GAME CHANGER AUDIO PLASMA Rack User manual

MANUAL

Thank you for purchasing the PLASMA Rack!
Our job at GAMECHANGER AUDIO is to invent and build
new, exciting music technology that not only sounds great, but also inspires musicians
and engineers to break new ground.
PLASMA Rack is the result over 2 years of research and development, dozens of
prototypes and an incalculable amount of hard work.
We are all very happy with the result - the PLASMA Rack is a beast.
It sounds absolutely astounding.
Plus, no one got electrocuted.
Enjoy your brand new PLASMA Rack, and
- Keep on Rockin’ in the Gluten-Free World -

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TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PLASMA TECHNOLOGY..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
FEATURES...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
FRONT PANEL (DIAGRAM).........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
BACK PANEL (DIAGRAM)............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
GAIN VOLTAGE AND BLEND..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
EQUALIZER,VOLUME AND UTILITY BUTTONS.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
SUSTAIN, OVERSATURATE AND CLEAN GATE....................................................................................................................................................................................................
TREMOLO...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
BACK PANEL..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
MIDI CONTROLS........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
EXPRESSION PEDAL INPUT.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
DEFAULT BUTTON STATES......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
CLEAN / DIRTY TOGGLE AND FACTORY RESET....................................................................................................................................................................................................
USING TWO PLASMA RACKS...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
TECH SPECS..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
MIDI CONTROL TABLE..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
SAFETY WARNING....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
LEGAL AND DISCLAIMER.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Thank you for purchasing the PLASMA Rack!
Our job at GAMECHANGER AUDIO is to invent and build
new, exciting music technology that not only sounds great, but also inspires musicians
and engineers to break new ground.
PLASMA Rack is the result over 2 years of research and development, dozens of
prototypes and an incalculable amount of hard work.
We are all very happy with the result - the PLASMA Rack is a beast.
It sounds absolutely astounding.
Plus, no one got electrocuted.
Enjoy your brand new PLASMA Rack, and
- Keep on Rockin’ in the Gluten-Free World -
PLASMA TECHNOLOGY
A significant expansion of the unique High Voltage Distortion
concept behind PLASMA Pedal - The PLASMA RACK is a 1U sized
high-end audio effects unit designed for professional and studio use.
Instead of using LED circuits, transistors or vacuum tubes to produce overdrive,
the PLASMA RACK uses a fly-back coil transformer to express your instrument’s live signal as a series of
continuous high-voltage discharges within a xenon-filled tube.
In essence – you are playing a bolt of electricity, and the electrical discharges produced by your instrument
are instantly converted back into an analog audio signal.
The result is a quick, responsive, and extremely heavy distortion with Tons of unique character and a very
powerful noise-gating effect.
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3 band EQ:
Gives you more tweakability and control over
sound
Input Gain control:
Can be used to fine-tune the PLASMA RACK for
any type of input signal (different pickups etc.)
Sustain Mode:
Lets you achieve long sustained notes even at
Low-Voltage settings
Oversaturate Mode:
Octave up / Overtone effect achieved by
overpowering the PLASMA Tube
Clean Gate Mode:
Use the PLASMA Tube’s gating effect on any
CLEAN Signal without the added Distortion.
Built-in PLASMA Tremolo:
A unique Tremolo and Ring Mod effect, with
adjustable Depth and Dynamic response.
Built-In Distortion Channel:
A special button combination lets you add some High-Class
Op Amp dirt to your Dry signal
3 FX Loops with switchable level control:
Modify the signal path by inserting external effects into
various parts of the PLASMA Rack’s signal chain
Connectivity:
Two Inputs (incl. Balanced Input with PAD), Two Outputs,
MIDI In, Through, and Out ports
Full MIDI Control + 8 Preset slots:
Control all parameters and values via CC Messages and
Program Change Messages with 8 Preset slots.
Assignable Expression input:
Any potentiometer on the PLASMA Rack can be assigned to
an Expression pedal
Savable utility settings
Make your PLASMA Rack gig-ready by setting up the default
boot-up states of all buttons and functions.
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