Gigcaster 8: How to Tap Tempo with a Footswitch

The Gigcaster 8 is able to program a tap tempo using the Sound Pads 1-8, a footswitch or a GA-FC foot controller. This is useful to quickly sync time based effects to the tempo of your song. The following article guides through setting up a tap tempo using a footswitch.

1. First connect and setup the footswitch: Gigcaster 8: Using a Footswitch or Expression Pedal
2. On the home screen, touch <> (MENU button). The MENU screen appears.
   
3. Touch <FOOT SW> and then <GENERAL> on the left of the screen.
4. Touch <CTL/EXP>.
   
5. Touch a control <CTL1> or <CTL2> to select the footswitch pedal for which you want to use for tap tempo.
6. Touch <A>–<D> to select a group.
   
7. Touch each section to select the following settings:
   CATEGORY: OUTPUT
   FUNCTION: BPM TAP
   MODE: MOMENT
   MIN: 0
   MAX: 100

Now it's time to select an effect and set its TIME or RATE so that it follows the tap tempo. We'll use a delay effect in this example.

1. Press the channel edit button of the desired channel.
   
2. Tap the EFFECTS button to turn it ON (the button lights up green).
   
3. Touch the gear icon on the top right of the screen.
4. Touch a delay effect to select it.
5. Touch the TIME parameter bar and slide it all the way to the right.
   
6. Touch the right hand side of the TIME parameter so that positive and negative icons appear.
   
7. Use the positive and negative icons to select the desired note length .
8. Touch the home icon on the top right to return to the main screen.
9. The footswitch can now be used as a tap tempo.