HOLIER GRAIL
Golden Gate
- DESCRIPTION -
The Holier Grail is Digital Reverb in a compact guitar pedal. It contains eight
different reverb presets:
SPRING, HALL, ROOM
and
FLERB
each at a
LONG
and
SHORT
reverb length. In addition to reverb, there is a GATE that
ends the reverb tail early for an unnatural yet often pleasing reverb sound.
- CONTROLS -
TYPE Switch
– Selects the type of reverb sound that the Holier Grail will
produce:
SPRING
,
HALL
,
FLERB
or
ROOM
.
LENGTH Switch
– Selects between a
LONG
or
SHORT
reverb length for
the four types of reverb listed above. A
LONG
reverb length is attributed to
making a bigger sound such as a large hall, room or reverb tank. A
SHORT
reverb length will yield a smaller sound, for example a small room, hall or
reverb tank.
BLEND Knob
– Is a Wet/Dry control for the reverb signal. As you turn the
BLEND
knob clockwise you will hear more reverb and less of your
instrument. The Holier Grail is designed so that as you turn the
BLEND
knob
from its minimum position to the 12 o’clock position you will hear a subtle
amount of reverb added to the output. As you turn the
BLEND
knob from 12
o’clock to its maximum position the amount of reverb you hear will increase
dramatically. It is designed this way so musicians can hone in on just the
right amount of subtle reverb added to their instrument’s signal.
GATE Switch
– The
GATE
switch determines how the gate circuit will effect
the audio path. The three positions are
OFF
,
REVERB ONLY
and
REVERB
+ DIRECT
. When the
GATE
switch is in the
OFF
position, the gate is
completely bypassed and the gate has no effect on the audio path. In the
REVERB ONLY
position, the output of the reverb generator will be fed into
the gate before it goes to the
BLEND
knob. The output of the gate will then
go to the wet side of the
BLEND
knob to mix with the dry signal. In the
DIRECT
position, the signal after the
BLEND
knob goes into
the gate so that both the wet and dry signals are gated. The output of the
gate is then sent to the
MAIN OUTPUT
of the Holier Grail. In this last
position, it is possible to gate only the dry signal by turning the
BLEND
knob
to its counter-clockwise (minimum) position.
GATE THRESHOLD Knob
– This knob determines when the gate should
actually be opened or closed. When the
GATE THRESHOLD
knob is in the
counter-clockwise (minimum) position, the threshold is set to high: it will
take a very loud signal to open the gate. When the
GATE THRESHOLD
knob is in the clockwise (maximum) position, the threshold is set to low: the
gate will only need a small signal to open up.
GATE REVERSE Switch
– This slide switch enables you to reverse the
normal operation of the gate. When the
GATE REVERSE
switch is off (left
position), the gate will act normally: the gate is open when the signal is
above the gate threshold and the gate is closed when the signal is below the
threshold. When the
GATE REVERSE
switch is on (right position), the gate
will act opposite to how it normally works: the gate is closed when the signal
is above the gate threshold and the gate is open when the signal is below
the threshold. This feature can be used to obtain reverb only when the
signal is weak, a delayed reverb tail or to create swelling effects where the
musician fades in their instrument and the gate closes when the instrument
reaches its maximum loudness.
GATE SPEED Switch
– This slide switch changes the speed at which the
gate opens or closes. When the
GATE SPEED
switch is in the
FAST
position (right position), the gate opens and closes immediately after the
audio signal has exceeded or fallen below the threshold setting. When the
switch is in the
SLOW
position (left position), the gate opens and closes
more gradually.
GATE LED
– This LED gives you a visual indication of the state that the gate
is in at all times, even if the gate is off. When the gate is closed, the
GATE
LED
is red. When the gate is open, the
GATE LED
is green. If the gate is in
the act of opening or closing, it is possible that the LED will not be lit at all.
This usually happens when the
GATE SPEED
is set to
SLOW
.
STATUS LED
– This LED, located in the top-left corner of the Holier Grail,
indicates if the unit is in effect mode or bypass mode. When the LED is lit
up, the box is in effect mode, when the LED is off the box is in TRUE BYPASS
mode.
INPUT Jack
– This ¼” jack is the audio input to the Holier Grail.
MAIN OUTPUT Jack
– This ¼” jack is the main audio output. When the
Holier Grail is in Effect mode, the
MAIN OUTPUT
jack will output the signal