Stanley FX Blue Nebula Patch Editor/Librarian

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Patch Editor/Librarian

FOR THE BLUE NEBULA TAPE ECHO AND GUITAR EFFECTS PEDAL

SOFTWARE & USER GUIDE BY PHILIP HAWTHORNE B SC (HONS)

MARCH 2016/2017

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PATCH EDITOR/LIBRARIAN FOR THE BLUE NEBULA TAPE ECHO & G-FX

Please note an up to date version of Java 8 must be installed on your computer in order to run Librarian. The 64-bit Librarian
requires 64-bit Java to run. If you only see a grey box with no controls or buttons when you run the 64-bit Librarian then it
means you only have 32-bit Java installed – the 32-bit Librarian will work, or if you prefer, you can install a 64-bit version of
Java.

The Blue Nebula Patch Editor/Librarian is a software program that allows transfer of User patches between the Blue Nebula

Tape Echo & G-FX pedal and a host computer running Windows or Mac OS X. Patches can be sent from the computer to the

Blue Nebula and vice versa. The Librarian also allows patches to be saved to and loaded from the computer’s hard drive.

As the name suggests, the software also allows Patches to be edited, by selecting the required echo or effect model and
adjusting the effect parameters such as Dry/Wet Mix, Heads/Program and Feedback values.

Figure 1: The Editor/Librarian Window

• Make sure your Blue Nebula is loaded with firmware Version 3.00 or later.

• Connect Blue Nebula to your computer via a suitable USB lead.

• Run the Librarian application e.g. on Windows double-click BN Librarian.exe.

Current patch file loaded (if any).

Click here to choose a patch to edit.

Click here to select the
effect for this patch.

Click here to select the Serial port
to which Blue Nebula is connected.

Adjust the effect parameters
with these three virtual knobs.

Current patch number –
change and press Enter to
move this patch.

Current patch name – edit it
here if you want to change
it.

Click to send the patches
to the Blue Nebula.

Click to get the patches
from the Blue Nebula.

Click to load a patch
file from disk.

Click to save a patch
file to disk.

Tick to display head
settings as A, B, C, E, F.

Click here to send just the current
patch to the Blue Nebula.

Click here to Copy this
patch to the clipboard.

Click here to Paste
the copied patch
from the clipboard.

Click here to load and send
new effects to the Blue

Nebula’s FX memory.

Click here to update the Blue Nebula’s

Firmware

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• Choose the Serial Port to which your Blue Nebula is connected from the Librarian’s drop down Serial Port list.

• If the Blue Nebula wasn’t connected when you ran Librarian, click the orange Re-scan button to refresh the Serial Ports list.

• You can retrieve the patches from the Blue Nebula by clicking on the Librarian’s Get All Patches button – see Basic

Operations.

BASIC OPERATIONS

To retrieve patches from the Blue Nebula: Click the Get All Patches button in the Librarian window. The LCD on the Blue
Nebula will briefly display “Waiting for connection …” then “Sending data …” and after a few seconds the transfer of
patches to your computer will be completed and the Blue Nebula will resume its normal operation.

Figure 2: The Blue Nebula sending patches to the Librarian

To send patches from the computer to the Blue Nebula: Click the Librarian’s Send All Patches button. The Blue Nebula LCD

will display “Receiving …” and the number of each patch as it is received. After a few seconds the transfer of patches to your
Blue Nebula will be completed and it will resume its normal operation.

Figure 3: The Blue Nebula receiving patches from the Librarian

To save patches from the Librarian to your hard drive: Click the Save Patches button and a Save Patch file as: dialog box

will open allowing you to name your file. To complete the save operation, click the Save button.

Figure 4: Saving a patch file.

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To load patches from your hard drive to the Librarian: Click the Load Patches button and browse to the file you want in the

Open a Patch file: dialog box, and then click the Open button.

Figure 5: Opening a patch file

USING THE EDITOR

In addition to its ‘librarian’ functions (saving and loading patches and transferring them to and from the Blue Nebula) the
software also has an ‘editor’ role which allows individual patches to be edited.

To choose a patch for editing, select it from the Patch List drop down. The name of the selected patch will appear in the
Patch Name box where it may be edited if required.

You can change the effect used by the displayed patch by selecting it in the Effect drop down and choosing from one of the
16 effects available in the two effects memories in your Blue Nebula. (If you haven’t uploaded any extra effects to the Blue
Nebula’s second effects memory these will display as ‘Empty Slot’ in the Effects drop down list.)

Each effect has three parameters that you can adjust. You can adjust the value of the three effect parameters by clicking
and dragging from side to side on any of the three knobs Mix, Prog and FBack. Note, the labelling of the knobs will change

depending on which effect is currently selected – see Appendix 1.

To adjust a value,
click over a knob and
drag from side to side