Overloud Gem Comp76 FET Compressor and Limiter Plug-In - Manual (Page 28)

OVERLOUD GEMS ECHOSON
REC - Allows to switch on/o ff each REC head individually. The REC heads are those which fed the
tone back to the magnetic disk, so if only one recording head is activated, the number of delays
won’t increase over time. If more than one
REC
head are switched on, at each repetition the
number of delays (i.e. delay density), will in-
crease over time making the tone more and
more similar to a reverb.
The 1 st head has a delay time equal to 1/4 of
the TIME parameter.
The 2 nd head has a delay time equal to 1/2 of
the TIME parameter.
The 3 rd head has a delay time equal to 3/4 of
the TIME parameter.
The 4 th head delay time corresponds to the
TIME parameter.
PLAY - Allows to switch on/o ff each PLAY head
individually. The PLAY heads are the ones
which are sent to the output of the plugin, so
this parameter can be used to create repetition
patterns.
LINK - If LINK is switched on, the REC and PLAY heads will be set to the same settings, as in the
original unit.
TIME OFFSET - Sets the delay time of the right channel proportionally with reference to the left
channel’s TIME .
STEREO MODE - Selects how the repetitions are fed back to the magnetic disks when the unit is in
stereo mode.
MONO : left repetitions are only fed back to the left disk and right repetitions are only fed back to
the right disk. This is kind of a dual-mono mode, which is like having two separate delay units
(one for each input channel) each one with its own settings.
CROSS : the left repetitions are fed back to the right disk and the right repetitions are fed back to
the left disk. This can be used to create a kind of ping-pong e ff ect.
VERB : the left and right channel repetitions are mixed together and fed back to both the disks.
This will progressively increase the delay density making it similar to a reverb. In order to get the
best results from this operating mode it is useful to have slightly di
ff erent settings on the two
channels.
WOW - Controls the amount of wow/ fl utter e ff ect of the magnetic disk, which is a gentle modula-
tion due to the non-constant rotation speed of the disk. At 12 o’clock the original amount of
wow/
fl utter is replicated.
NOISE - Adjusts the level of electrical and mechanical noise. When set at min, the noise is totally
absent, while at max the noise level is a little over the original amount. It’s easy to fi nd a satisfy-
ing level across the whole parameter range.
EQ - The ECHOSON features a 2 band master equalizer which is applied to the Wet signal after the
magnetic disk. Each band has the following three controls:
MASTER EQ FREQ : selects the operating frequency of the fi lter.
MASTER EQ GAIN : selects the gain of the fi lter. In case of a LPF or HPF fi lter it controls the fi lter
resonance.
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This is how the 12 original selector positions cor-
respond to the 4 switch on/o
ff combinations.