Vox manual Cool VC-4 Function Alert, Tuner Mode, Changing Programs in Individual Mode

IMPORTANT NOTE 1: If you forget what pro- gram you’re using, merely take a look at the Top Panel of your Valvetronix amp and the BANK DISPLAY and CHANNEL LEDs will reveal all!

IMPORTANT NOTE 2: When your VC-4 is in INDIVIDUAL MODE you can use the both the TAP TEMPO SWITCH and the BUILT-IN PEDAL as described earlier in this guide.

COOL VC-4 FUNCTION ALERT!

CHANGING PROGRAMS IN INDIVIDUAL MODE

Yes, you can do this using your VC-4 Foot Con- troller – how great is that!? And to do this all you have to do is follow the exact same 3 steps you follow when changing programs in PROGRAM SELECT MODE. Namely:

STEP 1:Hold down the FX ON & OFF/CHANNEL SWITCH for more than 1 second so that the BANK DISPLAY starts flashing.

STEP 2:Select the Bank you want with SWITCHES 1 – 4. This will cause the BANK DISPLAY to flash faster.

STEP 3:Select the Channel you want with SWITCHES 1 – 4. Once you’ve done this, the BANK DISPLAY will display the selected Bank and the LED of the selected Channel (1 – 4) will light up for approximately one second and then the VC-4 will revert back to INDIVIDUAL MODE.

NOTE 1: Remember, the Top Panel of your amp will let you know what program you’re using when in INDIVIDUAL MODE.

NOTE 2: As was the case when changing pro- grams in PROGRAM SELECT MODE, you can only change between programs stored in Banks 1

–4 or programs stored in Banks 1. – 4., it depends whether you are in Banks 1 – 4 or Banks 1. – 4.. This means you can’t change from say 1-3 to 2. (or vice-versa) using your VC-4 when in INDIVIDUAL MODE.

3.TUNER MODE

As you know your Valvetronix amp has a built-in tuner and guess what? You can now do the same exact thing using your VC-4 Foot Controller – including that super cool SILENT TUNING thing which is a must when playing live. As you’d expect,

when the VC-4 is in TUNER MODE or SILENT TUNING MODE the note name appears in the BANK DISPLAY while the 5 LEDs above SWITCHES 1-4 and the TAP TEMPO SWITCH act as your “tuner needle,” with LED 3 being the “you’re exactly in tune” one. So, when the VC-4 is in TUNER MODE, the note you are playing is exactly in tune with the one shown in the BANK DISPLAY when only LED 3 is “on.” If either LED 1 or 2 are “on” then the note is flat, and if LED 4 or 5 (TAP TEMPO) are “on” then the note is sharp. And obviously, when LED 2 or LED 4 are “on” it means you are closer to being in tune with the note in the BANK DISPLAY than when LED 1 or LED 5 are “on.”

When in TUNER MODE the VC-4 is CHROMATIC, just like the built-in tuner in your Valvetronix amp. And just like your amp, it displays the note names in the BANK DISPLAY as follows:

Note	BANK	Note	BANK
Name	Display	Name	Display
C		F#
C#		G
D		G#
D#		A
E		A#
F		B

As already mentioned, when your VC-4 is in TUNER MODE its BANK DISPLAY will show “ ” or, if in SILENT TUNER MODE, “ ”…unless, of course, you are playing a note in which case the BANK DISPLAY will show the nearest note name to the one you’re sounding. Here’s how you get to

TUNER MODE.

GETTING TO TUNER MODE

i)From PROGRAM SELECT MODE: All you have to do is hold down the SWITCH of the selected channel (1-4) for 0.5 seconds. As soon as the BANK DISPLAY shows “ ” you’re ready to tune with your VC-4.

ii)From INDIVIDUAL MODE: Here you have to switch on the tuner via the Top Panel of your amp by simply pressing the TUNER/CANCEL Button. As soon as the BANK DISPLAY shows

“ ” you’re ready to tune

iii)From MANUAL MODE: As you know, when the amp is in MANUAL MODE, the VC-4 goes to MANUAL MODE as well and “ ” appears in its BANK DISPLAY WINDOW. To get to TUNER MODE from here you simply hold down the FX ON & OFF/ CHANNEL SWITCH down for 0.5 seconds. As soon as the BANK DISPLAY shows

“ ” you’re ready to tune.

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