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INTRODUCTION
The Counter Point is a unique delay pedal - using carefully constructed sets of multiple
delay signal ‘taps’ and variable sample rate modulation, it offers four different delay
modes with richly ethereal tones flexible enough to support a wide variety of musical
styles.
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By utilizing the same variable sample rate concept used in analog bucket brigade
modulation, and adding custom analog anti-aliasing and reconstruction filters and
companding, we’ve captured the essence of analog modulation and delays... in a small
footprint, with advanced control features, and standard 9V powering. The Counter Point’s
digital sampling engine’s sole function is to copy, delay, and reproduce the delay path
signal with little or no mathematical manipulation at all* - and unlike standard analog/
digital conversion codecs used in the vast majority of digital audio gear, there are no
digital anti-aliasing and reconstruction filters used here. This proven delay architecture
delivers richly dynamic tone to thousands of Memory Lane Jr and Quantum Leap’s
already in use today. All signal paths around this sampling engine are analog (the direct
path, feedback path, and everything before and after the digital sampler), signal paths that
are carefully designed to provide a unique sonic signature that is unmistakably Diamond.
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We hope you’ll enjoy using this pedal as much as we have enjoyed designing it.
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* well, almost no manipulation at all....in the Counter Point there is a tiny bit of simple signal processing to
add the multi-path delays
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Remember to protect your hearing and wear appropriate hearing protection when
playing loud…
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Counter Point user manual v1.0
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