Line 6 Verbzilla User Manual

Pilot’s Handbook for Verbzilla

Pilotenhandbuch für Verbzilla

Manuel de pilotage pour Verbzilla

Pilotenhandboek voor Verbzilla

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Line 6, ToneCore, Dr. Distorto, Constrictor, Crunchtone, Echo Park, Liqua-Flange,

Otto Filter, Roto-Machine, Space Chorus, Tap Tremolo, Über Metal and Verbzilla are

CAUTION

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part
15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.

trademarks of Line 6, Inc.

The exclamation point within a triangle
means, “Caution!” Please read the
information next to all caution signs.

Verbzilla Pilot’s Handbook © 2004, Line 6, Inc.

The lightning symbol within a triangle
means, “Electrical caution!” It indicates the
presence of information about operating
voltage and potential risks of electrical shock.

You should read these Important Safety Instructions.

Keep these instructions in a safe place.

Before using your ToneCore, carefully read the applicable items of these operating instructions and the safety suggestions.

1. Obey all warnings on the pedal and in the ToneCore Pilot's Handbook.

2. Connect optional power supply only to AC power outlets rated 100-120V or 200-240V 47-63Hz (see indications on optional power supply).

3. Do not perform service operations beyond those described in the ToneCore Pilot's Handbook. Service is required when the apparatus has been
damaged in any way, such as:

• power-supply cord or plug is damaged

• liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus

• the unit has been exposed to rain or moisture

• the unit does not operate normally or changes in performance in a significant way

• the unit is dropped or the enclosure is damaged.

4. Do not place near heat sources, such as radiators, heat registers, or appliances which produce heat. .

5. Guard against objects or liquids entering the enclosure. Do not use or place unit near water.

6. Unplug the power supply when not in use for extended periods of time. Unplug the power supply during lightning storms.

7. Clean only with a damp cloth.

8. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

9. Prolonged listening at high volume levels may cause irreparable hearing loss and/or damage. Always be sure to practice “safe listening.”

Verbzilla Pilot’s Handbook

Output your effects mono to

a standard amplifier, or to a

stereo setup.

TONE

VERBZILLA

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

Be sure to connect

your guitar to the

mono input jack on

your ToneCore.

TIMEDECAYMIX

HALL

CHAMBER

DUCKING

ROOM

OCTO
CAVE

PLATE

TILE

SPRING

ECHO

‘63 SPRING

TRAILS

•

OFF

ON

MOD

•

TAPE

DIGITAL • ANALOG OFF

Or, you can

TRAILS

feed the

stereo input

of your

ToneCore

TIMEREPEATMIX

SWEEP

SWELL

DUCKING

SLAP

MULTI 1

MULTI 2

TAP
TAP

PING PONG

REVERSE

NORMAL (TAP )

TAP TEMPO:

TAP LIGHTLY

•

ON

with a mono

or stereo
effect pedal
instead of a

guitar.

Greetings and salutations! Thank you for inviting the
Line 6 Verbzilla reverb pedal into your life.

Effect On-Off / Power Indicator Light

The Power Indicator Light on your ToneCore uses two
colors to indicate the pedal’s state:

•Light not lit – Effect is bypassed (off)

•GREEN – Effect is engaged (on)

•RED (flashing) – Batteries should be replaced

This low power indication will override all other states

Power Jack

Connect an optional ToneCore-compatible Line 6
power supply like the DC-1, and you'll never need a
9-volt battery again!

Connections and Power Indicator Light

In Jacks

Use a standard guitar cable to connect your guitar, or
the output of another effect to use in combination with
your ToneCore. If you’re feeding a mono signal to your
Verbzilla, use the MONO/L jack. Like most pedals,

inserting a plug into this jack will turn on the power
to your ToneCore. Disconnect both input plugs from
jacks when the ToneCore is not being used.

Out Jacks

Use a standard guitar cable to connect to the inputs of
a guitar amp, or the inputs of another effect that will
feed your amp. For mono, use the MONO/L jack.

Foot Switch

Stomp on this to turn the effect sound processing on
and off.

Verbzilla Pilot’s Handbook

TONE

CHAMBER

ROOM

PLATE

SPRING

‘63 SPRING

HALL

VERBZILLA

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

OFF

TIMEDECAYMIX

DUCKING

ECHO

•

OCTO

TILE

ON

CAVE

TRAILS

Mix

Allows you to control the amount of reverb in your
signal. Fully counter clockwise will give you no reverb,
fully clockwise will give you 100% reverb (no dry
signal).

Decay

Controls how quickly the reverb tail fades to silence.

Time

Controls the length of pre-delay from 10ms to
200ms. Pre-delay is the amount of delay before the
reverb chamber and is adjusted with this control.

Tone

Allows you to adjust the tonal character of the
reverb, giving you the flexibility to go from dark and
subtle to bright and splashy.

Trails Switch

Turn Trails Switch on to keep Verbzilla’s processing
engaged while in bypass, so your reverb smoothly trail
away when you kick the effect off.

Verbzilla Pilot’s Handbook

TONE

CHAMBER

ROOM

PLATE

SPRING

‘63 SPRING

HALL

VERBZILLA

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

OFF

TIMEDECAYMIX

DUCKING

ECHO

•

OCTO

TILE

ON

CAVE

Function Control Knob

•‘63 Spring: Based on a 1963 brown spring reverb
head unit. Best known for great surf guitar tone!

•Spring: Based on a studio spring reverb. A spring
reverb's characteristic resonant sound was created
by springs suspended inside a metal box. Sweet!

•Plate: Based on an studio Plate reverb. A plate
reverb's character is similar to that of the spring.
They both have a metallic resonant quality. Plate
reverbs consisted of a thin metal sheet suspended
inside a box. Dampening the metal plate would
give the user control over the reverberant effect.

TRAILS

•Room: Simulates the acoustic properties of a classic
echo chamber , which was a room used in early
recording studios for reverb effects. Smaller then
a hall, room reverbs consists mainly of early
reflections.

Function Control Knob

•Chamber: An elongated ambient space such as
a hall, stairwell or elevator shaft creates this
reverb type. Dreamy.

•Hall: Simulates the sound of a concert hall or
large open space with a strong reverb tail.
Imagine a gymnasium, performance hall, or
cathedral.

•Ducking: Built using a 'Hall' but with a ducking
effect. The volume of your reverb is “ducked”
(reduced) while you’re playing, and increases when
you stop. This allows for clean musical passages
with a touch of reverb that ramps up in volume
once you stop playing. All of your passages will
end with a reverb tail, but the passage itself will
not be clouded.

Controls

•Octo: Creates a lush, ambient space with a
harmonized decay whose harmonic denseness is
controlled by the time knob. Use volume swells and

prepare to float on a cloud 9!.............CRAZY!

•Cave: Surreal cavernous echo chamber. I’m just
a simple caveman... Your world frightens and
confuses me... what more can be said.

•Tile: Emulates the acoustic reflections of a tiled
room, such as a bathroom or shower, with
clearer/brighter discreet early reflections.

•Echo: Just like it says …echo…echo…echo. This
is a lush echo with reverb.

Battery Access Instructions

1) Depress pedal fully.

While holding pedal,

2)
squeeze both sides of
hinge as shown.

Squeezing hinge,

3)
raise pedal to
reveal battery.

Power Supply

Connect an optional Line 6 DC-1 power supply and
you'll never need a 9-volt battery again! It is also
compatible with most popular 9 Volt DC stomp boxes.
Using the power supply will disconnect the battery.

Battery Access Instructions

POWER REQUIREMENTS

Min Nominal Max

Supply Voltage 6 VDC 9.6 VDC 16 VDC

Supply Current
@ 9.6 VDC 40mADC 60mADC 100mADC

+

Power
@ 9.6VDC 0.4 Watt 0.6 Watt 1 Watt

Example Tones

TIMEDECAYMIX

TONE

CHAMBER

ROOM
PLATE
SPRING

‘63 SPRING

HALL

DUCKING

OCTO

CAVE

TILE

ECHO

VERBZILLA

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

Run, Don’t Walk

Spring reverb with lots O’ Sproing!
Grab your stick, jump in your woody
and head to Surf heaven... Just add
a solid body guitar for that 60’s
malibu sound.

TRAILS

•

OFF

ON

TIMEDECAYMIX

TONE

CHAMBER

ROOM
PLATE
SPRING

‘63 SPRING

HALL

DUCKING

OCTO

CAVE

TILE

ECHO

VERBZILLA

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

Harmonic Pad

Here’s the magic... This is great for
holding long, sustained single notes.
Try it in a solo for a keyboard like
pad to back up your phrases.

TRAILS

•

OFF

ON

TIMEDECAYMIX

TONE

CHAMBER

ROOM
PLATE
SPRING

‘63 SPRING

HALL

DUCKING

OCTO

CAVE

TILE

ECHO

VERBZILLA

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

ReverBilly

This setting is great for Rockabilly,
Blues and Country Swing. What a
Hoot! A slap with some toilet
splash! Ol’ Billy’s Redheaded step
child loves it...

TRAILS

•

OFF

ON

Your Tone Settings

TIMEDECAYMIX

TIMEDECAYMIX

TIMEDECAYMIX

TONE

VERBZILLA

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

CHAMBER

ROOM
PLATE
SPRING

‘63 SPRING

HALL

DUCKING

OCTO

CAVE

TILE

ECHO

TONE

CHAMBER

ROOM

PLATE

SPRING

‘63 SPRING

HALL

DUCKING

OCTO

CAVE

TILE

ECHO

VERBZILLA

TRAILS

•

OFF

ON

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

Mark the knob and switch settings for your favorite tones above.Mark the knob and switch settings for your favorite tones above.

TRAILS

•

OFF

ON

TONE

VERBZILLA

STUDIO GRADE

ALGORITHMS

CHAMBER

ROOM
PLATE
SPRING

‘63 SPRING

HALL

DUCKING

OCTO

CAVE

TILE

ECHO

TRAILS

•

OFF

ON

Line 6, ToneCore, Dr. Distorto, Constrictor, Crunchtone, Echo Park, Liqua-Flange,

Otto Filter, Roto-Machine, Space Chorus, Tap Tremolo, Über Metal und Verbzilla

VORSICHT

Dieses Gerät entspricht den Grenzwerten von “Part 15” der FCC-Bestimmungen für Digital-Geräte der Klasse
B. Die Bedienung unterliegt folgenden beiden Bedingungen: (1) Das Gerät darf keine schädlichen Interferenzen
verursachen; (2) das Gerät muss alle empfangenen Interferenzen akzeptieren, darunter auch Interferenzen, die
Funktionsstörungen verursachen könnten.

WARNUNG

Um Brand- und Stromschlaggefahr zu vermeiden, dieses Gerät niemals Regen oder Feuchtigkeit aussetzen.

sind Warenzeichen der Line 6, Inc.

Das Ausrufezeichen in einem Dreieck
bedeutet “Vorsicht!” Lies dir alle Informa­tionen neben solchen Symbolen sorgfältig
durch.

Verbzilla Pilotenhandbuch ©2005, Line 6, Inc.

Der Blitz in einem Dreieck stellt eine
“elektrische Warnung” bezüglich der benö­tigten Stromspannung bzw. einer denkbaren
Stromschlaggefahr dar.

Bitte die folgenden wichtigen Sicherheitshinweise durchlesen.

Bewahre diese Anleitung an einem sicheren Ort auf.

Vor dem Einsatz des ToneCore musst du dir alle zutreffenden Punkte und Sicherheitshinweise durchlesen.

1. Beachte alle auf dem ToneCore selbst und im Pilotenhandbuch erwähnten Warnungen.

2. Verbinde das optionale Netzteil nur mit einer 100~120V- bzw. 200~240V/47~63Hz-Steckdose (je nachdem, welche Spannung dein Modell
benötigt; siehe das Typenschild des Netzteils).

3. Führe nur die im ToneCore-Pilotenhandbuch erwähnten Bedienvorgänge aus. In folgenden Fällen muss das Produkt zur Reparatur eingereicht
werden:

• Wenn das Netzkabel oder der Stecker beschädigt ist

• Wenn Flüssigkeiten oder Fremdkörper in das Geräteinnere gelangt sind

• Wenn das Produkt Regen oder Feuchtigkeit ausgesetzt war

• Wenn sich das Gerät abnormal oder nicht mehr in vollem Umfang erwartungsgemäß verhält

• Wenn das Produkt hingefallen ist und das Gehäuse Schäden aufweist

4. Stelle das Produkt niemals in die Nähe von Wärmequellen, z.B. Heizkörpern, Öfen oder anderen Geräten, die starke Hitze erzeugen.

5. Sorge dafür, dass weder Fremdkörper noch Flüssigkeiten in das Geräteinnere gelangen. Verwende dieses Produkt niemals in der Nähe von
Wasser.

6. Löse den Anschluss des Netzteils, wenn du das Gerät längere Zeit nicht verwenden möchtest. Im Falle eines Gewitters muss der Netzanschluss
gelöst werden.

7. Reinige dieses Produkt nur mit einem feuchten Tuch.

8. Verwende nur Halterungen/Zubehörteile, die vom Hersteller ausdrücklich empfohlen werden.

9. Setze dich niemals über längere Zeiträume hohen Schallpegeln aus, weil das zu Gehörverlust führen kann. Achte immer auf einen auch aus
medizinischer Warte “vernünftigen” Pegel.