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User Manual 

SPECULAR 

V 2  

R E V E R B 

Chapter 1  -  OVERVIEW 

 

 
In this new design, we’ve stayed true to the concept of the original pedal but 
pushed its potential to the limit, and at the same time addressed its weaknesses. 
New features include presets capability and 3 new atmospheric reverb modes. 
The overall reverb algorithms have also been redesigned and improved to allow 
very long decay time, while mantaining excellent definition and clarity. 
 
Specular Reverb V2 offers one 

normal reverb

 

mode plus six 

atmospheric re-

verb

 

modes. Each one of the six atmospheres has the same ‘basic 

character

’ as 

the normal reverb sound, while adding its own unique twists. This is the core con-
cept of the pedal : 

one great sounding reverb and the ability to add unique atmos-

pheres to it

.  

Table

 

of

 

Contents

 

1. 

Overview

 

1 - 2 

2. 

Operation

 

3 - 5 

3. 

The

 

Algorithms

 

6 - 9 

4. 

Auto

 

Intensity

 

Sweep

 

10-11 

Important - must read 

Summary of Contents for Specular Reverb V2

Page 1: ...esigned and improved to allow very long decay time while mantaining excellent definition and clarity Specular Reverb V2 offers one normal reverb mode plus six atmospheric re verb modes Each one of the six atmospheres has the same basic character as the normal reverb sound while adding its own unique twists This is the core con cept of the pedal one great sounding reverb and the ability to add uniq...

Page 2: ...ed Intensity Voices Decay HF Damping Voice Select Infinity Decay Tone Intensity M S E Secondary Atmosphere T V I Primary Atmosphere Use this selector switch to choose between Modulated Shimmer and Echo when you re in primary set or between Tremble Voices and Infinity when you re in secondary set See chapter 2 for details Atmosphere LED Off Normal reverb mode Green Primary atmosphere set Modulated ...

Page 3: ...tmosphere selector switch Atmosphere LED Engage LED Preset Bypass Select Atmosphere 3 Switching between Normal Reverb and Atmospheric Reverbs M S E T V I 1 Press both footswitches simultaneously Don t worry about doing this while playing live the state of atmosphere can be stored in presets Posistion of the Atmosphere selector switch determines which mode gets activated this information is also st...

Page 4: ...ving a preset 1 Press Select Atmosphere to select the desired preset location 2 Press and hold Preset Bypass until the Engage LED flashes Loading a preset 1 Press Select Atmosphere to select the desired preset location 2 Press Preset Bypass to load the selected preset Presets are selected by going through each location in the Up direction 1 2 3 while going trough these steps the sound does not get...

Page 5: ...rmal Reverb Tremble slow Shimmer low intensity Tremble fast Shimmer high intensity Voices perfect fifth Echo Voices octave Let s say the current sound is Shimmer low intensity to switch to the Voices octave sound do the following 1 Switch to Secondary atmosphere set 2 Select preset location 4 3 Confirm the selection Preset location 1 Preset location 2 Preset location 3 Preset location 4 Atmosphere...

Page 6: ...bience medium sized room all the way to very large majestic spaces with seemingly endless re verb tails Modulated adds modulation to the late reverberation As the Intensity knob is turned clock wise both depth and intensity increases approaching the maximum position a weird but beautiful swirling resonance starts to appear Blend Decay Damping Intensity standard reverb control controls modulation i...

Page 7: ...dded in instead it s a reverbed echo The effect that is in focus here is the echo with reverb being the additive component There is only one reverb parameter that is adjustable reverb level The damping parameter is fixed to a moderate setting and decay parameter interacts with echo regeneration and echo time in a way that is pleasant and physically meaningful Blend Decay Damping Intensity standard...

Page 8: ...ted secondary voice on top of the late reverberation There are three interval choices Unison no shift Perfect Fifth 7 semitones and Octave 12 semitones The Intensity knob is partitioned into 3 regions each region repre sents a distict voice Blend Decay Damping Intensity controls tremolo intensity controls tremolo speed standard reverb control Blend Decay Damping Intensity standard reverb control c...

Page 9: ...he pedal will take the last 0 25 seconds of the captured sound and hold it indefinitely 3 Now adjust Intensity and Damping to get the desired level and tonality for the sustained sound The Intensity knob runs backward the sound gets more intense as you turn counter clockwise Do not turn the Intensity knob all the way to the right clockwise doing this will shutdown the sustained sound Now you can p...

Page 10: ...y knob while you re playing Used judiciously this feature introduces useful dynamic ele ment to the ambience soundscape Press and hold Select Atmosphere Intensity The parameter controlled by the Intensity knob gradually sweeps to maximum value as if someone slowly turns the Intensity knob all the way up As long as you hold the footswitch down the intensity parameter stays at its maximum value and ...

Page 11: ...ying a low level shimmer effect will be heard on top of the reverbera tion 5 Execute auto intensity sweep Here s another cool one 1 Activate VOICES mode 2 Set the Intensity knob to minimum Unison voice mode 3 Set Blend Decay and Damping as desired 4 Start playing the sound is similar to the normal reverb Unison no shift 5 Execute auto intensity sweep ...

Page 12: ...0 mA Weight 0 6 Kg 1 2 lbs Dimension 12 L x 6 5 W x 3 6 H cm Powered by an external 9V DC Adaptor sold separately This product is designed and manufactured by Features Pristine reverbs in a compact pedal Fully programmable 4 x 2 presets Normal reverb 6 atmospheric reverbs Stereo input and output 24 bits signal processing Analog Dry thru Reverb tails persistence ...

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