Clockwork v.2 - User Manual (en)
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1. 4 Tap Interval Subdivisions Quarter note a Dotted 8th MA 8th note D 8th note N Triplets Tips Select Quarter note if you want the echo interval to match the tap interval Select 8th note if you want the echo interval to be half the tap interval l Chapter 4 The Algorithms Standard This is a pristine digital delay with modulation A touch of tone shaping is applied to keep the repeats from being sterile cold while retaining clarity and definition Maximum delay time is 1000 ms 1 second PARAM knob is partitioned into 2 regions the first half constitutes slow modula tion rate and the second half constitutes medium rate The modulation Depth is fully adjustable within each region modulation depth increases as the knob is turned clockwise Thus you have modulation with adjustable depth and a choice if two different rates maximum Depth minimum Depth Rate Slow Rate Medium Wom minimum Depth maximum Depth Ihe Algorithms Lo Fi This variation mode has a special voicing that mimics that of an analog delay The warm and lush repeats work great to thicken your guitar sound without getting in the way of the dry sound Maximum delay time is 1000 ms 1 second PARAM knob is partitioned into 2 regions the first half constitutes slow modula tion rate and the second half constitutes medium rate The modulation Depth is fully adjustable within ea2. BLEND PARAM See chapter 2 for details 2 Chapter 2 Operation All features and operations of the pedal are accessible through the 2 footswitches Operation of the footswitches have been carefully designed to keep things as simple and intuitive as possible Engage LED Tempo Indicator Variation LED e e T L A TIME REGEN BLEND PARAM H H H 2 Preset C LOCKWORK Select Tap Bypass DELAY Variation L O O 2 Oan Preset Bypass Select Tap Variation Variation selector switch Switching between Standard and Variation modes T L A H H H 1 Press both footswitches simultaneously Don t worry about doing this while playing live the state of variation can be stored in presets Position of the Variation selector switch determines which mode gets activated this information is also stored in presets Saving a preset 1 Press Select Tap Variation to select the desired preset location 2 Press and hold Preset Bypass until the Engage LED flashes Loading a preset 1 Press Select Tap Variation to select the desired preset location 2 Press Preset Bypass to load the selected preset Presets are selected by going through each location in the Up direction 1 2 3 while going trough these steps the sound does not get updated until selection is confirmed by pressing Preset Bypass Bypassing or Engaging the pedal 1 Press Preset Bypass When
3. meant to show the I I I I relative timings between taps echo 600 ms Patterns cso oj 200 ms 300 ms 500 ms 600 ms fem oo oD sl IV ary enoj echo echo eno 200 ms 300 ms 400 ms 600 ms 14 Chapter 5 Auto Regen Sweep When you activate this feature the pedal automatically sweeps the Regeneration parameter to the maximum value hold it there and sweeps it back to the previ ously set value It s like having someone turns the REGEN knob while you re playing Used judiciously this feature introduces useful dynamic elements to the delay texture y es O D O A T L A TIME REGEN BLEND PARAM iE H H H 2 Preset C LOCKWORK Select Tap Bypass DELAY Variation L O O OO Oo REGEN VS are YI Os i Ge TIME REGEN BLEND PARAM H H H 2 Preset C LOCKWORK Select Tap Bypass DELAY Variation L OO OO oc REGEN Press and hold Select Tap Variation The Regeneration parameter gradually sweeps to maximum value as if someone slowly turns the Regen knob all the way up As long as you hold the footswitch down the Regen parameter stays at its maximum value and both LEDs keep on flashing When you finally release the footswitch the Regen parameter slowly sweeps back to the previously set value 15 Features Precision and versatile delay in a compact pedal Fully programmable 4 x 2 presets Normal delay 6
4. the pedal is in bypassed state the tempo indicator orange LED is off Switching between primary and secondary Variation Set Primary set T L A Tape Lo Fi Ambient Secondary set H2 H3 H4 2 heads 3 heads 4 heads Multi Head Multi Tap delay Only one set can be activated at a given time To go back and forth between the two variation sets do the following 1 Press and hold both footswitches until the Variation LED changes its color and flashes 3x Variation LED O O e Off Standard delay mode TIME REGEN BLEND PARAM E o H H H Green Primary variation set 2 Tape Lo Fi Ambient Preset LOCKWORK Select Tap Bypass DELAY Variation Red Secondary variation set D oo L oo A H2 H3 H4 Each variation set has its own preset space so you have 4 available presets when using the primary variation set and another 4 presets when using the secon dary variation set Preset 1 Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 2 Preset 3 Preset 3 For example you can have preset arrangement like this ee vre Preset location 1 Standard slow mod H pattern 1 Preset location 2 Standard medium mod Standard Preset location 3 Tape H pattern 1 Preset location 4 Lo Fi Hf pattern I Let s say the current sound is Standard slow modulaton to switch to the H4 pattern II sound do the following 1 Switch to Secondary variation set 2 Select preset location 4
5. 3 Confirm the selection 5 Chapter 3 Tap Tempo Function The delay time can be set in relation to the tempo of the music by tapping on the Select Tap Variation footswitch Recall that the same footswitch is also used to select preset locations so how can we engage tap tempo function without inad vertently making preset selection Note that whichever preset location you re currently on it takes a maximum of 3 moves to get to any other preset locations Let s say you re on preset location 1 then it takes 3 footswitch taps to get into preset location 4 Tapping the footswitch one more time will take you back to where you started the current preset loca tion 4th tap Preset location O O O 1 2 3 4 1sttap 2ndtap 3rd tap With this consideration in mind we ve programmed the pedal so that the tap tempo function is engaged if more than 3 footswitch taps is registered In other words you must tap at least 4x to initiate the tap tempo function The new delay time will be updated immediately after the 4th tap Subdivision tap ratio When using the tap tempo function you can use the TIME knob to select one of the four subdivision options The TIME knob is partitioned into 4 region where each region represents a subdivision Note that the subdivision setting is only relevant when using the tap tempo func tion 6 8th note Dotted 8th J n NS a 8th note Triplets J Quarter note TIME l
6. ach input sound event will be played back thrice at different delay times and signals from the playback heads are re injected into the feedback loop creating layers of warm and complex multi tap echoes 4 choices of heads matrix configurations tap patterns are ac cessible through the PARAM knob Heads Matrix configuration tap patterns B C e A Pattern e B Pattern Il e C Pattern Ill e D Pattern IV As the REGEN knob is turned up higher a touch of reverb like ambience starts to appear and the stereo spread of the echoes increases The timing values shown here are not not fixed they are adjustable via the TIME knob This graph is only meant to show the relative timings Patterns between taps echo dry eno 300 ms 400 ms 600 ms T ary eoj ecto l 200 ms 300 ms 600 ms ed d eD ed TES sf sof el 240 ms 480 ms 600 ms The Algorithms H 4 heads delay This is a model of tape delay with 4 playback heads 4 choices of head configurations tap patterns are accessible through the PARAM knob Heads Matrix configuration tap patterns B C e A Pattern B Pattern Il e C Pattern Ill e D Pattern IV As the REGEN knob is turned up higher a touch of reverb like ambience starts to appear and the stereo spread of the echoes increases i The timing values shown here are not not fixed they are adjust i able via the TIME knob This graph is only
7. ch region modulation depth increases as the knob is turned clockwise Thus you have modulation with adjustable depth and a choice if two different rates maximum Depth minimum Depth Rate Slow Rate Medium Wom minimum Depth maximum Depth The Algorithms Tape This mode is an emulation of the tape echo system that produces band limited echoes with a touch of saturation and delay time variation PARAM knob is partitioned into 2 regions the first half constitutes normal stereo and the second half constitutes ping pong stereo Feedback resonance is fully adjustable within each region resonance increases as the knob is turned clock wise Stereo setup is required to hear the effect of ping pong configuration maximum resonance minimum resonance Normal Ping Pong P minimum resonance maximum resonance 10 Ihe Algorithms Ambient This variation mode blurs the line between delay and reverb Repeats get more diffuse with each iteration and as REGEN knob is turned up the echoes wash out into reverb like ambience PARAM knob controls the type and level of a secondary pitch shifted voice The first half of the knob range constitutes Perfect fifth pitch interval and the second half constitutes Octave interval The voice level is adjustable within each region loudness increases as the knob is turned clockwise maximum voice level minimum voice level Perfect Fifth Pa
8. f User Manual Gi SYSTEM CLOCKWORK DELAY Chapter 1 OVERVIEW In this second rendition we ve completely overhauled the original design of the pedal to come up with a unique concept that packs a whole lot of useful features and sound possibilities whilst retaining the compact footprint New features in clude presets capability 6 new variation modes and stereo inputs outputs The overall delay algorithms have also been redesigned and improved Clockwork Delay V2 offers standard delay mode plus six variation modes The variation modes includes Tape Lo Fi Ambient and Multi Head Multi Tap delays Table of Contents 1 Overview 1 2 2 Operation 3 5 3 Tap Tempo Function 6 7 4 The Algorithms 8 14 5 Auto Regen Sweep 15 Important must read The table below lists all available modes with their respective PARAM knob functions Primary Lo Fi Modulation Variations L H Multi Head 2 heads Secondar H Multi Head 3 heads Heads Matrix Variations Hf Multi Head 4 heads Heads Matrix Variation LED T L A H H H Green Primary variation set 2 Tape Lo Fi Ambient Preset LOCKWORK Select Tap Bypass DELAY Variation Red Secondary variation set Q 00 H2 H3 H4 Use this selector switch to choose between Tape Lo Fi and Ambient when you re in primary set or between H H and H when you re in secondary set e Off Standard delay mode TIME REGEN
9. minimum voice level maximum voice level Finally the repeats bounce between the two output channels ping pong result ing in a very wide stereo impression As such this mode works best in stereo setup To summarize this variation mode is about reverb like ambience pitch shifted voices stereo rhythmic groove There are lots of wonderful sound textures to be discovered 11 The Algorithms H 2 heads delay This is a model of tape delay with 2 playback heads Each input sound event will be played back twice at different delay times and signals from the playback heads are re injected into the feedback loop creating layers of warm and complex multi tap echoes 2 choices of heads matrix configurations tap patterns are accessible through the PARAM knob Head Configuration tap patterns B C e A Pattern normal eB ping pong e C Pattern Il normal e D ping pong As the REGEN knob is turned up higher a touch of reverb like ambience starts to appear The timing values shown here are not not fixed they are adjustable via the TIME knob This graph is only meant to show the relative timings Patterns between taps ecro echo 371 ms 600 ms i echo echo 450 ms 600 ms i i I vr e J denotes golden ratio interval a denotes dotted eigth interval 12 Ihe Algorithms H 3 heads delay This is a model of tape delay with 3 playback heads E
10. variation modes Tap Tempo with 4 subdivision option Stereo input and output 24 bits signal processing Analog Dry thru Delay trails persistence Specifications Input impedance 1MOhm Output impedance 500 Ohm Current consumption 100 mA Weight 0 6 Kg 1 2 lbs Dimension 12 L x 6 5 W x 3 6 H cm Powered by an external 9V DC Adaptor sold separately This product is designed and manufactured by f Gi SYSTEM Email gfisys gmail com Web www gfisystem com GFI System Jakarta Indonesia 16
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