User manual ROLAND ME-50

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the BOSS ME-50 Guitar Multiple Effects. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" (page 2­3) and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (page 4). These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, owner's manual should be read in its entirety. [. . . ] You can use the TYPE knob in combination with [VARIATION] to get 22 different types of distortion. LEVEL knob Adjusts the volume. Type List [VARIATION] Off [VARIATION] Lit Overdrive that gives a more natural sounding distortion. A lustrous crunch sound with an added element of CRUNCH amp distortion. Produces a distortion sound with both the smoothLEAD ness of an overdrive along with a deep distortion. A fat sound with an added element of a stack STACK amp's distortion. OCT FUZZ Fuzz sound produced by octave harmonics. OD-1 OD-2 BD-2 Models the BOSS OD-1. MT-2 SCREAM Models the Ibanez TS-808 TUBESCREAMER. DST+ GUV RAT MUFF FACE Models the MXR DISTORTION+. Models the FUZZFACE. 11 Using the Effects MODULATION fig. 0140 MODULATION Indicator DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of modulation. E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the volume of the chorus sound. ST CHORUS 1 This is a stereo chorus effect that adds different chorus sounds to L and R. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the rate of modulation. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of modulation. Pedal Indicator E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the volume of the chorus sound. MOD Pedal ST CHORUS 2 This is a stereo chorus effect produced by synthesizing the spatial characteristics of the direct sound and the effect sound. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the rate of modulation. An effect that broadens sound and adds undulations is called "modulation. " The ME-50 comes with 11 different types of Modulation effects. Select any one of these as the effect to be used. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of modulation. E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the volume of the chorus sound. MOD pedal Depress the pedal to toggle Modulation on/off. When switched on, the MODULATION indicator and pedal indicator light up. PHASER By adding varied-phase portions to the direct sound, adds a twisting "warp" effect to the sound. RATE/KEY knob TYPE knob Select the effect to be used from the eleven effects available. Adjusts the rate of phaser effect. DEPTH/HARMONY knob. Adjusts the depth of phaser effect. CHORUS This chorus effect outputs the same sound from both L and R. E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the amount of resonance. "Chorus" adds a subtle sway to the guitar sound for a beautiful sound featuring more breadth and fullness. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the rate of modulation. 12 Using the Effects FLANGER Adds a undulation like that of a jet ascending or decending. E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the volume balance between the direct sound and the harmony sound. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the rate of flanging effect. TREMOLO Tremolo is an effect that creates a cyclic change in volume. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of flanging effect. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the frequency (speed) of the change. E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the amount of resonance. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of the effect. * Operating the E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob produces no effect. HARMONIST "Harmonist" is an effect which the amount of shifting is adjusted according to an analysis of the guitar input, allowing you to create harmonics based on diatonic scales. * Because of the need to analyze the pitch, chords (two or more sounds played simultaneously) cannot be played. PAN With the volume level of the left and right sides alternately changing, when playing sound in stereo, you can get an effect that makes the guitar sound appear to fly back and forth between the speakers. RATE/KEY knob Specify the key of the song you are playing. By specifying the key, you can create harmonies that fit the key of the song. The key setting corresponds to the key of the song (#, b) as follows. fig. 0150 RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the frequency (speed) of the change. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of the effect. * Operating the E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob produces no effect. VIBRATO This effect creates vibrato by slightly modulating the pitch. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the rate of the vibrato. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of the vibrato. * Operating the E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob produces no effect. DEPTH/HARMONY knob This determines the pitch of the sound added to the input sound, when you are making a harmony. It allows you to set it by up to 1 octave higher or lower than the input sound. When set to "0, " this yields a "detuned" effect that adds sound of slightly different pitch to the input sound. fig. 0160 UNI-V Although this resembles a phaser effect, it also provides a unique undulation that you can't get with a regular phaser. RATE/KEY knob Adjusts the rate of the UNI-V effect. DEPTH/HARMONY knob Adjusts the depth of the UNI-V effect. -1Octave 6th Detune +1 Octave E. LEVEL/RESONANCE knob Adjusts the volume of the UNI-V effect. 13 Using the Effects ROTARY Produces the effect of a rotary speaker. Adding an Effect Synchronized to the Performance Tempo When any effect other than HARMONIST is selected, you can set the tempo so you get an effect that is synchronized to the performance tempo. * The allowable rate cycles for the tempo settings range from 62 ms to 2000 ms. · If the MOD pedal is pressed when the effect is on, the pedal indicator goes out, and the effect is turned off. · If the MOD pedal is pressed when the effect is off, the pedal indicator turns red, and the effect is turned on. When you continue to depress the pedal, after two seconds the pedal's indicator starts to flash, and the tempo can then be set with the effect on. [. . . ] While simultaneously pressing BANK [ [WRITE], turn on the power. ] and "P" appears in the Display, then changes to "U. " 2. The smaller the value, the lighter is the depression force needed to switch the pedal on or off. Never turn off the power while Factory Reset is in progress. when Factory Reset is completed, the ME-50 returns to Manual mode. 5. * If the TUNING indicator flashes during steps 2 and 3, press the pedal again, then press [WRITE]. 26 Appendices Troubleshooting If there is no sound, or if it appears the ME-50 is not functioning correctly, first check the points below. [. . . ]