Pigtronix INFINITY 3 Bedienungsanleitung

INFINITY 3

User’s Guide

All contents © Bond Audio LLC 2021

CONTENTS

03 Introduction

04 Explanation of Controls

21 Remote Switch Functions

23 Expression Pedal Functions

24 MIDI

29 Firmware Updates

30 Min. + Max. Loop Times

30 Important Message

31 Warranty

Inﬁnity 3 Rules12

33 Contact Information

THE WIDE WORLD OF INFINITY 3

Designed to be easy to use yet vastly powerful, Inﬁnity 3 is the world’s most musical stereo looping

pedal. Think of it as a foot-operated, digital version of a multi-track tape recorder. Utilizing the

quantization and delayed command functions found in other looper pedals, the Pigtronix approach

is to make all commands instantaneous. Remarkable processing power allows any action to be

executed with approximately 1 millisecond of latency and high-ﬁdelity recording at 24 bits with a

variable sample rate that defaults to 48 kHz. Inﬁnity 3 is a mirror of musical reality: what you put

in is what you get out.

Complementing the state-of-the-art digital platform of the Inﬁnity 3 is a beautifully executed analog

input and output section that provides transparent pass-through audio as well as superior headroom

and transistor-based limiting circuitry to prevent digital distortion, even at extreme signal levels.

To put it succinctly, this looper sounds excellent.

It will not ruin your tone like so many other looper pedals that have come before.

EXPLANATION OF CONTROLS

This footswitch controls the looping actions for Loop 1.

Pressing the Loop 1 footswitch at any time will arm Loop 1, illuminating the corresponding red LED

and indicating that Loop 1 is ready to receive Play, Stop, Overdub and Undo commands. Loop 1 is

armed by default upon power up.

If there is no audio recorded on Loop 1, pressing the Loop 1 footswitch will begin recording

immediately. Once the loop is recording, pressing the Loop 1 footswitch again will close the loop

and begin playback.

During playback, pressing the Loop 1 footswitch will open an overdub layer on Loop 1. Once an

overdub is recording, pressing the Loop 1 footswitch again will close that overdub layer and continue

playback. When a loop has been recorded but is stopped, pressing the Loop 1 footswitch will resume

playback from the beginning of the loop.

This footswitch controls the looping actions for Loop 2, and functions the same way as the Loop 1

footswitch (see above).

Quickly pressing the Stop footswitch will stop audio playback on one or both loops, depending on

the Arm/All setting (see below).

Holding down the Stop footswitch for at least two seconds will cause loop audio to be erased from

one or both loops, depending on the Arm/All setting.

Footswitches

Loop 1

Loop 2

Stop

The Loop 1 and Loop 2 footswitch LEDs share the same color coding.

Green = Playback

Red = Recording

Orange = Overdub

Both Loop 1 and Loop 2 footswitch LEDs are accompanied by a red square Arm LED that indicates

which loop is currently armed.

When an external MIDI Clock is used, the Arm LED for the currently selected Loop will blink at the

received tempo.

There is also an optional colorblind mode that utilizes ﬂickering light patterns to supplement the colors.

Solid = Playback

Slow Flicker = Recording

Fast Flicker = Overdub

LEDs

Loop 1, Loop 2, and ARM LEDs

The Stop LED will glow red when loop audio is stopped.

When a delayed command has been initiated, the relevant footswitch, Arm, and Stop LEDs will

blink repeatedly to indicate a pending action, and will turn solid in color once the action is taken.

At the end of the loop cycle of the currently armed loop, the stop, multi-segment digit, associated

footswitch LED, and arm LEDs will all ﬂash. The other (non-armed) loop’s associated LEDs will ﬂash

at the end of its loop cycle as well.

This red LED between the Loop Volume knobs will indicate when the input signal is reaching the

maximum headroom of the Inﬁnity 3’s recording engine and begins to trigger the analog limiter

stages. If the Clip LED is lighting up solid red, reduce the output level of your instrument until the

Clip LED is just beginning to light up at the peaks in your audio signal.

Stop LED

Clip LED

Located to the right of the digit, this LED lights up to indicate that audio has been recorded to a preset

bank. When changes have been made to a preset but not saved, the decimal point will blink. Once the

changes have been saved, the decimal point will return to solid.

Use only the 18-Volt, 300mA, negative-tip power supply that came with your Pigtronix Inﬁnity 3. Using

the wrong power supply is likely to result in a damaged pedal.

Looper input 1. Use this input for mono sound sources.

Looper input 2. Use this input for the second input of a stereo signal, or a second instrument using

Input Split. When nothing is connected to Input 2, the signal from Input 1 is automatically passed to

Input 2.

Main output containing pass-through and loop audio. Use a standard (TS) ¼” instrument cable to

connect to an amp, mixer, or DI.

Decimal Point

DC Power

In 1

In 2

Out 1

Jacks

Multi-Segment Digit

This numeric display tells the user which preset is currently selected (within the selected bank) and

is also used to conﬁrm ﬁrmware update “F”, and to indicate copy in progress “C” and USB active

“U” states.

In Varispeed mode a “-” is displayed. Its height represents the relative speed of the sample rate.

This output contains Channel 1 Loop Audio ONLY. This output is primarily intended for use as a loop

only monitor send to a drummer, bandmate or FOH mixer.

This output contains Channel 2 Loop Audio ONLY. This output is primarily intended for use as a loop

only monitor send to a drummer, bandmate or FOH mixer.

Connect a single, dual, or triple footswitch momentary remote here (such as Pigtronix Universal

Remote) using a TRS (balanced 1/4”) cable to enable Overdub, Undo, Redo, Reverse, and Varispeed.

This is the TRS (balanced 1/4”) input for an expression pedal that can be used for three different

purposes: Volume control of loop audio, Loop Aging, or Varispeed. For details on how to use the

Expression Pedal, see Expression Pedal Functions later in this manual.

This provides a connection for MIDI beat clock sync, or a MIDI controller. Inﬁnity 3 will sync to MIDI

whenever a MIDI Beat Clock signal is preset. The Inﬁnity 3 can also be conﬁgured to obey MIDI Start,

Stop and Song Select commands as well as CC/Note control over every feature. For details on how

to use MIDI, see the MIDI section later in this manual.

This provides a connection to a PC or MAC computer for loading and off-loading loop audio, preset

management, audio routing conﬁguration and ﬁrmware updates. There are no drivers to install—just

connect to your computer and you’re good to go.

When the USB port is connected, the Inﬁnity boots into USB mode and will not function as a looper

until the USB is disconnected and the pedal is rebooted.

Aux 1

Aux 2

Undo

Expression

MIDI

USB

Second output containing pass-through and loop audio. Use Out 2 for stereo instruments, or when

looping two separate instruments, or when you want to split a mono signal so that it can be output

to two separate destinations.

Out 2

Quickly pressing the Sync / Multi switch turns the synchronization between the two loops on and off.

When Sync is off, the button is not lit. In this mode, the lengths of the two loops are unrelated and

playback is not synchronized.

When Sync is selected (RED), the lengths of the two loops are synchronized at a 1:1 ratio.

Holding down the SYNC / MULTI button turns the switch ORANGE and activates the SYNC options

menu, allowing you to alter the ratio between the two loops using the rotary encoder to select a

value between 1 and 99. Any value greater than 1:1 will cause the button to turn GREEN to indicate

that the sync value is set to a multiplier value greater than 1:1. Push and hold the SYNC / MULTI

button any time to check or change your multiplier value.

When the two loops are in SYNC, Loop 1 sets the initial length. Once recording on Loop 2 is initiated,

the Arm light will blink and it will wait to begin recording until the top of the next loop cycle. Loop

2 will automatically stop recording and begin playback when the proper length multiple has been

reached.

You can alter the sync multiplier at any time while recording, by manually closing Loop 2 with the

Loop 2 footswitch. This will cause Loop 2 to close at the end of the current loop cycle. The arm light

will blink to indicate that Loop 2 is about to close. To cancel this operation, hit the Loop 2 footswitch

again and it will continue recording until the full multiplier factor has been reached.

Once Loop 2 is recorded, the Sync is locked to the multiplier you have selected. It is possible to

turn Sync on and off at this point, but you must delete Loop 2 if you want to switch to a different

multiplier value.

Once Loop 2 is recorded, its length is ﬁxed. However, turning Sync off aer that point allows you to

start playback of Loop 2 at any time, not just at the start of Loop 1. When Sync is on, Loop 2 will

always replay from the start of Loop 1.

During recording, whichever loop is armed will automatically close once you hit the maximum

allowable length. Overall recording time for Loop 1 is dependent on the multiplier value you’ve

selected for the current preset, the size of the memory card you have installed in your Inﬁnity 3,

and the number of preset slots you have assigned. If the loop you are trying to create is too long

for the current setting, lower the multiplier value or reduce the number of presets.

Toggle Switches

SYNC / MULTI

When Parallel is selected (RED), Loop 1 and Loop 2 can play together at the same time.

When Series is selected (GREEN), only one of the two loops can play at any given time. This is handy

for verse/chorus-type song structures.

Holding down the SERIES / PARALLEL button turns the switch ORANGE and activates the Expression

pedal options menu, allowing you to select between Loop Volume, Loop Aging and Varispeed

expression pedal functions using the rotary encoder.

When Stereo is selected (RED), both loops record stereo audio coming from Inputs 1 and 2.

When Split in selected (GREEN), Loop 1 gets audio from Input 1 only and Loop 2 gets audio from

Input 2 only.

For more options and details, see the Inﬁnity Rules Stereo / Split section below.

Holding down the STEREO / SPLIT button turns the switch ORANGE and activates the Remote Switch

Varispeed Interval menu, allowing you to set the desired musical interval by semitones up to 1

octave using the rotary encoder.

Quickly pressing the ARM / ALL switch will toggle between ALL (GREEN) and ARM (RED) modes.

When ALL is selected (GREEN), the Stop footswitch will stop playback on both loops. The All

functionality also applies to the erase command. With ALL selected, holding down the Stop footswitch

will erase both loops. The All functionality also applies to the Play command. Once the loops are

stopped, hitting either loop footswitch will resume playback on both loops.

When ARM is selected (RED), the Stop footswitch will stop playback only on the armed loop. The arm

functionality also applies to the erase command. In Arm mode, holding down the Stop footswitch will

erase only the armed loop (to stop both loops in Arm mode, hit the Stop footswitch twice within 1

second). The Arm functionality also applies to the Play command. When loops are stopped, pressing

a loop footswitch will only resume playback of the currently armed loop.

Certain Remote Switch functions also follow the Arm/All setting and many MIDI CC/Note messages

contain values that also specify Arm or All control. For more information, please see the description

of the Remote Switch functionality and MIDI implementation later in this manual.

Holding down the ARM / ALL button turns the switch ORANGE and activates the Loop Aging menu,

allowing you to select a loop aging value using the rotary encoder.

SERIES / PARALLEL

STEREO / SPLIT

ARM / ALL

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