DigiTech RP255, Owner'S Manual

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Page 3: ...Sales and Service Office or Harman Music Group 8760 South Sandy Parkway Sandy Utah 84070 USA Ph 801 568 8800 Fax 801 568 7583 If you want to dispose this product do not mix it with general household...

Page 4: ...Amplifier 12 Stereo Operation 13 Applying Power 15 Section Two Editing Functions Editing Creating Presets 16 Storing Copying Naming a Preset 17 Section Three Models and Parameters About the Models 19...

Page 5: ...hrase Looper 38 Drum Machine 39 Aux Input 40 Expression Pedal 40 Factory Reset 41 Expression Pedal Calibration 42 Section Five Appendix Specifications 43 Expression Pedal Assignable Parameters 45 Tone...

Page 6: ...ke additions to or improvements upon this product without incurring any obligation to install the same on products previously manufactured 6 The consumer forfeits the benefits of this warranty if the...

Page 7: ...e that the following items have been included RP255 Cubase LE 4 Recording Software DVD PS0913B Power Supply Warranty Card The utmost care was taken while your RP255 was being manufactured Everything s...

Page 8: ...Footswitch to exit Bypass and return the RP255 to the last preset used Tuner Mode The Tuner in the RP255 allows you to quickly tune or check the tuning on your guitar Enter Tuner mode by pressing and...

Page 9: ...ottom LEDs indicate note is flat In Tuner mode you can change your tuning reference The default factory setting is A 440 Hz displayed as A 440 Rotating Knob 1 selects alternate dropped tunings Alterna...

Page 10: ...et see Editing Creating Presets on page 16 Changing between different Effects Library defaults does not change the Compressor Distortion Amp Cabinet model and EQ settings letting you experiment with d...

Page 11: ...sets do not allow you to store any changes to them From the factory the 60 User presets are exact duplicates of the 60 Factory presets This allows you to create your own presets without losing the sou...

Page 12: ...6 A Guided Tour of the RP255 Front Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 13: ...ow Tone Library Knob 1 1 In Performance mode this knob selects from a library of preset amp tones See page 47 for a list of preset amp tones 2 When editing a preset this knob changes the Amp or Effect...

Page 14: ...the Drums row is selected this knob adjusts the drum machine playback level 4 When the Expression row is selected this knob sets the toe value for the Expression Pedal 3 Edit buttons These buttons na...

Page 15: ...m machine See page 39 for more information about the drum machine and a list of patterns Note The drum machine cannot be used while the Phrase Looper is active 7 Store The Store button is used to save...

Page 16: ...mpensation is turned on and the outputs are optimized for connecting to a mixer recording device or headphones When set to Amp Out position the outputs are optimized for running directly in to the inp...

Page 17: ...ur playback device and the RP255 s Master Level knob for the proper volume balance 6 USB Port The USB port is for connecting the RP255 to a computer and serves two purposes 1 for use with the download...

Page 18: ...power supply from the Power Input jack Mono Operation Amplifier Connect your guitar to the Input of the RP255 Connect a single mono instrument cable from the Left Mono output of the RP255 to the instr...

Page 19: ...a mixer or power amp If connecting to a mixing console set the pan controls of the mixer channels hard left and right in order to retain stereo separation If connecting to a mixer set the Amp Mixer sw...

Page 20: ...xer Setup Computer Recording Setup Outputs Instrument Input Powered Studio Monitor Powered Studio Monitor USB Amp Mixer switch set to Mixer Outputs Instrument Input 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mixer Amp Mixer switch...

Page 21: ...panel of the RP255 3 Connect the other end of the PS0913B power supply to an AC outlet Turn the RP255 s Mas ter Level knob Knob 4 down to 0 4 Turn the power of your amplifier s to the on position and...

Page 22: ...delays to full multi effect signals with modulation delay and reverb Use the Effects Level Knob to easily increase or decrease the Chorus FX Delay and Reverb levels if desired Using these three contro...

Page 23: ...ions presets 1 60 The following steps outline the procedure for storing changes to a preset or copying a preset to a different location 1 Press the Store button once The Store button LED blinks and th...

Page 24: ...ten 4 Select destination with Footswitches 3 Press Store again Preset number flashes 5 Press the Store button again to save the changes The procedure for copying one preset to another preset location...

Page 25: ...e package With stompboxes the order in which they are connected affects the overall sound The RP255 has placed the Amp and Effect models in an order for optimum results The following diagram shows the...

Page 26: ...e Pickup Model Knob 1 selects the Pickup model to be simulated Values include SC Hb gives a single coil pickup the warm tone of a humbucker and Hb SC gives a humbucker the unique sound of a single coi...

Page 27: ...ob 2 adjusts the amount of sustain Ranges from 0 to 99 Tone Attack Knob 3 adjusts the tone for the DigiTech Compressor or attack for the Boss CS 2 Ranges from 0 to 99 Compressor Level Knob 4 adjusts t...

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Page 29: ...Lvl fuzz Fuzz Volume big pi Sustain Tone Volume Amplifier Amp Modeling is a technology which applies the tone of several popular modern and vintage amps Amp Modeling also includes an acoustic guitar...

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Page 32: ...itTM only This parameter selects the frequency that the Mid parameter adjusts Ranges from 300 Hz to 5000 Hz Treb Knob 4 adjusts the high end level Treble Treb Freq X Edit only This parameter selects t...

Page 33: ...these Effect models on and off Only one of the effects in this row can be used at a time After selecting the type of effect in this module Knobs 2 4 can then be used to adjust the individual paramete...

Page 34: ...4 have the following functions for the Flanger models Flanger Model Knob 2 Speed Knob 3 Depth Knob 4 Regen P5 X EditTM only P6 X Edit only flangr Speed Depth Regen Waveform Level mxflgr Speed Width Re...

Page 35: ...to 99 Rotary Speaker ROTARY Rotary Speaker is an emulation of a device that included a spinning horn and woofer The rotation of these two speakers produced an interesting combination of the sound pan...

Page 36: ...vibrato As the Level parameter is turned up the phase difference of the vibrato signal sent to the two channels is changed until a full stereo image is obtained at 99 Waveform X EditTM only Selects a...

Page 37: ...almost human vowel characteristic as if the guitar were saying Yah The AutoYa automatically provides this animation to the sound at an even rate Speed Knob 2 adjusts the speed of the AutoYa sweep Rang...

Page 38: ...or down When DigiTech Whammy is selected it is automatically placed before the Amp modeling as shown in the block diagram on page 19 Shift Amount Knob 2 selects the interval and direction of the pitch...

Page 39: ...elects the interval of the shifted pitch Ranges from 24 2 octaves below to 24 2 octaves above Mix Knob 4 controls the mix level of the shifted pitch Ranges from 0 to 99 Detune DetUNe A Detuner makes a...

Page 40: ...n a sixth below 5tH Dn a fifth below 4tH Dn a fourth below 3RD Dn a third below 2ND Dn a second below 2ND UP a second above 3RD UP a third above 4TH UP a fourth above 5TH UP a fifth above 6TH UP a six...

Page 41: ...bs 2 3 and 4 have the following functions for the various Delay models Delay Model Knob 2 Time Knob 3 Repeats Knob 4 Level P4 X EditTM only P5 X Edit only algdly Time Repeats Delay Level digdly Time R...

Page 42: ...hat would be caused by tape speed variation Ranges from 0 to 99 Reverb Using reverb in recorded program material gives the listener a sense that the material is being per formed in an actual room or h...

Page 43: ...t Decay Liveliness Reverb Level Predelay Decay Knob 2 adjusts the length of time the reverb is audible Ranges from 0 to 99 Liveliness Knob 3 adjusts the amount of high frequency content in the reverbe...

Page 44: ...rase on the guitar The Phrase Looper will begin recording anything that is 3 played The display will read RECoRD Once you are ready to set the loop point press any footswitch The display will briefly...

Page 45: ...RP s Drum Machine is not available Drum Machine The RP255 includes a built in drum machine loaded with 60 useful patterns and 5 metronome set tings that are easily accessible at the touch of a button...

Page 46: ...nd press play on your MP3 or CD player Use the playing device s volume control and the RP255 s Master Level knob to balance the levels Expression Pedal The Expression Pedal on the RP255 can be linked...

Page 47: ...17 for more information on the storing procedure Factory Reset This function resets the RP255 to its original factory settings This procedure erases all custom User presets and recalibrates the Expres...

Page 48: ...TOE DN rock the Expression Pedal forward toe down and press either Footswitch 3 When the Display prompts you with TOE UP rock the Expression Pedal back toe up and press either Footswitch 4 The Display...

Page 49: ...t Unit Weight 4 9 lbs Analog Input Connections Guitar Input 1 4 Unbalanced TS Input Impedance 500k Ohms Aux Input 1 8 Stereo TRS Analog Output Connections Left Right Outputs 1 4 Impedance Unbalanced L...

Page 50: ...talled Pentium Athlon 1 4GHz or later 512MB RAM 1GB RAM recommended 180MB hard disk space for application DVD ROM drive USB Port Internet connection required for Cubase activation NET 2 0 will be inst...

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Page 56: ...orated all rights reserved DigiTech and the RP255 are trademarks of the Harman Music Group Other product names modeled in this product are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse...