DigiTech RP 3, User Manual

Page 1: ...Preamp Multi EffectsProcessor Controller Please visit Digitech Electronics on the World Wide Web at http www digitech com User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...PLUG WARNING A moulded mains plug that has been cut off from the cord is unsafe Discard the mains plug at a suitable disposal facility NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULDYOU INSERT A DAMAGED OR CUT MAINS PLUG INTO A 13 AMP POWER SOCKET Do not use the mains plug without the fuse cover in place Replacement fuse covers can be obtained from your local retailer Replacement fuses are 13 amps and MUST b...

Page 3: ...N 55020 1991 Supplementary Information The product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and EMC Directive 89 336 EEC as amended by Directive 93 68 EEC Digitech President of Digitech 8760 S Sandy Parkway Sandy Utah 84070 USA Tel 801 566 8800 Fax 801 566 7005 Effective February 1 1998 European Contact Your Local Digitech Sales and Service Office or Internati...

Page 4: ...esence The Presence knob will act as a quick EQ Use this knob to fine tune your tone by turning clockwise Brighter tone or counter clockwise Darker tone Select Preset Begin playing your guitar and choose any preset by either pressing the Value UP or the Down buttons or by pressing the UP and bank DOWN footswitches Jam Along and Learn A Lick The RP 3 will let you mix a CD or Cassette tape signal wi...

Page 5: ...RP 3 s Modes 7 Program Mode 7 Bank Mode 7 Edit Mode 7 Store Mode 7 Bypass Mode 8 Tuner Mode 8 Learn A Lick Mode 8 Section 4 Effects and Parameters About the Parameter Matrix 9 Wah 9 Compressor 9 Distortion 10 Equalizer 10 Gate Swell 11 Mod Pitch 11 Chorus 12 Flanger 12 Phaser 12 Tremolo 13 Panner 13 Pitch Shifter 14 Whammy bend 14 Harmony 15 Dual Delay 15 Reverb 16 Speaker Cabinet Emulator 16 Expr...

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Page 7: ...menting with unusual effect combinations You are certain to achieve sounds never thought possible before Good luck and thank you for choosing Digitech Your RP 3 was carefully assembled and packaged at the factory Before you proceed any further make sure the following items are included 1 Owner s Manual 1 Digitech RP 3 Guitar Preamp Processor 1 Power Supply 1 Digitech warranty card Please save all ...

Page 8: ...ation to install the same on products previously manufactured 6 The consumer forfeits the benefits of this warranty if the product s main assembly is opened and tampered with by anyone other than a certified Digitech technician or if the product is used with AC voltages outside of the range suggested by the manufacturer 7 The foregoing is in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied and Di...

Page 9: ...mode is activated 2 Parameter Matrix The Parameter Matrix consists of a group of vertical effect LEDs and a second group of horizontal parameter LEDs The Effect LEDs are Wah Compressor Distortion Equalization Gate Swell Mod Pitch Delay Reverb and Cabinet Emulator This matrix shows you exactly what effects and parameters are in use or selected 3 Display Window The display window shows all current o...

Page 10: ...over Parameters in the RP 3 The Rear Panel 1 Input Plug in your instrument here 2 Jam A Long Jack Connect a CD or Cassette player headphone output here for either Jam A Long or Learn A Lick use Uses a standard 1 8 stereo plug 3 Right Main Output This is the RP 3 s right main audio output Use both left and right main outputs to take advantage of stereo effects 4 Left Mono Output This is the RP 3 s ...

Page 11: ...bo Amplifiers For those of you out there that feel that bigger is better this set up should work quite nicely for you First plug into the input of the RP 3 Connect both RP 3 outputs into the inputs of both of the amplifiers Using a set up such as this will let you produce guitar tones with lots of body This is also a great set up to produce lush and thick stereo effects Input Left Output Right Out...

Page 12: ...e Parameter select buttons and the Value buttons will help you fine tune the Cabinet emulator Pan Mute 10 0 5 10 20 30 5 L R Mute L R Mute L R Mute L R 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pan 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pan 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pan 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pan 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pan 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pan 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pan 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 10 0 5 10 20 30 5 10 0 5 10 20 30 5 ...

Page 13: ...t switches Once a program number has been selected both the Bank and Program numbers will be displayed EDIT MODE Allows you to modify effect Parameters in a program Enter Edit mode by pressing the Edit button The display window now shows the value of the Parameter indicated by the LEDs in the matrix You can scroll through the Parameter matrix using the Parameter Select buttons The Parameter Select...

Page 14: ...urrently selected tuning preference Exit this mode by pressing any one of the footswitches When you exit this mode the RP 3 will default to the last mode you used LEARN A LICK MODE The Learn A Lick function allows you to record a 12 second passage of music and play it back as slow as 1 4 speed with no change in pitch This is very useful for picking out the notes of a fast solo passage There are 3 ...

Page 15: ...al setting to control the wah effect This parameter can be modified manually using the RP 3 s parameter keys to perform the wah function As the parameter is modified the tone of the original note will change Ranges 0 to 99 The RP 3 s Compressor can be used to increase sustain and to tighten up guitars and is particularly useful on clean sounds Parameters of the RP 3 compressor are as follows Compr...

Page 16: ...nt of distortion produced by the RP 3 High settings produce greater gain and drive for effortless soloing while low settings offer better nuance and dynamic control Ranges from 1 0 to 11 The RP 3 offers a Three band equalizer The center frequency of the Mid band is adjustable along with its gain boost or cut Equalizer Turns the Equalizer on or off Mid Frequency Allows you to select the center freq...

Page 17: ...anger Phaser Tremolo Panner Pitch Shift Whammy and Harmony effect The parameters of these effects are adjusted in this module Mod Pitch Turns the Module on or off Type Allows you to select a specific type of modulation pitch effect The Types are Chorus Flanger Phaser Tremolo Panning Pitch Shifting Whammy Bend and Harmony Level Controls the overall mix level of the mod or pitch shifting effect Rang...

Page 18: ... Controls the speed of the flange sweep Ranges from 0 to 99 Depth Regeneration Sets the depth amount and regeneration present in the flange effect Ranges from 1 to 99 The RP 3 s classic adjustable phase shifting effect is reminiscent of mid 70 s keyboard and guitar sounds Speed Controls the speed of the phase sweep Ranges from 0 to 99 Depth Regeneration Sets the sweep depth intensity and regenerat...

Page 19: ...s from 0 to 99 Depth Adjusts the intensity of the tremolo effect Ranges from 1 to 99 An auto panner is a modern relative of the tremolo that modulates the sound from left to right at a given rate Parameters are as follows Speed Controls the panning speed speed of modulation Ranges from 0 to 99 Depth Adjusts the intensity of the panning effect Ranges from 1 to 99 PA Auto Panning Values Displayed Va...

Page 20: ...Whammy module They are as follows 1 Up 1 Octave 9 Down 1 Oct Up 1 Oct 2 Up 2 Octaves 10 Down 4th Down Minor 3rd 3 Down 2nd Reversed 11 Up 5th Up 6th 4 Down 2nd 12 Up 4th Up 5th 5 Down 4th 13 Up Minor 3rd Up Maj 3rd 6 Down 1 Octave 14 Up 2nd Up Maj 3rd 7 Down 2 Octaves 15 Down 4th Up 5th 8 Down 6 Octaves 16 Up 5th Octave Up Key Bend This Parameter is a manually selectable bend amount of the Whammy ...

Page 21: ... Wah effects are not available when the Harmony effect is selected For complete reference guide to these scales please refer to the Harmony interval charts located in the Appendix section on page 18 Delay Parameters are as follows Delay Turns the Delay on and off Type Determines the type of delay Type 1 is a mono delay and Type 2 is a ping pong delay Level Controls the level of the delay 2 Ranges ...

Page 22: ...The amount of time it takes for the Reverb to fade to inaudibility Ranges from 1 to 10 The RP 3 s programmable Speaker Cabinet circuitry allows you to use it in both recording and live situations without lugging heavy amps and or cabinets around Just connect the RP 3 s outputs to a mixing console and kick in the Speaker Cabinet Parameters are as follows Cabinet Turns the Cabinet Emulator on or off...

Page 23: ...evel of the selected program The level can be controlled with the Expression pedal for balancing levels in real time during live performance One of two level types can be linked to the Expression pedal L1 is a pre effects volume and L2 is a post effects volume Master Level Controls the overall program level Variable from 0 to 99 Master Level Parameter Displayed Values Master Level L1 and L2 0 9 9 ...

Page 24: ...orward and press any one of the 1 3 footswitches 5 When the display reads to UP rock the pedal back and press any one of the 1 3 footswitches The expression pedal will now be calibrated and the RP 3 will return to program mode Recalibrating the Expression Pedal If the expression pedal should for some reason need to be recalibrated you can recalibrate by disconnecting the power press and hold the P...

Page 25: ...ts Input Section Connector 1 4 Unbalanced TRS Nominal Level 8 dBu Maximum Level 10 dBu Impedance 470 kohms Output Section Connector 1 4 TRS Nominal Level 4 dBu Maximum Level 18 dBu Impedance 50 ohms General Frequency Response 20 Hz 20 kHz 0 3 dB S N ratio Greater than 90 dB ref max signal 22 kHz measurement bandwidth Total Harmonic Distortion Less than 0 04 1 kHz Memory Capacity Factory 30 Program...

Page 26: ...Studio Rhythm 32 Spankin Clean 33 Greasy Solo Bank 4 Country 41 Chicken Slap 42 Pedal Steel Expression Pedal 43 The Tremolo Bank 5 Modern 51 Whammy Head 52 To the Wall 53 Phase Delic Bank 6 Retro 61 Surfer Dude 62 80 s Pop 63 Classic Wah Bank 7 Jazz Fusion 71 Jazz Club 72 Fingerstyle w Bass 73 Fusion Solo Bank 8 Rock 81 Rock Tone 82 Chorused Clean 83 Tray Catz Bank 9 Special 91 2 Second Jam Loop E...

Page 27: ...STORTION On Bypass Type On Level Bypass Level Gain EQUALIZER On Bypass Low Gain Frequency Gain High Gain EQUALIZER On Bypass Type Threshold MOD PITCH On Bypass Type Level Speed Amount Bend Key DELAY On Bypass Type Level Delay Time Feedback REVERB On Bypass Type Level Decay Time CABINET EMULATOR On Bypass Type EXPRESSIN PEDAL EXPRESSIN PEDAL MASTER LEVEL BANK BANK BANK ...

Page 28: ...t 4 Amherst New Hampshire 03031 U S A FAX 603 672 4246 Digitech RP 3 and S DISC II are registered trademarks of the Harman Music Group Incorporated Copyright 1998 the Harman Music Group Incorporated Printed In U S A 2 98 Manufactured in the U S A RP 3 18 2220 A Please Visit Digitech on the World Wide Web at http www digitech com ...