Champion Leccy The Woozy User manual

Lo-fi modulation and
warped tape echo

The Woozy
The Woozy is a lo-fi modulation pedal that covers a lot of ground. It goes from
pleasant and unassuming to noisy and full on. It covers chorus, vibrato,
spangly sounds, arpeggiating pitch shifting and haunting reverb/ warped tape
delay weirdness.
Controls:
The black knobs adjust levels:
Love -volume.
Cheer - blends your dry signal
with your modulated signal.Fully
clockwise is all wet and no dry,
turn anticlockwise to blend more
dry signal back into the mix.
Dregs - this is a low pass filter
switch for when the crackles get
too crackly or to just give your
signal that darker lo-fi edge.
The white knobs control the LFO:
Sway - This knob controls the
depth of the modulation. *
Tide - This knob adjusts the speed of the LFO which will make your
modulations slow and elegantly undulating or frantic and sci-fi-tastic!
*There’s an internal trimpot for the oset of the LFO. This oset trimpot
aects the modulation depth (the sway knob). We’ve set it so that the sway
knob allows for maximum modulation depth without getting noisy. You can
tweak that oset trim if you like, but we’d recommend you contact us first.

The other white knob with the squiggly lines around it - This is the LFO
waveform selector, and it’s the heart of the Woozy’s versatility. The lines may
not quite match up exactly to the waveform symbols, but they’re in the right
order and they shouldn’t be too far o. From left to right, the waveforms are
ramp up, ramp down, square wave, triangle, sine, sweep, random (levels),
random (slopes). Please note that if you’ve selected one of the random
waveforms, it’ll sound like the LFO isn’t taking the tap tempo/ tide knob too
seriously, that’s due to the random nature of the waveform.
The red knobs control the echo:
Hangover - This knob adds delay time.
Backwash - This knob adds repeats to the echo, or shimmer to modulation (if
the hangover knob is at zero rotation)
So, where do I start?
Helpful hint - The Woozy is a modulation pedal with a built in echo, vs. an echo
pedal with built-in modulation.The echo controls can add a load of
possibilities to your modulated sound.
Before starting, make sure all white and black knobs are at 12 o’clock, and that
the two red knobs are fully anticlockwise. Now, select a waveform from the
bottom left knob. If you’re not sure, just start with the ramp up.
You can see how fast the LFO is going by the speed of the red indicator LED next
to the tap tempo footswitch. Use the tide knob or the tap tempo to set the
speed you want.
Now play something! As you play you adjust the sway knob to get a feel of the
amount of modulation depth you can get, this is where you can swing between
more subtle chorus and full on bendy vibrato. Next, tweak the cheer (clean
blend) and love (volume) knobs to get the right level of modulation and overall
volume. Try turning the pedal on and operiodically while dialling this in, to
get a reference and find the right balance.
When you’re feeling happy to move on, it might just be the perfect time to cycle
through the dierent waveforms. Each one will provide dierences in

character, for example when you crank the depth and set the waveform to
squarewave, you can get a nice arpeggiating feel as the vibrato bounces
between two notes. There’s a lot to play with here, don’t worry about
conquering it all in one sitting, you’ll be discovering new sounds and textures
for a while yet!
But wait, we’re not done yet, we still haven’t ventured into the haunting and
warped world of the Woozy’s echo! The two red knobs are where the time
stretching repeats are.
Turning the hangover knob clockwise will add delay time. Just be aware that
this is the Woozy, so it’s not planning on doing this uniformly any time soon.
You’ll get a lot of push and pull on your delay time. Give it a go. Remember if
things get too crackly you can always flick the dregs switch to cut out some of
the top end, giving you a dark lo-fi sound.
Backwash is a feedback control, it works whether you have added echo or not.
Try turning the hangover knob all the way anticlockwise, so you’re just getting
wobbly modulations. Now dial in some backwash. You’ll notice it starts to give
the modulation a nice shimmer! Very classy, like port. Now turn that hangover
clockwise again, you should get some spooky echo repeats! Very grim, like
cheap rum.
Well, that should be enough to get you started. The Woozy is a super versatile
pedal, you’ll find it’s capable of a lot of dierent sounds. That’s why we’ve
given you four blank woozies for you to write down your settings (see below).
Be sure to check out Woozy vids on Youtube and Instagram for even more
ideas, and don’t be shy, shoot us a message if you’ve got any questions.
Current draw 60 mA
The Woozy takes a standard BOSS style +9V centre negative power supply.
All Champion Leccy pedals and devices are designed and handbuilt in
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