WMD Super FatMan User Manual

4. Attack - Adjusts the speed of the filter, and how fast it responds to
transients in your playing. Fully slow opens the filter like a nice
sweep on the wah pedal. Fully fast will open and close the filter
nearly instantly making the attack of each note very pronounced.
Fast attack will also move the filter around during note bending and
the beating of slightly out of tune notes for spaceshippy sounds.

5. Threshold - Adjusts the volume sensitivity of the filter. Turning
it up causes the filter to begin working sooner and at lower levels.
This sets the depth that the envelope reaches and how quickly it
starts to decay.

6. Sweep Up/Down Switch- Controls
where the filter starts and moves to. When
in "up" mode, the filter starts at the lowest
frequency and as volume increases, the
frequency moves up. When in "down"
mode, the filter is at its max frequency for
the range and moves downward as the
volumevolume increases. Down acts as a tone
compressor.

7. LFO Speed - Controls the speed of the
Low Frequency Oscillator, from about
.07 Hz (about 14 seconds) to 8Hz. Slower
settings produce killer synthy filter
sweeps, faster settings give you tremolo
or vibrato like sounds.

8. LFO Depth - Attenuates the LFO signal
to control how subtle or pronounced you
want the LFO to work on the filter.

9. LFO Shape Switch - The LFO will run
in Triangle Mode, (always smooth up and
down) or Square Mode (full up or full
down with no inbetween). Triangle is
great for sweeps and more subtle sounds.
Square is great when the Depth is turned
down and blended with the envelope to
produceproduce delay like stuttering in longer
notes. To turn the LFO off, put the switch
in the middle position (useful when using
an expression pedal).

10. Source - This controls how much of
the envelope follower is blended with the
CV/Expression Pedal input or the LFO.
Some very nice sounds come from the
careful setting of this control.

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11. Range - This rotary switch selects between 12
distinct frequency ranges, controlling the frequency
of the filter. The lowest setting goes down to 20Hz
and provides movement in the sub-bass frequencies.
The highest range tops out at 7kHz. Each range has
its own sound and response characteristics.

12.12. Feedback - This controls how much of the filter
is heard at the output. Higher settings produce a
sharper resonant peak while lower settings flatten
the filter out and make it far more subtle.

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1. 9VDC - use a standard boss style (center negative) power
supply.

2. Instrument Input

3. Super FatMan output

13. Filter Mode: LP/BP/HP Switch - This switch selects between the
different filter modes. Low Pass mode cuts frequencies above the filter
point, producing classic filter tones. Band Pass is more like a tradi-
tional wah pedal outputting only the frequencies directly around the
filter point. High Pass cuts all frequencies lower than the filter point
and creates some very nice tones without any bass.

14. Blend: wet/dry - this blends your dry signal in with the filtered
signal. It can help retain your original tone and add just a little filter, or
get just the filtered tone. Use in junction with the Filter Phase switch for
increased tonal possibility. Internally there are two blue trim pots to
adjust the level of the wet and dry signals.

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15. Filter Phase Switch - This flips the
phase of the filtered signal for the blend
control. Having an in phase signal adds the
frequencies together producing more bass
and a more subtle sound. Out of phase
subtracts the frequencies from eachother
and produces sharper sounds.

16. RGB LED - The indicator LED on the
Super FatMan is now a multi color
(red/green/blue) type that has allowed us to
provide visual feedback on how the pedal is
working. The LED will light up Blue when
the Super FatMan is engaged. The RED part
will show the speed and mode of the LFO.
TheThe GREEN part will show what the filter
is doing (envelope, and LFO). Besides
being a cool looking flurry of colors, the
LED will help you set the controls to get the
sound you want faster.

17. Bypass - The stomp switch is wired true
bypass so only wires touch your tone when
the Super FatMan is disabled.

18. CV Input - This jack allows you to use
a standard expression pedal (stereo plug)
to control the filter position, or blend it
with the envelope and LFO. It provides
power to the expression pedal. This can
also be used with 0-5 volt CV sources. For
+-2.5 volt (moogerfooger and modular
gear)gear) CV, a special adapter is required to
convert the voltage levels, available from

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