Electro-Harmonix STEREO MEMORY MAN WITH HAZARAI User Manual

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STEREO MEMORY MAN WITH HAZARAI

Congratulations on your purchase of the Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with
Hazarai. The Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai (SMMH) is a digital delay pedal with three
different types of echoes and a full-fledged looper all of which work in true stereo.

Special Features of the Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai:

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Up to 3 seconds of delay time.

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Up to 30 seconds of loop time.

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Tap Tempo Footswitch allows you to set the delay time with your foot.

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Multi-Tap delay allows you to set the exact number of echo repeats.

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A full-featured looper gives you the ability to record a loop of exactly what you
are hearing at anytime, set to any length up to 30 seconds.

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Record overdubs over your loop at anytime.

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Loop mode allows you to reverse the loop, change just the tempo or change
both pitch and tempo.

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Reverse Echo is an intelligent reverse delay that monitors your picking to create
optimal reverse delays of the notes you play.

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Multi-Tap plus Reverse allows you to use a straight echo and also have a
Footswitch controlled reverse effect.

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Echo + Mod gives you delay modulation where the user controls the total
amount of modulation.

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A Low Pass or High Pass filter is always available to process the delayed or
looped signals.

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Save and load up to 8 presets: 1 preset for each different mode.

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Mono In to Stereo Out creates a ping-pong effect where the echoes bounce
between the two outputs.

WARNING: Use only the US96DC-200BI

adapter that the Stereo Memory

Man w/ Hazarai comes supplied with.

Do not use any other AC adapters.
Using other AC adapters, even those made by Electro-Harmonix, could cause
harm to the unit, the adapter or you. The SMMH does not use batteries.

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- QUICK START GUIDE -

Basic Digital Delay/Echo Using TAP Tempo

1. Connect the output plug from the AC Adapter to the 9V jack at the top of the
Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai. Plug the AC Adapter into a wall outlet.

2. Plug your instrument into the MONO/Left Input Jack.

3. Plug your amp into the MONO/Left Output Jack.

4. Press the BYPASS footswitch so the STATUS LED is on

5. Turn the HAZARAI knob so that the top LED is lit: ECHO-3 SEC.

6. Turn the following knobs to 50% or 12 o’clock: BLEND, FILTER and REPEATS.

7. Turn the DECAY knob fully counter-clockwise.

8. Tap in a delay time by pressing and releasing the TAP Footswitch at least two
times. The time between the taps will be your delay time.

9. To change delay time, either tap in a new time or turn the DELAY knob.

Add Filtering To Your Basic Digital Delay/Echo

10. After setting your delay in the above Quick Start section, begin to turn the
FILTER knob counter-clockwise to the 9 o’clock position, you will hear a
reduction in the treble or high frequency content of your echoes. There will be
less treble with each repeat.

11. Now turn the FILTER knob clockwise, passed the center point to the 3 o’clock
position. The echoes will now go through a high pass filter so the bass or low
frequency content of the echoes will be reduced.

Add Reverb To Your BASIC Digital Delay/Echo

12. Return the FILTER knob to the 12 o’clock position.

13. Now turn the DECAY knob up to 3 o’clock. The repeats of you delay are smeared
to produce a reverberant sound.

14. Now try turning the REPEATS and DELAY knobs down to their counter-clockwise
positions, this will yield a more straight-forward reverb effect.

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Multi Tap Delay/Echo w/ 3 Repeats while Using Tap Tempo

1. Use the same connections as in the steps above.

2. Turn the HAZARAI knob so that the MULTI TAP-1 SEC + REV LED is lit.

3. Turn the following knobs to 12 o’clock: BLEND, DECAY and FILTER.

4. Turn the REPEATS knob to 9 o’clock. This should yield approximately 3 repeats.

5. TAP in a delay time by pressing and releasing the TAP Footswitch at least two
times. The time between taps will be your delay time.

6. To change delay time, either tap in a new time or turn the DELAY knob.

Reverse Playback With TAP Footswitch and Multi Tap Delay/Echo

7. Play a chord and allow it to ring out for a couple of seconds.

8. Now press and hold down the TAP Footswitch, the chord will playback in reverse
as long as you hold down the TAP Footswitch.

Fade In Repeats With Multi Tap Delay/Echo

9. Turn the DECAY knob clockwise to its maximum setting. The repeats of the echo
will get progressively louder.

10. This effect may be more effective with more repeats and a shorter delay time so
turn the REPEATS knob to 3 o’clock and turn the DELAY knob to 10 o’clock.

Fun With Reverse Delay/Echo

1. Use the same connections as in the steps above.

2. Turn the HAZARAI knob so that the REVERSE ECHO LED is lit.

3. Turn the following knobs to 12 o’clock: BLEND, FILTER and DELAY.

4. Turn the following knobs down to their counter-clockwise positions: DECAY and
REPEATS.

5. This setting should give you a nice reverse echo. Turn the DELAY time knob or
tap in a new delay time to hear the Reverse Echo work with different delay
times.

6. Turn the REPEATS knob up to hear the echo fade away over a number of
repeats.

Adding Multiple Playbacks To The Reverse Echo

7. Turn the REPEATS knob down to its counter-clockwise position.

8. Turn the DECAY knob up to 10 o’clock. You should hear approximately 5 repeats.

9. The further clockwise you turn the DECAY knob the more repeats you will hear.
The more repeats that occur, the closer together they will be.

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Recording a Loop

1. Use the same connections as in the steps above.

2. Turn the HAZARAI knob counter-clockwise so that no mode LEDs are lit. You are
now in LOOP mode.

3. Turn the following knobs to 12 o’clock: BLEND, DECAY, FILTER and DELAY.

4. Turn the REPEATS knob to its maximum clockwise position.

5. Simultaneously step on and hold the TAP/RECORD Footswitch while beginning to
play the first notes of your loop.

6. Continue to hold down the TAP/RECORD Footswitch while recording your loop.

7. When you are ready to end the loop, release your foot from the TAP/RECORD
Footswitch.

8. At the moment you release the TAP/RECORD Footswitch, the loop will end and
begin playing from the beginning. The LOOP LED will light up to indicate that
there is a loop in memory.

9. While the loop is playing, you can play along with the loop.

Overdubbing On Top Of The Loop

10. You can record new audio on top of the loop you just recorded.

11. Step on and hold the TAP/RECORD Footswitch at any time when the loop is
playing back. The SMMH will immediately begin overdubbing onto the loop. You
must hold the TAP/RECORD Footswitch for at least half a second for the SMMH
to register the overdub.

12. While you are holding down the TAP/RECORD Footswitch, the SMMH will record
the new notes you play onto the loop.

13. When you are finished with your overdub, release the TAP/RECORD Footswitch.

Reverse The Loop

14. Turn the DECAY knob to the extreme counter-clockwise position. The loop will
change direction and playback in reverse.

15. To turn the loop back around to the forward direction, turn the DECAY knob all
the way to the extreme clockwise position.

Change The Loop’s Speed

16. Turn the DELAY knob clockwise; as you turn it you will hear both the pitch and
tempo of the loop increase. The loop speed will increase up to double the
original speed or one octave up.

17. Turn the DELAY knob counter-clockwise, as you turn it you will hear the speed of
the loop decrease down to half the loop’s original speed or one octave down.

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Play Along With The Loop Using Echo

18. While the loop is playing, turn the HAZARAI knob clockwise to your favorite echo
mode.

19. Turn the knobs to create an echo effect that you like.

20. Start playing with your loop while echoes are applied to your notes.

21. You can overdub at this point if you like. Press and hold the TAP/RECORD
Footswitch. The echoes will be recorded in the overdub.

Erase The Loop

22. Press the BYPASS Footswitch so that you enter Bypass mode and the STATUS
LED is off.

23. Press and hold the TAP/RECORD Footswitch for half a second.

24. Release the TAP/RECORD Footswitch once the LOOP LED goes off, the loop is
now erased forever.

Saving a PRESET

1. When you create an echo effect that you like, you can save the sound as a
preset.

2. To save a preset, press and hold down the HAZARAI knob. You will need to hold
down HAZARAI for 3 seconds.

3. After holding down the HAZARAI knob for 2 seconds, all of the MODE LEDs will
blink for 1 second. After they stop blinking, the preset is saved and you can
release the HAZARAI knob.

4. Upon releasing the HAZARAI knob, the PRESET LED will light up to indicate that
a preset is currently loaded.

Loading a Preset

5. Turn the HAZARAI knob to the mode LED where you saved the preset.

6. Press and release the HAZARAI knob. The PRESET LED will light. Your preset is
now loaded.

7. The knob positions no longer represent the effect you hear.

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- DESRIPTION OF MODES -

The Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai has 8 modes to choose from. Each mode gives the
musician a different sonic palette to work with. In addition each mode changes the
function of some of the SMMH’s knobs. In this section we will describe each mode and the
functionality of the knobs that change with the mode.

Use the HAZARAI knob to cycle through the modes. Turning the HAZARAI knob Clockwise
goes up the LED ladder. Turning the HAZARAI knob Counter-Clockwise goes down the LED
ladder.

Below is a table displaying the function of each knob as it relates to the selected HAZARAI
mode. Arrows indicate the function that occurs as the knob is turned to or towards the
extreme knob position in that direction. You will notice some knobs, such as BLEND do not
change with the HAZARAI mode while others, such as DECAY have a different function for
nearly every different HAZARAI mode.