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QUICK START

To get acquainted with your new Belle Epoch, let’s first plug it in by itself, without your other pedals. Start off with a

clean sound from your amp.

Set the Mix to noon, the Echo Sustain and Sway/Mod at minimum, and the delay time, Echo Delay, anywhere you

like. Now play and try various settings on the Tone/Record Level knob. Notice when set low the repeat is very wispy

and quiet and when set high it is very dense and loud with a bit of gritty distortion. You’ll come to appreciate this

control the more you get to know your Belle Epoch. You can set your echoes for background ambience or you can

set them to be loud, punchy, and in your face. This is much more effective than a simple traditional “tone” knob and

is exclusive to the Belle Epoch.

Now explore the Echo Sustain knob. In the first half of its rotation, you’ll get a fixed number of repeats with a

perfect decay. Then around 1:00 to 2:00 you can dial it in so that the repeats go on almost indefinitely without

building up. Beyond that point and you’ve entered the self-oscillation zone! Now start twisting the Echo Delay knob

to really start having some fun. But beware! It might get loud! Turn the Mix control down to avoid exploding your

amp or to avoid getting an eviction notice!

Now dial in a bit of Sway/Mod and listen to the random tape warble on the echoes. A little dab will do ya with this

control! Try setting the Mix control all the way down so you only hear the dry signal and compare the sound and

touch-sensitivity with the pedal on and off. You may decide you always want it on! You can turn the Mix control all

the way up to hear the echo signal only too.

This may be all you need to get up and running but do come back and read the rest of this guide to get more

insight into the fabulous Belle Epoch!

Содержание Belle Epoch Tape Echo

Страница 1: ...ds so authentic you d swear there was tape inside the pedal Inspired by the Maestro Echoplex EP 3 model perhaps the most famous tape delay ever it helped define the sound of 70 s rock guitar and was u...

Страница 2: ...he first half of its rotation you ll get a fixed number of repeats with a perfect decay Then around 1 00 to 2 00 you can dial it in so that the repeats go on almost indefinitely without building up Be...

Страница 3: ...he Echo Sustain up until it self oscillated and then play it by manipulating the Echo Delay slider This is where many other attempts at a tape echo pedal fall short Not only does the unit not self osc...

Страница 4: ...uneven motor speed bumpy capstan wheels and other mechanical issues would cause the tape speed to vary resulting in random slight fluctuations in the pitch of the echoes With shorter delay times it co...

Страница 5: ...wanted to incorporate all the attributes that made the EP 3 compelling and then some The Echoplex is a musical instrument unto itself and we wanted the Belle Epoch to be too So then here s what we di...

Страница 6: ...e you re moving a tape head laterally across the tape instead of merely rotating a knob We paid close attention to the sweep of the Echo Sustain repeats control going from a single repeat all the way...

Страница 7: ...the tape or delay line is hit It does not affect your dry signal and only affects the initial first repeat Turning the knob while repeats are playing will not affect them In practice you ll want to u...

Страница 8: ...The Echoplex did this too and this was an important attribute for us to dial in You ll notice that up until the self oscillation point the repeats get successively thinner as they decay But from the s...

Страница 9: ...POCH CONTROLS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 DC power input 2 Echo Sustain 3 Sway Mod 4 Tone Rec Lev 5 Mix 6 Echo Delay 7 Input Jack 8 Output Jack 9 Bypass Footswitch 10 Silkscreen Faceplate 11 Catalinbrea...

Страница 10: ...EP 3 did not really boost so much as color and saturate the sound slightly The all discrete preamp in the Belle Epoch gives you the same benefits but with added gain control and more touch sensitivity...

Страница 11: ...amics in his rig will appreciate the difference of not having the buffer Having said that the Belle Epoch will perform great in almost any pedal stacking situation But for the most authentic Echoplex...

Страница 12: ...peats There are a lot of subtle and not so subtle traits of the Echoplex that need to be implemented in order to be authentic The preamp the self oscillation character the ability to play the pedal as...