Eventide Timefactor External Controllers

[jivebaby]

I have a new timefactor and I'm loving the sounds. It replaced an echoczar I sold a couple months ago.

Anyone else have one? Are you using a midi controller or an external aux footswitch to control all the timefactors functions? What have you had success with? Thanks.

Mike Byrne

[The Pup]

I'm using an old Boss FS...works great.

Others have reported noise with their Timefactor...how does yours sound in comparison to the Echoczar?

My TF seems quiet to me.

[alex_law]

I'm planning to use a Boss FS-6 and a Boss FV-500L. According to the manual, I should be good to go.

[jivebaby]

I'm thinking of going with the digitech FS3X pedal or the midimouse. I really think the time factor stands up well to the echoczar. I can cop most of the tones I was able to get from the czar. I dont have any of the noise problems people are talking about.

http://www.digitech.com/products/FS3X/FS3X.htm

Mike

[opultam]

Planning on splitting the signal from my Expression pedal so I can control my HOG and the TF at the same time.

Of course, i don't actually OWN the TF yat, but I've given that manual a good read.

[S. S. Bender]

I've owned my Timefactor for about a month. (I put my order in with Sweetwater back in February) I use the Tech21 Midi Mouse for direct access to the Timefactor's programs, and it works perfectly. This allows the Timefactor's internal switches to be actively available at all times for Bypass/Repeat/Tap/Loop Record/Play/Stop, etc.

I haven't settled on an expression pedal to use with it yet.

Don't be concerned about noise. The Timefactor is dead quiet in a line level effects loop. If you run it before the input of a guitar amp and get a little noise, just put a pedal with a decent buffer in front of the Timefactor.

The sound and feature set blows away any delay pedal I've used before, including the EHX DMM, Diamond Memorylane, Ibanez AD-9, and Yamaha Magicstomp.

It's lush, warm, and absolutely incredible when run in stereo. Sorry that I don't have the ability to post clips at this time.

[jivebaby]

I ended up going with the digitech fs3x aux pedal. Nice well built pedal that is pretty small. Works well with the eventide unit. Plug and play.

Mike

[radcliff]

I've owned my Timefactor for about a month. (I put my order in with Sweetwater back in February) I use the Tech21 Midi Mouse for direct access to the Timefactor's programs, and it works perfectly. This allows the Timefactor's internal switches to be actively available at all times for Bypass/Repeat/Tap/Loop Record/Play/Stop, etc.

I haven't settled on an expression pedal to use with it yet.

Don't be concerned about noise. The Timefactor is dead quiet in a line level effects loop. If you run it before the input of a guitar amp and get a little noise, just put a pedal with a decent buffer in front of the Timefactor.

The sound and feature set blows away any delay pedal I've used before, including the EHX DMM, Diamond Memorylane, Ibanez AD-9, and Yamaha Magicstomp.

It's lush, warm, and absolutely incredible when run in stereo. Sorry that I don't have the ability to post clips at this time.

So how are you switching from Bank to Play mode?
Are you still holding down the far right switch on the Timefactor?

[S. S. Bender]

So how are you switching from Bank to Play mode?
Are you still holding down the far right switch on the Timefactor?


With the Midi Mouse, I don't have to switch between Bank and Play mode. (I'm no longer holding down the far right switch on the Timefactor) I leave the Timefactor in Play mode, and use the Midi Mouse to change Banks and Programs. This works great in real time, with no glitches or problems.

The right and left Midi Mouse footswitches allow you to "scroll" up and down through the Timefactor's 20 programs, before you select the one you want using the middle switch. This feature is worth it's weight in gold. The Midi Mouse will also allow direct program access on the up and down mode if you wish.

[opultam]

The right and left Midi Mouse footswitches allow you to "scroll" up and down through the Timefactor's 20 programs, before you select the one you want using the middle switch.


This is EXACTLY what I wanted to hear! :BEER

[Jono]

This is EXACTLY what I wanted to hear! :BEER

Ditto! Beers all round! :BEER

[duende]

With the Midi Mouse, I don't have to switch between Bank and Play mode. (I'm no longer holding down the far right switch on the Timefactor) I leave the Timefactor in Play mode, and use the Midi Mouse to change Banks and Programs. This works great in real time, with no glitches or problems.

The right and left Midi Mouse footswitches allow you to "scroll" up and down through the Timefactor's 20 programs, before you select the one you want using the middle switch. This feature is worth it's weight in gold. The Midi Mouse will also allow direct program access on the up and down mode if you wish.

That sounds great! But in reading the manual, I don't see any benefit with going midi over the aux switch. If your midi controller only has three switches on it of course. So I'm thinking of going the digitech route, as I would not need to provide any extra power supply.

[placebo62]

Planning on splitting the signal from my Expression pedal so I can control my HOG and the TF at the same time.

Of course, i don't actually OWN the TF yat, but I've given that manual a good read.

Thats exactly what I'm doing. I had Michael Luce from Luce Pedals build me a little triple loop box so that I can use one expression pedal but control the Timefactor, HOG and my Moogerfooger Phaser.

The TF and the Luce box are both in the mail at the moment though.

[akivisuals]

So the Timefactors programs can be accessed via midi? Meaning can I use a midi controller to access my programmed patches on the TF?

Can you override a programs delay settings with tap tempo on the fly?

[the_Chris]

Forgive me if this comes off as a dumb question, but can you setup various delay settings all with different settings on your MIDI controllers? For instance, can you set a vintage tape delay slapback-ish tone for 1 MIDI preset, set a reverse delay for a second preset, a long digital delay for the third, etc.? It'd be really great to be able to switch on the fly between various delay types (it'd be like having an almost unlimited supply of delay pedals on tap). This would definitely be a selling point for me.