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VOLUME
Since I often found vibe pedals to suck volume, I added a master output volume to cut or boost it where necessary. Unity volume is around 55% rotation, this makes it useful to boost the front end of the amp with the Vibe itself (very recommended).
TONE
Simple Tone control to balance the overall bass/treble. In many vibe pedals I’ve always noticed a slight "tone loss”, they often become “bright” because of the phase shifting effect. So a dedicated Tone control has been added to avoid this.
Furthermore, I added:
MIX
This is an idea I got from some pro player in Italy which told me that, with Vibes, they often do parallel mixing in studio to “preserve” the integrity of the dry signal just adding a little bit of vibe on top of it. So I just added this Mix control to do this within the pedal, and be able to blend the dry signal with the wet.
And it can be done in two different ways, called “Mix Modes” that can be chosen with the dedicated toggle switch:“M” (mix) and “B” (blend).
BLEND MODE: knob all the way down is Dry 100% and Wet 0%, knob all the way up is Dry 0% and Wet 100%.
MIX MODE: Dry signal is always at 100% and the Mix knob just controls the volume of the Wet vibe sound added on top of it. This mode keep all the integrity of the clean sound with its bottom end and attack. Very different approach a classic vibe sound with a lot of more sound shades available.
DEPTH
Amplitude of the LFO modulation (classic control on a Vibe)
SPEED 1 / SPEED 2
The pedal is equipped with two independent speed controls. Two small Led will show which speed is in use and the two speeds can be chosen using the dedicated footswitch. You can also choose “how fast” you want to change between the two speeds, using the toggle switch “INERTIA”, where you can choose between
“I” (Instant), “M” (medium), “S” (slow) change. This will give the "acceleration” ramp feel when switching from speed 1 to 2 and viceversa. Creating a sort of Leslie/Vibe effect.
There’s also a “Momentary Speed Change” function: you just press and hold the “Speed1/Speed2” footswitch to momentary swap between the two speeds controls with a Medium inertia.