ARCADE BUTTONS
JUMP
The Jump button feature lets you quickly skip to presets and
can be used in conjunction with the preset foot switch to
create a subset within a bank. If the Jump is active, when you
hit the PRESET Stomp it will jump to either 0 or 5. For example
if you are on Preset 6, and the Jump button is lit Blue, hitting
the Preset Stomp will skip to Preset 0. If you are on Preset 6
and the Jump button is lit RED, hitting the Preset Stomp will
skip to Preset 5. This option is saved with each preset. It’s an
easy way to toggle between 2 presets or create groups inside
the Bank of any number to allow quick scrolling through your
favorite settings.
MIDS
The parametric MIds control can be moved before, or after
the Benson Preamp circuit. If OFF is selected the parametric
Mids circuit is removed from the signal path and the MIDS and
FREQ faders are inactive.
Q
This button will affect the MIDS-FREQ faders. It selects the
“Q” for the parametric Mids control providing three Mids
resonance settings. Select the LED OFF for a wider hump/
scoop, Blue for more focused, and Red for very narrow.
DIODE
The selectable diode clipping control includes transistor only
(which is stock for the Benson Preamp) a symmetrical silicon
setting (think tube squeezer flavor), and an asymmetrical
germanium setting (like a tone pony flavor).
FUZZ
The fuzz circuit has two modes, a full on wide open Fuzz,
or a Gated version. It is inserted before the Preamp and
midrange controls in the circuit of the pedal.
EXPRESSION
While on the T and H pages, faders not selected
on the E page will reference their Preset settings,
do not need to be moved, and will not effect audio.
This allows you to safely audition the core preset
sound while fine tuning the T and H ranges of faders
selected for expression control.
Finally this expression mode is referred to as Local,
in that it only effects the preset which you entered
the Setup Menus from. So you will have 30 presets,
and 30 expression settings one for each preset.
Plus one more…
Here is a sample setup instruction setup:
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Enter Expression Setup Menus
Slide Faders up (on) or down (off)
to assign to Expression Control
Enter Toe Page
Slide Faders selected on
Expression to the position
desired when at full TOE
Enter Heel Page
Slide Faders selected on
Expression to the position
desired when at full HEEL
Exit Expression Setup Menus
PRESET
BYPASS
PRESET
TAP
TAP
BYPASS
TAP
PRESET
BYPASS
TAP
EXPRESSION MENUS
There are three pages in this setup. Page “E” will
assign which faders expression will control. Page “t”
will set the position of each fader when expression
is all the way at the max toe on your treadle (or 5v
on CV). Page “H” will define the position of each
fader when the treadle is at full heel position (or 0v
on CV). When adjusting you can skip to any page
and modify only that page. No need to do each
page each time. The settings created or changed
here will only be saved to the preset when you exit
and HOLD BYPASS (or send a Midi Save CC). Worth
noting: we are only setting the faders range, not
your expression pedals range. There is no need to
move the expression pedal during any of the setup.
To connect an expression pedal, insert a TRS cable from the expression pedal to the EXP jack on the back of the pedal.
By default, the expression pedal controls no parameters and will need to be assigned to the sliders. This can also be used
for 0-5V Control Voltage (CV). When using CV instead of expression, you should use a TRS cable with the ring floating.
These are available at chaseblissaudio.com.
