Red Panda CONTEXT 2, Owner'S Manual

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Maximum Input Level
Mode Max. Signal Level
(Volts peak-to-peak) Description
+12 dB with -3 dB pad 8.2 Vpp For extremely hot input signals. DSP output will
be reduced by -3 dB. Analog bypass signal is not
affected (so DSP bypass or kill dry work best).
+8 dB 5.7 Vpp Works well with synthesizers.
+5 dB
(default) 4 Vpp Works with most instrument and line-level sig-
nals.
0 dB 2.3 Vpp Acoustic guitar and quiet instruments.
The right LED blinks red if input clipping occurs. Lower the output volume of your instrument or select
a higher maximum input level. Clipping will not damage the pedal, so you can also overload the A/D con-
verter to intentionally add distortion.
The output signal level can be slightly higher than the maximum input level, which allows the combined
dry and effected signals to exceed the input level without distortion.
Bypass Mode
DSP
(default) Dry signal and bypass passes through DSP. Our pedals use studio-quality A/D
and D/A converters with low latency. This is a good choice in most situations.
Analog Dry signal passes through DSP when effect is on, and buffered analog signal
path in bypass. Depending on the input signal, there could be a small click
when the effect is engaged.
FX Level Dry signal passes through a unity-gain analog signal path.
Kill Dry Dry signal is always muted. Useful for wet/dry parallel effects chains and
mixer aux sends. The
BLEND knob acts as an effect level control, but keeps
the same response as other modes.
FX Level bypass mode is not compatible with Mono In / Stereo Out, because the analog signal
path cannot send the left input to both output channels. A workaround is to use a female TS to male TRS
mono to stereo adapter to split the mono input signal to both channels, with Stereo In/Stereo Out config-
uration.
Trails
OFF Reverb tail fades out immediately when effect is turned off.
ON Reverb tail decays naturally after effect is turned off.