Chase Bliss Tonal Recall INSTRUCTIONS
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including interference that may cause undesired operation.
TONAL RECALL
INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
Forget everything you know about analog delay, this one’s different.
Built around a pair of re-issued versions of the legendary MN3005
bucket-brigade delay chips, the unmistakable analog character
of this delay is front and center along with its velvety tape-like
modulation. Tonal Recall expands upon the classic vintage sounds
associated with analog delays of yesteryear while bringing modern
amenities such as tap tempo, optional bypass with trails, expression
control over any parameter, and the ability to save presets. Every
knob and switch is connected to a little digital brain while your
guitar signal stays 100% analog and never gets digitally processed.
Since the control of the effect is digital, it opens up unprecedented
effects and features that have never been heard or offered in
analog stompboxes.
TONE (RAMP)
Simply put, this is a magical knob. When you don’t
have any dip switches assigned for ramping, this knob
functions as low-pass tone lter for the repeats of the
delay. Completely clockwise is slightly brighter than your
average analog delay (still dark), and completely counterclockwise is black-out murk oil delay darkness. The pedal
is able to compensate for some of the natural attenuation
that happens as the tone rolls off by boosting the delay
signal according to where the tone is set. In regards to
the ramping functionality, due to the digital control of
this pedal you can set this knob to control any of the ve
parameters individually or simultaneously (mix, rate,
time, regen, depth) and have it either modulate or rampand-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.
MIX
Sets the mix between dry, unaffected signal and the
delay’s repeats. Completely clockwise is 100% wet,
full delay path, and in this scenario the signal will be
boosted. This allows for a better mix when the dry signal
is mixed in. Completely counter-clockwise is 100% dry.
With the knob roughly 75% clockwise, you get a 50/50
wet/dry mix.
RATE
Sets the rate of the LFO (low frequency oscillator) for
the pitch modulation on the repeats. Clockwise for fast
modulation, counter-clockwise for slow modulation.
TIME
delay time (max 550ms) and counterclockwise for
decreased delay time. This control is over-ridden by the
tap tempo switch.
NOTE DIVISION TOGGLE
Controls the tap division for tap tempo in regards to
delay length, with the assumption that the user is tapping
on quarter notes. A dip switch in the back of the pedal
lets you access the divisions in the parenthetical if you
so desire. You can also select tap divisions for ramping
parameters dependent on where the “tap control”
dip switch is set. Note that divisions are 2x slower
for ramping.
REGEN
This controls the amount of repeats on the delay. If set
carefully, it can regenerate seemingly forever, and can also
regenerate into self-oscillating madness. The longer that
a delay is regenerated, it will eventually devolve into a
beautiful, smeary, tape-saturated blur.
DEPTH
This controls the intensity of the pitch modulation on
the repeats.
S / L / B TOGGLE
This controls how many Xvive MN3005 delay chips your
delayed signal will pass through. S stands for “short” (1
MN3005, 20ms to 275ms delay), L stands for “long” (2
MN3005, 40ms to 550ms delay), and B stands for “both”
which creates more of a blurry, reverb-like wash.
Controls the length of the delay. Clockwise for increased
WAVE SHAPE TOGGLE
POWER & OTHER INFO
This controls the shape of the wave for the pitch
modulation on the repeats. Left for triangle, middle for
sine, and right for square.
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 allows for “True Bypass”
via a relay, or buffered bypass with “trails” selectable via
a dip switch in the back of the pedal.
TAP / HOLD STOMP
Sets tap tempo, always honors the last two stomps.
Remember, the longest delay the pedal can achieve is
550ms, so if you try to make it longer it will just default to
that. If, however, you have eighth note tap divisions dialed
in and you are tapping at 1000ms, the pedal will process
that and set the delay time to 500ms. If you hold down
this stomp switch the pedal will go into self-oscillating
regeneration “runaway” mode. This is the same effect as
if the regeneration knob is set completely clockwise.
LOWER TOGGLE
This switch recalls presets. The right position recalls one
preset, the left position recalls a different preset. The
middle position will always reect 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 seconds and
then hold down both stomp switches simultaneously for
another 3 seconds. The LED blinks and your setting is
saved. For the left slot, you do the same thing but hold
the left stomp (tap) rst. If you recall a preset, and move a
knob, you will notice that the LED above the toggle goes
dim. This is to signify that something has changed on the
preset. If you want to save this change in the preset, you
will have to save it again.
This pedal consumes ~150mA and should be operated
with a standard 2.1mm 9V DC center negative adapter
with current supply capabilities of 200mA or more. If you
use a “standard” outlet of 100mA, the pedal will not
function properly. Input impedance of this device is 1M,
and output impedance is less than 5k.
EXP / CV CONTROL
& DIP SWITCHES
The Mix, Rate, Time, Regen, and Depth dip switches in
the left bank allow you to control parameters via ramping
or an Expression Pedal / CV. Whenever you plug a ¼” in
to the EXP / CV jack, the pedal automatically knows that
you will be controlling parameters via expression or CV,
not ramping.
DIRECT CONTROL OF
WAVEFORM WITH EXP / CV
If you have something plugged in to the EXP / CV jack,
but do not have any parameters selected via dip switch,
you are allowed to control the modulation delay manually.
The range of this effect can be limited by the position of
the Depth knob. For a maximum sweep, set the Depth
knob to its full clockwise position.
SETTING EXP / CV RANGE
The range of the expression / CV is controlled by the
parameter knob position and the “sweep” dip switch. For
example, if you wanted an expression pedal to control
the regen parameter from no regeneration to the edge
of self-oscillation, you would make sure the “sweep” dip
switch is in the bottom position and set the regen knob at
the setting just before the pedal starts to generate sounds
on its own. If you need more regeneration you simply turn
the regen knob up slightly. This will increase the maximum
range of the expression pedal. This allows you to control
multiple parameters with an expression pedal, but you can
ne tune the range that you want for each parameter.
IN / OUT
¼” mono input jack.
EXP / CV
¼” TRS jack for expression pedal (parameter selectable
via dip switch in the back of the pedal. Tip goes to wiper.
We recommend Mission expression pedals (EP-1 or EP25k). Can also be used to for 0-5V Control Voltage (CV) on
tip – the ring should be left oating in this case. There are
many expression pedals that work with Chase Bliss Audio
products, the Mission stuff just happens to be
what we have here.
TAP / MIDI
¼” TRS jack. This can be used as a tap input or output
with a regular ¼” instrument cable. In addition, it can
be used to interface the pedal with an Empress
Effects Midibox. Much more information on this in the
MIDI manual.
UNDERSTANDING THE DIP SWITCHES
When you save a preset, all of this information gets saved.
The parameters in red below correspond to an expression
pedal (if one is plugged in).
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