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User’s Manual
The Dust Collector
INTRODUCTION
Finegear
is proud to present
arkive
_
effects
_
, a
curated series of effects designed for sonic
experimentation.
The Dust Collector
is the first of
the series, aiming to honor and expand upon the
history of experimentation in music, shaking some
of the dust that has settled on the 1970’s.
The
Dust Collector
contains 2 VC LFOs and 5 independent
audio effects: 2 tape saturations, a spring reverb, a delay
and a phaser. However, this is more than the standard multi-
effect box, as each module has been analysed and tweaked
to support your creative process. You can go further inside
with several moddable features directly on the PCB.
The
Dust Collector
will help you uncover unique sounds and
new uses for effects you thought you knew. You can insert
an effect in the delay’s feedback loop, add modulation to
the phaser (as well as to pretty much every effect), poke
the tank's three springy insides hiding behind the removable
acrylic cover.
This manual will describe in detail each effect and module,
as well as explain all the controls and interactions that are
possible with them. Useful technical information is also
provided, while signal path diagrams and calibration
procedures can be found in the annexes.
