Eclipse User Manual
Release 1.10.1 Page 13 of 58 Eclipse User Manual
Choosing Effects
The Eclipse has a whole bunch of cool programs, and you can sort through
them in a number of useful ways. Press
PROGRAM CRITERIA (SORT BY)
to select either Number or Name for numerical or alphabetical listings.
Press PROGRAM CRITERIA (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.
Now use the
< "
""
" > and < !
!!
! > soft keys to hop between categories and the
knob to scroll through programs within categories. When you see a pro-
gram you want to load, just hit the
<LOAD> soft key. ! for more detail, see page 26
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 31. 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:
Tap the tap key
With
SETUP TEMPO (TAP SRC) set to the factory default,
Internal, simply tap the TAP key at the tempo you’d like.
You can adjust
SETUP TEMPO (AVERAGE) to determine
how many taps the Eclipse will consider in determining the
tempo you tap.
Manual Entry With
SETUP TEMPO (TAP SRC) set to the factory default,
Internal, simply enter the tempo you’d like at SETUP
TEMPO (TEMPO). Like most parameters in the Eclipse,
you can 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
Set SETUP TEMPO (TAP SRC) to Foot Sw1 or Foot Sw2 to
control the tempo from the rear panel footswitch jacks.
While not very accurate, this can still be useful because so
many of the Eclipse’s parameters are controlled by the
tempo
.
