Missing function: tap tempo

Hi Sound Zero,

Tap tempo does exist. You press/hold the Up and HIT button to activate it. Perhaps it was omitted from the manual. I'll check on that.

For A) we can't do that since pressing/holding either the Up or Down footswitch is required for fast scrolling through the presets.

For B) there's usage/features not available in Play that are available in our more elaborate products. We didn't feel like assignable footswitch control was required for the product. It's an amazing value for the price, but it doesn't give the depth of control that you'd get from our flagship products.

Tempo detection from guitar playing is VERY difficult to do. The processing power needed to determine what the beats are and where they are is extremely high and beyond what any of our systems can do with current hardware/software.

It sure would be cool though!

Cheers,
Craig

Thanks a lot!

One more question: didn't you mix up DOWN and UP in the whole chapter?

At least for my feelings the left button is DOWN and the one in the middle is UP...

Of course you rather say "up and down" than "down and up"

edit: not in the whole chapter, but partly... pls re-read it (also the "“alternate” mode for Down and Hit")

Last edited by Sound Zero (2012-02-15 11:49:20)

sry - äh - loop mode ... up <-> down...

Heya,

Do you mean the order that they come in the sentence in relation to the order they are on the box (left to right)?

I know the manual says "UP and DOWN" footswitches and the box itself has DOWN on the left and UP in the middle.

If that's what you mean, I guess I didn't find it unclear since they're both pushed simultaneously. If it was an order of operations thing, I'd agree that they should be listed in the order pressed.

Let me know if I'm not understanding what you mean.

Cheers,
Craig

Well, we've got a bit of egg on our face with this one.

The prototype units had the UP and DOWN footswitch silkscreen images reversed from the production units. You'll notice that the actual LCD graphics while in loop mode show UP on the left and DOWN in the middle, which is what the manual reflects. We'll do an update soon with the graphic swapped and I'll update the manual to relate to the printed arrows on the unit.

-Craig

Hi DeathBeak,

I thought the same thing myself while we were talking about that functionality in early development meetings. The other guys urged me to wait and try it for myself once we had actual hardware to try.

I thought it was going to be a pain in the butt, but in reality it took about 5 mins. to get used to using the 2 buttons for Tap and Loop.

If you've not actually had a chance to give it a shot, I'd really suggest you at least try it out at a local store once stock starts coming in. Spend a good few minutes with it and see if you still feel the same way.

That said, if it's a deal breaker for you, then it's just not the right product for your needs. That's ok. We can't ever make a box that works the way every customer wants it to. We just try to find a happy medium and then urge people to remember that, just like learning to sing or play an instrument, using these boxes efficiently in a live setting takes practice to really get rocking.

Cheers,
Craig