Jet Red Sea User manual

Overview, Features, and how to use the Red Sea
Overview
Description
Quick Start Guide
Operating the Red Sea
Signal Flow In & Out of the Red Sea
Using the Blend Knob
Using the Polarity Switches
Routing Options
HX Stomp - Wet Dry Wet
Iridium - Wet Dry Wet
Walrus ACS1 - Wet Dry Wet
Dirty - Wet Dry Wet
Clean - Wet Dry Wet
Dual Delay - Wet Dry Wet
Dirty - Wet Dry
Clean - Wet Dry
Parallel - Wet Dry
Parallel Dual Amp Modelers
Stereo Parallel FX Loops
Mono Parallel Effects Loop
Blend Dual Tube Amps
Serial to Parallel Effects Loop
Stereo Analog Dry Thru
Mono Analog Dry Thru
FAQ
Red Sea

Basic overview and features of the Red Sea
Overview

Overview
Introducing the Red Sea, an all analog signal routing matrix designed for countless stereo and
mono signal path routing options.
The Red Sea gives you the ability to run a FULL Stereo wet dry wet rig using only 2 amps or just 2
signals to the FOH, while also giving you complete control over your Wet & Dry mix!
The Red Sea also has two independent stereo FX loops. Use each FX loop to run stereo delay's and
reverb's in parallel, where each effect does not interact with each other. Huge soundscapes can be
achieved with washy reverbs and articulate delay repeats while being able to blend between each
FX loops mix level.
The Red Sea can also do the following routing options:
Wet | Dry utilizing a single amp
Clean Wet | Dry | Wet (drives DO NOT run into wet effects)
Wet | Dry | Wet with dual delays (one in the L channel & other in R channel)
Parallel Dual Amps (run dual amp modelers in FULL stereo)
Convert a tube amp's serial FX Loop to a parallel FX Loop
Stereo and Mono analog dry through (avoid latency in digital pedals)
And the list goes on, only limited by your imagination...
Features:
Description

Stereo or Mono In's & Out's
Studio Grade Analog Buffers on all Inputs & Outputs
Large Blend Knob forBlending in a Live Setting
Polarity Reverse Switches for Changing the L&R Polarity on One of the FX Loops
Cast Aluminum Enclosure for Maximum Durability and Weight Reduction
Power via Standard 9v 100ma Power Supply (not included)
Dimensions: 4.82” x 2.62” x 1.425”

Overview
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Wet Dry Wet Wiring
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Stereo Parallel FX Loop Wiring
Quick Start Guide

How to use the Red Sea
Operating the Red Sea

Operating the Red Sea
The Red Sea can be wired in many different ways but before we dig into each wiring diagram let's
go over how the signal can flow in and out of the Red Sea.
Use the Right Input for a mono signal going in to the Red Sea. Your input signal will be copied,
split, and sent to all four send jacks (1 thru 4). The input signal can be anything, guitar, drive
pedal, eq pedal, or any other mono signal source.
Mono Input
Signal Flow In & Out of the
Red Sea

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Use both Left and Right inputs to maintain a stereo image routing through the Red Sea. When ran
in stereo, the Left Input will be copied, split, and sent to send jacks 3 and 4. The Right Input will be
copied, split, and sent to send jacks 1 and 2. The input signals can be anything like dual guitars, 1
guitar and 1 bass, or any stereo effects pedal.
Stereo Input
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The signal flowing through the return jacks on the right side (Return 1 & 2) will leave on the Right
Output of the Red Sea. The same will apply for the signals flowing through the return jacks on the
left side (Return 3 & 4), these signals will leave on the Left Output of the Red Sea.
Return Jack Signal FLow

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*** There is one exception to the signal flow in the Return jacks when using the Red Sea in a Wet
Dry or Wet Dry Wet setup. When you remove the patch cable from the Return 4 jack, the Red Sea
will re-route the signal from the Return 2 jack to both Left and Right Outputs.
Wet Dry Wet Signal Flow

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Hopefully by now you can see how your signal will flow in and out of the Red Sea. Later in the
manual we will provide various wiring diagrams for different routing options, however using the
knowledge above you should be able to create your own unique routing configurations.
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Operating the Red Sea
The Blend knob can be used to blend the volume/mix between two parallel effects loops. For
instance you want to run your reverb and delay in parallel which will allows for your wet effects to
not interact with each other. Rotating the Blend knob counter clockwise will make Stereo Loop A
(Return Jacks 1 & 3) louder while simultaneously making Stereo Loop B (Return Jacks 2 & 4)
quieter. The opposite is true when rotating the Blend knob clockwise, B gets louder while A
simultaneously gets quieter.
It can also be used to blend the overall mix between your dry and wet signals when using the Red
Sea for Wet Dry Wet. When rotating the Blend knob counter clockwise, the Wet loop (Return Jacks
1 & 3) will get louder while simultaneously making the Dry loop (Return Jack 2) quieter. The
opposite is true when rotating the Blend knob clockwise, Dry gets louder while Wet simultaneously
Using the Blend Knob

gets quieter.
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Operating the Red Sea
The polarity switches can be a very useful and powerful tool, not only to phase correct your stereo
loops, but also provide a stereo widening effect.
When running amp modelers or drive pedals in parallel, often times they will be out of polarity with
each other. When this happens various frequencies will end up canceling each other out. When
this happens you will experience two things that will affect your tone 1) it is quite common to
loose bass frequencies leaving your tone thin and less full sounding 2) anytime frequencies are
removed, this results in a volume drop and your signal will not be as loud.
With the Red Sea we fix these issues with our two polarity switches, each switch will invert the
polarity for Return Jack 1 & 3 respectively. This will ensure both stereo loops will remain in phase
with each other.
Using the Polarity Switches

***If you are experiencing any of the two issues listed above, flip both polarity switches either up
or down while listening to your tone change as you flip the switches.
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The polarity switches can also be used to create a stereo widening effect, this trick works in both
Wet Dry Wet and Stereo Parallel FX Loops wiring arraignments. Instead of flipping/keeping both
polarity switches in the same direction, try flipping just one of the switches and see what happens.
You'll notice your dry signal goes from a "center panned" kind of sound to a "left / right panned"
sound which will create a huge stereo widening sound effecting removing your dry signal from the
middle and placing it in the left and right outputs. There will be some draw backs to using this
method, which were mentioned above (loss of bass and volume), however the Red Sea can limit
the effectiveness of these draw backs. Since we have two stereo loops, or a Wet and Dry loop,
your signal will remain in tact in one loop and inverted in the other loop. As long as the Blend knob
isn't turned fully counter clockwise the drawbacks will be less noticeable. Also, as you turn the
knob clockwise, the stereo widening effect becomes less noticeable as you are removing the
inverted signal from your overall mix.
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Wiring diagrams for various signal routing options.
Routing Options

Routing Options
HX Stomp - Wet Dry Wet

Routing Options
Iridium - Wet Dry Wet

Routing Options
Walrus ACS1 - Wet Dry Wet