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1. WARRANTY INFORMATION Please register online at http www ehx com product registration or complete and return the enclosed warranty card within 10 days of purchase Electro Harmonix will repair or replace at its discretion a product that fails to operate due to defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from date of purchase This applies only to original purchasers who have bought their product from an authorized Electro Harmonix retailer Repaired or replaced units will then be warranted for the unexpired portion of the original warranty term If you should need to return your unit for service within the warranty period please contact EHX Customer Service at 718 937 8300 or info ehx com for a Return Authorization Number Along with your pedal please include a brief description of the problem as well as your name address telephone number copy of your receipt and a check or money order United States 12 Ship to Canada 15 Electro Harmonix Europe and outside countries 25 C O New Sensor Corporation 55 01 2nd Street Long Island City NY 11101 Attn Service Department Please make checks money orders payable to New Sensor Corporation To hear demos on all EHX pedals visit us on the web at www ehx com Email us at info ehx com FCC COMPLIANCE This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 thi2. the equipment under FCC rules
3. XP jack 2 Set LATCH button to Latch mode the down position 3 Press footswitch so that Pitch Fork is in Bypass 4 Press and hold down the Pitch Fork s footswitch 5 Press LATCH button so it changes to Momentary mode LED flashes to confirm 6 Release the footswitch OUTPUT JACK Outputs the wet dry mix set by the BLEND knob CHANGING BETWEEN LATCH AND MOMENTARY WHEN EXPRESSION PEDAL IS CONNECTED When in Latch mode and you switch to Momentary mode the expression pedal position is ignored The stored glissando rate will take precedence until the expression pedal is moved from current position LED ON STARTUP The LED will blink 4 times then hold on the 5 if in latch mode or toggle off if in momentary This happens when AC power is applied or you plug into the input jack with a fresh battery installed If battery power is too low the LED blinks dimly every other second CHANGING THE BATTERY To change the 9 volt battery you must remove the 4 screws on the bottom of the Pitch Fork Once the screws are removed you can take off the bottom plate and change the battery Please do not touch the circuit board while the bottom plate is off or you risk damaging a component To extend battery life disconnect the INPUT jack when the Pitch Fork is not in use NOTES AND SPECIFICATIONS e PITCH FORK has high quality buffered bypass e Input impedance is 2 2MQ e Output impedance is 6800 e Current draw of the PITCH FORK is 30mA
4. e and set SHIFT to 1 as in 1 octave up Press the footswitch until the LED lights up You will hear all your notes shifted up 1 octave Connect an optional expression pedal to continuously vary the pitch from unity up to 1 octave Press the LATCH button so it is up The footswitch now has a momentary action when pressed the effect activates and pitch is shifted when released the effect is bypassed Connect an expression pedal to control glissando rate of the momentary footswitch If the EXP jack is vacant pitch will change at the default glissando rate of 60ms this is user adjustable BLEND KNOB The BLEND knob mixes between the untreated analog dry signal and the effected signal At BLEND s full clockwise position the output is 100 wet SHIFT KNOB The SHIFT knob selects the maximum interval of chromatic transposition The chart below shows how the pitch will be shifted relative to the original pitch a m2 M2 ss ss re Ms _ mz 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th a o A MODE TOGGLE SWITCH The MODE toggle switch selects whether the pitch is shifted up down or both simultaneously relative to the root Dual mode outputs two pitch shifted signals One of the shifted signals follows the SHIFT knob as if in UP mode The other shifted signal creates a musically useful harmony according to the SHIFT knob setting DUAL mode SHIFT knob Settings Detune Deep Detune LATCH BUTTON The LATCH button selects Latch or Momentary mode This affec
5. electro harmonix Pitch Fork POLYPHONIC PITCH SHIFTER HARMONY PEDAL Congratulations on your purchase of the Electro Harmonix Pitch Fork a compact battery powered polyphonic pitch shifter harmony pedal The Pitch Fork transposes the pitch of your instrument over a range of up to 3 octaves Three different available pitch shifting modes allow the pitch to be transposed up down or both simultaneously in Dual mode The pitch shift amount can be set to a fixed interval or continuously varied by an expression pedal or control voltage The Pitch Fork s footswitch features two different modes of operation Latch and Momentary Momentary allows rapid toggling between effect and bypass for quick blasts of pitch bending The BLEND knob is a wet dry control allowing you to create the perfect mix of your dry and transposed signals WARNING Your PITCH FORK comes equipped with an Electro Harmonix 9 6DC 200BI power supply same as used by Boss amp Ibanez 9 6 Volts DC 200mA The PITCH FORK requires 30mA at 9VDC with a center negative plug or runs off a 9Volt battery Using the wrong adaptor or a plug with the wrong polarity may damage your PITCH FORK and void the warranty GETTING STARTED Connect the output plug of the supplied power adaptor to the 9V power jack Plug your instrument into the INPUT jack connect your amp to the OUTPUT jack Set the toggle switch to UP arrow and press the LATCH button so it is down Turn BLEND fully clockwis
6. s device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation If the device is not installed and used in accordance with the instructions it may cause harmful interference to radio communications and void the user s authority to guarantee the equipment Note 7his equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate
7. ts how the footswitch and EXP jack input behave When the LATCH button is down Latch mode is enabled The footswitch toggles between effect and bypass each time you press and release the footswitch the EXP input continuously varies pitch When the LATCH button is in the up position Momentary mode is selected The effect is only on while the footswitch is held down otherwise the Pitch Fork is bypassed the EXP input varies the glissando rate of the momentary footswitch BYPASS FOOTSWITCH amp STATUS LED The footswitch toggles between effect on and buffered bypass In Latch mode each press and release of the footswitch toggles between effect and bypass modes In Momentary mode when the footswitch is held down the effect is on when the footswitch is released the Pitch Fork enters bypass The status LED lights when in Effect mode EXP JACK EXPression input jack accepts a TRS expression pedal connector or a Tip Sleeve 0 5V control voltage input The expression pedal should ideally use a 10k potentiometer with linear rather than audio taper It must have the wiper connected to TIP and toe down connected to RING Pedals made by some manufacturers do not conform to this convention and would need a special cable to swap RING and TIP Some suggested Expression Pedals EHX Expression Pedal M Audio EX P Moog EP 2 amp EP 3 Roland EV 5 or Boss FV 500L LATCH MODE the Expression CV input controls pitch shift amount ranging from uni
8. ty or no pitch shift in the heel position to the interval set by the SHIFT knob for the toe position Pitch varies continuously from heel to toe in all settings MOMENTARY MODE the Expression CV input controls glissando rate for the Pitch Fork s footswitch When the bypass footswitch is pressed the Pitch Fork jumps from bypass to the pitch shift interval set by the SHIFT knob The amount of time it takes to reach the SHIFT knob s interval setting is the glissando rate When the footswitch is released pitch will return to unity by the same rate When your expression pedal is heel down the rate is 4ms in toe down the rate is 2sec When no device is plugged into the EXP input the default glissando rate is 60ms SAVING NEW GLISSANDO RATE SETTING FOR PITCH FORK FOOTSWITCH 1 Set LATCH mode button to the Momentary or up position 2 Connect expression pedal or CV device to EXP jack 3 Press and release Pitch Fork s footswitch while adjusting expression pedal or CV device until you hear desired glissando rate Leave external device in current setting 4 Press and hold down the Pitch Fork s footswitch 5 Press LATCH button so it changes to Latch mode LED flashes to confirm 6 Release the footswitch 7 The new glissando rate is now saved Remove plug inserted into EXP jack change back to Momentary mode and use footswitch to confirm new rate RESTORING FACTORY DEFAULT FOR GLISSANDO RATE 1 Make sure nothing is plugged into E
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