaser and a delay placed on a signal as if they were coming from two different units 1 e vot a phased delay you d load a phaser onto one effects block and a delay onto the other and then route the effects blocks in parallel Each effects block takes its signals from a single input and the output of each effects block is summed This is useful if you want to effect two
52. blend during loading by a time speci fied at SETUP page 2 XFADE A crossfade icon appears after the preset number on the Program Load a C CRITER 4 2 2 LOAD ip page to indicate if a preset can be loaded with a crossfade Whether a crossfade is possible and thus whether the icon appears depends upon the following criteria 1 Do both the loaded preset and the preset to be loaded use crossfade routing e g single Fx block preset 2 Is the crossfade time parameter set to a non zero value 3 Do enough processing resources exist to allow for a crossfade Cer tain large presets are too processor intensive to support crossfading Loading Programs From MIDI MIDI Modes Pros Change or You can load programs from MIDI program change messages if SETUP mai poms ac pas at NOTE Jap page 2 PGM CHNG is set to On MIDI Setur Channel Omni MITE i HHE ti SYEH Wi SERIAL 4 gt Only MIDI program change messages sent on the channel selected at SETUP page 2 CHANNEL will be obeyed Omni selects all channels That s all fine but get this MIDI program change messages range from 1 to 128 The Eclipse s program numbers range from 0 to 999 Those numbers don t jibe There are two solutions to this problem midi maps and bank select messages Using MIDI Maps The maps have the following factory defaults that can be restored by press ing lt RESETMAP Map 1 Program change numbers 1 100 select factory pro
53. by pulling it out but be sure the BUSY light isn t illuminated when you do so gt see pages 20 53 and ou This LED illuminates when data is being written to or read from the memory card If no memory card is inserted BUSY illuminates when MIDI or serial data is transferred to or from the Eclipse This can be a handy troubleshooting tool This LED illuminates when you ve made changes to a program as a reminder to consider updating the program before loading another one If you do not update you ll lose any changes next time you load the program Eclipse User Manual Page 8 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual 100 240VAC 50 60Hz 45W REMOTE PA zy o y IN OUT THRU M m PEDAL 2 WC ADAT S PDIF SPF The Back Panel A AC Port Connect an IEC standard 3 prong AC power cord here The center post is chassis ground B Analog Audio Inputs The Eclipse s analog inputs accept either unbalanced 1 4 inch connec tors or balanced XLR connectors Pin 1 is ground pin 2 is positive phase hot and pin 3 is negative phase cold To unbalance the XLR jack use both pins 1 and 3 as ground and use pin 2 as hot If pin 1 and or pin 3 are unconnected you will get more noise and hum than signal You can connect a guitar to the 1 4 inch inputs but the input level will need to be boosted LEVELS IN GAIN C XLR Analog Audio Outputs These analog outputs accept balanced XLR connectors T
54. ch a MIDI sequencer to the SEND of a fat delay and crank it from B to 100 on the phrase Pll love you forever Works well in live situations too If you investigate the separately provided Eclipse Algorithms document you ll notice most algorithms have an S somewhere in their signal path That s the point at which the SEND or MANUAL_P does its business Routing and Levels Between Effects Blocks You have control over the routing between the two effects blocks FXA and FXB the wet dry ratio of each effects block and the output level of each effects block These parameters are located on the second page of the PARAMETER atea Any changes you make here will be saved when you save or update a program These parameters exist to tweak the levels and interaction between the effects blocks to achieve a desired overall effect Do not use these parameters to adjust the level of the Eclipse relative to the rest of your studio or rack instead use the parameters found in the LEVELS area page 20 Routing Don t confuse the routing between effects blocks that we re discussing here with the input mode LEVELS page 2 IN MODE The routing between effects blocks is saved with a program On the other hand the input mode selects which input channels will be used Stereo Mono 1 or Mono 2 jor every single program Release 2 500 Page 37 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual you load Put another w
55. clipse User Manual and Card programs However care must be taken when copying within the same Program areas Card or Internal to insure that the Source and Destination ranges do not overlap Empty program locations are skipped during the copy process but the relative spacing between the pro grams in the source range ate preserved in the destination range Fixing and Initializing Internal Memory E Fia 3 CLEAR gt REACH h The Eclipse uses solid state memory circuits to store programs and setup information internally using a long life battery to keep the memoty alive aa while the Eclipse is turned off Whenever the computer in the Eclipse up e dates that memory it performs an operation called a checksum and stores the result A checksum is a cal culation whose result verifies what is stored in memory A second run of the checksum calculation should result in the same value zf the memory hasn t changed When the Eclipse is turned on it runs a checksum calcu lation on the memory and compares the result against the stored result If there is a discrepancy the Eclipse reports an error In the unlikely event that an internal memory checksum error occurs there may be a critical problem with what is stored in memory Pressing SETUP page 3 UTILITY FIX gt YES gt will remove the checksum error by forcing the new checksum result to be saved This will not get rid of the corruption in the data however Now you can
56. configuration or setup can be saved internally in much the same way as a user preset This setup consists of all the machine settings except for the preset its parameters and related settings This allows you to get back speedily to a particular past configuration without endless button pushing To get to the Setup load and save area press and hold the PROGRAM key for about a second The program LED indicator will flash and you will see a display similar to that of the Program screen Not surprisingly it works in much the same way so we need not repeat the description The main difference is the lack of Source or Effect Type flags gt see page 28 for information on Program Operations Load Save Remove etc On the screen above the observant reader will note that the displayed setup is 000 Factory Init This setup contains the factory default settings and can be loaded to restore the machine to the state at which it left the factory This setup cannot be deleted or updated so don t try It is usually wise to reload the factory settings after performing a software upgrade or in the event of serious machine misbehavior You can also dump setup information to an external storage device and then upload the same information later gt see page 50 Be aware that saved setups are tagged with the version of software under which they are saved this is be cause the contents of a setup will vary with different software ver
57. cts block A or we can turn the knob to steal reverb 8 from ef fects block B Finally press PARAMETER page 3 LOAD FXA gt to load the above selected algorithm into effects block A FXA of the currently loaded program or press PARAMETER page 3 LOAD FXB gt to load the above selected al gorithm into effects block B FXB of zbe currently loaded program Note that if you load an algorithm into effects block B FXB none of the newly loaded algorithm s HOT KEYS will be present In most cases any two algorithms can be selected and loaded However a Load Froaram Block 1131 Rinatars few algorithms are sufficiently large that they can only be paired with a HE small one In such cases you may see a display like the one on the left This tells you that a large algorithm is currently loaded in effects block A FXA and there is not enough room remaining to load the B effects block from the displayed program To get around this either choose a new algorithm for block A or look for a smaller one to fit into block B BLOCK lt LOAD FHA lt Release 2 500 Page 39 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Up to sixteen parameters per program can be patched to the modulation block for some seriously dy namic effects The modulation block can be found under PARAMETER page 2 EDIT MOD Without worrying about how exactly we would do this yet image that we load the program Happy Delay and patch i
58. d below will probably also be suitable 6M As we gain experience with other CompactFlash products they will be added to this list Release 2 500 Page 55 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Electrical Specifications Sample Rates 96kHz 88 2kHz 48kHz 44 1kHz or external Frequency Response Sample Rate 44 1kH 4SkH x 838 2kHz I6RKAZ 0 0 1dB 20Hz 20kHz 20Hz 22kHz 20Hz 41kHz 20Hz 44kHz 0 3 0dB 5Hz 21kHz 5Hz 23kHz 5Hz 42kHz 5Hz 46kHz Digital Inputs Outputs 2 AES and 2 S P DIF at 44 1 96kHz AES relay bypass at power down Analog Input XLR Balanced Inputs Full Scale Input 26dBu Level Dynamic Range gt 100dB Signal to Noise Ra gt 100dB A weighted tio THD N lt 0 002 1kHz 3dBFS lt 100db 20 Hz to 20kHz 1dBFS Analog Output Full Scale Output 26dBu Level Dynamic Range gt 110dB Signal to Noise Ra gt 110dB A weighted tio THD N lt 0 002 1kHz 3dBFS lt 100db 20 Hz to 20kHz 1dBFS Remote Control Inputs Up to 2 foot pedals or 0 5V control inputs or 6 footswitches or combination MIDI Connections 5 pin DIN output and thru 7 pin DIN input with output capability and external power jack Eclipse User Manual Page 56 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Power 25 watts 100 125V 220 240V AC 50 60Hz Size Inches 1 75h x 19w x 12 5d Cm 4 45h x 48 3w x 31 7d Weight 12 pounds 5 5 Kg net 17 pounds 8Kg shipping weight A
59. date the tempo by tapping the TAP key for ex ample or alter T DELAY1 the delay time will once again be derived from the value of I_DELAY1 in combination with the tempo CH delay Params tdelayl 1 5 note LEVELi Jf DELAY MSRM FE cCHi li EED delay Farams delayl 246 me o LEMELA MMCCOCCA lO T_DELAYA Ji FEACKL lip EED delay Farams delayl 666 mz o LEMELA E lO T_DELAYA Ji FEACKL lip EED delay Farams delayl 144 me o LEMELA QTR lO TLDELAYA J FEACKL lip Think of them as warring nations On one side you have DELAY1 in terms of milliseconds On the other side you have the tempo and T_DELAY1 teamed up in rhythmic terms The actual delay is determined by which side moved last If you alter DELAY1 and leave the tempo and T_DELAY1 alone then DELAY1 determines the actual delay time If you alter the tempo or I_DELAY1 and leave DELAY1 alone then the tempo and T_DELAY1 determine the actual delay time However if you set I_DELAY1 to off then the actual delay time will be determined solely by DELAY1 in terms of milliseconds If you want all of CHM delay Params t_delayl off LEVELi Jf DELAY MSM FEe cHi lip Release 2 500 Page 35 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual the parameters in the Eclipse to ignore the tempo set SETUP TAP SRC to Off Now that you have that straight lets continue The Eclipse can calculate delay times in terms of the tempo as desc
60. e 32 Namin rine s The MecMini CS aia T E eae Geshe 32 PANET si nor 33 A O O hee ena eeestoe 33 ER NODA T A N 33 P OG E EE A E E A E TE E AI 34 D TAO Ie ta iaa E O E A 34 Alterno Parameters the PARAMETER AL Aiari ona TA EONA 34 Mestr Pram TET SIN AET E GM DE EEE FRAC ll AS 34 Tempo Vasca UAT T RATE TEP EEA e TATA CI E EA E A A E 35 Envelope jouoning Param a S ENS ALTA CK Gad DPE CGAY A NA EE N E eaten eae 36 LE OD AA O IO 56 SUAS GRA NANNE OTRAS SAA IAE AAA A A EA diia 37 Routine and Levels Between Ii tects BIOCkS imss la a 37 DO LEE E I EAE OA E IE E A ATE E E AORE A TE RO TA ETE E 37 VOC O R ETE A E E T E NORS 38 O AE E A AA AA E E E SES EA eit creed E E E ve 39 T AE RET E T E T SE E E E A A TE O EE T O E N O E E E S 39 Loading Ditterent Algorithms into Eftects Blocks iran 39 Modulating Parameters Via the modulation block LFO ADSR Envelope MIDI Pedals a a Motera E NN 40 Patching u PARRA TOO NOAM GION BIOs NORMI e ais 40 SAUNE NOOU S CNG S AC NO IVIOUULATION L ERE A A AS AAA A N E A A tn 41 OIE MOUE ONEST NE INIOAUIATION TX PIE e EEA SN 42 SPRE UPE Modulator DIOC A Tm a E TEER er Tree cere ty 42 IRE R O OS 42 MC OO MOGUIAO Miyata RA cad 43 External Contto lets retail aa 44 Dedicated Eternal Contorno 45 OOO IIe a OCT OIE YEN A Cis hats St Date ca E O A en sane 46 MIDES tat tse asters es atest lac ae thea eos Shahn eh haan ciety 46 E AAA NN 47 o A O Tea Tce Naren tet reer tem ner ren erent ane cere een nen eras 49 aa heer ee
61. e MIDI and Serial Ports You can dump data from the Eclipse for external storage or for use in another Eclipse The dumped data will be system exclusive and will be sent out the MIDI Out port and the serial port None of the MIDI pa rameters at SETUP page 2 has any bearing on dumps except for Device ID The Device ID is used as part of the system exclusive messages in the dump While the dump is occurring a running display of the number of bytes sent is presented for those keeping score at home You can reload the dumped information into the Eclipse by presenting it at the MIDI In port or the serial port provided the device ID is the same and the MIDI receive channel 15 not set to Off Eclipse User Manual Page 50 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual To dump go to SETUP page 3 DUMP DATATYPE Below is a list of the ma lt mmp gt Te Curent Pros types of data that you can dump Press DUMP to actually do the deed Current Prog Dumps the currently running program If received at the MIDI In port or at the serial port the Eclipse will load the received program Internal Progs Dumps all programs stored in internal memory If received at the MIDI In port or at the serial port the Eclipse will erase your internal memory and replace its contents with the received programs System Setup This function dumps the state of the Eclipse covering all of the saved values in the SETUP area and the LEVELS area If received at
62. e the hold time for the peak level from 0 1 to 20 sec onds at LEVELS METER HOLD If the signal being monitored hits digital zero the OVERLOAD LED will Pia eos OURCE if DECAY it HOLC IZOL CLEAR gt a illuminate to inform you that distortion may have occurred To clear the OVERLOAD LED press LEVELS METER OL CLEAR Input Mode Global Stereo or Global Mono As mentioned above you select how the two channels of summed digital FSF iy ys usu oe eres and analog input are fed to the input of the DSP Press LEVELS page 2 IN MODE to select from three possibilities Release 2 500 Page 21 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Stereo Here each input channel is sent to the correspond ing input on the DSP Use this mode when sending oo I ummed Digital I A Stereo i I I i amp Analog Input stereo signals for processing Mono 1 Here only input 1 is sent to both channels of the paccoccccnccccconcomenonenmenecccnmacemoy S tar rig for example 1 1 I i ummed Digital i amp Analog Input ose Mono 2 las 2 I I i Mono 2 Here only input 2 is sent to both channels of the DSP Input 1 is ignored Use this mode if you have no sional on input 1 oo I I I I I I I I I I I I l i e e e I 1 DSP Input 2 is ignored Use this mode if you have gt 1 Summed Digital i no signal on input 2 as may be the case with a gui 8 An
63. e these connectors to hook up the Eclipse to CD players DAT recorders and other audio gear using RCA connectors The connectors are two conductor RCA jacks Your plug should have the shield connected to the sleeve with the single shielded conductor connected at the tip To select the RCA input as the digital source go to SETUP DIG IN Set SETUP CLOCK to DigIn as well The RCA output is always active but the format of the data being sent out it can either be Pro professional or CNS consumer as determined by SETUP DIG OUT FORMAT CS TYPE You will probably want this set to Cns if you re us ing the RCA output as your main or only digital output S P DIF is a consumer digital audio standard with two audio channels encoded into a single connector We recommend the use of professional quality cables made of RG 59 U coaxial cable Ordinary hi fi type leads may prove inadequate especially at the higher sample rates gt See page 24 G Optical Digital Interface Use these connectors to hook up the Eclipse to CD players ADATs and other audio gear using optical connectors Use a Toslink compatible optical cable while it might make you feel good to make it yourself we recommend buying professionally made optical cables Actually any functional optical cable that fits will probably work To select two channel AES S PDIF protocol optical input select Optical under SETUP DIG IN To select eight channel ADAT protocol in put sel
64. ect ADAT under SETUP DIG IN and select the input channels under SETUP ADAT IN repeatedly press the soft Rey to ungang the input channels If necessary set SETUP CLOCK to DigIn as well The optical output is always active but the format of the data being sent out it can be S PDIF vo channel or ADAT eight channel as determined by SETUP OPTICAL What s more two channel optical output can either be Pro professional or CNS consumer as determined by SETUP DIG OUT FORMAT CS TYPE gt see page 24 H Word Clock I O I Serial Port J MIDI Use these BNC connectors with any audio gear that supports word clock Word clock is a more reliable time reference than that supplied by the digital audio itself If synchronizing to another device s clock wa word clock use SETUP CLOCK set to WCIk The word clock output is always sending the sampling rate selected at SETUP CLOCK gt see page 25 Connect a 9 pin serial cable IBM PC type RS232 to this port to transfer information to and from a personal computer Do not use the null modem type of cable designed for file transfer between two computers it will not work With the Memory card removed the BUSY LED on the front panel illuminates whenever a message is received at the serial port Note If the serial port is enabled and MIDI is en abled a command received over either the serial port or the MIDI In port causes the port not receiving
65. ee A 0 E E O te try ere ee rere ert rere err ie cer er 50 Tronsmo and Receiving Data via the Serial DORE id ed 50 Dumpme Data Miathe Wi and Serial Lori id A AA 50 Bulk Copy Prot cia an cada So cae aceasta A A O 51 Pine ana Initializing Internal Menos 52 Faino ottanee Behavior Freezes ENG iii iio 52 Pomnattine Wemory Carde a AAA TN 53 B ENE E a E AEA E T A A A E E E A E E E T 53 RT O E E A 22 E E E IE ep GAs A E ROR E SOT Te PTR T TIPS Aa 53 eRe nia DIOP AAO ADA NR lc 54 FMA OUT LEEA S OPA NA CISION ai AA ER A AA A losa 55 Approved Compactas OF E nda 55 Plectrical gt peciticationsas sa 56 LE A O ecu aaa ts 56 ENCIUCUE REDONE e re a A SANS AAA AI AAA SAA AAA da 56 A E cela EN E cee Sash Beet E E E AA E Ee SS eat Vet ae Lisette na ieee A Aland tes TAE 56 P TA a ALAS O AREA AUDITS a A A AAA SS AA a 56 INDI di A ADO AA AO 56 Eclipse User Manual Page 2 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Contents TOOT AUT tse ts os oleae ya tcl abe sss og ana E N sey E anwertian onentodaeata ea vtatesescoate 56 DVT RG UC ese ise Nias cae ge E ON 56 PORN eaten RO 57 A A E EO AOE T A PSE PIN EY ASOD A HNO UE TRON O SN ESP OSH EN ERD A EE AU aN PSNI Et BRAM AUOT AST PRN N NORE SRE RIO Di WIT asec ad eae cares E ae esc fea E wta es A cca EE c sec cet toa E cad ean A a cant tcase sar O E EE wudnt gure EE detent velar accu hucaues 57 Warranty nfo rini ati Oos a e ii AE 58 TEE WAIT Ay BOC E LOTS MOLLOVA RE EE E EA E EE E AS A ands E a aides A E E 58 WSO PROU
66. enabled a command received over either the serial port or the MIDI In port causes the port not receiving the command to be ignored until the command is complete gt Tor MIDI Setup see page AG K Remote Power In Power supplied at this jack is sent down the MIDI In port s pins 6 and 7 Use a suitable MIDI pedal board and connect its wall wart external power supply to this jack Use a 7 pin MIDI cable between the Out port on the board and the In port on the Eclipse Power will be remotely supplied to the MIDI pedal board L Foot Pedal Jacks 1 amp 2 Stereo 1 4 inch connectors The sleeve is ground reference the ring is a 5 volt source and the tip is an analog signal between O to 5 volts input to the Eclipse Connect either foot switches foot pedals or control voltage sources to these inputs to modulate parameters or to trigger events including remote program loads see page 46 gt To set up the foot pedal jacks see page 4 Getting Around and Altering Parameters At any given time the Eclipse is doing a whole bunch of stuff Unfortunately you can t look at all that stuff in one fell swoop We could have arranged things otherwise but we figured you d rather not devote twelve rack spaces to the Eclipse display where you really only need one AS a compromise we ve created a number of windows on its inner workings We call them areas Inside each area are parameters that can be selected by
67. entide Inc Release 2 500 Page 59 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Index Algorithms 9 33 Loading 20 39 Analog input 10 15 Guitar 10 15 Analog output 10 15 Busy LED 9 MIDI In Serial port indicator 49 Bypass 9 25 Effects blocks 39 LED blinking 39 remote 45 Checksum 50 Digital input output ADAT 15 28 Brief overview 15 25 Connectors 10 11 External clock 26 Internal clock 26 Output format 27 Selecting input 25 Status of input 25 Word Clock 11 26 Display 8 Brightness 21 Understanding Layout 13 Understanding Page Release 2 500 Page 61 of 64 Numbers 14 Dumping data 49 Edited LED 9 Effect blocks Loading algorithms 39 Effects blocks 7 33 34 Bypassing 39 Routing 37 Emphasis 27 EXT LED blinking 25 External Controllers 44 MIDI capture 45 Foot Pedal Jacks As external modulators 44 Jacks 12 Loading Programs with 45 Setting up 47 Freezing 51 Global parameters 7 High sampling rates unable to load programs 27 Hot Keys 8 33 Assigning 20 33 Deleting 34 Input stereo or mono 22 Keypad 8 14 Knob 9 14 Levels Global 23 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Index Program Modulating specific 38 See LFO See Modulation Parameters block Memory card 9 Retriggering 21 52 LFO s 37 Meter 9 22 Sends 37 MIDI Tap to As external determine modulators delay times 44 36 Loading Tempo P
68. ention employed in the manual that might need explaining We ll write things like The display brightness is determined by SETUP page 2 BRIGHT Its values range from the dimmest to 15 the brightest To change the brightness you would first press the SETUP key Notice that the font character style used for the word SETUP looks something like the font on the faceplate of your Eclipse p aS 29 2 E aS 5 Because it says page 2 you d press the SETUP key again to get to page AAA 2 Notice the little 2 in the lower right corner Notice that this refers to screen page 2 not User Manual page 2 La Then you would press the soft key below the phrase DISP Again notice E AREE ee that the font looks something like the font on the display Then you would press the soft key under BRIGHT pe ee Finally you would spin the knob to select a brightness between 8 and 15 With that said go read then play then read some more then play ee oa some more Release 2 500 Page 5 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Overviews Basic Information and Quickstart You ve bought a serious piece of machinery friend A beneficiary of Eventide s venerated Orville and H3000 line of effects processors and a quarter century of Eventide s digital audio excellence the Eclipse boasts e The world s richest sounding and widest array of effects e A global tempo feature that
69. es which effect the warranty A copy of your pur chase invoice is normally necessary and sufficient for this If you have any questions about who is an Authorized Eventide Dealer call us Units with the serial number plate defaced or removed will not be serviced or covered by this warranty When the warranty becomes effective The one year warranty period begins on the day the unit is purchased from an Authorized Eventide Dealer or if the unit is drop shipped from Eventide on the day shipped plus a reasonable allowance for shipping delays This applies whether or not you return your warranty registration form When we receive a unit this is how we determine whether it is under warranty 1 If the unit was shipped from our factory within the past calendar year we assume that it is under warranty unless there is evidence to the con trary such as its having been sold as used or rented etc 2 If the unit was shipped from our factory more than a calendar year ago we assume it is not under warranty unless a There is a warranty registration form on file showing that it has been purchased within the past year under appropriate conditions b You send a copy of your purchase invoice indicating warranty status along with the unit 3 If the unit was used as a demo the warranty runs from the date that it was received by the dealer The original purchaser gets the unexpired por tion of that warranty When you send a unit for repair you should ind
70. esses and that the program s modulating filters get all cozy and synchronized with the music Select HOT KEYS T_RATE and play around with different values such as whole note or 1 8 note Not bad Notice that if you alter I_RATE the associated parameter RATE is af fected It works like this you select the source of the tempo as described above The tempo then informs all the T DELAY T_RATE and T_xxxxx parameters in the program that is loaded They filter the tempo informa tion based on the rhythmic value you choose and inform the actual DELAY or RATE parameters in the program in their native language e g milliseconds or Hertz The unadorned DELAY and RATE parameters are thus slaves to the tempo and their associated IT_Xxxxx parameters To relinquish control back to the unadorned parameters either turn off the tempo system as described above or turn off a given T_Xxxxx parameter to Off just keep spinning the knob to the right you ll get there Doing either effectively breaks one of the arrows shown to the right gt see pages 15 and 35 for more information Finally let s assign the modulation block s LFO to a parameter Press PARAMETER page 2 EDIT MOD LFO 1 and set T_RATE to whole note Now the modulation block s LFO is cycling once a measure Use the soft key to Jump up a level gt see page 42 for information on the modulation block LFO and all of
71. ew seconds the Eclipse will ee ask if you want to return to factory defaults Select YES this will fix almost all problems but will require you to re enter any SETUP values that you have changed It will NOT erase any programs that you have saved Clear internal memora If the Eclipse s won t fly straight power down and then power back up o e while holding down the 8 key After a few seconds the Eclipse will ask 1f you want to clear internal memory Select YES but be very warned do ing so will erase every program between 0 and 99 and change all of the SETUP and LEVELS area parameters back to their factory defaults As dramatic as this is it will probably solve your problem Eclipse User Manual Page 52 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Still having problems Try reinstalling the operating system as described in the Updating Software section below No luck Your system may have a hardware problem and you should contact Eventide or your dealer for servicing Formatting Memory Cards If you are worried about the contents of the Memory card you should either dump the contents of the memory card to an external storage device see page 50 or copy all valuable internal programs to a different Memory Card copy the faulty Memory Card s programs to internal memory and then to another Memory card see page 32 You can also do this with a PC equipped with a suitable CompactFlash card reader Once you
72. ght It will also light the LED that most closely matches the de tected rate signals that are way off frequency will cause the nearest LED to blink a i AAA i ER oJ ADAT IH Note If there is no signal at the digital input or if the signal is absent or corrupt the EXT LED and rate LED will blink and the Eclipse will switch to the znternal rate closest to the last valid external rate WCIk Use WCIK to use the word clock input as the clock source Dia In Setur Clock WClk 96002H2 If the device you are slaving to has a word clock output you ate advised to use it in preference to DigIn described above Word clock is a little more reliable The Eclipse will read the rate 30RkHz 50RHx and 54kHz 99RHz of the input and will display it next to WC In In addition the rate amp source indicator pictured above will reflect the fact that bG A i Rc 1 ADAT IH Release 2 500 Page 25 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual you have chosen an external clock source EXT will light It will also light the LED that most closely matches the de tected rate signals that are way off frequency will cause the nearest LED to blink Note If there is no signal at the digital input or if the signal is absent or corrupt the EXT LED and rate LED will blink and the Eclipse will switch to the znternal rate closest to the last valid external rate SR CNV Eclipse features a sample rate converter SRC on its di
73. gi Dis In Setur SRC Mode on m Ji CLOCK EER E aT i tal input which allows it to accept a digital signal whose sample frequency differs from its main clock source This is mainly used to accept a signal at say 44 1kHz from a CD player for example while operating at 48 or 96kHz However it can be used for 48kHz to 96khz conversion or any other mixed rate application Note that the SRC tends to require a higher quality input signal for correct operation For this reason the SRC should be disabled set to off when not needed Using Higher Sampling Rates Disables Some Programs Higher sampling rates greater than 55kHz may yield higher fidelity but some programs won t function at higher rates higher rates require twice the processing power and twice the delay capability You can tell if a preset can run at higher sampling rates by looking for the icon between the preset s number and name In some cases there are Cameras be 3 LIAD ds two versions of the same program one for high rate operation and one for low rate ee for example Loop10 and Loop20 It will not be possible to select a high sample rate if a program without the icon is currently loaded and Eclipse will refuse 1 e not lock to an incoming digital signal with a sample rate greater than 50kHz Similarly if a sample rate above 50kHz is selected and you try to load a program without the e icon Eclipse will complain vociferously and will not let you d
74. grams 100 199 Map 2 Program change numbers 1 100 select user programs 0 99 Map 3 Program change numbers 1 100 select card programs 500 599 To customize a map first select it with SETUP page 3 MAP shown above Use PGMCHG to select a MIDI program change number PChg to associate with the program selected by PRESET Prst as shown to the right Using MIDI Bank Select Messages MIDI bank select messages allow random access to a presets in your Eclipse unlike MIDI maps which limit the selection to 128 choices Eclipse recetves bank select messages on MIDI continuous controller 0 Release 2 500 Page 29 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual For example to load preset 451 send a MIDI bank select message continuous controller 0 with a value of 4 followed by a MIDI program change message with a value of 51 To load preset 13 send a MIDI bank select message continuous controller 0 with a value of 4 followed by a MIDI program change mes sage with a value of 13 At power up Eclipse will default to the current Midi Map see above After recetving a MIDI bank select message Eclipse will remember this bank until it recetves another Bank Select message To re enable one of the three MIDI Maps simply send bank select 101 102 or 103 to enable Midi Map 1 2 or 3 re spectively Saving and Updating Programs You can only save programs with numbers between 0 and 99 in internal memory and progra
75. he same pin layout and ungrounding procedure described above applies here as well D 1 4 inch Analog Audio Outputs These analog outputs accept balanced 1 4 inch connectors The sleeve is ground the ring is negative phase cold and the tip is positive phase hot Using an unbalanced 1 4 inch connector will reduce the output by 6dB E XLR Digital Interface Use these connectors to connect professional digital audio gear to the Eclipse These cables are differential with a shielded twisted pair To select the XLR input as the digital source go to SETUP DIG IN If you want to synchronize the Eclipse to this digital input you usually will set SETUP CLOCK to Digin as well The XLR output is always active but the format of the data being sent out can either be Pro professional or UNS consumer as determined by SETUP DIG OUT FORMAT CS TYPE You will probably want this set to Pro if you re using the XLR output as your main or only digital output We recommend the use of purpose manufactured Digital Audio cables which have low capacitance and controlled impedance for carrying AES EBU sig nals Ordinary microphone cables will usually work at 48RHz but may reduce range and add jitter and distortion to the signal It is unlikely that microphone cable will prove satisfactory for 96H operation gt See page 24 Release 2 500 Page 9 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual F RCA Digital Interface Us
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77. ipse control another one any parameter change made to the Eclipse sending the sequence will also be made to the Eclipse receiving this signal Be warned however that if you manage to configure the MIDI connections between your vatious pieces of equipment such that the system exclusive sequence out MIDI messages of the Eclipse loop back into the same Eclipse without delay this will create a situation simi lar to acoustic feedback and digital demons will unleash a raging fury inside your helpless Eclipse So make sure that doesn t happen If you aren t actively using the sequence out fea ture it s wise to leave it Off SYSXSPD The lower the value of this parameter 1 to 10 the slower the Eclipse will transmit MIDI messages This can be useful if the device being sent to is unhappy with faster rates That s it for MIDI globals The SERIAL menu page is addressed on page 50 With the Memory card removed the BUSY LED on the front panel illuminates whenever a message is received at the MIDI In port If the serial port is enabled messages sent out the MIDI Out port are also sent out the serial port Note If the serial port is enabled and MIDI is enabled a com mand received over either the serial port or the MIDI In port causes the port not receiving the command to be ignored until the command is complete The Rear Panel Pedal Jacks Pedal Setur Each foot pedal jack accepts a stereo tip
78. jacks will be muted so you should not use relay bypass if you are using these jacks Note that when Eclipse is powered down the same relay connects the analog XLRs so that signal can pass through DSP Byp DSP bypass the normal mode When this is selected both effects blocks are electronically bypassed preserving all global levels This means for example that if you were coming in digital and going out analog you would still have signal when bypassed in contrast to relay bypass above Mute All An alternative to normal bypass this mutes the signal passing through the Eclipse Digital Setup The Eclipse is ready to interface with virtually any piece of digital equipment on the market any rate any bit depth any connector What s more it can accept one protocol at its input and pass a different protocol at its output What do we mean by protocol A protocol is a way of encoding digital audio The XLR RCA and optical connectors can all accept or pass either the professional or the consumer protocol However the XLR connector is normally used for the more robust professional standard while the RCA and optical connectors in general are only used for the less robust consumer standard Within both standards you can select to en code emphasis though you should leave emphasis off unless you know what it is and feel the need to use it Within the consumer standard you can encode data that permits subsequent users to
79. l to the actual audio it just turns the flag on and off so in this sense your Eclipse can misinform Setting the emphasis to thru simply mirrors the out put flag so that it matches the input flag Assuming that you ve set CS TYPE to Cns you can select copy status at Pa yt h ars a Ces SETUP SCMS Your choices are copy OK This will allow subsequent digital devices to make unlimited copies of the output audio You should leave it set to copy OK unless you feel justified in doing otherwise 1 more This will allow only one subsequent digital device to use the output audio After that no more digital copies are permitted no copy This will allow zo subsequent digital devices to use the output audio a good way to pro tect your wares from flea bitten pirate varmints Select SETUP DIG OUT FORMAT BITS to choose the output word Parte st emnasis 10 SMe NENS length 24 20 or 16 bits ADAT Output or Two Channel Optical Output Oia Out Setur Ortical Out ADAT The optical output can be made to send elght channel digital audio in the PR AAL dat it DITHER da ADAT protocol ADAT or two channel digital audio in the protocol cho sen above S PDIF Select between the two at SETUP DIG OU OPTICAL You would not normally select ADAT for sampling rates above 50kHz If you select ADAT proceed to SETUP DIG OUT ADAT OUT Repeatedly PE 2 aM ica a ce press ADAT OUT to select each channel and turn the knob
80. l see other cases of MASTER menu pages that behave similarly to the ones we have described What s more HOT KEYS often link to these master controls Tempo based Parameters T_RATE T_ DELAY T_ TAP etc The Eclipse s little heart is a vays thumping to the beat of its tempo The tempo can be keyed in tapped in on the TAP key derived from a sequencer connected to the Eclipse s MIDI in and so on see page 15 Most of the Eclipse s delays and LFOs automatically synchronize to the tempo It works like this we use a delay as an example but other T_ parameters behave similarly A delay parameter will have wo soft keys associated with it one will say Pr PAAMS et rencia Jap DELAY1 or something like that while the other will have a T_ appended to its name T_DELAY1 The T_ stands for tempo T_DELAY1 is selected in rhythmic terms 1 8 note 1 8 trip 1 16 note whole note etc Assuming the tempo is synched to the music that is being effected the delay shown to the right will repeat after a 1 8th note The DELAY1 parameter does two things First if you press its soft key but don t turn the knob it reports the actual delay time in milliseconds as a function of the tempo and the value of T_DELAY1 If however you turn the knob to change the delay time in milliseconds DELAY1 will override the value derived from the tempo and T_DELAY1 But get this if you now up
81. lication Wait until both the Eclipse screen and OUpdate application indicate that programming has been com pleted Power down the Eclipse You re done When you next restart the Eclipse it will ask you if you want to clear the setup i e return the system to factory settings You should say OK to this and prepare yourself for the task of re entering such SETUP values as you have changed Eclipse User Manual Page 54 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Finding Out The Current Software Version Press SETUP page 3 UTILITY to find your current Eclipse soft ware version SERIALNO Find out your unit s serial number without climbing into the A ee ene dark recesses of the cable jungle Wer shores Version 1 000 SERIALHO SESE MODULES Ji ALGE Jap SYSTEM Current operating system software version MODULES Current modules version E SEGA DC S STEM J MERTEN ALGS Jap ALGS Current algorithms version E ERALO 20 S STEM J MOGULS QTM 2 PRESETS Current factory programs version AHB Fron ICRA EERE oe FPGA Current FPGA version le e E HARDWARE Current hardware version ee E E Approved CompactFlash Cards The characteristics of CompactFlash cards may vary depending on model and manufacturer The following have been successfully tested by Eventide for use with Eclipse Other cards may well be entirely suitable Other capacities in the same manufacturer s ranges as those liste
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83. lope params sens E de LEVEL SSS ATTACK JC DECAY J a CAM fo Params o BATE Jf TZRATE 11 FMRATE J T FMRATE Jip CAM fo Faam E SHAPE Jf DUTY J RETRIG Jf ANGLE Je e E fo Farams U EEACR 1P by the envelope follower 1 e the loudness of the input audio SHAPE determines the shape of the alter nating signal For shapes such as triangle and square the DUTY parameter shifts their shape Via DUTY triangle waves can vary between sawtooth and ramp shaped and square waves can change their pulse length relative to the RATE Eclipse User Manual Page 36 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual If the RATE is changed either manually or via a tempo update an LFO will of course alter its rate The old rate is crossfaded to the new rate The length of the crossfade is determined by RETRIG as a percent age of the old rate Thus a value of 180 means that the crossfade will be complete in one cycle of the old rate and 0 means a rate change will take effect immediately When you tap in a new tempo with the TAP key or start an external sequence that s connected to the Eclipse the LFOs will start over You determine where in the waveform the LFO starts with the ANGLE parameter Your choices are 180 deg to 180 deg When the LFO starts over it crossfades from the old position to the new position by an amount determined by RETRIG de sctibed above Elfo retrisser Parambutton retria bem FL AE
84. more information Proarams 1144 BEF uzzAOskPrea C CRITER 4 o 2 E 2 LOAD ip Press the and gt keys until the left side of the screen reads Programs Guitar Now you can access programs that were designed to process guitars Use the knob to select the program FuzzADSRPreamp Load the program by pressing the conspicuously labeled LOAD soft key PH to LEVEL Ji You re whisked away to the HOT KEYS area Too much distortion Select the FUZZ soft key and use the knob to e a a Eclipse User Manual Page 16 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual select out Press the HOT KEYS key again to access more soft keys Need more funk Select SENS and use the knob to tune in the good stuff OK let s load a different program that has an LFO so we can check out the Eclipse s tempo feature Go back to the PROGRAM area and press the gt soft key until the left side of the display reads Programs All Use the knob to select Dual Modfilter and then LOAD it To insure that your tempo is behaving in a way that makes what follows comprehensible set SETUP TAP SRC to Internal You can ex periment with other settings such as the all important Midiclock on your own time As an important aside selecting Off would disable the tempo feature Return to the HOT KEYS area play some music and tap the TAP key in time You ll notice that the tempo is displayed with less precision than it truly poss
85. mpo will click if you adjust TEMPO to On Click click click Such fun Global Signal Flow and Levels This section discusses levels and routing of all signals before the digital signal processor DSP and after the DSP i e everything shown on the Eclipse System Signal Flow sheet located in the pocket of this manual These adjustments are global in that they do not change when you load a new program As such they are useful for adjusting the levels and signal flow of your Eclipse relative to the rest of your studio or rack They are not that useful for adjusting the nuance of an effect that is better left to PARAMETER area levels and routing see page 37 Eclipse User Manual Page 20 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Now we re going to describe in words the signal flow inside the Eclipse But they say a picture is worth a thousand words so it will be helpful if you pluck the Eclipse System Signal Flow sheet from the end of this manual after the Index and follow along The digital input is taken from the XLR RCA or optical digital input as ae ane i ae determined by SETUP DIG IN The first thing to realize is that the digital inputs and the analog inputs are summed Thus if you run a vo cal in through the digital inputs and drum overheads in through the analog inputs both will be effected Digital channel 1 is summed with analog chan nel 1 and digital channel 2 is summed with analog channel 2
86. ms between 500 and 999 on a memory card Numbers 100 through 199 are reserved for factory programs that make direct use of the Eclipse s underlying algorithms and numbers 200 through 499 are reserved for more complex factory programs Saving Programs To save a program press PROGRAM page 2 SAVE AS REMO 9c UPDATE gt lt COMPARE gt CEE Next use PROGRAM page 2 SAVE NUMBER to select a number to store gage oy eee ate gt a the program at To name the program press PROGRAM page 2 SAVE NAME Once you ve me p pO sn entered a satisfactory name press the PROGRAM key again to jump back up a level gt see page 82 to learn how to name things To set flags so that your program can be intelligently sorted as described above press PROGRAM page 2 SAVE DBASE There are three databases USERGRP E S0URCE Jf EFFECT lt TOGGLE gt a Select a database by pressing its soft key then use the knob to select a category msn phase Flags Greca Far ver SOURCE USERGRP J EFFECT 1 TOGGLE gt within the database e g SOURCE Special FX Then use the TOGGLE soft aS ma key to flag a category that is to switch the flag from No to Yes You can also PLLEESRRICCMRE IBER TUSGLE gt use the TOGGLE soft key to un flag a category Once all the correct flags are flagged press the PROGRAM key to jump back up a level save Program As 036 lt emrbs gt
87. o not have a value themselves but instead cause an event to occur when the appropriate criteria is satisfied by the modulation source s value Normally trigger events occur when the modulation source transitions from a value less than 50 to a value more than 50 This works very well for remote controllers with momentary type switches However for a remote controller with a atching on off switch it is desireable for a trigger event to occur when the modulation source transitions 50 in either direction The TRIGMODE parameter accommodates both of these switch types using one of two settings burazsz mod TriaMode Momentary TRIGMODE EACH E Momentary Causes the trigger event i e Bypass PGM or PGM to occur each time the modulation sources transitions from a value below 50 to a value at or above 50 Useful for remote sources that use momentary switches On Off Causes the trigger event to occur each time the modulation source transitions through 50 from either direction Recommended for modulation sources that use latching on off type switches MIDI Setup In the Eclipse MIDI can be used e with programs that explicitly call for some sort of external controller For example a program called MidiHarmony might call for MIDI notes to adjust the amount of pitch shifting that 1s applied to an audio signal e to remote control almost any parameter in the Eclipse including input and output le
88. o so Things would be simpler if we only used 96kHz capable presets but then you would be paying for a lot of processing power half of which would be wasted at 48kHz Digital Output The XLR RCA and optical digital outputs will a output digital audio a the time and will a output the same protocol with the exception of the optical output set to ADAT Therefore you must choose the protocol for your most important output or base your choice on the requirement of the device you re connecting to The Apo rate of the s a audio is set at SETUP DIG IN CLOCK as described above MEET EMPHASIS JE Sch it EITS a the Pro ci or e local for output Nor mally you will set this to Pro if the XLR output is your most important send or Cns if the RCA or optical outputs are your most important sends ADAT output is different and is addressed below By changing SETUP DIG OUT FORMAT EMPHASIS from off to on you can add emphasis flags to your output audio If you ve never heard of emphasis leave it Off and skip the rest of this paragraph Emphasis is an outmoded feature of older A D and D A technology that filters the digital audio to make the best use of available headroom However few devices use emphasis these days so you probably want to leave it off unless you have good reason to do otherwise Changing the emphasis flag does NOTHING Eclipse User Manual Page 26 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manua
89. p the screen to the right SOURCE selects adsri 27 absolute 12000 0 SOURCE J MOHITOR 11 T PE JC RIHGi lip the module that will modulate the parameter The modules we can choose are off This un patches the parameter no modulation will occur bpm The faster the tempo the higher the value of modulation Realize that if the tempo remains constant e g 120bpm so too will the value of the parameter being modulated gt see page 15 lfo 1 The modulation block LFO modulates the parameter gt see page 42 follower 1 The modulation block envelope follower modulates the parameter gt see page 42 adsr 1 The modulation block ADSR modulates the parameter gt see page 42 ext through ext8 Modules external to the Eclipse such as MIDI controllers or foot pedals modulate the pa rameter You decide which external modules are associated with ext1 ext2 ext3 and so on at SETUP page 3 EXTERNAL gt see page 44 for more on External Controllers hotkey_1 thru hotkey_8 The hot keys found under HOT KEYS can be used as a modulation source If a hot key is present it will already be controlling a parameter using it as a mod source allows it to control others at the same time Suitable choices of scale values make this a very useful facility gt see page 33 to learn about Hot Keys gt see page 38 to learn about scaling param through param4 Eclipse User Manual Page 40 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual One of four
90. rder to fire and RETRIG determines how long the trigger will wait after firing to fire again Higher values of F ATTACK and F DECAY smooth out the trigger signal PARAMETER page 2 EDIT MOD page 2 accesses four generic parameters VALUE1 VALUE2 VALUE3 and VALUE4 If you link gaa sue several program parameters to one of these generic parameters you can mime A JE VALUES Ji VALUES Y alter all of the program parameters at once just by altering the one ge a e a a neric parameter All four values range from 0 to 100 but VALUE 3 and VALUE4 offer greater resolution with two decimal spaces More on modulation On Eclipse almost everything can be modulated and almost everything can be a modulation source For ex ample a hot key can be used to modulate other parameters but it can itself be modulated A powerful dem onstration of this is to load or create a dual effect program Add a hotkey to control the Wet Dry mix of EXA and use this as a modulation source for the Wet Dry mix of FxB Set the scale of this modulation to 100 Then you have a single knob that will blend the amount of each effect giving a morph like control Then modulate this knob with say an LFO It is important to note the distinction between modulating a hot key and modulating the parameter to which the hot keys is assigned this is not the same thing gt see page 33 to learn about Hot Keys
91. ress PARAMETER EDIT FXA gt or EDIT FXB gt depending on which effects block holds the parameters you wish to tweak Hey Many programs only make use of one of effects block A FXA in Heri sae ria 9m A which case you can only edit PARAMETER EDIT FXA Wed like to take you through all of the myriad parameters you ll encounter under EDIT FXA gt or EDIT FXB gt but there are too many and they are too varied Instead we ll make a few general comments For more algorithm specific comments and algorithm flow charts see the separately provided Eclipse Algo rithms document Master Parameters M_LEVEL M_DELA Y M_FBACK etc Many algorithms have multiple implementations of the same sort of pa Mii dual filters MASTER bl FILTERHI bt FILTERHE bl IMFO rameter For example the algorithm dual filters has two filters one for each channel While you can change each filter s cutoff frequency and reso nance independently you ll usually want to change them simultaneously Similarly the algorithm m_pandelays has four delays You ll often want to alter their delay times relatively by scaling each delay time by some amount The inconvenient alternative is to go into each delay and change its absolute delay time Eclipse User Manual Page 34 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual In cases exemplified by dual filters a MASTER menu page exists that will alter parameters for both filters simultaneousl
92. ribed above or it can calculate them as the absolute time between two taps of the TAP key useful for live situations Select PARAMETER page 2 EDIT MOD TTIME MODE to select between systemtempo and longdelaytap With MODE set to systemtempo everything behaves as we ve described so far On the other hand with MODE set to longdelaytap every T_DELAY and T_LOOP parameter derives its delay time from the interval between successive taps of the TAP key With TTYPE set to update the first of two taps marks the beginning of an interval and the second tap defines the end of the interval You can watch the interval grow between the taps at RUN and check out the re sulting delay time at DELAY A third tap starts the interval over at and a fourth tap defines the end of the new interval With ITYPE set to climb the first of two taps begins increasing the exist ing interval from the point that it left off and the second tap defines the end of the interval Again you can watch the interval grow between the taps at RUN and check out the resulting delay time at DELAY To reset the interval with ITYPE climb select an external modulator such as pedal 1 under EXT_RESE Turn to page 44 for details on setting up external controllers GEO modulation block C TIIME tf LFO i 4 RETRIG bi ADShHL bik Gb tartime Parame MODE Jf TTWPE Jf RUH JC DELAY Jap GD tartine Params EPH o EXT_RESE 4 EA
93. rogram prosa compare Mod COMPARE to toggle between the saved version of the preset and the AAA cr rc A AL edited version A PROGRAM COMPARE message will flash on the screen to indicate that you are listening to the saved version of the preset instead of the current edited version User Groups There are ten user groups available for your own organizational pur poses When you save a program you can flag it PROGRAM page 2 DBASE USERGRP as being in one or more of these banks so that when you choose User Grp under PROGRAM SEARCH B your saved programs are organized as you see fit You can name the User Groups under SETUP page 2 JUSERGRP Choose a A yee NUMBER to rename then use to actually rename it Pressing the ee bee Sena SETUP key saves the name gt see page 82 to learn how to name things Removing Programs Unfortunately programs take up space Eventually you ll run out of space Eventually you ll find that you don t use some of the programs that you used to use Out with the old to make space for the new right To remove a program first load the program you want to remove Return Proarams 1121 Rinadelass a bese a CRITERIA bA O Se LOAD ie to the PROGRAM area Here we ve loaded Ringdelays Assign Obase Flass Growr 2 Yes MECA SOURCE J EFFECT J lt TOGGLE gt a Sort Search Search By User Gre SORT EY MERA i LOCATION mn Save Program 112 Finadelawz Next press P
94. rograms controlled 30 17 35 Ports 11 Power 8 10 Setup 46 Program System key 8 exclusive LED blinking 46 48 Use with Programs pedal Copying See boards 11 Crossfading 12 30 Modulation Interval block 7 9 40 during Individual loading 29 modules 42 Loading 8 Patching 16 17 29 parameters Loading with to 18 40 MIDI 30 Scaling 41 Removing 31 Naming Things Saving 8 30 32 Sorting 16 Optimizing 17 29 signal quality User Groups 23 31 OUpdate 52 Rack mounting Overload 9 22 21 Parameters Sample rate 9 Causing a serial port parameter pin out 49 to ignore Serial port 11 tempo 17 49 Envelope Setups followers Storing and 36 loading 48 LFO 36 Soft keys 8 Master 34 Eclipse User Manual Page 62 of 64 Release 2 500 Ganged Parameters 13 Understanding Different Kinds 13 Software Updating 51 Version 53 Storing data externally See Dumping data TAP See Tempo Tempo 7 9 16 18 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Index Page 63 of 64 Conceptual flow chart of 18 Disabling 17 18 Unbalancing analog connectors 10 User Groups See Programs Wet Dry Global 23 Program specific 38 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Index This page is intentionally left blank Eclipse User Manual Page 64 of 64 Release 2 500
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96. se the Eclipse s set of algorithms see S tm moditenran GH dual modtiters the separately provided Eclipse Algorithms document for details Programs 200 through 499 are tweaks and combinations of these elemental algorithms Press the PARAMETER key to see what algorithm or algorithms a given program is built on To the right we see that the fm modfilter pan algorithm is running on effects block A FXA and that the dual modfilters algorithm is running on effects block B FXB Because the dual modfilters algo rithm is running on FXB you would press EDIT FXB to access al of its parameters However as we ve said before the HOT KEYS area will link to a program s most important parameters All of the changes that you make in the HOT KEYS or PARAMETER areas are saved and loaded with a pro gram in the PROGRAM area Well almost all see Bypassing Effects Blocks on page 39 Hot Keys OK the Eclipse has a cute little screen and sometimes you have to dig to get to the parameter you want to adjust That can be a drag especially if the parameter is one that you access often The HOT KEYS area was created to improve this situation Here s the idea pick a program parameter that you want to access quickly and assign it to the HOT KEYS area Then next time instead of digging you just go to the HOT KEYS area to access that parameter you can still dig if you want to however the parameter will always exi
97. sions If you upgrade your Eclipse s soft ware to a later version any previously saved setups will give a warning message when you try to reload them Usually reloading them will not cause problems If all seems OK update the setups that you need and the warning messages will magically disappear Now would be a good time to delete any setups that you are not currently using We also recommend making a backup of your setups with the new software version to el ther a memoty card or via a sysex dump Release 2 500 Page 49 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Transmitting and Receiving Data via the Serial Port The serial port can be used to transmit data between the Eclipse and a o peace a computer or between the Eclipse and another Eclipse It is an IBM PC type RS232 connector which looks like a modem to the connected com puter You can set up the serial port s parameters under SETUP page 2 MIDI SERIAL The first parameter BAUD determines the speed at which messages will be sent out the serial port and the speed at which the Eclipse expects to receive messages at the serial port The default value off disables the serial port The second value auto attempts to read the incoming data s speed and then adjusts the Eclipse accordingly Subsequent values specify specific speeds Similarly DATA BIT STOP BIT and PARITY all describe aspects of the messages sent out the serial port and aspects of the messages
98. st in its original position You can assign any program parameter in the Eclipse to a hot key and the factory presets ship with their most vital parame ters linked to hot keys You can view HOT KEYS in the standard 1 Parameter per page mode or plat AL a eee gee ee you can select 4 Parameter mode under SETUP MODES DISPMODE as ES 4 Sue a etn ye ee im shown to the right Up to eight hot keys can be assigned for a given program and the assign ments will be saved or updated with the currently loaded program When you load a new program the assignments saved with the new program will populate the HOT KEYS area it doesn t matter if the assignments are to program specific parameters such as PARAMETER page 2 ROUTING or to global parameters such as SETUP DISPLAY BRIGHT Assigning Hot Keys Let s assign a hot key to IN GAIN in the LEVELS area Get to the first cate R o e page of the LEVELS area by pressing the LEVELS key Next press and hold the IN GAIN soft key eee pea ASSIGH gt a Release 2 500 Page 33 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual Use HOT KEY to select the hot key slot to which you d like to assign it 3a mod A ee IN GAIN Press ASSIGN to actually assign it If the hot keys slot you chose was A a unoccupied the Eclipse will assign the hot key without hesitation How LWES gt HI gt ever if the slot you chose was occupied the Eclipse will verify that yo
99. t code or decode emphasis regardless of the status of said flags Press SCMS to check the copy status of the incoming audio The Pay tM col a possibilities are Copy Prohibit 1 more Copy OK or N A not applicable Regardless of what the input audio SCMS flag is set to the Eclipse can use the audio Use the above information wisely Internal and External Clock Source The Eclipse s sampling rate can be derived from an internal clock source the clock source lea of the digital input selected at SETUP DIG IN or the word clock input Use SETUP CLOCK to select from Int Use Int for internal to select from 44 1kKHz 48 kHz Pr in sets peruse anaes 88 2kKHz or 96 KHz sampling rates The rate amp source indicator pictured above will reflect your choice Realize that the EXT LED will ot be lit indicating that the clock source is internal Use the internal clock if you aren t using a digital input or zf the unit connected to the digital input is slaved to the Exclipse s clock DG I AAA SRC JE ADAT IH DigIn Use DigIn to use the digital input as a clock source Recall that a T ETUR ll eE the digital input is selected at SETUP DIG IN The Eclipse will read the incoming rate 30AHz 50RH2 or 54kHz IIRH2 of the input and will display it next to Digln In addition the rate amp source indicator pictured above will reflect the fact that you have chosen an external clock source EXT will li
100. t provided in the pocket of this manual to look at the signal flow outside the DSP You cannot save these settings as parts of programs e All of the routing and levels znszde the DSP are addressed in the PARAMETER area Refer to the Pro gram Signal Flow sheet provided in the pocket of this manual to look at the signal flow nside the DSP All of these settings are saved as parts of programs This is as confusing as it gets so if vou have this straight vou re all set 8 gets y gat y Knobs Keys and Jacks certified ergonomically sound after extensive testing on free range humans The Front Panel 0 O 96 kHz 2 o 3 papa 3 o D Bo 24 O 441 40 O EXT 3 O LEVELS PAGE FE 4 O o ay O O G Bo EDITED A POWER 6 2 PROGRAM BYPASS O O HOT KEYS O PARAMETER x 9 IT I SETUP O AUDITION MEMORY CARD 1 POWER Toggle this toggle to 1 to turn the Eclipse on Toggle this toggle to 0 to turn the Eclipse off 2 PROGRAM Press this key to load and save programs gt see page 28 3 HOT KEYS Press this key to access the most important parameters for the current program Addition ally assign any parameter to the HOT KEYS area for quick access gt see page 33 4 LEVELS Press this key to alter input and output levels system wet dry mix system routing not to be confused with the routing between the two effects blocks that comprise a progr
101. ted for keyboard are flagged as such and so on Furthermore all those programs that are delays are flagged as such all those that are pitch shifters are flagged as such all those that are reverbs are flagged as such and so on Before you load a program you can sort all of the programs based on their source Guitar Vocals Drums etc or their effects type Pitch Reverb Delay etc in addition to their program number or alphabetical order When you save or update a program you have the opportunity to flag the program as you see fit Now on to the specifics Press PROGRAM CRITERIA to select how the programs are sorted A eee ee Use PROGRAM CRITERIA SEARCH B to collect programs into groups Pear er E ge Your choices are All Lumps all the programs into one big group Source Collects the programs based on what instrument or input a k a source they were created to effect e g Guitar Vocals Drums etc Effect Collects the programs based on their underlying effects type e g EQ Dynamics Delay etc Src amp Effects Collects the programs by both their source and effects type User Grp Collects the programs as they were saved in the ten user groups gt for information regarding User Groups see page 31 Use PROGRAM CRITERIA SORT BY to sort programs either numerically gigas search e Colca a e Number or alphabetically Name within each collection Use PROGRAM CRITERIA LOCATION
102. the MIDI In port or at the serial port the Eclipse will replace the saved values in these areas with the incoming data If the device to which you sent the dump has the ability to send it back again such as a sequencer you can use this as a way to back up your Eclipse WARNING If for any reason this dump gets corrupted in some way beyond the Eclipse s control and then sent back to the Eclipse you will lose all the information you are trying to back up as well as the Eclipse s contents If you do a backup in this way especially to a computer it would be a good idea to do it twice to two separate files and then to compare the size of the files On a PC check the property of each file Look at the number in parentheses On a Macintosh get info on each file Again look at the number in parentheses If the sizes are identical it s a good indication that the data sent from the Eclipse has been recorded accurately It is recommended that setups be saved internally and reloaded when necessary rather than mak ing heavy use of dumps gt ses page 49 to learn about Storing and Loading Setups Bulk Copying Programs Although an Eclipse Program can be copied by loading it and saving it to a new memory location this can be cumbersome when copying multiple programs The Bulk Copy function makes it easy for example to backup internal presets to a catd The access the Copy utility go to SETUP page 3 UTILITY then to
103. the command to be ignored until the command is complete gt See page 50 MIDI is used for instrument to instrument digital communications The Eclipse sends and receives Eventide system exclusive messages and in addition can respond to and generate certain standard MIDI commands The Eclipse has three MIDI ports In The Eclipse accepts and processes MIDI messages received at the MIDI In port The connector is 7 pin and can provide power to a suitable pedal board provided you supply power at the Remote Power In socket described below It can also send MIDI messages from this connector to a suitably equipped system This means for example that a pedal board can be connected to the Eclipse by means of a single cable that supplies power as well as a communica tion path A normal 5 pin MIDI cable can be used as a standard MIDI input Eclipse User Manual Page 10 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Out The Eclipse sends MIDI messages to other devices via the Out port MIDI messages are also sent out the serial port if it is enabled Thru Any MIDI information received at the MIDI In port is echoed di rectly to the MIDI Thru port regardless of the Eclipse s configura tion as long as the Eclipse is powered up With the Memory card removed the BUSY LED on the front panel illuminates whenever a MIDI message is received at the MIDI In port Note If the serial port is enabled and MIDI is
104. the foot controller on a MIDI keyboard Triggers when a damper control message MIDI control message 64 is received with damper 1 Triggers when a portamento control message MIDI control message 65 is received with portamento 1 Triggers when a sostenuto control message MIDI control message 66 is received with sostenuto 1 Triggers when a soft control message MIDI control message 67 is received with soft 1 Triggers when a hold 2 control message MIDI control message 69 is received with hold 2 1 MIDI control message 7 typically assigned to volume changes MIDI control message 8 typically assigned to balance MIDI control message 10 typically assigned to panning MIDI control message 11 typically assigned to the expression controller on a MIDI key board MIDI control messages 16 through 23 Allows selection of any MIDI control number with rameter appears CNTRL which selects the controller number to be used ute 7 con 17 general Z Allows selection of any MIDI control number with very mod OURCE it CHAHHEL n i HOHITOR lib fine quantization Input range is 0 to 16 383 A third pa rameter appears CNTRL which selects the controller number to be used Your choices Eclipse User Manual Page 44 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual for con ate 0 to 31 The MIDI control number con will pass the coarse value for the modulation and the MIDI control number CNTRL
105. the other wonderful modulators All of the modulators in the modulation block exist independently of pro 144 FuzzADSkPreame sens 3 dE MEE CA ATTACH Ji FROG JEF ATTACK J pez Proarams 1001 Mute_ Series lt X LOAD gt i CRITER 4 lt 7 P ib Proarams C CRITER be t FS Temro 1134 2 amp 0ual Modfilt gt gt lt LOAD 4p Source Internal TEMPO GOTT AVERAGE 134 Qual Modi eman 227 emm A ERMI J FREG Jip 134 Qual Modfilterz trate whole rote MODE J RATE Re i FREGO lib Select the tempo source at SETUP TEMPO TAP SRC select off to disable the Tempo feature T_DELAY T_RATE or any T_XXXXX parameter receives the Tempo and scales it by a rhythmic value such as whole note 1 2 note or 1 16 note The scaled value alters the actual DELAY RATE or XXXXX parameter CO lFo 1 FParamz trate whole note RATE RG SHAPE Ji RETRIG Jib Proarams 108 BECombdelass C CRITTER 4 gt gt gt lt LOAD ib Release 2 500 Page 17 of 64 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse User Manual grams To prove it load the program CombDelays Should you peek back at the LFO s T_RATE you ll find it hasn t changed Now go to the HOT KEYS area and set M_COMB to 108 CombDelays comb 0 noon H_LEMEL J M_DELAY JE MACH MATO ie To assign the modulation block s LFO to this parameter hold down its 108 m comb mad MODULATE lt HAME gt lt REMO
106. their PARR SOM ey glee eee as names These parameters synchronize to the tempo For example to the right we see T_RATE Its values are rhythmic and right now the chorus depicted will oscillate once every 1 2 note If you want the chorus to ignore the tempo set T_RATE to off and use pet NS beers rence ioe 115 St Chorus rate 0 38 Hz the unadorned RATE soft key to enter in a rate LIS eehu eee ae Eee If you want every parameter in the Eclipse to ignore the tempo set SETUP TAP SRC to Off gt See page 35 for a more in depth discussion of T_ parameters See page 17 for a diagram of the tempo and its relation to T_ parameters Tutorial 1 Loading a Program Setting the Tempo and Assigning Modulation OK we re going to run you through a day in the life of your Eclipse Proarams 1141 Pandelass First turn it on C CRITER 4 3 2 E LOAD ip We want to load a program and that s the sort of thing that happens in the PROGRAM area So press the PROGRAM key The Eclipse sorts its programs so that the type of program you want to Resa nC E umber load is easily found Press SORT BY and tan the knob untl ee ee the display reads Number Then press SEARCH B and turn the knob until the display reads Source zis will allow us to search for a program based on the type of instrument the program was designed for Press the PROGRAM key again to jump up a level gt see page 28 for
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108. tput levels digital audio speeds and protocols MIDI channels and so on You load and save programs with the PROGRAM key and a program s most important parameters are lo cated under the HOT KEYS key A program contains two effects blocks and the routing between them series parallel etc is accessible with the PARAMETER key some programs only use one of the two available effects blocks An effects block runs one of the Eclipse s core set of algorithms The algorithms are described in the separately provided Eclipse Algorithms document Put another way e A program such as Desert Gtr contains one or two effects blocks En dE eee eatery and the routing between them series parallel etc ik An effects block runs an algorithm such as polydriver Or diff a Eo Rana FHA ar E FHE 4p chorus e You load and save programs under the PROGRAM key OREM ee LORD 3i e You alter the routing between effects blocks and the parameters of Gy roludiver G9 dichou each effects block under the PARAMETER key eC RAN OPE IA AL Eclipse User Manual Page 6 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual When it comes to routing signals inside the Eclipse it s helpful to think of the effects blocks and the routing between them as existing within the DSP e All of the levels and signal selection outside the DSP are addressed in the LEVELS area and the SETUP area Refer to the Eclipse System Signal Flow shee
109. ts delay time to the modulation block LFO Imagine that said LFO is oscillating every whole note The delay will modulate every whole note as well Now imagine that we update Happy Delay and load some other program Imagine we change the modulation block LFO s rate to 1 4 note and reload Happy Delay Here s the punch line the modulation block LFO would still be oscillating once every 1 4 note and the delay time would s be patched to it So now the delay time would modulate every 1 4 note Understanding this example is essential to understanding modulation First we re going to describe how you accomplish this patching then we re going to describe how you ac tually set up the modulation block Because we re first showing you how you can use the modulation block and only then showing you how to set it up some of what follows might not be crystal clear Just take in the main points and ponder the creative possibilities Patching a Parameter to the Modulation Block s Modules To patch a parameter press and hold the soft key associated with the pa OA E e rameter you d like to patch We can patch RING1 by holding down its LEER i soft key You can patch parameters from virtually anywhere in the Eclipse A new screen pops up The right side of the screen pertains to HOT KEYS Pe a a subject covered elsewhere in this manual page 33 The more pertinent left side of the screen reads MODULATE Press MODULATE to call u
110. u would like to replace the old hot key with the new one OK while that was instructive you probably won t assign global parameters such as IN GAIN to the HOT KEYS area too often Instead you ll usually assign program parameters Renaming Hot Keys To rename an existing hot key press and hold the hot key you want to re lt MODULATE gt lt MAME gt lt REMOVE gt a name zn the HOT KEYS area A NAME gt soft key appears that if pressed allows you to change the name of the hot key Hit the HOT KEYS key to no o iS finish Blank spaces are not allowed in Hotkey names Eclipse will auto matically replace all blank spaces with _ underline characters gt see page 32 to learn how to name things Deleting Hot Keys To delete a hot key assignment either overwrite the assignment with a 116 in gain mod new hot key as described above or press and hold the hot key you want este OE o rie to delete zm the HOT KEYS area A REMOVE gt soft key appears that 1f STAT Tene Rene San ay eae pressed deletes the hot key in question The Eclipse makes sure you really SVE SMM gt want to go through with it Altering Parameters in the PARAMETER Area GE fm modiilter pan GEA dual modrilters While most factory programs link to their most important parameters in ra ae coo Fin gt FIE UN EDIT FRE Dap the HOT KEYS area those same parameters and many more are left to tinker with in the PARAMETER area P
111. vels via external controllers gt see page 40 e to change programs via MIDI program change messages gt see page 29 e to dump information from one Eclipse to another or to an external storage device gt see page 50 Several MIDI g oba parameters bear on all of the above uses of MIDI func CHANNEL HIDIMODE h i SPSE AC SERIAL h tion These parameters are found under SETUP page 2 MIDI Let s look at each parameter in turn shall we If SETUP page 2 CHANNEL is set to Off all received MIDI com MO Setur___Channel 6 n a mands are ignored Settings of 1 to 16 select one of 16 MIDI channels to be the base channel from which MIDI channel numbers will be calculated elsewhere in the Eclipse Finally if set to Omni a MIDI message on any channel is accepted and dutifully obeyed by every MIDI message recipient in the Eclipse This keeps things simple for simple setups SETUP page 2 PGM CHNG This determines whether the Eclipse will accept and obey MIDI program change messages Eclipse User Manual Page 46 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual NOTE The Eclipse allows selection of Mono or Poly mode Poly means one channel has all the notes e g keyboards Mono means each channel plays only one note but you have multi ple channels e g MIDI guitars wind controllers PRES If this parameter is set to Channel then the last changed MIDI aftertouch message on a given channel affects all the notes played on
112. y Its parameters are un adorned for example GAIN FREQ and Q shown on the second screen to the right Parameters that only pertain to filter 1 have 1 ap pended to their rears For example in the third screen to the right we see GAIN1 FREQ1 and Q1 In cases exemplified by m_pandelays a MASTER menu page exists that will scale the absolute parameter values found under DELAY 1 DELAY 2 etc To the right we see four menu pages with the bottom three found under the soft keys of the top screen MASTERS DELAY 1 and DELAY 2 The absolute value of DELAY1 is 200 ms and the CEM dual Filters U MASTER bI FILTERH i ui FILTERHe bi IMFO 4 CM master Filter Params SEHD Jf GAIN Jf FREG JL a lik CHA filter 1 Params o GAHA Jf FREQi Jf a4 JE TYPE Jip GE filter 2 Parame GAINE J FREQ Jf az JE TWPEZ Jip GE mr arndelass L MASTERS bl DELAYHL bi DELAY bi DELAY bik Gh master Params modela oO o SEHD J M_LEVEL MET i FEACH Jap GM dela91 Params delasi 00 ms o LEVELA QUEM TDELAYi J FEACHi Jap GM delast Params delaye 400 me o LEVEL MOE T peLAv2 J FEACKE lip absolute value of DELAY2 is 400 ms However both of those values are scaled by M_DELAY which is set to 38 Consequently the actual delay times are 100ms and 200ms By altering M_DELAY you preserve the relative difference between the two delays in this case delay2 is always twice as long as delay1 You wil
113. y of chances to optimize the signal level at points along the Eclipse s signal path Generally you want to leave anything that counts as an input at OdB and adjust anything that counts as an output to maximize signal level without clipping this includes the output of any device connected to the Eclipse Only adjust input levels if their connected outputs cannot adequately optimize the signal level Signals that are too low make for low resolution audio Signals that are too high make for nasty distortion We highly highly highly recommend that you refer to the Eclipse System Signal Flow sheet after the Index to visualize where the following ad l meter setur Source Master Out justments are made All references to the meter can be set at LEVELS I ETHA pecar Jf HOLD 1 lt OL CLEAR gt a SOURCE LEVELS IN GAIN This is an analog voltage gain of 30dB to 10dB It Levels A sae comes before the ADC analog to digital converter and affects sig nals supplied at the analog inputs only Its effect can be moni tored by setting the meter to Analog In It is advisable to leave this at OdB and to optimize the input level by adjust ing the device connected to the analog inputs of the Eclipse User Manual Page 22 of 64 Release 2 500 Eclipse User Manual Eclipse However definitely use LEVELS IN GAIN should the connected device be constrained in some way LEVELS OUT GAIN This is an analog voltage

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