Alesis MICROVERB 4 manual Connections

Chapter 2 – Connections

assembly with a stereo cord already attached. The pedals are often packaged with digital pianos.

You should not use the dual footswitch from a guitar amplifier, as these are typically latching type footswitches. You can tell a latching footswitch from an unlatched type when it takes two presses to enable any of the functions (Bypass, etc.). Also, these footswitches usually “click” when stepped on. Use only Momentary (non-latching) footswitches with the MicroVerb 4.

If desired, a mono footswitch can be plugged half way (to the first “click”) to function as a Control Footswitch only.

Bypass Footswitch . Pressing the footswitch will toggle Bypass mode on and off. When Bypass mode is activated, the effects will mute and the Display will read “bYP” and then dim. Bypass turns off any effects going to the output, and is useful for turning off delay for a certain part of a song, for example.

Control Footswitch. When a footswitch is connected to the ring of the 3 connector Footswitch jack, it functions as a Control footswitch. This footswitch has 2 different functions, depending on the type of effect it is used on.

On a Lezlie Effect: The control footswitch controls the Lezlie speed. When it is pressed, the display will either read ffFSt or SLO and the rotating speaker will ramp up to the Fast or down to the Slow speed, respectively.

On a Delay Program: The Control footswitch acts as a “Tap Tempo” control. Tapping on the footswitch in tempo with the music will create a 1/4 note delay in tempo with the song. The display will briefly display the Delay Time (in milliseconds).

When the selected Program is not a Lezlie or Delay Program, pressing the Control footswitch will have no effect.

Tap From Audio. If the Control footswitch is held down and audio is played into the inputs, these impulses will be used to set the delay time. For example, hold down the Control footswitch on a delay program and play two staccato notes on a guitar, keyboard, etc. The delay time will be set for the time between these two sounds. Make sure that the level of these impulses are at least -6dB on the front panel meters (the third segment up) so that the MicroVerb 4 has sufficient level to trigger from. Tip: High notes work better than low notes when using this feature.

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