Overloud Gem Comp76 FET Compressor and Limiter Plug-In User Manual
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OVERLOUD GEMS
ECHOSON
This diagram describes the
ECHOSON
internal sections and the way they are interconnected.
IN LEVEL
- Controls the level of the input signal. By increasing this parameter it is possible to push
the magnetic disk band up to saturation.
SWELL
- Selects the amount of tone fed back to
the magnetic disk. It can be used to control
the decay of the repetitions. For higher value
of this parameter the
ECHOSON
will go into
auto-oscillation.
TIME
- Selects the delay time of the 4
th
head (the head with the longest delay). The other 3 heads
will change the delay time proportionally. The 12 o’clock position corresponds to the
fi
xed delay
time of the original unit, which is approx 310 ms on the 4
th
head.
MIX
- Controls how to blend the direct tone with the output of the delay unit. At 0, only the Dry
signal will be on the output. At 5, half of the Dry and half of the Wet will be on the output. At 10,
only the Wet will be on the output: this is useful when the delay needs to be added to an aux
channel.
TONE
- This replicates the original
TONE
control. It allows to decrease and increase the amount of
high frequency content on the Wet signal while leaving the Dry sound unaltered.
SELECTOR
- Selects the delay repetitions scheme as follows:
ECHO
: there is a single repetition for each active PLAY head. No sound is fed back to the disk so
there is no swell/reverb e
ff
ect.
REP
: the tone of each active REC head is fed back to the magnetic disk. The tone on each active
PLAY head is put on the output. This will generate a “pattern delay” tone with multiple repetition
decays over time (at a decay rate dependent on the SWELL parameter).
SWELL
: the tone of each active REC head is fed back to the magnetic disk. The tone of all 4 PLAY
heads is put on the output regardless of the state of the PLAY buttons. This will generate a re-
verb-like tone whose decay depends on the SWELL parameter.
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When the ECHOSON is in STEREO mode, the doubled SWELL pa-
rameters can be linked together if the
alt-cmd
key combination
(
ctrl-alt
on Windows), is kept pressed while turning one of the
two knobs.