Snazzy FX TIDAL WAVE - Manual (Page 8)

SOME AREAS WHICH ARE LOUD. IF THE SIGNAL IS TOO QUIET, ADJUST THE
INITIAL WAVE CONTROL. !
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IT IS RECOMMENDED TO GET USED TO THE WAY THE WAVESHAPER SECTION
WORKS BEFORE TURNING ON THE FEEDBACK SWITCH. !
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why? THE feedback switch will make it much harder to tell what the heck you are
doing as everything gets thrown out the window!!!
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ENVELOPE CONTROLS SECTION!
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12. RND TRG THRESHOLD (random trigger thresh)!
13. ATTACK!
14. RELEASE!
16. ENV TRIG SOURCE!
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12 13 and 14, as well as switch 16 are the internal ENVELOPE controls. Inside the
Tidal Wave is a basic envelope utilizing a familiar ATTACK/ RELEASE ENVELOPE
GENERATOR with a few interesting features. First off this envelope is automatically
connected to the Tidal Waves Internal VCA UNLESS A CABLE IS PLUGGED INTO
JACK 28. (vca Cv)!
However even if you do decide to plug in an external envelope or other CV source into
the VCA CV jack (which makes sense if you want to have greater control over the VCA),
you can still use the TIDAL WAVE’s auto triggering ENVELOPE GEN as a modulation
source, both internally and via the ENV OUT JACK (29)!
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Basically the internal envelope is meant for those times where you want to be able to
cut up!
your sound (either audio your are processing THRU the TIDAL WAVE or when you are
creating the signal with the SINE OSCILLATOR mode of the VCF (switch 21 set to hi q)!
MIDDLE SECTION CONTINUED:!
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VCA AND AUTO TRIGGER MODES:!
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In those cases, you simply allow the VC MIXER to automatically feed its signal INTO
THE VCA. !
(in other words jack 31, MIX OUT is normalled to jack 36 (VCA IN) and this is always the
case unless you plug an external source into the VCA)!
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THE TIDAL WAVE VCA will be opened and closed ( your signal will be gated) based
on the envelope CV which comes out of the Tidal Wave’s envelope. This is also an
automatic connection (which is only broken when you plug a Cv into jack 28).!