Empress Effects ECHOSYSTEM, User Manual

Page 1: ...user manual version 1 05...

Page 2: ...ose sounds may make you a superstar At which point we hope you remember us and invite us back stage so we can impress our wives and children Jason Fee Designer Steve Bragg Designer QUICKSTART All mode...

Page 3: ...Warm Analog Delay Delay and Reverb Echoplex...

Page 4: ...delay feedback controls how long the delay takes to decay shift engine switch engine order mode btn solo active engine knob s assign exp pedal scroll save preset tap select delay time source tap tap...

Page 5: ...t signal delay to dry signal unaffected Counterclockwise is 100 dry clockwise is 100 wet with 50 50 being somewhere around 2 o clock output controls the overall output volume for the pedal 12 o clock...

Page 6: ...ic Feedback Feedback signal gets compressed by the input signal Duck Amount Duck Threshold Tape New Tape Good bandwidth with some wow and flutter Modulation Depth Modulation Rate Old Tape The warm awe...

Page 7: ...one per dot Modulation Filter Filter Pulse Moving filter on delay signal Pulse Center Frequency Pulse Speed Filter Warp Filter on wet output moves around depending on volume of the delay Filter Sensi...

Page 8: ...pitch of delay 1 Sets pitch of delay 2 Triggered Reverse When a trigger is detected it resets the reverse counter and triggers a swell Swell Time Chorus Level Stutter Chop Mode Signal gets chopped up...

Page 9: ...playing quiet Sets pitch when playing gets louder Christopher Glitchens Two pitched delays that have fully variable pitch control 1 octave to 1 octave Sets pitch of delay 1 Sets pitch of delay 2 This...

Page 10: ...propagates to any other modes running with Global Tap If you load a new preset that has Global Tap it will use this time Each preset and engine applies its own ratio setting to the global tap time ma...

Page 11: ...y time from the bright mode will be sent to the dimmed mode Note The delay time sent to the other mode is the time you tapped pre ratio and the dimmed mode will apply its ratio to that tapped time Thi...

Page 12: ...the scroll stompswitch to scroll through the presets The preset LEDs will blink When cycling through the presets after every five presets the preset LED colors will change to another color to indicate...

Page 13: ...you d like to recall is flashing then press the tap stompswitch to load the preset The presets LEDs should now be solid and bright What settings are saved in my preset If you change the position of a...

Page 14: ...ther stompswitch To bypass the pedal press the stompswitch corresponding to the active preset and the bypass LED will turn off The pedal is now bypassed Changing Banks To bank up press the right and m...

Page 15: ...ch By setting the pedal s Advanced Configuration to bank presets and the control port setting to either normally open tap or normally closed tap you will get 3 presets available per bank Changing the...

Page 16: ...ith the expression pedal move the parameter s knob to the desired heel setting then hold down the shift button and move the knob to the desired toe setting then release the shift button Multiple param...

Page 17: ...ystem can be controlled via control change messages Its presets can be selected with program change messages and its tempo can be controlled with MIDI clock messages To use MIDI with your Echosystem y...

Page 18: ...annels above the Echosystem s current MIDI channel For example if the Echosystem is set to MIDI channel 5 and preset 3 is loaded the Echosystem will send out MIDI program change 3 on MIDI channels 6 7...

Page 19: ...he CC message 1x8 1 Delay Source 101 110 0 Knob 1 Local 2 Global Delay Time Ratio 102 111 Sending a value 0 would be equivalent to the knob completely counterclockwise sending 127 is equivalent to ful...

Page 20: ...ss 37 Shift Button 38 MIDI Clock Listener 51 52 Sending a value of 0 causes the engine to ignore MIDI clock messages Sending a value of 127 causes the engine to listen for MIDI clock messages by defau...

Page 21: ...hardware insert You ll need to enable this mode in advanced configuration Then connect as below In this configuration the unit operates in mono Left right routing won t function as expected If using...

Page 22: ...figuration item you can change Look up the item you d like to change from the table on the right then turn the mode knob to select it Turn the delay time knob to modify the value of the advanced confi...

Page 23: ...stem 2 Bank preset system Number of presets for scrolling preset system Mod As you turn clockwise the LEDs will illuminate in order to indicate the last preset Number of banks for the bank preset syst...

Page 24: ...dry dry out left and wet out right mix controls wet volume output controls dry 3 hardware insert mode Startup State Lo Fi 1 Startup bypassed 2 Startup engaged and load preset 1 Stereo Widening Whisky...

Page 25: ...al 4 The preset LEDs should marquee yellow for a bit then all turn green when the update is complete 5 remove SD card cycle the pedal s power and you re good SD Card Constraints There should only be o...

Page 26: ...Advanced Configuration press and release the stompswitches in this order Tap Bypass Tap Bypass Then the LEDs do a dance Now you can exit advanced configuration see Exiting Advanced Configuration POWER...

Page 27: ...ations However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be deter...

Page 28: ...t 0 22 Dynamic Range dry 106 9 dBA Dynamic Range wet 105 5 dBA Input Headroom dry 10 0 dBu Input Headroom wet no pad 0 5 dBu Input Headroom wet 6dB pad 5 7 dBu Input Headroom wet 12dB pad 10 8 dBu Out...