SNAZZY FX! TIDALWAVE ! MANUAL REV1
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! congratulations on the purchase of your new SNAZZY FX product!! THE TIDAL WAVE IS A VERY POWERFUL MODULE WHICH CAN PROCESS AUDIO, WORK AS A SYNTH VOICE, CREATE HIGH FEEDBACK WAVE DESTRUCTION, PRETTY SYNTH PARTS, DEEP BASSLINES, OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN. IF YOU ARE STILL NEW TO EURO-RACK MAKE SURE TO READ THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES! ! THIS MANUAL IS STILL EVOLVING AND AS WE HEAR FROM MORE OF YOU WE WILL BE ADDING MORE AND MORE TO THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Installation: The Snazzy FX TIDALWAVE requires +/-12V to operate. It is designed for use with the euro format modular synthesizer system (please see) http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/ a100t_e.htm. To install in your system, find space in your euro-rack synthesizer system, plug the 16pin power cable into the euro- rack style power distribution board, checking the polarity so the RED STRIPE stripe on the cable is oriented to the NEGATIVE 12 volt supply line.
Tidal Wave Quick Start Block Diagrams LFO Connection Block Diagram Auto Trig Random Trigger WAVESHAPER BLOCK A/R env VC Mixer Switch Normalized Feedback Routing Switch VCF VCF/OSC OUT WS OUT VC Mixer Switch VCA OUT Normalized VC MIXER OUT Routing Switch Up Audio Processing Mode WAVESHAPER OUT FILTER BLOCK TO V.C. MIXER TO V.C.F. OUT INPUT DRY WAVESHAPER BLOCK TO V.C.
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TIDAL WAVE CONTROLS! ! TOP TWO ROWS! ! 1. INITIAL WAVE CONTROL (sets gain and offset of WS (waveshaper/wavefolder)! ! 2. Q CONTROL- sets resonance of the VCF section/ amplitude of Sine OSCILLATORinteracts with 21. Q mode switch. set to HI-q and turn q pot up for SINE OSCILLATOR. HIGH Q values reduce volume in NRML setting. In COMP setting, volume remains more constant at high q.! ! 3. CUTOFF/PITCH- cutoff control for VCF section.
! 7. FILT MOD ATTENUVERTER- Sets the amount of cutoff controlled by either the internal CV BUS or the VCF CV jack. This will effect PITCH in the HI-Q mode. Usually the CV BUS is set to OFF when the HI-Q mode is engaged FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A TYPICAL SYNTH VOICE. for more esoteric effects, by all means leave all the BUSES ON and turn up all the attenuverters!! ! ! 8. VC MIXER CONTROL- This knob controls the crossfading and mixing of two signals which are setup on the LEFT and RIGHT of the control.
SOME AREAS WHICH ARE LOUD. IF THE SIGNAL IS TOO QUIET, ADJUST THE INITIAL WAVE CONTROL. ! ! IT IS RECOMMENDED TO GET USED TO THE WAY THE WAVESHAPER SECTION WORKS BEFORE TURNING ON THE FEEDBACK SWITCH. ! ! why? THE feedback switch will make it much harder to tell what the heck you are doing as everything gets thrown out the window!!! ! ! ! ENVELOPE CONTROLS SECTION! ! 12. RND TRG THRESHOLD (random trigger thresh)! 13. ATTACK! 14. RELEASE! 16.
! So in order to hear whatever the rest of the TIDAL WAVE is doing BUT with amplitude control, simply take your OUTPUT from jack 37 (vca out)! ! NOW...start by setting ENV TRIG SOURCE (16) to SQUARE.! Set your LFO SPEED (4) to about 9 o clock. Set attack (13) to zero and release (14) to about 9 o clock. You should now hear the same signal you hear coming out of the MIX OUT jack, coming out of the VCA OUT jack EXCEPT IT WILL BE IN SHORT BURSTS that get faster or slower as our turn up or down LFO SPEED.
however when the ROUTING SWITCH IS FLIPPED DOWN, ! ! THE DRY SECTION FIRST CONNECTS TO THE VCF AND THEN THE VCF GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE WAVE SECTION.! ! THIS BOTTOM MODE IS WHAT YOU WOULD ALSO USE FOR SETTING UP THE TIDAL WAVE AS A VOICE MODULE, AS THE VCF WOULD BE SET TO THE HIGH Q MODE, a 1/v oct signal would be patched into the vcf, and then the wave folder would manipulate the sine wave, and the whole thing would go into the VCA.! ! SWITCHES SECTION! ! 16. ENV TRIG SOURCE SWITCH.
21. Q MODE SWITCH:! Comp=Q COMPENSATION. This mode will have less volume change as Q increases! good for a “softer” or more early 80s vcf sound. ! ! NRML= regular q behavior. High Q will bring volume of signal down. More typical of earlier VCFS! ! ! ! HIGH-Q/SINE mode= the SINE OSCILLATOR mode. simply flip to the right and set Q knob to a high value and flip routing DOWN.
! 34. VCF OUT (can be used as a separate out if VCF is used separately) ! ! 35. LFO OUT (connects to LFO: SIDE of LFO BUS switch)! ! 36. VCA IN (allows for external Input to VCA) normals to VC MIX OUT! ! 37.
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MIX SOURCE SWITCH 1 VCF Left, WS Right 2 Dry Signel Left, WS Right 3 VCF Left, Dry Signel Right VC MIXER CV Input or CV from LFO Bus Switch VC MIXER POT L R L R VC MIXER OUT Normalized to VCA In
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head on over to the Snazzy FX SubForum on the MuffWiggler Euro Forum OR FIND US ON TWITTER!! OR ON FB. or at HELP@SNAZZYFX.COM ! WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!! SNAZZY FX has a one year parts and six months labor warranty. This warranty covers defects and does not cover mis-use. If there is a problem with your SNAZZY FX device, please contact the dealer you purchased it from to first determine if the problem is related to control settings or system configuration issues.
