4 – Names and Functions of Parts

Front panel

1STANDBY/ON button

Press this to switch the unit power between ON and STANDBY. When in STANDBY mode, the TA-1VP is not drawing power, but the AC Adapter will still be using a small amount (less than 1 Watt)

2LCD

An easy-to-read 20 character by 2 line display. You can set the optimum viewing angle in the Setup menu (See Chapter 5).

3Data Knob

As the name implies, turn it to change the parameter value currently displayed on the LCD screen.

ªªThe MASTER Module
4SAVE

Press this button to save a newly created or edited preset. Also used to confirm choices in functions that would result in overwriting current data.

5INPUT Level Meter

These five LEDs light to indicate the level of the incoming audio. Ideally, you should adjust the input to the highest level that does not consistently cause the top red LED to light. (The red LED lights at a level of –3 dB. Digital clipping, which introduces a particularly nasty-sounding distortion, will occur if the input exceeds 0 dB.)

NOTE

The TA-1VP’s front panel meters are designed to give you a quick overview of what’s going on with the various modules. For precise parameter adjustments, appropriate modules provide high resolution meter displays on their various LCD pages.

6SETUP

Press this button to enter the Setup Menu. The button lights to indicate that you are in Setup Mode. The Setup Menu contains the settings that affect the TA‑1VP’s overall state (i.e., independent of the currently selected Preset).

7Ó (Left Cursor)

Press this button to move the cursor to the left on display pages with multiple data fields.

8Á (Right Cursor)

Press this button to move the cursor to the right on display pages with multiple data fields.

9PAGE

When in the Setup Menu, press this button to cycle sequentially through the available edit pages. You can only move in one direction, but there are so few pages in the Setup Menu that you are never more than a few presses away from where you want to be.

0PRESET

Press this button to display the Select Preset screen.

ªªThe MIC MODELER Module
qON

When this button is lit, the Mic Modeler module is active. When it is not lit, the module is bypassed. Pressing the button toggles its state.

wSRC (Source)

Press this button to select the microphone that was (or will be) used to record the audio to be processed.

eMODEL

Press this button to select the microphone whose audio characteristics you wish to apply to your audio.

rTUBE

Press this button to pass your audio through a model of a high-quality tube preamp with variable tube “warmth.”

tLOW CUT

Press this button to set low cut filters for the source and model mics and to adjust the mics’ proximity effects.

ªªThe AUTO-TUNE Module
yON

When this button is lit, the Auto-Tune module is active. When it is not lit, the module is bypassed. Pressing the button toggles its state.

uCORRECTION Meter

This meter indicates, in real time, the amount of pitch correction being applied to change the input pitch to the target pitch. The green LEDs indicate that the input

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