TC Electronic pedals "toneprints"

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i'm loving the TC pedals I'm using, the Flashback Delay, the Corona Chorus, even the HOF Reverb mini, but theres one thing I didnt get yet, why is it so complicated to get all those artists 'toneprints"?

I mean, you have to download from your computer to the pedal, with the usb cable, then you have to get the phone app, and do that funny thing with the phone and the guitar pickups ... don't know, never tried it, but ... wouldnt it be much more simpler to just give us the settings from those "toneprint" artists !?

I want, lets say, Jonh Petrucci's Corona chorus settings, why not just tell me what are the pedal knobs settings he uses, ex. Speed knob 12 o clock, FX level 15 o clock, etc.

I love those pedal tones, but I dont really like to bother with all the tecnhology aspects of more than just plug the guitar, twidle a few knobs and play.
 
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Exactly why I won't touch a TonePrint pedal - go through all this technology which takes me away from my guitar - to get the LeeAnn Rimes chorus.
 
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I can't see why anyone would think that tone print is complicated. Seriously people all you have to do is use the Phone APP and beam it to your pedal, how hard is that? It takes like 2 seconds.
I use all full size Tone print Pedals, Hall of fame, Corona Tri Chorus Special Edition Black and Flashback. I can change all 3 tone prints in like 20 seconds tops.
With the App, you can try out all the different tone prints then save them to your favorites list. With the favorites list all you have to do is pick the one you want and beam it to your pedal. It's so easy and cool I can't even imagine *****ing and complaining about this awesome cool technology.
 
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Those Tone Prints adjust software settings that aren't accessible with the knobs on the pedal. You can see that stuff if you open up the full editor on your computer. But no, you don't need a computer at all to load individual Tone Prints into the pedal.
 
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It isn't complicated at all, and that is the charm. It is also so much more than the settings on the pedal. Each tone print has dozens of settings of which there are no knobs for on the pedal itself (check out the toneprint editor and be amazed). It is extremely easy and smart to use.
 
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Yeah, if you have the app on your phone, you have access to everything already. The only reason to involve the computer is if you're rolling your own...


Sent from my iPad using a bunch of electrons, copper, and probably some fiber optic cable
 
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I had a HOF Mini for a while. I sold it because I couldn't get the type of spring I wanted. I just used the app though when I was trying different Tone Prints. It had sme awesome sounds on tap for sure without even getting into the editing end on the computer.
 
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Well the artist toneprints are unique, the editor used to create those has more deep editable settings from the one released to public. Check some vids out tce put up while making those prints with the related artist to get a an idea of it.
 
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HiFiRebel said:
I had a HOF Mini for a while. I sold it because I couldn't get the type of spring I wanted. I just used the app though when I was trying different Tone Prints. It had sme awesome sounds on tap for sure without even getting into the editing end on the computer.
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Did you end up finding a spring reverb you liked?
 
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Ok, I didnt know there was more settings than those available, on the pedal knobs itself. Now it makes sense all this fuss about toneprints and the toneprint editor.

So, having to plug the pedal through the computer, offers the possibility of editing the settings by ourselves, wich is kinda cool, but, still, it involves a bit more than just plug and play the guitar, and you have to have the computer next to the rig.

However, if I only want to try out the Jonh Petrucci Corona toneprint, or Steve Morse's Hall
Of Fame Reverb, I just have to get the iphone app, and transfer the toneprint I want, to the guitar pickups? And thats it?

In the pedal itself, I only have to select the toneprint option?

And what about the knobs settings? The tone would change if I twiddle the knobs, rigth?
 
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Nmoc strat said:
Ok, I didnt know there was more settings than those available, on the pedal knobs itself. Now it makes sense all this fuss about toneprints and the toneprint editor.

So, having to plug the pedal through the computer, offers the possibility of editing the settings by ourselves, wich is kinda cool, but, still, it involves a bit more than just plug and play the guitar, and you have to have the computer next to the rig.

However, if I only want to try out the Jonh Petrucci Corona toneprint, or Steve Morse's Hall
Of Fame Reverb, I just have to get the iphone app, and transfer the toneprint I want, to the guitar pickups? And thats it?

In the pedal itself, I only have to select the toneprint option?

And what about the knobs settings? The tone would change if I twiddle the knobs, rigth?
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Ok it's that simple. First down load the iPhone app which is what you have right? Then open the app. In the app after it updates all the new Tone prints which takes a few seconds, go to the Bottom and go to "By Product". Then select the Cornoa Chorus. Now you will have a complete list of tone-prints to try out which is so fun.
When you find one you like , make it a favorite by pressing the star at the to right of the tone print.
Beaming it to your pedal is crazy easy. Make sure you put the Corona Chorus in Tone Print mode, then turn the volume all the up on your iPhone and press "beam to pedal" as your holding your phone right above your pickup on your guitar your currently using. Make sure the volume on your guitar is also all the way up. You will see the LED light on the pedal blink while the Fax Machine sound is happening. Now you are loaded with the tone print.

This process once you get use to it takes seconds to do.
 
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mantis said:
Ok it's that simple. First down load the iPhone app which is what you have right? Then open the app. In the app after it updates all the new Tone prints which takes a few seconds, go to the Bottom and go to "By Product". Then select the Cornoa Chorus. Now you will have a complete list of tone-prints to try out which is so fun.
When you find one you like , make it a favorite by pressing the star at the to right of the tone print.
Beaming it to your pedal is crazy easy. Make sure you put the Corona Chorus in Tone Print mode, then turn the volume all the up on your iPhone and press "beam to pedal" as your holding your phone right above your pickup on your guitar your currently using. Make sure the volume on your guitar is also all the way up. You will see the LED light on the pedal blink while the Fax Machine sound is happening. Now you are loaded with the tone print.

This process once you get use to it takes seconds to do.
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Ok, thanks.

But once I got the toneprint I want in the pedal, how I should put the pedal knobs, so it doesnt alter the original toneprint?
 
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Nmoc strat said:
Ok, thanks.

But once I got the toneprint I want in the pedal, how I should put the pedal knobs, so it doesnt alter the original toneprint?
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Leave them wherever they were pointing before you sent the print, that will get you the original settings of the toneprint. When you move a knob it will affect the print to your settings.

I prefer the idea of being able to change time & feedback of a particular toneprint on my flashback to my liking, that's the fun aspect of it but I understand what your saying. Some of the descriptions on the toneprints mention the knob settings I think.
 
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Nmoc strat said:
Ok, thanks.

But once I got the toneprint I want in the pedal, how I should put the pedal knobs, so it doesnt alter the original toneprint?
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I've reassigned the knobs to get at some of the settings that aren't the default for the knobs. I believe you can also assign the knobs to do nothing on the tone print.
 
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Yeah no joke. It has already been said, but the toneprint stuff is a completely different beast. You control basically EVERY parameter of the pedal's sound from the computer once it's connected. Something that the pedal would need over 20 knobs to do if it were all on the pedal itself. Also, from the app, while you can't make your own, you can switch to other premade settings from artists and other companies and beam a signal through the pickups that changes the core voice of the pedal as you run through it to change it almost instantly. You could even do it on stage between songs if you mute your amp and don't block the signal from getting to the pedal, and doing that is actually easier then bending down and changing knobs. The toneprints essentially turn the TP setting into another pedal completely that the knobs still effect. There's even a DM-2 setting for the Flashback that makes the controls behave the same way and one of the knobs now works in reverse. You can control exactly how the knobs change the sound: from a linear sweep to an exponential one to literally anything. Maybe you want the knob at noon to be the longest delay time and at full up the shortest. You can do that. It's actually paralyzing the amount of control you have with the toneprint editor, but even the fact that the Flashback and Corona are so admired by the pedal community without people even using these features speaks for itself. If you don't wanna make one, try a bunch from the app since you can change them instantly, and pick one you really like and forget about it.
 
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Hank- said:
Leave them wherever they were pointing before you sent the print, that will get you the original settings of the toneprint. When you move a knob it will affect the print to your settings.
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If I'm not mistaken, I think putting the knobs at 12:00 is the "original" sound of the toneprint, I don't think it cares where they are set when you download it to the pedal. Seems like I came across that somewhere anyway.

For the OP - http://cdn-downloads.tcelectronic.c...lectronic-toneprint-editor-manual-english.pdf
 
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^Only for select few though maybe. Presently I have the trichorus TP in the slot, with knobs at noon it doesn't revert to the original settings. That's a good thing though since we get to use the full range of knobs rotation to adjust them for our liking.

Also if say I'm using the default 2290 mode & then change to other mode or the toneprint slot, the print takes the current/present knob positions into account rather than switch to stock artist settings for that print. That's a neat thing too, unlike I think the digitech dl8 where changing modes also changes the workable delay time & redialing or tap tempo is needed to be in sync with previous time setting.
 
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Falloffthebonetone said:
Yeah no joke.
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There's even a DM-2 setting for the Flashback that makes the controls behave the same way and one of the knobs now works in reverse. You can control exactly how the knobs change the sound: from a linear sweep to an exponential one to literally anything. Maybe you want the knob at noon to be the longest delay time and at full up the shortest. You can do that. It's actually paralyzing the amount of control you have with the toneprint editor,
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I have one knob controlling multiple parameters, each with a different effect curve on mine. One of the knobs on the face (I think it's the mix knob?) doesn't allow assignment, so on the TonePrint 2290 delay and have one knob change the depth and speed of the modulation with the delay time.
 
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devastone said:
If I'm not mistaken, I think putting the knobs at 12:00 is the "original" sound of the toneprint, I don't think it cares where they are set when you download it to the pedal. Seems like I came across that somewhere anyway.

For the OP - http://cdn-downloads.tcelectronic.c...lectronic-toneprint-editor-manual-english.pdf
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I think John Petrucci's Tone Prints are based around leaving the Pedal at 12 O'clock. Not sure if all of them are that way. It's a great question thats not totally clear how TC explains it.
 
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