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Page 2: ...8 40 42 44 46 Overview Getting Started Controls Wow Flutter Models Saturate Failure Aux Classic Mode Customize Ramping Ideas External Control Signal Flow Bye 6 10 12 14 Knobs Toggles Footswitches Hidd...
Page 3: ...a whole library of tape machines or you can ditch that idea and build something new A magnetically saturated chorus or a randomized stereo splitter or a versatile EQ Or all of the above saved to diff...
Page 4: ...Almost every setting will conjure up a tape machine of some kind Let s go a little further and look at it piece by piece After controls of course Try maxing out each knob one by one while leaving the...
Page 5: ...pg 38 the function of this knob will change The volume setting will be remembered but it now controls the speed of the movement C MODEL Steps through a library of tape machine models each with its own...
Page 6: ...ccurs when loud signals are recorded to tape Known as a magnetic hysteresis loop GEN CLASSIC MODE Sets the sample rate Roll counter clockwise to degrade the audio quality and introduce digital aliasin...
Page 7: ...and right positions each store a preset while the middle position is live current settings To save to the right slot hold the right foot switch for 3 seconds then add the left footswitch for another...
Page 8: ...ects AUX B B HOLD 13 12 Gen Loss has a variety of bypass and dry thru options In its default state it is true bypass with analog dry thru See pg 44 for the specifics Holding down both footswitches acc...
Page 9: ...te counter clockwise of 12 00 to revert back to true bypass INPUT GAIN DRY toggle Use this to match the saturation to your input signal The right position allows for heavier distortion but note that i...
Page 10: ...ggling machinery and melted tape WOW is also your key to getting some unique chorus sounds Flick the DRY toggle over to UNITY and expand If you d like to get a little stranger dial in some FLUTTER at...
Page 11: ...h loudness and pitch Let s crank it VOLUME SATURATE MODEL FAILURE WOW FLUTTER Now turn it down just to the point where you stop noticing it This is a good trick for more subtle realistic settings Usin...
Page 12: ...to explore the models is to recreate the settings from Getting Started pg 04 so you can hear how all the different parts interact Go through the models one by one and see what suits you Different inst...
Page 13: ...ETTE Desktop style all in one 4 track recorder 4 Portamax HT TYPE CASSETTE Desktop style all in one 4 track recorder played back at half speed 5 CAM 8 TYPE CASSETTE Camcorder Sampled using the built i...
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Page 15: ...ngs But feel free to blow things out you ll find mis biased and gnarly textures at the extreme The amount of saturation will vary based on your instrument You can use the hidden options to match the i...
Page 16: ...tch spikes the result of the tape briefly getting stuck CRINKLES AND POPS Micro disturbances that produce a shaky crumbling feeling the result of tape becoming weathered and uneven and or having debri...
Page 17: ...ou can bypass them to get more subtle deviation from the crinkles and pops A creative utility of FAILURE is that it can function as an unpredictable stereo splitter Turn on the SNAG BYP SPREAD and MIS...
Page 18: ...f Freeze captures and holds the last played sound indefinitely which you can then process with Gen Loss various effects To access FREEZE set the AUX toggle to FAIL and turn on both the DROP BYP and SN...
Page 19: ...an be isolated if you wish CLASSIC MODE also has its own way of creating a stereo image when the SPREAD dip switch is engaged Here you get a smooth panning effect that moves in time with the WOW modul...
Page 20: ...the FAILURE knob CLASSIC MODE Introduces a smooth panning effect created by the WOW modulation Customize DRY TYPE When engaged all of the pedal s effects except WOW and FLUTTER will be applied to your...
Page 21: ...or fall to your chosen position then stay there Useful for creating a wave of motion and activity when you first turn on Gen Loss Check out our Dip Switches 101 resource for a step by step on ramping...
Page 22: ...each landing spot is a different tape machine One moment you re hearing a camcorder the next a reel to reel Use the MODEL knob to narrow the range Ramping Ideas BOUNCE MODEL RANDOM MAINTENANCE PHASE T...
Page 23: ...V and expression are set up the same way as ramping using the dip switches on the top of the pedal The pedal will simply detect a CV or expression signal when you plug it in and hand over control Gen...
Page 24: ...BLEND DRY TYPE DIP SWITCH ON Standard aka MISO off DSP Bypass off True bypass on both channels Analog dry through on both channels MISO on DSP Bypass off Buffered bypass on left channel Digital bypas...
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