Servus Pedale Sound Odyssey User manual

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

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1-Reverb control
2-Tone control
3-Space control
4-Expression pedal/CV
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5-Exp.pedal/CV input
6-Effect input
7-Effect output
8-Active preset
9-Effect bypass ON/OFF
10-Select/Save Preset
11-9VDC input
12-MIDI input
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WELCOME
Thank you for purchasing our A SOUND ODYSSEY. 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
-Reverb with tone and space controls
-6 programmable presets
-Full MIDI implementation
-Expression pedal/CV assignable
-Relay True Bypass
-Handmade in Germany
-9VDC
-Current Draw: ~45mA
-Size: 120mm x 65mm

BASIC CONTROLS
-REVERB: This control adjust the amount of reverb.
-TONE: Controls the tone of the wet signal. The dry signal
stays always unaltered.
-SPACE: It works like a feedback loop. It controls the
amount of wet signal that returns to the effect input.
FINE ADJUSTMENT: The pedal has a small trimmer inside. This
trimmer change the amount of feedback of the Space control.
You can obtain an auto oscillating feedback changing this.
If you want to make experiments feel free to play with it!
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 pres-
sing the PRESET footswitch. Once a preset is selected, all
the parameters saved before are recalled. You can now chan-
ge 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 pre-
set, 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 fo-
llowing parameters can be saved: Level, tone, gain, boost
level, boost ON/OFF, Expression pedal/CV control.
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.

NOTE: The A SOUND ODYSSEY uses a digital microcontroller to
control analog signals. That means when a new preset is re-
called, the actual physical knobs and switches stay as they
were, and their positions may or may not match with the sto-
red paramaters. When the position of one of the knobs or
switches is changed, the value is updated and now the knob
marker or switch position will correspond with the actual va-
lue.
NOTE: In some cases the switches has to be changed twice to
update the value. Example: On preset 1 the Expression sec-
tion is saved to Reverb, but the physical Expression switch
is down (Space). If we want to activate the Space section we
have to change the switch position and again turn it down to
Space position. Now the Space section is activated and the
Space led on.
RELAY TRUE BYPASS
The A Sound Odyssey 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]

MIDI
All parameters of the A SOUND ODYSSEY can be controlled via
MIDI control change messages. The number of available
presets can be increased from 6 to 768 with the use of pro-
gram change messages.
To connect a MIDI controller to the A Sound Odyssey a 3.5mm
to 5 DIN MIDI adapter is needed. You can buy this adapter on
our shop.
The A SOUND ODYSSEY is set by default to MIDI channel 3, but
that can be easily changed. Just remove power, hold the pre-
set switch and plug the power again. Now release the switch
and the A Sound Odyssey will wait until a CC or PC MIDI
message is received. When a MIDI message is received the A
Sound Odyssey store the MIDI channel (0-16) of this message
as default. This channel will be now the default MIDI chan-
nel.
SAVE AND RECALL PRESETS VIA MIDI: The A SOUND ODYSSEY has 6
banks (on board leds 1-6) of 128 presets each (program chan-
ge messages 0-127) using MIDI.
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, or send CC Message 103 (127). When
the pedal is turned on the A Sound Odyssey automatically re-
calls the bank 1, preset 1 (program change 0).
Parameter CC message Control
Reverb 12 Sending 0 correspond to knob
position counter clock-wise,
sending 127 correspond to knob
position fully clock-wise
Tone 13
Space 14
Exp. switch 15 0=Reverb,64=NoExp,127=Space
ON/OFF 102 0=Pedal OFF,127=Pedal ON
Save preset 103 127=Save preset
Preset down 104 127=Preset down