GOAT BLUE Series User manual

STEREOECHO
GOAT-DESIGN.JP2022
-BLUESERIES-
MANUAL

③FEEDBACK:Setsthenumberof
repeats.
Note:Ifsettomaximum(󲰄),echoeswill
repeatwithoutlimitandwillnotstop.
①PREAMPLEVEL:Usedtosetthe
bestoperatingleveloftheinternal
circuitrytominimizedistortionand
noise.Changingthisdoesnotchange
theoutputsignallevel.
②HEADROOMLED:Usedtocheck
theinternalsignallevel.Adjustthe
PREAMPLEVELsothattheLEDturns
redforamomentwhentheguitaris
playedhard.
Reference:HumbuckingPU"0
SinglePU"+6"or"0
⑥OUTPUTVOLUME:Adjust
theleftandright
corrborationvolume.
Independentcontrolis
possible.
(8)ON/OFFLED:Offwhenbypassed,
onwheneffectsareon.
⑤ECHOTIMELED:
Flashesaccordingto
thetimeofthe
engineeringtime.
④ECHOTIME:Controlstheleftandrightdelaytimes
simultaneouslysoasnottospoilthestereoimage.
Note:Theleftandrightdelaytimesareintentionallyslightly
differentsothatthesounddoesnotbecomedirtywhen
thedirectandechosoundsaremixed.
⑦PAN:Threetypesofstereo
outputmixescanbeselected.
Thetoponehasthedirect
signalinmonoandtheechoin
stereo,themiddleonehasthe
directsignalinstereoandthe
echoinstereo,andthebottom
onehasthedirectsignalat9
o'clockandtheechoat3
o'clock,usingthepanpotonthe
mixerasanexample.
GOATBLUESERIES/STEREOECHO
-BLUESERIES-
ControllerDescription

GOATBLUESERIES/STEREOECHO
-BLUESERIES-
Operationmethod
IfyouwanttouseSTEREOECHOrightaway,followthe
instructionsinthischapter.However,westronglyrecommend
thatyoureadtherestofthemanualimmediatelytofully
understandandmasterthecapabilitiesofthissophisticated
signalprocessor.

1.Makesurethattheamplifierorotherequipmentyouare
connectingtoisturnedoffbeforeconnectingtheSTEREO
ECHO.
Note:UsetherecommendedACadapter.Usealkaline
batteries,theoperatingtimeisapproximately2hours.

2.ConnecttheSTEREOECHO'sOUTjackstoastereo
amplifier,twochannelsofamixer,ortwoguitaramplifiers,
respectively,usingcables.Ifyouneedmonooutputs,connect
theLEFTOUT(MONO)outputjacktoyoursoundsystem.In
thiscase,usetheOUTPUTcontrollertoadjusttheoutput
volumeoftheecho.

3.SetallcontrollersallthewaytotheleftandsetthePAN
switchinthecenter.

4.ConnectyourinstrumenttotheLEFTIN(MONO)jack.If
youareusingaGENERATOR,connecttheGENERATOR
outputtotheLEFTIN(MONO)monoinput.Ifyouareusinga
stereooutputdevicesuchasaSTEREOCHORUS,connectit
tobothINPUTS.
5.SincetheSTEREOECHOhasanamplificationlevelof1,the
inputsignallevelisthesameastheoutputlevel,sosetthe
volumeofthesoundsystemtothesamelevelaswhenthe
STEREOECHOisnotused.
6.YouarenowreadytouseSTEREOECHO.Adjustthe
PREAMPLEVELsothattheredLEDturnsonmomentarily
whentheguitarisplayedhard.
Reference:HumbuckingPU"0".
SinglePU"+6"or"0
TurnuptheFEEDBACKcontrollergradually(clockwise)tofind
theproperlevel.

GOATBLUESERIES/STEREOECHO
-BLUESERIES-
FunctionDescription
PREAMPLEVEL(INPUTGAIN)
AdjuststheinternalgainoftheSTEREOECHOtothe
incomingaudiosignallevel.Settingthistothebestposition
minimizesbothdistortionandnoise.Theoutputleveldoesnot
changeatanyposition.
TheCLIPLEDindicatesthelevelofthesignalpassingthrough
theinternalcircuitry.TheredLEDindicatesthatthelevelis
approachingthedistortionpointandshouldnotbelittoo
often.IftheredLEDisoftenlit,turndownthePREAMP
LEVELby1memory.TheyellowLEDindicatesthebestsignal
levelwiththeleastnoise.IftheyellowLEDdoesnotlightupat
all,increasethePREAMPLEVELby1memory.Iftheyellow
LEDisnotlitatall,the0positionisbestfornormalline-level
signals.Ifyouareconnectingaguitardirectly,youmayneed
tosetthePREAMPLEVELtothe+6position.Ifyouare
connectingagenerator,setthePREAMPLEVELtothe-6
position.Inallcases,watchtheLEDsandswitchtofindthe
bestoperatingpoint.
DELAY
TheFEEDBACKcontrollerdeterminesthenumberofecho
repeats.Thelowestsettingproducesasingle,non-repeating
echo,withthenumberofrepetitionsincreasingwithclockwise
movement.
Feedbackbeginsonthelongdelayside(fullrightside),anda
lighthigh-frequencyfilter,attenuatedby-6dB/octaveabove
3.5kHz,isinsertedintothefeedbackcircuittoproducea
naturalsoundingecho,similartoaconcerthallortapeecho.
FEEDBACK
SettingtheFEEDBACKcontrollerto󲰄(maximum)allowsthe
feedbacktocontinueindefinitely.
CAUTION:Playingsoundwiththeinfiniterepeatsettingmay
damageyourspeakersandears.Insuchacase,movingthe
controllerbackslightlytotheleftwillproduceadelaythat
repeatsmanytimeswithoutthefearthattheechowillrunout
ofcontrol.
ECHOTIME
TheECHOTIMEcontrollercontrolsbothleftandrightdelay
timessimultaneouslyandisdesignedtomaintainthecorrect
stereoimageatanysettingposition.Thedelayrangesfrom
75to300millisecondsontheleftandfrom125to500
millisecondsontheright,withavariablefilterbuiltintothe
circuittoprovidethebestfrequencyresponsenomatter
whatdelaytimeisset.Note:ThereasontheLdelaytimeis
slightlylongerthanhalftheRdelaytimeistomakeroomin
themixforthedirectsignalbeforetheechoreturns,making
thedirect/echodistinctionclearerandcleanersounding.

GOATBLUESERIES/STEREOECHO
-BLUESERIES-
EchoTimeLED
TheECHOTIMELEDallowsyoutovisuallycheckthedelay
time,andthelitperiodcorrespondstothesettingofthelong
side(Rside)oftheconstructionecho.
OutputMix(PAN)
ThePANswitchallowsyoutoselectoneofthethreepreset
stereooutputformats.Intheupperposition,thestereo
artificialechosignalismixedwiththemonolocalizeddirect
signal.Inthemiddleposition,boththeechoanddirectsignals
arelocalizedinstereo.Inthebottomposition,thedirectsignal
islocalizedto9o'clockandtheechosignalto3o'clockinthe
mixer'spanpot.TheECHOVOLUMEcontrollercanbeused
toindependentlycontroltheleftandrightechovolumefor
thedirectsignal.
Monoinandmonooutoperation
TouseSTEREOECHOinmono,usetheINPUTjacklabeled
LEFTIN(MONO)andtheOUTPUTlabeledLEFTOUT(MONO)
onthepanel.ThePANswitchmustbesettothetopor
middleposition.ECHOTIME(125to500milliseconds)during
thismonomodeoperation.
OUTPUT(ON/OFFswitch)
TheON/OFFFOOTSWITCHcanbeusedtobypassthe
STEREOECHOeffect.TheSTEREOECHOmustbepowered
onevenwhenbypassed,sincetheaudiosignalstillpasses
throughthenoisebuffercircuit.
Application
IfyousettheDAYLAYtoamediumlength(75/125to
125/200milliseconds),theVOLUMEtonormalvolume,and
theFEEDBACKtozero,youcansimulatea"slapbackecho,"
whichisidealforvocalsordeeplyde-stressedguitars.The
slapbackeffectcanbeusedtocreatenever-before-heard
effects,especiallywhenplayingarmingtechniquesorsynth
bends.
Ifthemixedsoundistoothin,addingalittleKukocanmakeit
sounddeeper,andtheinstrumentswillsoundlouder.In
general,shorterdelaysaremostsuitableforpercussive
sounds,whilelongerdelaysaremoresuitableforvocalsor
instrumentalpartsplayedwithreggards.
FunctionDescription