Pioneer EFX 500 Owner's Manual - Page 14

OPERATIONS BEAT EFFECT Since the beat effect time of the beat effect can be synchronized in real-time with the BPM (beats per minute), you can easily generate effects in time with the rhythm of a live performance. 2 3 5 4 TIME OVER INPUT LEVEL ISOLATOR MIN MAX EFFECT TIME mSec ON LOCK OFF ON -∞ BPM COUNTER AUTO TAP MIDI BPM LOW +6dB MID HI OVER EFFECT OUT LEV -∞ +6dB 100 80 0 10 -∞ +6dB DIGITAL JOG BREAK METER 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 MIN 80 100 90 100 MAX DELAY ECHO PAN FLANGER EFFECT FREQUENCY BEAT EFFECTS LOW MID HI ON LOCK OFF ON 1/1 3/4 2/1 TRANS DEPTH MIN MAX 1/4 1/2 4/1 BPM MODE TIME/ BPM TAP / SHIFT JET ZIP WAH JOG MEMORY M DEPTH PLAY MIN MAX RING FUZZ HOLD DIGITAL JOG BREAK LOCK ON OFF ON MONITOR MIN MAX BEAT EFFECTS MIX ORIGINAL EFFECT DIGITAL JOG BREAK 1 TAP MIX DEPTH 1 Press the BPM MODE button to select BPM (beats per minute) measurement mode. BPM MODE AUTO: performs automatic measurement from the input music signal. MIDI: measures BPM from the MIDI signal (timing clock) input to the MIDI IN terminal TAP: allows manual BPM input when the TAP button is tapped with the fingers. Manual BPM input using the TAP button When the TAP button is tapped two or more times in time with the beat (quarter notes), the average value of the intervals is used to set BPM. TAP / SHIFT Manual BPM input using the TIME dial BPM can be directly set by turning the TIME dial when the TAP button is held down. ¶ BPM can be set in 0.1 increments by pressing the BPM MODE button and turning the TIME dial while holding down the TAP button. Only decimal values are shown at this time. Example: 120.4 TIME/ BPM ¶ The selected BPM measurement mode indicator lights. ¶ The BPM COUNTER flashes when BPM measurement cannot be made. ¶ The BPM measurement range is 70 to 180 in the AUTO mode. It may not be possible to measure some tunes correctly. Should this happen, use the TAP mode to make a manual input. ¶ The BPM measurement range is 40 to 250 in the MIDI mode. ¶ Pressing the TAP button in BPM AUTO or MIDI mode changes the mode to the TAP mode. ¶ When BPM is set with the TAP button, the Beat Effect Select button 1/1 is selected and the time of 1 beat (quarter notes) is set to the effect time. 14 En