<<< Controls >>>
Depth:
Adjusts the depth of the tremolo. More clockwise, less counterclockwise. When fully
counterclockwise, the amplitude modulation will be removed and the Night Wire will function
as a fixed filter, envelope controlled filter or phaser depending on where the
Frequency
toggle is set.
Rate Toggle:
This toggle lets you select between two ways to control the speed of the
tremolo. Attack lets you adjust the speed by pick attack. In this mode, the
Rate
knob controls
the sensitivity of the dynamic tremolo. The higher the rate and harder you pick, the faster
the speed will rise and vice versa. In
Manual
mode, the
Rate
control adjusts the speed like
a common tremolo.
Rate:
In
Manual
mode, this controls the speed of the tremolo. Faster speed clockwise and
slower speed counterclockwise. In
Attack
mode, this controls the sensitivity of the dynamic
tremolo. The higher the
Rate
and harder you pick, the faster the speed will rise and vice versa.
Level:
Sets the output level, unity is around noon.
Frequency Toggle:
This toggle lets you select one of 3 different ways to control the center
frequency of the filter section. In
LFO
mode, the frequency is continuously swept by an LFO. In
this mode, the
Frequency
knobs adjusts the speed of the LFO. In
Manual
mode, the frequency
is determined by where the
Frequency
knob is set. In
Attack
mode, the center frequency is
dynamically controlled by pick attack and the
Frequency
knob adjusts the sensitivity.
Frequency:
Controls the center frequency of the filters in
Manual
mode: higher clockwise,
lower counterclockwise. In
LFO
mode this controls the rate of the sweep: faster clockwise
and slower counterclockwise. In
Attack
mode this controls the sensitivity of the envelope:
lower
Frequency
gives slower rise and lower peak, higher
Frequency
gives faster rise and
higher peak. Simple, right?
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Welcome to your brand new Night Wire
™
! The Night Wire is a feature-rich harmonic tremolo. What
is harmonic tremolo? In short, the signal is split into high pass and low pass filters, then modulated
with an LFO that is split 180 degrees. The Night Wire takes the traditional harmonic tremolo a few
steps further by allowing the center point of both filters to be adjusted for different tones. The filter
Frequency toggle
(5)
has three modes:
Manual
,
LFO
and
Attack
. In
Manual
mode, the center
point can be set to a fixed position with the
Frequency control (6)
. In
LFO
mode, the filters are
continuously swept and the
Frequency control
adjusts the speed. In
Attack
mode, the filters are
dynamically swept according to pick attack and the
Frequency control
acts as a range control,
much like a standard envelope filter. The tremolo section has two modes,
Manual
and
Attack
.
In
Manual
mode, the speed of the tremolo is governed by where the
Rate (3)
control is set. In
Attack
mode the speed is controlled by pick attack and the rate controls the sensitivity; the harder
you pick, the faster the rate and vice-versa. The tremolo can be subtle and shimmery or full-on
throbbing depending on where the
Depth (1)
control is set. With the
Depth
set to zero, the Night
Wire will act like a fixed filter, phase shifter or envelope-controlled filter depending on which mode
the filter
Frequency
is in. It also features a cut/boost volume control to get your levels just right.
Each Night Wire is hand made one at a time in the moonlit village of Akron, Ohio.
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<<< Suggested Settings >>>
Rhythmic Circles
Great for sustained 8th note riffs.
Voodoo Attack
Strike a chord or note that modulates fast
then slows upon decay.
