[ OPERATION MANUAL 1.0 ]
Updated: 26/08/14
Page 1: ... OPERATION MANUAL 1 0 Updated 26 08 14 ...
Page 2: ...tereo LFOs envelope followers and M S mixing and the possibilities become endless Relapse is not just a delay device it is a bona fide chaos designer Examples of applications Classic modulated tape delays Panned and filtered multi tap delays with cross tap feedback Arpeggiated frequency shifter effects Tape saturation effects Wah wah effects Chorus and flanger effects Synced reverse delay effects and g...
Page 3: ...Loading and saving patches 3 Controls and displays 3 1 Crossover X Over 3 2 Band on Mute Solo Bypass 4 3 Band Delay 5 4 Band FX 6 5 Band Mix 8 6 Band LFO 9 7 Envelope Follower Env 11 8 Global 12 9 Options 13 PAGE OF 2 15 ...
Page 4: ...nd displays 1 CROSSOVER X OVER 1 1 Lo Mid Crossover Frequency Sets the crossover frequency between the Low and Mid audio bands The frequency value is displayed on the readout above the knob 1 2 Mid High Crossover Frequency Sets the crossover frequency between the Mid and Hi audio bands The frequency value is displayed on the readout above the knob Note X Over is deactivated in Serial and Parallel ...
Page 5: ...nd in question entirely silent Note Mute is deactivated in Serial mode 2 3 Solo Renders both other bands silent unless they also have their Solo button turned on This allows you to quickly audition the output of the soloed band Note This control overrides the Mute control If both buttons are switched on the Mute button ceases to have any effect Note Solo is deactivated in Serial mode 2 4 Bypass Com...
Page 6: ...f the Left channel This time can either be synced or free depending on the setting of Sync see 3 6 Synced times range from 1 64 to 1 2 while free delay times range from 1ms to 1000ms 3 2 R Time Sets the delay time of the Right channel This time can either be synced or free depending on the setting of Sync see 3 6 Synced times range from 1 64 to 1 2 while free delay times range from 1ms to 1000ms 3...
Page 7: ...e a Left channel delay of 1 4 would logically decay earlier than its 1 3 Right channel counterpart which is not always desirable and enabling Equal resolves this 4 BAND FX Relapse s FX modules provide you with a suite of powerful tools to sculpt the sound of your delay line On board is a bi polar frequency shifter and a multimode filter with five filter types and built in saturation Both the frequ...
Page 8: ...ee 9 4 4 3 Sat Controls the amount of pre filter saturation This effect has been designed to mimic the sound of tape saturation and comes with a built in compression ideal not just for warming your sound but also taming runaway feedback Tip Even though the saturator is part of the filter block it is still active even when no filter type is selected This allows you to create warm saturated effects wh...
Page 9: ...oost it by up to 6 decibels 5 3 M S Controls the mix between the mono and stereo components of the wet audio signal When turned fully counterclockwise to the left only the mono signal is heard When turned fully clockwise to the right only the stereo signal is heard When turned to the center position the signal remains unaffected 5 4 Pan Pans the band s output left or right PAGE OF 8 15 5 2 5 1 5 4 ...
Page 10: ... 6 2 Amp Controls the level of modulation that the main LFO performs on all its destinations see 6 8 6 3 Freq Controls the frequency of the LFO Values range from 0 05Hz to 15Hz unsynced and 1 32 to 8 1 synced 6 4 Sync Syncs the LFO to the song s tempo 6 5 Mode Toggles between Phase and Spin modes see 6 6 6 6 Phase Spin If the Mode button 6 5 is turned off this knob is set to Phase mode and controls...
Page 11: ...l be down on the kick and up on the snare By playing with Phase and Offset it is possible to create a comprehensive range of detailed rhythmic effects 6 8 LFO Mod Amount Located to the right of each band s Time Feed Shift and Freq controls and highlighted in purple Low band green Mid band and blue High band these mini knobs control the LFO modulation amount for each of their corresponding parameters...
Page 12: ...the destinations specified by the individual Envelope Mod Amount controls 6 4 7 2 Attack Controls the attack of the envelope Higher settings result in a slower attack whereas lower settings are much faster 7 3 Release Controls the release or decay of the envelope Higher settings result in a slower release whereas lower settings are much faster 7 4 Envelope Mod Amount Located to the left of each ba...
Page 13: ...ning short delay times a tricky business But by setting the master time to x0 125 1 8th then the maximum band delay time becomes 125ms allowing you far more precision 8 4 Master Time Mod Amounts Controls the modulation amount of the master time by Relapse s Env and LFO generators as indicated by their color Turning them counterclockwise to the left creates negative modulation whereas turning them ...
Page 14: ...onding band Delay X The audio input is copied across three identical bands running in parallel These audio bands are then passed through their respective delay and FX modules before being filtered according to the values of the crossover controls As an example if the Lo Mid Crossover is set to 500 Hz and the Mid Hi Crossover to 2000 Hz the delayed Lo band will be low pass filtered at 500 Hz PAGE O...
Page 15: ...audio bands are then passed through their respective delay and FX modules before being summed 9 2 Global FB Routes all feedback see 3 3 and 3 4 to the audio input or in other words toggles between per band and global feedback This will have a significantly different effect depending on which routing configuration is selected in 9 1 For example setting Routing to X Over Delay with Global FB switched ...
Page 16: ...ve Routing options can produce a wide range of musical effects and textures As with Global FB a healthy dose of experimentation is highly recommended 9 4 Filter FB Places each band s filter and saturator within the feedback loop see 9 4 This is useful or creating long self degrading dub delays Higher Res setting will create high pitched screaming sounds wonderful when combined with a modulated filt...
