Servus Pedale GLAM User manual

Servus!Pedale
Kaiserstraße 32-34
63065 Offenbach am Main
Germany

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1-Level control
2-Tone control
3-Gain control
4-Boost level
5-Boost ON/OFF switch
6-Expression pedal/CV
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7-Exp.pedal/CV input
8-Effect input
9-Effect output
10-Active preset
11-Effect bypass ON/OFF
12-Select/Save Preset
13-9VDC input
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WELCOME
Thank you for purchasing our GLAM. This guide will help you
to discover all its functions.
POWER SUPPLY
The pedal can be powered via an external power supply (9VDC
negative center pin). We recommend to only use power
supplies regulated at 9VDC in order to avoid noises and pos-
sible malfunctions of the pedal.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARRANTY
The pedal is designed to be powered with 9VDC, any plug to
other than the specified voltage or the use of AC sources
will provoke damage to the pedal not covered by warranty.
All Servus!Pedale pedals are covered by a 2 years warranty
valid from the date of purchase. This warranty against any
defects in materials and manufacture is transferable. If the
pedal shows any malfunctions during the warranty period con-
tact us and the pedal will be repaired at no charge (parts,
labor and return shipping costs). Please don’t send any pe-
dal before contacting us.
FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS
-100% analog high gain distortion
-15dB clean boost
-Expression pedal/CV assignable
-Relay True Bypass
-Handmade in Germany
-9VDC
-Current Draw: ~45mA
-Size: 120mm x 65mm

BASIC CONTROLS
-LEVEL: Controls the overall volume of the pedal.
-TONE: Classic tone control. Turn clockwise to boost high
frequency range and counterclockwise to attenuate it.
-GAIN: Sets the saturation produced by the effect.
-BOOST: Controls the level of the boost. The boost section
is placed after the gain section and adds an extra +15dB of
clean boost.
-BOOST ON/OFF SWITCH: Activates or deactivates the boost.
FINE ADJUSTMENT: The pedal has three small trimmers insi-
de. These trimmers change the behavior of the tone, gain and
boost potentiometers. We don’t recommend to change these va-
lues, but if you want to make experiments feel free to play
with them!
EXPRESSION PEDAL/CV
You can assign an expression pedal or CV signal (0V-5V) to
the gain and level parameters. Choose the desired parameter
to control with the EXP/CV SWITCH, and now you can control
this parameter with an expression pedal or a CV signal. When
the switch is at its middle position the expression pedal/CV
input is inactive.
Compatible Expression
pedal schematic

SAVE AND RECALL PRESETS
Select between the 6 available on board presets by pressing
the PRESET footswitch. Once a preset is selected, all the
parameters saved before are recalled. You can now change any
of these parameters, switch to another preset or save any
changes. If you switch to a new preset without saving, the
preset parameters will stay like before.
To save a preset, change one or more of the parameters and
press and hold the PRESET footswitch whithin 2 seconds. The
preset LED will flash to confirm that the preset has been
saved. The following parameters can be saved: Level, tone,
gain, boost level, boost ON/OFF, Expression pedal/CV control
Live Mode (Preset 6): On preset 6 the parameters matches the
current knob positions.
NOTE: The GLAM uses a digital microcontroller to control
analog signals. That means when a new preset is recalled,
the actual physical knobs and switches stay as they were and
their positions may or may not match with the stored parame-
ters.
PRESET SWITCH ACTIONS:
Short push: Preset UP
Long push < 2,5s: Preset DOWN
Long push > 2,5s: Save preset
Connect an Expression pedal or CV generator to the
EXP.PEDAL/CV input. ONLY use an Stereo TRS jack for this
connection.

When the position of one of the knobs or switches is changed,
the value is updated and now the knob marker or switch posi-
tion will correspond with the actual value.
NOTE: In some cases the switches has to be changed twice to
update the value. Example: We are on preset 1, on this pre-
set the boost section is active (boost led ON) but the boost
switch is in OFF position. If we want to deactivate the
boost, we first have to switch the boost ON, and again switch
it OFF. This operation will switch off the boost section (led
OFF).
RELAY TRUE BYPASS
The Glam uses a a Relay True Bypass system. This system
uses a clickless switch, a PIC microcontroller and a high
quality relay to do the bypass operation.
This system has a much higher durability than the 3PDT
switches usually used on True Bypass pedals.
COMPONENTS
-1% Metal film resistors
-WIMA capacitors made in Germany
-Alpha potentiometers
-Neutrik Jacks
CONTACT
If you have any questions, suggestions or critic don’t
hesitate to contact us on [email protected]
www.servuspedale.com

MIDI
All parameters of the Glam can be controlled via MIDI
control change messages. The number of available presets can
be increased from 6 to 640 with the use of program change
messages.
To connect a MIDI controller to the Glam a 3.5mm to 5 DIN
MIDI adapter is needed. You can buy this adapter on our
shop.
The Glam is set by default to MIDI channel 2, but that
can be easily changed. Just remove power, hold the preset
switch and plug the power again. Now release the switch and
the Glam will wait until a CC or PC MIDI message is recei-
ved. When a MIDI message is received the Glam store the MIDI
channel (0-16) of this message as default. This channel will
be now the default MIDI channel until is changed again.
SAVE AND RECALL PRESETS VIA MIDI: The Glam has 128 banks
(program change messages 0-127) of 5 presets each using
MIDI. Preset 6 is always live mode. Saving a preset works
exactly the same as without MIDI, just recall a preset, set
the parameters and hold the preset switch within 2 seconds.
When the pedal is turned on the Glam automatically recall
the bank 1 (program change 0) preset 1.
Parameter CC message Control
Volume 12 Sending 0 correspond to knob
position counter clock-wise,
sending 127 correspond to knob
position fully clock-wise
Tone 13
Gain 14
Boost 15
Boost Switch 16 0=Boost OFF,127=Boost ON
Exp. switch 17 0=Level,64=NoExp,127=Gain
Save preset 103 127=Save preset
Preset down 104 127=Preset down
Preset up 105 127=Preset up