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9V Power Jack 

 

Plug the output of the Ring Thing’s supplied AC Adapter into the 9V power jack located at 
the top of the Ring Thing. The Ring Thing requires 9 - 9.6VDC at 200mA with a center 

negative plug. The Ring Thing accepts Boss style AC Adapters. The actual current draw of 
the Ring Thing is 190 mA. 
 

Technical Specifications 

 

Sample Rate = 46.93 kHz  
A/D and D/A Conversion Bit Resolution = 24 bits 
Processed Audio Bit Resolution = 32 bits 
 

- Presets - 

PRESETS 

The Ring Thing has nine fully programmable presets. Any of the four available modes can 

be saved in a preset. 

 

Once a preset is saved, the Ring Thing will remember the preset 

after power has been disconnected.  
 

Saving a preset will save the setting of all 5 of black knobs and the selected mode. It will 
also save a tuned-in ring modulator frequency whether tuned using the PRESET/TUNE 

footswitch or an expression pedal. The expression pedal setting at the time of saving the 
preset will be saved. If you save a preset without an expression pedal connected, and then 
recall the preset with an expression pedal present, the Ring Thing ignores the expression 

pedal. 
 

PRESET SAVE PROCEDURE: 

 

1.

 

Once you have created a sound you want to save, turn the MODE knob to the 

preset number you want to save the setting to.  

2.

 

Press and hold down the MODE knob for 3 seconds. Nothing will occur for 2 

seconds, then all the preset LEDs will blink rapidly for 1 second.  

3.

 

After the LEDs stop blinking, release the MODE knob.  The Preset LED will light 

up solid. 

4.

 

Your preset has been saved. 

 

PRESET LOAD PROCEDURE: 

 

There are two options for loading presets: 
 

1.

 

Press and release the PRESET/TUNE FSW repeatedly until the preset you want to 

load is selected. Make sure the PRESET LED is lit to indicate your preset is 

Summary of Contents for Ring Thing

Page 1: ...modes Ring Modulation RM Upper Band Modulation UB Lower Band Modulation LB Pitch Shift PS Single Sideband frequency shifter with separate simultaneous upper and lower sideband outputs Automatically t...

Page 2: ...he toe down position 7 To change the modulation frequency turn the FINE and or COARSE knobs Automatically Tune the Ring Modulator Play a single note on your instrument and then press and hold the PRES...

Page 3: ...UPPER SIDEBAND MODE UB and LB modes split up the ring modulator signal into its respective sideband components Each sideband is sent to either the MONO L or R output jacks where the selected mode is a...

Page 4: ...are shifted by the same factor in Pitch Shift mode 1 Connect the Ring Thing as described in Basic Amplifier Connection Setup 2 Press the BYPASS footswitch so the STATUS LED is on 3 Press the MODE knob...

Page 5: ...n pedal s pitch shift range is set by the COARSE knob The toe down position will be the current setting of the COARSE knob the toe up position is no pitch shift though you will still hear the pitch sh...

Page 6: ...6 TREMOLO SUB OCTAVE ROTARY THING...

Page 7: ...7 OCTAVE UP WHAMMY Uses an optional expression pedal to control Pitch Shift PITCH MOD...

Page 8: ...tion that occurs as the knob is turned to or towards the extreme knob position in that direction You will notice some knobs such as BLEND do not change with the different modes while others such as WA...

Page 9: ...acting harmonics to the carrier s sine wave FILTER RATE sets the cutoff frequency for the effect s low pass filter FINE DEPTH allows the musician to fine tune the carrier modulation frequency COARSE t...

Page 10: ...see is what you get mode where the current preset is unloaded and the actual knob positions take over the sound COARSE KNOB The COARSE knob controls the Ring Modulator frequency and the Pitch Shift am...

Page 11: ...knob controls a low pass filter on the effect in the ring modulator modes The filter is disabled at full clockwise Turn FILTER RATE counter clockwise to cut high frequencies and eventually the entire...

Page 12: ...the pitch shifter the WAVE knob must be set to full counter clockwise If the WAVE knob is set above full counter clockwise the external modulator is disabled BLEND KNOB The BLEND knob is a wet dry con...

Page 13: ...lding down the PRESET TUNE FSW while in PS produces no change PRESET LED Located near the PRESET TUNE FSW the PRESET LED will light up solid when a preset is loaded It will blink rapidly when a change...

Page 14: ...Use the COARSE knob to set the toe down position or the total range of the Exp Pedal The expression pedal range can also be set by automatically tuning to a note you play on your instrument using the...

Page 15: ...ned in ring modulator frequency whether tuned using the PRESET TUNE footswitch or an expression pedal The expression pedal setting at the time of saving the preset will be saved If you save a preset w...

Page 16: ...DE knob to scroll to another preset the previously recalled preset will remain loaded At this point you could save the currently loaded preset into another preset location by holding the MODE knob or...

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