WOMBTONE INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW: Do you remember the womb? I imagine this pedal feels like that experience… warm, thick, lush,
atmospheric, analog, fluid… you know, womb-like. In short, it’s a super rad phaser. This pedal features an analog
signal path, but every knob is connected to a little digital brain (aka microprocessor) that interfaces with the
analog effect. Your guitar signal stays analog the entire time and never gets digitally processed. Since the control of
the effect is digital, it opens up unprecedented effects that have never been heard in an analog stompbox.
RAMP: Simply put, this is a magical knob. Due to the digital control of this pedal, you can set this knob to control
any of the five parameters individually or simultaneously (volume, feed, rate, depth, form) and have it either
modulate or ramp-and-hold (rise or fall) via dip switches in the back of the pedal. Essentially, this knob controls
the ramp time in which this takes place. You can even make a tremolo effect by choosing to modulate the volume
knob.
VOLUME: Sets the level of the effect. This pedal has lots of boost and headroom on tap (I use a voltage doubling
device in the pedal to get to 18V on the boost circuitry), and, of course, the ramp knob or an expression pedal can
control this knob. So hey, it could be a volume pedal too; in fact, the elements used for this are the same as
audiophile-grade attenuators used in hi-fi set ups.
FEED: This controls the amount of feedback on the phasing effect. All the way clockwise is extreme, while
counter-clockwise gives a more subtle effect.
RATE: This controls the rate of the phasing effect. This control can be over-ridden by the tap tempo switch.
1 – 2 – 4 (3 – 6 – 8) Toggle: This controls the tap division for tap tempo. A dip switch in the back of the pedal lets
you access the “3 – 6 – 8” divisions if you so desire.
DEPTH: This controls how wide the phaser goes. Vocal tones can be found somewhere around 11 o’clock.
FORM: This controls the center point of the modulation. Crank it to counterclockwise, the wave is going to ramp
up quickly and ramp down gradually. If you crank it clockwise, the wave will ramp up gradually and ramp down
quickly. If this knob is straight up and down at 12:00 it will give a perfectly symmetric wave.
Left Wave Shape Toggle: This controls the shape of the first half of the wave modulation. Left for sine, middle for
triangle, and right for square.
Right Wave Shape Toggle: This controls the shape of the second half of the wave modulation. Left for square,
middle for triangle, and right for sine.
The depth, warp, and wave shape toggles comprise the ModuShape™ engine, which give unprecedented control over
the shape of your modulation.
Bypass Stomp: Activates or bypasses the effect. This can be changed to a momentary bypass via a dip switch in
the back of the pedal if it is desired. This pedal is “True Bypass” via a relay, and is extremely quiet.
Tap Stomp: Sets tap tempo, always honors the last two stomps.
Lower Toggle: This switch recalls presets. The right position recalls one preset, the left position recalls a different
preset. The middle position will always reflect wherever the knob positions, toggle positions, and dip switch
positions are currently at. In order to save to the right preset slot, you hold down the right stomp (bypass) for 3
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