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Options

Options alter the algorithm itself, and as a result, the audio will mute briefly 

between changes. Not all Options are available for each Effect.

Option

Description

Pre-Delay

Length of time between the dry signal and onset of 

reverb. A little pre-delay adds separation, but too 

much causes an audible delay.

Modulation Width amount of variation in the reverb’s acoustic  

path lengths

Modulation Rate

speed of variation in the reverb’s acoustic  

path lengths

High-Pass Filter

The frequency of the reverb’s high-pass (low 

cut) filter. Raise to reduce boominess or increase 

tightness. Lower to increase fullness.

Low-Pass Filter

The frequency of the reverb’s low-pass (high 

cut) filter. Lower to reduce harshness, increase 

mellowness, or for a darker tone. Raise for more 

sparkle, to increase openness or airiness. 

High-Frequency  

Damping

The frequency of the low-pass (high cut) filter 

in the reverb’s regeneration paths. This filter 

emulates the high-frequency absorption of sound 

in air, and 10 kHz is similar to what is heard in 

nature under typical conditions.

Sensitivity

How sensitive the effect is to the level of the 

signal. Increase if the effect does not trigger; 

decrease if the effect does not release/reset.

Summary of Contents for Illumine

Page 1: ...ILLUMINE REVERB USER GUIDE v 1 0 1...

Page 2: ...n Controller Inputs 27 Expression Controller Setup 30 A B Exp Setup 30 Adding Parameters to Expression Control 31 Selecting the Midpoint 32 A B and A B Time 32 MIDI 33 Global Setup 36 Exp Source 36 Ca...

Page 3: ...nd thru out with simple controller Powerful and flexible expression control engine Analog dry signal path Pedalboard friendly design with rear connectors and low power usage QUICK START MENU SELECT CH...

Page 4: ...x 2 1 mm ID Grounding The screw next to the power connector connects to chassis ground In cases where the entire rig floats does not connect to earth ground through an amp audio interface or mixer th...

Page 5: ...l instrument volume control etc MONO STEREO TS STEREO TRS A mono input can be connected with a stereo output or a stereo input can be connected with a mono output in which case the two channels will b...

Page 6: ...3 5 mm to dual TS stereo breakout cable such as a Hosa CMP 153 Connect as follows The volume pedal must be passive unpowered The EXP input may be driven with a 0 V 3 3 V control voltage CV Use only a...

Page 7: ...n connection The MIDI OUTPUT may be configured as either a hardware THRU or an OUTPUT When configured as THRU the MIDI INPUT is echoed to THRU with no latency When configured as OUTPUT the MIDI INPUT...

Page 8: ...menu is available is displayed on the right of the top line Pressing the knob enters this sub menu If is displayed pressing the top knob returns to the top level menu When the arrow is not displayed...

Page 9: ...set menu When is displayed on the right of the bottom line pressing the bottom knob will invoke the currently displayed selection CHANGE PARAMETER ITEM RETURN TO TOP LEVEL MENU JUMP TO PRESET SCREEN C...

Page 10: ...X P P o o r r A A B B S S E E T T U U P P G G L L O O B B A A L L S S E E T T U U P P E E D D I I T T N N A A M M E E E E F F F F E E C C T T O O P P T T I I O O N N S S S S E E T T U U P P O O P P T...

Page 11: ...oggles between A and B parameter sets if the A B switch is selected as the Expression Input see Expression Control Engine The function of the right side footswitch depends on the RIGHT FOOTSWITCH conf...

Page 12: ...f you release the footswitch within 650 ms the long press threshold If so the primary function is performed otherwise the secondary function is performed at 650 ms Left Footswitch Right Footswitch Pri...

Page 13: ...fect 5 parameters Mix 3 effect dependent parameters and Level If the preset will be recalled by the footswitch If an Expression controller is active two parameters one for each end of the expression c...

Page 14: ...follows Yes Yes save the preset now No No do nothing and exit Compare Revert Compare Revert the previously saved preset may be heard when this option is showing select to revert to these settings Sav...

Page 15: ...character to be changed Turning the bottom knob changes the character Pressing the top knob returns to the PRESET screen Pressing the bottom knob enters the SAVE PRESET menu Preset names are limited...

Page 16: ...large damped hall 62 Big Brite Hall large lively hall 63 Small Plate small bright plate reverb 64 Predelay Plate medium plate with predelay 65 Big Hair Plate large plate reverb 66 Gated Plate short g...

Page 17: ...erb 91 King Gong gong like reverb 92 LAByrinthine A large reverb B low overtones 93 FreezABle A large reverb B freeze reverb 94 SustainABle A almost infinite B sustain 95 SwellABle A medium reverb B l...

Page 18: ...y as possible given hardware constraints The only significant difference from the plugin is that this version has fewer adjustable parameters The Wet Plugin reverb was designed to work well with a var...

Page 19: ...ll on a variety of audio sources especially percussive sounds Hall Emulating the sound of a well designed concert hall this reverb is large and expansive This is version 2 of our hall reverb algorithm...

Page 20: ...b is based on our Vintage Digital algorithm It builds more slowly than a typical reverb Increasing the Pre Delay will delay the bloom even further Swell This effect is typically used with the Mix set...

Page 21: ...parameter also sets the amount of the hold signal and reverb as follows 0 Latch Blend 0 hold 100 reverb 50 Latch Blend 50 hold 50 reverb 100 Latch Blend 100 hold 0 reverb Set up your expression contr...

Page 22: ...y the input level This effect works best on percussive sounds and may be used to artificially lengthen the sustain of the sound s envelope The Time parameter determines how long the gate stays open af...

Page 23: ...verb s high pass low cut filter Raise to reduce boominess or increase tightness Lower to increase fullness Low Pass Filter The frequency of the reverb s low pass high cut filter Lower to reduce harshn...

Page 24: ...idth Mod ulation Rate High Pass Filter Low Pass Filter Hi Freq Damp ing Sens itivity Wet Plugin Wet v3 Wet v1 Plate Hall Vintage Digital Spring Shimmer Rumble Octaves Wet Echo Wet Detune Bloom Swell I...

Page 25: ...in the reverb s acoustic path lengths Modulation Rate speed of variation in the reverb s acoustic path lengths Shimmer Level amount of shimmer added to the reverb Frequency Shimmer center frequency of...

Page 26: ...ate time has expired Sensitivity How sensitive the effect is to the level of the signal Increase if the effect does not trigger decrease if the effect does not release reset Mix The MIX control change...

Page 27: ...Shimmer Depth Shim Level Frequency Rumble Depth Rumble Mix Frequency Octaves Depth 1 Oct Mix 1 Oct Mix Wet Echo Depth Echo Time Blend Wet Detune Depth Detune Blend Bloom Depth Tone Mod Width Swell De...

Page 28: ...eset 1 Preset 3 Preset 5 If you want presets to be recalled in a different order then move the presets so that they are in numerical order using the Save to Save to preset preset option in the SAVE PR...

Page 29: ...ge EXPRESSION CONTROLLER INPUTS The expression controller input is selected from the EXP SOURCE screen in the GLOBAL SETUP Menu A B Footswitch The A B Footswitch A B Footswitch selection allows for ex...

Page 30: ...state If the A B Footswitch is short pressed during a transition the parameters will jump to the destination state effectively cancelling the transition period LONG PRESS FOR A B LONG PRESS TO REVERS...

Page 31: ...6 35 mm to 3 5 mm to adapter may be required Volume Pedal A passive unpowered volume pedal may be used as the expression controller The resistance of the volume pedal is not critical Use a 3 5 mm TRS...

Page 32: ...UP menu depending on which EXP SOURCE you selected Note that the settings in the A B EXP SETUP menu may be different for each preset whereas the EXP SOURCE selection applies to all presets MIDI Contro...

Page 33: ...the controller range maps to 50 of the range between minimum and maximum 75 Midpoint 75 Midpoint expression controller controls parameter the midpoint of the controller range maps to 75 of the range b...

Page 34: ...t 50 Midpoint 3 Go to the top level menu and set your two parameter values to define the range 4 Activate the A B Footswitch and listen to the transition 5 If the A B transition sounds like too much o...

Page 35: ...ed PC 0 99 recall presets 0 99 respectively Control Change CC Two byte CC values are accepted MSB and LSB The LSB is not required Parameters 1 2 and 3 are defined under Effect Dependent Parameters Par...

Page 36: ...el min 23 MSB 55 LSB Parameter 3 A heel min 24 MSB 56 LSB Engage 80 0 63 bypass 64 127 engage Level Controllers The level controller range is limited Minimum 27 Maximum depends on the Gain Structure s...

Page 37: ...nd Control Change CC messages on MIDI OUT THRU A MIDI PC message is sent only when the preset is changed via the footswitch The PC number will correspond to the preset number recalled MIDI CC messages...

Page 38: ...Pedal are selected as the EXP SOURCE CAL PEDAL MIDDLE is shown only if Volume Pedal Volume Pedal is selected When these screens are first displayed they will show the calibration value Once the expres...

Page 39: ...volume pedal has a selection switch for the taper set the treadle to the middle position and select the switch position that results in the higher expression value on the screen By default ILLUMINE i...

Page 40: ...Trails are mutually exclusive You must select BYPASS TYPE Buffered Buffered to enable the BYPASS TRAILS screen or you must select BYPASS TRAILS No No to enable the BYPASS TYPE screen Bypass Type Scre...

Page 41: ...causing a change in tone Non silent switching Reverb cuts off abruptly Buffered Bypass no Trails Low noise Silent switching No loading issues Reverb cuts off abruptly Buffered Bypass w Trails Reverb t...

Page 42: ...a serial configuration An amp preamp with an effects loop that is not explicitly labelled as serial or parallel is generally a serial loop A parallel configuration is one in which the effects are proc...

Page 43: ...he level of each effect relative to one another not to the dry signal Once your relative effect levels are fairly close reduce the loop return level to balance the overall effect level with the dry si...

Page 44: ...ng to every intermediate preset Knob Long Press Option When changing the preset the display will blink to indicate that the change is pending If the original preset is re selected blinking will stop a...

Page 45: ...t the RMQ root mean quad equals 1 This works well for highly dynamic signals such as uncompressed clean electric guitar or acoustic guitar Unity Dry Unity Dry The level of the dry signal does not chan...

Page 46: ...s optimal for most systems If you do not hear noise or distortion we recommend that you keep this setting High Headroom High Headroom If you hear distortion when using other settings or if the reverbe...

Page 47: ...anced Mix a compromise that reduces the issues caused by mono incompatible signals while still allowing partial mixing of the inputs Left Only Left Only derive the effect from only the left input sign...

Page 48: ...the issue then you may turn the NOISE REDUCTION Of Off f Note however that this may increase the noise level of the system USER INTERFACE OPTIONS OLED Brightness This setting determines the brightness...

Page 49: ...ceeds 13 0 V a warning screen will be displayed You will not be able to dismiss this warning until the issue is resolved Reset Parameters Two screens allow you to reset the global and or preset parame...

Page 50: ...port export single presets Backup restore all presets and global configuration settings Rename presets View preset parameters and global configuration settings ILLUMINE Preset Manager does not allow e...

Page 51: ...ors Connect the USB MIDI adapter to a USB port on your computer Connect the adapter s MIDI OUT to ILLUMINE s MIDI IN Connect the adapter s MIDI IN to ILLUMINE s MIDI OUT Make sure ILLUMINE is powered...

Page 52: ...global parameters from a backup file About Shows software firmware version and global parameters Preset Selector Selects the current preset Preset Name Displays the name of the selected preset Editin...

Page 53: ...drop with Mix around 75 Inappropriate MIX SUM TYPE for your input signal Go to GLOBAL SETUP MIX SUM TYPE select Unity Unity RMQ RMQ Volume increase with Mix around 75 Inappropriate MIX SUM TYPE for y...

Page 54: ...Left Only Only or Right Only Right Only Reverb cuts out Input signal is too low Go to GLOBAL SETUP GAIN STRUCTURE select Low Noise Low Noise If problem persists go to GLOBAL SETUP NOISE REDUCTION sel...

Page 55: ...nic Distortion Noise 10 dBV input 22 Hz 22 kHz 1 0 005 3 Frequency Response 20 Hz 40 kHz 0 1 dB 3 Level Matching Mix 0 vs bypassed 0 04 dB Level Matching left to right channels 0 02 dB Recommended Hea...

Page 56: ...ll Rights Reserved Neunaber ILLUMINE and Wet are trademarks of Neunaber Technology LLC All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Some reverb algorithms are protected by US Paten...

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