Valeton Dapper Dark User Manual
OWNER’S MANUAL
Dapper Dark is your ally from the dark side. This all-in-one
monster has everything you need. Please look over this
manual to help you get the most out of Dapper Dark.
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CONNECTIONS
Get ting st arted with Dapper Da rk is easy!
Plu g your guitar cable into the I NPUT ja ck
and r un anot her cab le from t he OUTP UT jack
to yo ur amp/ mixer/comput er inte rfac e.
Her e's how to use the I/O p anel:
AMPMIXER
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SIGNAL PATH
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MODULES (IN ORDER OF SIGNAL FLOW)
CAB SIM ON CAB SIM OFF
DELAY
HOLD FOOTSWITCHBOOST
TUNER
First in line is a big, bright, fast and accurate tuner so you can play confidently in tune.
Hold the BOOST module ON/OFF switch to enable the TUNER.
When this module is activated, Dapper Dark will be MUTED; tap any footswitch to
deactivate this module.
The note name appears on the screen (the dot on the bottom right of the screen
stands for “sharp”), and the pitch accuracy is indicated by the LEDs.
FX LOOP
TUNER(MUTETUNING)
CHORUS
Pitch flat
Current note name
HIGAIN
In tune
INPUT
BOOST
Pitch sharp
Sharp (”#”) symbol
BOOST
HIGAIN
Use t he one-kn ob BOOS T to kick your s ound up
to th e next le vel. You get up to +1 2dB of ga in
wit h some ex tra hig hs and di gging -in low s.
Con trols:
GAI N: Cont rols the gain
CHORUS
Plu nge int o the lus h CHORU S modul e to take your
sou nd to a bra ve new world. Fine tune the onboard
rat e and dep th knobs to be ef up you r clean s or give
som e extra b ody to yo ur heav y riffi ng. This w ill mak e
you r solos s ound hu ge.
Con trols:
RATE: C ontro ls the ch orus ra te
DEP TH: Con trols the chorus depth
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MORE FUNCTIONS
FX LOOP
HIG AIN is he art of this monster. Featuring definit ive low s,
edg y highs , massi ve gain and sweet de finit ion, th is hi gai n
dis tortion modul e is deli berat ely bru tal. A 3- band EQ
mak es it fle xible , and a bui lt-in n oise ga te keep s hum awa y.
Con trols:
NR: C ontrols the noise red uction thr eshol d
VOL : Contr ols the o utput volume
BAS S/MID /TREB LE: Con trols the low/mi d/hig h EQ para meter s
GAI N: Cont rols the amount of gain
DELAY
Use t he anal og-voiced DELAY modu le to thi cken
you r riffs a nd solo s with wa rm, cle ar repeats.
Thi s delay m odule i s fitted with a TAP footswitch.
Tap to the rhy thm of th e song yo u're pl aying, and the
TAP LED w ill pul se to ind icate t he dela y time yo u set.
The m ax dela y time is 1 000ms.
Con trols:
MIX : Controls the dr y/wet s ignal r atio
REG EN: Con trols the delay fe edbac k (repe ats)
TIM E: Cont rols the delay tim e
CAB SIM
Swi tch the C AB SIM ON t o get an am p cabin et soun d,
so yo u can run D apper D ark rig ht to the PA an d sound
lik e you'r e playi ng through a stack .
The c ab simu lator i s also us eful for dire ct reco rding.
Swi tch the C AB SIM OF F for running Dapper Da rk straight
to yo ur amp.
Dap per Dar k's SEN D and RE TURN ja cks let you expand
you r board with other pedals, s o you can m ake
Dap per Dar k the cor e of your r ig, howe ver big i t gets!
The F X LOOP poi nt is pos ition ed betw een the
CHO RUS and t he DELAY modul es (see t he Sign al Path
gra phic ab ove).
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SPECIFICATIONS
Power Requirement: 9V DC center negative
Current Consumption: 112mA
Dimensions: 320mm(D) × 65mm(W ) × 42mm(H)
Weight: 650g
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