Pigtronix Echolution Chrome - Manual (Page 8)

Guided Tour:
The following steps guide you through the sonic palette of Echolution and show
you how to get at the range of tones that it has to offer.
Global Controls – Get a grip
1. Set all of the Echolution’s controls fully counterclockwise and set all of the
toggle switches to the down (off) position. The Tap Tempo light should be
blinking, but the other LEDs should be off. The Echolution is in bypass
mode. Play your instrument and make sure your hear your clean sound.
2. Click the Engage footswitch to turn the Echolution on. Play your
instrument. You should hear the same sound as in bypass. Turn the BLEND
control up to 12:00. You will now hear an echo.
3. Turn the Drive control up to 12:00. Notice how the sound gets much
louder. Explore the range of this control and then set the drive control so
that your clean sound gets a slight level boost when the Echolution is
engaged. This should be around 10:00.
4. Turn the feedback control up to 12:00. You will now hear an echo with
multiple repeats. Turn the feedback control fully clockwise. You will now
hear “runaway” self-oscillation. Bring the FEEDBACK control back to 12:00.
5. Experiment with the Hi-Cut control. Notice how the echoes grow darker as
you turn this control clockwise.
6. Change the delay time by stepping on the Tap Tempo footswitch 3-6 times.
Modulation Delay (S) - Chorus, Tremolo and Leslie
7. Put the Echolution in Modulation mode by clicking the “Modulation Delay”
footswitch. The green LED above this footswitch should now come on. Flip
the “Delay Time Rage” switch to the S (short) mode and explore the range
of the Delay Time control in this mode (10ms – 120ms)
8. Bring the DELAY TIME, LFO SPEED and CHORUS controls up to 12:00. You
will now hear a Chorus effect. Experiment with various LFO SPEED, DELAY
TIME and CHORUS settings to grasp the range of available textures. Longer
delay times will require less chorus depth and shorter delay times will
require more chorus depth.
9. Bring the DELAY TIME control back to 12:00 and set the Chorus depth fully
counterclockwise. Bring the TREMOLO control up to 12:00. You will now
hear the TREMOLO effect occurring at the rate set by the LFO SPEED.
10. Turn the TREMOLO, CHORUS, LFO SPEED and BLEND controls fully
clockwise. This provides a rotary speaker sound. You can vary the texture
of this effect by altering the balance of CHORUS and TREMOLO levels as
well as changing the LFO speed.