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Vortex Tone Generator

I don't know why, but the Vortex can produce a set of very high quality sine waves ranging from 125Hz to 14kHz.
  1. power up vortex while holding both 'A/B' and 'REGISTER/PRESET'.
  2. hit 'REGISTER/PRESET' again.
  3. turn preset knob until OB appears, (or OA).
  4. press 'REGISTER/PRESET' button.
  5. turn reg/pre knob to produce a series of tones.
  6. parameter knob varies the volume.
I guess it's to do with checking the correct functioning before letting it out of the factory. Anyway this is part of what is known as the 'diagnostic mode', which produces a number of much less useful effects.(Beware though, one setting will erase all your patches!)

If, when you get to instruction iii) on the list you select a different value from the preset knob you can access other functions:-

Diagnostic Mode
reg/prefunction
00Check preset knob
01Check footswitchesA/B+Reg/Pre to exit
02Check pedal
03Check A/B relay
04Check LEDSTurn preset knob
05Audio Thru
06Loops tests 08-07-05
07DRAM test
08ROM checksum test
09Exit Diagnostic mode
0ASine wave gen L.H.S.see other diagram
0BSine wave gen R.H.S.see other diagram
0CResets registers to presetsCareful!
0DEEPROM read/write test
0EEEPROM read test
0Fresonator test
Sine Wave Generator
reg/prefrequency
1125Hz
2250Hz
3375Hz
4500Hz
5600Hz
61kHz
71.1kHz
81.6kHz
92kHz
103kHz
114kHz
126kHz
138kHz
1410kHz
1512kHz
1614kHz



Tests that complete successfully will display 'PA', otherwise a fail should display 'Er'. Thanks to Brad Knox for filling in the gaps.

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