Blackstar HT-MODULATION - Manual (Page 3)

Controls
1. Effect
The rotary Effect switch selects one of the eight modulation effects.
Effect Name Description Notes
1 Flanger Classic, vintage style flanger. Level controls wet
From phasey arpeggios to jet level
engine sweeps.
2 Phaser 1 A classic 4-stage phaser. Warm Level controls
and vintage sounding. modulation depth
3 Phaser 2 A more ‘peaky’ 8-stage phaser. Level controls
modulation depth
4 Vintage A single LFO (Low Frequency Feedback controls
Chorus 1 Oscillator) vintage style chorus. modulation depth
5 Vintage Two LFOs combined to give a Feedback controls
Chorus 2 natural sounding chorus. modulation depth
6 Multi This is the most complex Feedback controls
Chorus sounding of the chorus settings modulation depth
with three LFOs combined with
a 120 degree phase difference.
7 Tremolo A natural sounding tremolo Feedback controls
which goes from subtle to LFO shape (soft
throbbing. When in stereo use, edge to sharp
this works as an auto-pan effect. edge). Level
controls Tremolo
depth
8 Rotary Based on the complex sound of Level controls
vintage rotary speaker systems. LFO shape (soft
edge to sharp
edge).
English Features
The HT-MODULATION combines the flexibility of digital
technology with the unique valve Saturation control to deliver eight
stunning digital modulation effects with the natural tone and feel
of a genuine high voltage valve circuit.
The Blackstar team are all musicians themselves and have years
of gigging and recording experience. So when they embarked on
the journey to design the ultimate digital effects pedals they
wanted to develop products that had none of the harshness of
some digital products and provide the warmth and musicality of
vintage effects pedals which players love.
The Blackstar designers acquired some of the most revered valve
and vintage effects pedals and set to work distilling the ingredients
that make these old designs so special. The valve Saturation
control is one result of this exhaustive research. The Saturation
control is, in simple terms, a valve gain and compression circuit
which acts in the digital effects ‘side chain’ to impart the valve
dynamics and harmonics typical of vintage valve effects.
The features on the HT-MODULATION have been selected to be
particularly suited to live performance and that is why we have
included the Slow/Fast feature to allow the adjustment of
modulation time during performance. Each of the eight
modulation effects have been designed by technical reference to
vintage effects equipment and then hours of honing ‘by ear’ to
provide effects that are both natural sounding and inspirational to
the player.
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