BENADO EFFECTS PF Steel Dream User manual

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Controls
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Top Panel
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1. Input
2. LED
3. Dry line out jack
4. Fuse (spare)
5. Fuse
6. 9V DC jack
7. 9V DC jack
8. In/receive (loop)
9. Out/send (loop)
10.Output 1
11. Output 2
12.Level (Adverb)
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13.Tone (Adverb)
14. Gain On/Off (Adverb)
15. Input Gain (Adverb)
16. Depth (Adverb)
17. Level (echo zen delay)
18. Tone (echo zen delay)
19. Loop switch
20. Repeats (echo zen
delay)
21. Delay (echo zen delay)
22. Volume (Nutradrive)
23. Treble (Nutradrive)
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27. Output 2
28. Output 1
29. Out/Send Jack(loop)
30. In/Receive Jack (loop)
31. 9V DC Jack
32. 9V DC Jack
33. Fuse
34. Fuse (spare)
35. Dry Line out Jack
Top panel
24. Toggle switch !
Cream/Wide (Nutradrive)!
25. Gain (Nutradrive)!
26. Bass (Nutradrive)

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Thank you for purchasing the "PF Steel Dream" pedal board. !
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The PF Steel Dream is a Paul Franklin signature unit. Paul been using the PB-1 pedal board since the
beginning and we thought it will be great to have a more dedicated Pedal Steel version. !
The PF Steel Dream is that unit. !
I worked closely with Paul choosing the right effects for the "Steel Dream" pedal board. !
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The unit contain 3 essential effects that according to Paul would be the perfect on the go unit for live
and studio application. In addition, just like the PB-1S the Steel Dream also have a Dry line out that will
allow you to send your signal to where ever you choose with just one click that will bypass the board or
you can choose it to be your tuner out with. An effect loop also available for several applications to be
discussed on the more detailed manual below. !
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Please read the manual and get familiar with the unit. !
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Do not use an adaptor with a higher output voltage than the specified 9VDC center pin negative.
An adapter with an AC voltage output should never be used with the unit as it will permanently
damage the unit. I recommend using the Visual Sound 1 Spot 9V DC Power Supply.
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Warranty!
Warranty is in effect for 2 years from day of purchase. Repairs during this time will be free of
charge due to manufacturing defect and not caused by the end user. Upon receiving the unit,
warranty repairs will be granted pending inspection of the unit. (There is a 7 day, no questions
asked return policy, beginning on the date you receive your pedalboard. The cost of shipping
will be at your expense, and any damages caused by end user will be deducted from the refund.
Units purchased from a dealer do not qualify for this 7-day no questions asked policy. If you
purchased your pedalboard from a dealer contact them for store warranty policies). Any
unauthorized modifications to the pedalboard will void your warranty. Any damage caused by
using the incorrect adapters mentioned above will void your warranty.!
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If you purchased the "PF Steel Dream" from a dealer contact them for store warranty
policies.!
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Enjoy....!
Sage Benado.!
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The echo zen delay unit is an analog sound delay with about
600-620ms of delay time. This delay features the basic functions;
Level, Repeats, Tone, Delay. The loop function will be discussed
later on with much more details. !
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Here are some basic settings: for a long and nice echo delay, set
your Delay (21) all the way up set your Repeats (20) to as many
as you like (to the left will get you fewer repeats, to the right will
give you more repeats). For a warmer delay sound, set the Tone
(18) all the way to the left (or as desired), for a more brighter tone
set to the right. Use the Level (17) to adjust the output volume of
your delay unit.!
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NOTE: due to the nature of the analog chip, the brighter you
set your tone the possibility of more noise in the repeats to
accrue. To avoid this, choose the warmer setting. !
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The Nutradrive is the new overdrive that was introduced on the
PB-1S. It's a very versatile and responsive OD. You can use it for
a clean Boost, crunchy tone or even an over driven sound. Here
are a few settings to get you started. !
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For a clean boost, set the toggle switch (marked as 24), to Cream!
Set your Treble (23) and Bass (26) as you wish, set gain (25)
anywhere between off to 9:00 o'clock and start raise volume (22)
till you get your desired output volume. As you continue
increasing the gain (25), you'll add more dirt to your tone but very
subtle. !
Now, flip the toggle switch (24) to wide and set Gain (25) to !
12:00 - 2:00 o'clock adjust Volume (22) as needed and here you'll
get an overdriven tone. !
These are just the basic and get started settings. I'm sure you'll
find your own that you might like better. !
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NOTE: THESE SETTINGS MIGHT CHANGE SLIGHTLY
DEPENDING ON THE GUITAR OR AMP YOU ARE USING!
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The Adverb Reverb was first introduced as a
stand alone pedal. It is an analog sound spring
style reverb and more. Working closely with
Paul Franklin, we took the original Adverb and
tweaked it to work for steel players. !
Here are a few settings:!
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First, lets set your unity level. Set Depth (16)
Input Gain (15), Level (12) and toggle switch
(14) to off position. Tone (13) to 12 o'clock.
Make sure the effect is off and now play and get
your desired volume from the amp. Now that
your amp volume is set, kick in the Adverb and
listen to see if there was any dropped in
volume. If so, start turning the Level knob (12)
while constantly clicking the effect on and off to
match unity volume. (Normally its between off -
9 o'clock position for unity level). !
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Now, you can start rolling the Depth (16) for
desired Reverb sound. More of the Depth (16)
more of Decay (Reverb). For a warmer
sounding Reverb keep the Tone (13) at 12
o'clock position or turn it down as desired. !
For a brighter sound turn Tone (13) up until
satisfied. The Input Gain (15) control the
amount of level coming in to the chip so more of
the the Input Gain (15) the more of the "springs"
effect you'll hear. You can can adjust the Input
Gain (15) and Depth (16) for different Verb
soundings. You can find different settings down
below on settings and illustrations.!
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The Toggle switch (14) was added as bonus
feature last minute. On the original Adverb
there is a feature called Shimmer that gives
you the option of a Chorus type effect. Paul
Franklin and myself decided to tweak that
option to work smoothly for Pedal Steel. !
When you find the settings you like now set
the Toggle switch (14) to the gain position. !
You will notice almost an increase of volume
but also you notice that your tone is warmer
and there is a slight Shimmer (chorus) type
of effect. The more you increase the Input
Gain (15) the more of the shimmer effect
you'll get. !
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NOTE: if you set the Input Gain (15) to the
max and turn the Toggle switch (14) to
gain there is a possibility of some "dirt"
distorted tone coming out. This is due to
the nature of the chip and the fact that we
are pushing it to the max.

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The Back panel of your unit introduce
several options for a convince use and more. !
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The Dry line out jack (35) is your output jack
for a built in A/B box. You can use that line
out for several applications. The most
common one could be your Tuner out. That
way you can tune your instrument with a kill
switch for a quite tuning. !
Another use for the Dry Line out jack (35) is
if you have another board that you like to use
as well, instead of running it all in series, you
can send your instrument through the Line
out jack (35) to the other board or effects and
bypass the entire "Steel Dream" with just one
click. Or even if you want your instrument to
be completely dry with another amp or
channel 2 of your amp, with just one click
you can bypass the entire board and direct
your instrument to that position.
Fuse (34 spare), (33). !
Your unit is protected with a fuse in the event
of wrong power supply used with the unit
other than specified. In the event the fuse is
blown in a middle of a show you have a
spare one for an immediate use. All you have
to do is pop out the spare socket and put it in
the slot of the blown fuse and you're good to
go.
Your unit come with dual In/Out 9V DC jacks.
They are parallel and either one of them can
be used. The benefit of having a second one
is that your unit can power other pedals if
added to the chain using the second 9V DC
jack. All you'll need is a daisy chain. !
NOTE: Make sure you know the max mA
that you're power supply can handle.
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The Steel Dream pedal board come with
effect loop option. There are several ways
you can use this option and I will show you a
few of them on the diagram page. !
Here are some common uses for the loop
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If your amp does have an effect loop you can
send the delay and reverb of the steel dream
to the loop and your Nutradrive to the front of
the amp. This is by far the best tone. !
This is how you do that. !
Plug your instrument to the input of the board
(1) and send out to your amp input using
either output 1 or 2 (28) (27).!
Using the send/out (29) jack on your board to
the receive of your amp (loop) and send of
your amp to the In/receive (30) of your
board. Make sure the loop switch (19)
positioned on your echo zen pedal is set to
On. Now your delay and Verb are running
through the loop of the amp and the
Nutradrive comes to the front of the amp.
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Another use for the loop option is if you want
to add Volume pedal or other effects to come
in the chain but be positioned between the
delay and over drive. This is how:!
Instrument to the Input (1). Output 1 or 2
(27) (28) to the Input of your Volume pedal
(or your other effect), out of the volume pedal
(or your other effect/s) to the In/receive (30)
of the Steel Dream and Out/Send of the
Steel Dream to your amp input. !
Now, your Volume pedal (or other effects)
are running between the Nutradrive and the
echo zen. !
Some other options will be shown on the
diagram page.
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The Steel Dream just like all my other boards
come with 2 Out puts for a bigger sound. !
You can use Output 1 and 2 (28) (27) at the
same time with 2 amps or even 2 Inputs of
your amp for a big sound. !
See illustrations on the diagram page.
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Diagrams
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The conventional use:!
Instrument goes to the input of
the Steel Dream and out put to
the amp.
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This is when using 2
amps and the 2 outputs.
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This is how you'll use the
"Steel Dream" with the
built in effect loop on
your amp.!
NOTE: Don't forget to
turn on the effect loop
switch on your board.
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Volume!
Pedal
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Out In
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This is how you'll use the
"Steel Dream" with a
volume pedal or other
effects to include in the
chain to come between the
delay and the Nutradrive. !
NOTE: Don't forget to
turn on the effect loop
switch on your board.
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Users settings and
other
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