CHAPTER 3. GETTING STARTED
10
3.2
Guided Tour
The following steps will guide you through the sonic palette of the
Ringmaster and show you how to access the range of tones that it has
to offer.
1. Set all of the controls
fully
counter-clockwise, and set each tog-
gle in the up position. Make sure the LED is off. The Ringmaster
is in bypass mode. Play your instrument and make sure a clean
sound is passing through the pedal.
2. Turn the OUT, CLEAN, and RING knobs up to 12:00. Click the
Engage footswitch to turn the Ringmaster on. The LED will
turn on.
3. Play the highest string on your instrument and adjust the TUNE
control so that the pitch of the ring modulator is in tune with
the pitch of the clean signal.
Once it is in tune, play your
instrument in all registers. The sine wave carrier is not currently
tracking the pitch of your instrument, this results in encouraged
dissonance.
4. Turn the RATE and DEPTH knobs up to 12:00 to modulate the
sine wave carrier with the internal LFO. Listen to the vibrato
effect and how the pitch modulates at a consistent rate. Explore
the range of the RATE and DEPTH knobs.
5. Return the RATE and DEPTH knobs to zero.
6. Turn the SPEED and AMOUNT knobs up to 12:00 to modulate
the sine wave carrier with the internal HOLD. Notice
the effect plays itself by randomly choosing pitches for the sine
wave carrier. Explore the range of the SPEED and AMOUNT
knobs.
7. Return the SPEED and AMOUNT knobs to zero.
