DEEP SPACE PULSAR
– USER MANUAL
Congratulations on buying the Deep Space Pulsar - another unique effects pedal from Rainger FX!
The Deep Space Pulsar is a sidechainer, dipping your instrument volume each time it gets a trigger
–
which comes either from a kick drum microphone or its own internal tap tempo. It pulses, while putting
deep spaces in your sound!
This creates a sound heard on countless recordings
– from rock tracks where the bass drum
compresses other instruments, to reverse-attack sounds heard in dubstep and techno, to house
music where the kick drum makes other instruments pump in time. However this throbbing, and
pulsing -
known as ‘sidechaining’, ‘key-ing’ or ‘ducking’ - has only previously been possible either in
the studio once the instrument has been recorded, or live at the front-of-house mixing desk using a
carefully set-up compressor, triggered by the signal from the bass drum on stage
…. Tricky.
Now, with the Deep Space Pulsar
, it’s easy to do this in real time, with full adjustability.
CONTROLS
DIP
; This adjusts how deep the volume dip is.
REL
; This knob controls the release
– the speed that the volume returns. Have it low to purely ‘make
a hole’ in your sound for the bass drum (quick return); turn it up high to create a more gradual build
up of volume (giving a ‘backwards’ effect).
VOL
; This decides the output volume.
Main footswitch
; This is the on/off control, switching the whole circuit into or completely out of the
signal path (true bypass footswitching)
INV;
This pushbutton inverts the whole effect, the pedal remaining silent until it receives a trigger
–
when it lets through a pulse of sound.
PAD
; This pushbutton puts a stronger filter on the mic input
– to ‘calm the mic down’ if your
drummer’s snare is triggering the pedal as well as the bass drum.
Igor;
This is a pressure sensitive controller that plugs into the socket on the top end panel. It’s dual
sensitivity; shiny side up for a hard press, rubber side up for a soft one. Press it for one second to
clear the previous tempo, then tap it twice to input a new tempo. The tap tempo is correctable; at any
time hit the Igor again to correct the tempo (enabling the Deep Space Pulsar to stay in time for long
periods).
Igor has a variable resistance between tip and ring (over 1MOhm down to about 100Ohms), the
sleeve is unconnected.
