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Remote WAH WAH

User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...www prostage eu info prostage eu Remote WAH WAH User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...oring Presets in the Remote WahWah 3 4 Recalling Presets 3 5 Renaming Presets 3 6 Saving the Settings on the Local Hard Disk 4 Creating Presets with a Sequencer Software 5 The Parameters of the Remote WahWah 5 1 Global Parameters 5 2 Preset Related Parameters 5 2 1 Basic Operation 5 2 2 The WahWah 5 2 3 Contour Boost 5 3 Practice Hint 6 Examples 6 1 WahWah 6 2 Low Wah 6 3 Contour Wah 6 4 Auto Wah ...

Page 3: ...t work with direct current DC Higher voltages can destroy the WahWah 2 2 MIDI The Remote WahWah can be controlled using any standard MIDI foot controller with an expression pedal The expression pedal needs to send Control Change No 7 Volume MIDI In from the Remote WahWah has to be connected to the MIDI Out of the foot controller respectively to the MIDI Thru of other devices in the MIDI chain When...

Page 4: ...e is the user s interface for configuring the Prostage XTMpro XDS XLS The software also provides a tab for the configuration of the Remote WahWah but it does not communicate with the Remote WahWah directly The XTMpro must be used as a MIDI interface It is the heart of each Prostage system 3 1 Connecting the Remote WahWah to the XTMpro To change the settings of the WahWah connect MIDI Out A or B on...

Page 5: ... corresponding preset within the System Manager window will be selected If the preset has not been read yet the screen does not necessarily show the correct settings The presets can also be selected via the preset list on the left side of the System Manager window In this case the software will send all settings to the WahWah as shown on the screen This means that the preset inside the WahWah will...

Page 6: ...1 Auto Wah with the sine curve Value 2 Auto Wah with the peak curve CC 72 off on Do Not Change VCA Initial Position disabled enabled CC 73 off on Curve select A B CC 74 off on Bypass On CC 75 off on WahWah VCA operating mode CC 76 off on WahWah disabled enabled CC 77 off on CC 78 off on Contour Boost disabled enabled CC 79 off on Auto Enable disabled enabled CC 14 off on Tap factory default is CC1...

Page 7: ... Remote WahWah has an Auto Wah function see below The speed of the Auto Wah can be tapped Here you set the Control Change number for the tap command Auto Wah Time ms This is the time for the Auto Wah function that is used by the device after power up This time can be overwritten with the tap command The values range from 40ms to 5000ms 5 sec 5 2 Preset Related Parameters We recommend to experiment...

Page 8: ...al latches This is of advantage especially in the Volume mode When you move the expression pedal for the first time after a preset change the Remote WahWah does not jump When this function is out of range the pedal latches onto the dead stop of the expression pedal If Do Not Change is selected Initial position setting of the recalled preset is ignored The position of the WahWah respectively the vo...

Page 9: ...ccur Q Factor The Q factor is the width of the WahWah filter Low values result in a wide WahWah sound with only slightly low ered bass and treble High values give a thin sound with strongly reduced bass and treble Coil Damping This parameter controls the rating of the Fasel coil Small values produce a flat effect High values result in a sharp WahWah effect Frequency Bass Guit WahWah Controls the b...

Page 10: ...age for further information 5 3 Practice Hint All parameters can be controlled with MIDI Control Change commands see Chapter 4 If the expression pedal sends e g CC No 95 instead of CC No 7 moving the pedal will change the Contour Boost Frequency instead of controlling the WahWah effect This way you can generate completely new effects Some experimenting is worth it The XTMpro can map and scale Cont...

Page 11: ...10 6 Examples 6 1 WahWah Standard WahWah corresponds to the well known Cry Wah 6 2 Low Wah WahWah with slightly lower effect frequency The WahWah enables as soon as you move the expression pedal Auto Enable ...

Page 12: ...6 3 Contour Wah WahWah with Contour Boost 6 4 Auto Wah Sinus WahWah with Auto Wah function The Motion of the WahWah uses the Sine curve and the time for a com plete cycle up and down is set to 1 second 1000 ms ...

Page 13: ... the WahWah uses the Peak curve The time for a complete cycle up and down is set to 2 25 seconds 2250 ms 6 6 Treble Booster In order to enable the Treble Booster the WahWah and Contour Boost must be disabled Boost is adjusted by the Output Gain slider which will be renamed to Treble Boost ...

Page 14: ...ge is dis abled so that the VCA will jump to 9 5 dB at the preset change thus compensating the output gain This means that the volume is at 0 dB unity gain when changing the preset 6 8 Volume Reduction Volume reduction of 11 dB The volume will jump to 0db Unity Gain when recalling the preset The pedal moves between 11 dB and 0dB Unity Gain ...

Page 15: ...ume pedal mute to 0dB The volume will not change when recalling the preset 6 10 Mute For the Mute function all three sliders Lowest Value Initial Position and Output Gain have to be in the left end position Do Not Change must be disabled ...

Page 16: ...4 Auto Wah Sine As Preset 1 but with the Auto Wah function regularly in and decongestant 5 Auto Wah Peak As Preset 1 but with the Auto Wah function pulsating effect 6 Treble Boost Treble boost by 10dB effect without pedal control 7 Volume Boost 10dB boost which is controlled with the pedal e g for solos 8 Volume reduction 10 dB down controlled by the pedal e g for parts with less distortion 9 Volu...

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