Pigtronix Philosopher King - Manual (Page 7)

Guided Tour:
The following steps guide you through the sonic palette of Philosopher
King and show you how to get at the range of tones that it has to offer.
Compression Controls
1. Set all of the controls fully counter-clockwise and set the toggles to
the right. The Release light should be lit, but the other LEDs should be
off. The Philosopher King is in bypass mode. Play your instrument and
make sure a clean sound is passing through the pedal.
2. Turn up the SENSITIVITY to 3:00.
3. Turn the Volume control up to 12:00. Click the Engage footswitch to
turn the Philosopher King on. Play your instrument. You should hear the
same sound as in bypass. Turn the COMPRESSION control up all the
way and play your instrument. You will now hear the
compressor/sustain effect.
4. Turn up the SUSTAIN
5. Turn up the GRIT
6. Turn up the TREBLE
SWELL and FADE
7. Turn on the ATTACK footswitch and bring the ATTACK dial up to 12:00.
Play a chord and notice how it swells in from silence up to full volume.
Note: Once the attack cycle has been triggered, the musician must
mute their instrument in order to reset the attack cycle. When the
instrument is muted, the RELEASE light comes on, letting the musician
know that the SWELL function is armed. The touch sensitive nature of
the SWELL function lets the player control the threshold between the
volume swell effect and a pure compression sound with playing
dynamics and muting technique.
Note: Lower SENSITIVITY settings will require less muting, however the
SWELL function can reset prematurely if the SENSITIVITY is set too low.
8. Explore the range of the SWELL control and then turn off the SWELL
footswitch.
9. Turn on the DECAY footswitch and bring the DECAY dial up to 12:00.
Play a chord and notice how it fades out from full volume to silence.
Explore the range of the DECAY control.