TC-Helicon PERFORM-VE, User Manual

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PERFORM-VE User Manual

6.  Looper

The Looper acts as both a drum machine and an 

audio looper. 
Press the loop corner of the button to arm the 

looper.  The button will now pulse to indicate that 

it is armed.  
You can lay down a drum pattern immediately or 

press loop again to record an audio loop.

Drum Loop

Pressing the kick, snare and HEADPHONE (works as hi-hat) buttons will start 

recording the drum loop.  Pressing loop again will set the loop point.

Audio loop

With the initial drum loop playing or the LOOPER button pulsing red, press loop 

to record the audio loop.  The audio loop can be multiple lengths of the drum 

loop thus you can put down a single bar of drums then say 8 bars of audio.  

Pressing loop again sets the audio loop length.

Overdubbing 

When the loop is playing, press loop again to overdub drums and audio. 

Erasing Loop Components

Hold the SET button while pressing kick, snare, HEADPHONE or loop to erase 

the kick, snare, hi-hat or audio loop respectively. You can then re-record the 

component.

Stopping Loop Playback

Press the TAP button or double tap loop.

Start Loop Playback

Press loop.

Erase Loop Including Drums and Audio

Double tap and hold loop.
The LOOPER states are as follows:

Once a loop has been recorded Perform-VE derives its tempo from the loop 

so that all effects are in sync. The derived tempo will be between 80 and 

160 BPM (Beats Per Minute).

Unlit

Looper off / loop cleared

Pulsing red

Armed for 1st loop recording

Solid red

Recording in progress 

Pulsing green

Loop paused

Solid green

Loop playing

Drum Level

Kick Drum Selection

Press the 

kick

 corner button to trigger the kick sample - you do this whether you are recording or not.

Hold the 

kick

 corner button while turning the Control Knob to select one of four kick drum samples:

A green LED indicates an acoustic kick, while red LEDs indicate an electronic kick. 

To adjust the drum loop level, hold the loop corner button while turning the 

Control Knob. 

Range: -60 dB to 0 dB