EF114 Simulacrum
The Simulacrum is a USB Sound Recorder device with a built in Active Buffer for guitar pass-through. It is
on immediately when plugged in, like a conventional looper. It allows a user to copy WAV and OGG files
from their computer (via USB) into 4 onboard banks with a total of 16mb of memory. You can then
trigger these sounds via footswitch, while your guitar signal passes though un-effected.
The Simulacrum is a digital pedal. It is prone to noise if plugg
ed into to a multiple power supply that isn’t
isolated. Therefore, it is a requirement that if you plan on using the Simulacrum on a pedalboard you
either, 1. Make sure you power it via a known isolated power supply. Most Voodoo Labs supplies are
isolated. The Truetone 1Spot with daisy chain cable
is not
. 2. The other option is to simply use a
separate supply. It will thereby be isolated from any other power supplies.
The other important caveat is that the Simulacrum supports 44.1KHz 16-bit stereo. You can save 24-bit
files to the Simulacrum, but they
will not play
. It’s important when saving files that you run them
through a program like Audacity. You can then Export them in the correct format. The Simulacrum will
not play MP3, only WAV or OGG.
WAV files are the industry standard non-compressed audio format. The 16mb Simulacrum can store
about 3 minutes of Wav files. At first glance, this may seem like a tiny amount, but remember, in most
applications you’re
triggering short loops that may only last a few seconds each. The compressed
format, OGG, can sup
port up to 15 minutes of audio. The Simulacrum is a Mono pedal. It’s
recommended that you save files in Mono, not Stereo. This will also increase the number of files you can
save.
Playing sounds. The Simulacrum offers 5 different ways to trigger sounds within 4 individual banks.
What do we mean by trigger? Well, depending on your needs you may need to have audio play in
different ways. You just need to rename the file to get the effect you want.
Basic Trigger
- name the file Tnn.WAV or Tnn.OGG to have the audio file play when the matching trigger
button is pressed. To play a WAV file in bank 3, the name would be T03.wav. To play a OGG file in bank
1, name the file T01.ogg
Hold Loop Trigger
- name the file TnnHOLDL.WAV or .OGG to have the audio play only when the
footswitch is pressed, it will loop until the footswitch is released. To play a held WAV loop in bank 2,
name the file T02HOLDL.wav
It is recommended to use a WAV file when looping. Due to the nature of compression, the OGG file will
include a momentary
Latching Loop Trigger
- name the file TnnLATCH.WAV or .OGG to have the audio start playing when the
footswitch is pressed momentarily, and repeats until the footswitch is pressed again. To play a OGG
latched loop in bank 2, name the file T02LATCH.ogg.
Play Next Trigger
- have up to 10 files play one after the other by naming them TnnNEXT0.WAV thru
TnnNEXT9.OGG. Will start with #0 and each one on every momentary footswitch press until it gets
through all of them, then go back to #0. To set this up in bank 4, start by naming the file T04NEXT0.wav,
T04NEXT1.wav, T04NEXT2.wav, etc.
