Rubicon
2
Manual
sonic characteristic of the Squish circuit is variable from “smooth” to “aggressive,” and
can be adjusted to your own personal taste using a trimpot on the back of the Rubicon.
Because the Warp circuit works by summing two different waveforms together, it’s very
likely that an unsquished WARP output will be “hotter” than the 10V p-p output of
Rubicon
2
’s other waveform jacks. Sometimes this might be just what you want, and you
can always compensate by attenuating the WARP OUT with an external module, but the
Squish circuit gives you an internal and harmonically rich solution.
When the
SQUISH switch
is in the up position, the Squish circuit is engaged, and the
WARP circuit’s peak-to-peak output voltage is reduced to typical 10V p-p levels. You can
alter the sonic characteristic of the Squish circuit by using the trimpot on the back of the
Rubicon.
Turning this trimpot counterclockwise creates a “smoother” squish — inducing fewer
folds into the compressed waveform, which results in fewer sonic artifacts. Turning this
pot clockwise introduces more aggressive wavefolding and a harmonically richer sound
than the unsquished WARP output. Rubicon
2
ships from the factory with this trimpot in
the mid position.
Should you find the Squish circuit too sonically aggressive for your needs, simply turn
the trimpot a bit further counterclockwise — when set fully counterclockwise there is very
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