GAME CHANGER AUDIO PLASMA Rack, Руководство пользователя

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SUSTAIN
Playing the PLASMA Rack at lower
VOLTAGE settings produces an
interesting, deteriorating sound,
but the note’s sustain length is
sacrificed.
Therefore, the SUSTAIN Button
on the PLASMA Rack’s front
panel switches on a specifically
designed compression circuit
that helps prolong the note’s
sustain in the PLASMA Tube,
while keeping it at the edge of
breakup.
At higher VOLTAGE settings the
SUSTAIN mode will keep acting as
a subtle compressor, although the
effect will be not as pronounced.
CLEAN GATE
The CLEAN GATE button lets you apply the PLASMA
Tube’s flickering / gating properties to your DRY
signal, without adding any PLASMA Distortion.
Turn the BLEND Knob all the way to the left, adjust the
VOLTAGE knob so that the PLASMA Tube is barely
flickering, and press the CLEAN GATE Button.
This effect has a wide range of applications, such as -
crushing drums, removing sustain from cymbals, or
adding a flickering quality to melodic lines. CLEAN GATE
can also be used to eliminate Hum and noise from other
pedals or effects in the signal chain.
Naturally, the CLEAN GATE mode can be used when
both DRY and WET signals are mixed with the BLEND
Knob, as well as in combination with the SUSTAIN and
OVERSATURATE modes.
OVERSATURATE
The PLASMA Rack’s OVERSATURATE mode is
inspired by a rectifier-style Octave-up circuit, but
due to the PLASMA Tube’s unusual properties, the
resulting effect is quite different.
Essentially, by switching on the OVERSATU-
RATE mode, the amount of VOLTAGE sent to
the PLASMA Tube is radically increased,
resulting in a lot of high harmonics.
The OVERSATURATE mode is highly reactive to
the amount of power sent to the PLASMA Tube.
At lower VOLTAGE settings, the effect will be very
subtle, whereas at high VOLTAGE settings the
signal will be turned into a continuous PLASMA
arc. As a result, a lot of the audio signal will be
completely destroyed or turned into static.
Every instrument or type of signal will have a
different V OVERSATURATE
sweet-spot.
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
SUSTAIN, OVERSATURATE AND CLEAN GATE
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