TC Electronic TC 2290 User Manual

Nowadays flanging typically refers to a more ‘resonant’ sometimes even
‘metallic’ or ‘jetlike’ chorus sound.
We will try making some typical flanger sounds.
We will use our recently made chorus~sound which we stored in preset 5 as
the base for a flanger sound. <PRESET> <5> <ENTER>
Try put some feedback to this chorus~sound. Press <FB UP> and then
enter e.g. '50' on the keyboard.
The more resonant you want the flanger-sound to be, the more feedback
you should apply. Take care not to put too much feedback (not above say
'90') otherwise you will get a nasty ‘howling’ sound.
To get a more ‘jetlike’ flanging the delaytime must be lower. Try changing
delaytime to say 2mS. Press <DELAY UP> <2> <ENTER>. - Right ?
- A slower sweep-speed would make the flanging more pleasant. Go to the
MODULATION section (check that ‘DELAY’ modulation has been
<SELECT>'ed) and try slowing down the <SPEED>. Press <SPEED DOWN>
until the value can no longer decrease. This value is 0.10. (1/10 of the
sweep is done every second, or to put it in other words, the whole sweep
takes 10 seconds. Also note that the value displayed is '10' i.e 0.10 and not
'10', which is a speed 100 times faster).
The sweep speed can also be seen on the yellow SPEED/THRESHOLD
LED which turns on/off as the sweep goes up/down.
Maybe you would also like to increase the <DEPTH> of the delaytime
modulation to get a wider sweep : Press <DEPTH UP> <9> <9> <ENTER>
to try.
If you play a somewhat ‘distorted’ or 'thick' sound the flanging effect will be
very pronounced. Experiment with the <SPEED>, <DEPTH> and feedback
parameters to get a flanger sound you like.
Your 6tr preset sound, Flanger
Adjust the <SPEED> and <DEPTH> to your taste and
then store the sound in preset 6. Press:
<PRESET> <6> <STORE>
3.8.6 Other Waveforms
With the ‘RAND’ waveform you get a random sweep instead of the
continous form of the ‘SINE’.
The 'ENV’ produces a ‘RAMP’ which start/stops with the input level and
can be used eg. when playing ‘funky’ type of music. The <SPEED>
parameter might need to be set somewhat higher. Adjust the <DEPTH> to
your taste.
If you chose 'TRIG’ you will get a sine sweep that stops each time you
stop playing. In this way you can ‘syncronize’ the sweep to the music.
Bypassing the TC 2290 or turning off <DLY MOD> in the DELAY section
also stops the sweep, making it start at the same point when you again
press <DELAY ON> or <MOD> on.

TC Electronic TC 2290 Specifications

General

Brand	TC Electronic
Model	TC 2290
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English