µFold Manual
Front Panel: Controls
1. FOLDS - Rotating the knob clockwise increases the gain of
the signal present at the IN jack. The greater the amount of
gain, the more (and more often) the waveform is folded.
When set fully counterclockwise, no folding occurs. So the
output waveform is the same as the input waveform (as
shown in the top example in the following illustration).
As you begin to rotate the FOLDS knob clockwise, you
increase the amount of signal being fed into the fold circuit.
But instead of simply clipping the signal, it folds the input
wave back onto itself (as shown by the middle example,
below).
As you continue to rotate the FOLDS knob clockwise, you
further increase the amplification of the input wave, and
thus the amount that’s folded back. Eventually, it will fold
back so much that even the folded waveform needs to be
folded (as shown in the bottom example, above).
The number of times that a waveform will fold is set by the STAGES switch, discussed
later.
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