Stanley-FX BabyBlue Echotapper User manual

BabyBlue Echotapper Guitar
Effect Pedal
Vintage Tape Echo Guitar Effects Pedal
The BabyBlue (Echotapper) is a guitar effects pedal design with a strong emphasis on accurately emulating the sounds
of vintage tape-based echo units as used by Hank Marvin of The Shadows as well as others.
Main Features
Accurately emulates many classic tape echo machines including Meazzi Echomatic I and II, Vox Long Tom and
Roland RE301.
Advanced low-noise 4-FET preamplifier designed to emulate the valve preamplifiers used in some of the classic
tape echo machines
A ‘Drive’Mini control and an internal Level control alters the generation of ‘valve-like’ harmonics, and allows
for the matching of a wide range of guitar pickups from vintage single coils to ‘hot’ humbuckers.
Advanced Preamp and Controls
Featuring an advanced low-noise 4-FET preamplifier designed to emulate the valve preamplifiers used in some of the
classic tape echo machines; it has Drive and Level knobs to control the generation of ‘valve-like’ harmonics. In addition
it has three further controls which can be used to adjust the parameters of individual effects such as the mix of Dry and
Wet signals, the number and configuration of emulated tape heads and the feedback
Emulation Control
The emulation knob selects accurate settings of seven much sought after vintage tape echo machines along with an
eighth selection which is a reverb and tremolo setting:
1. Meazzi Echomatic-1 Model ‘J’ Classic with controls for Dry/Wet mix, echo Program and Feedback
2. Meazzi Echomatic-1 Model ‘F’ Classic with controls for Dry/Wet mix, echo Program and Feedback
3. Meazzi Echomatic-1 Model ‘F’ Special with controls for Dry/Wet mix, echo Program and Feedback
4. Meazzi Echomatic-II Model ‘B’ with controls for Dry/Wet mix, echo Program and Feedback
5. Vox Long Tom Classic with controls for Dry/Wet mix, echo Program and Feedback
6. Meazzi Echomatic-II Classic with controls for Heads 123 level, Head 4 level and Feedback
7. Roland RE301 Mode 5 with controls for Dry/Wet mix, vari-speed (Delay) and Feedback
8. Reverb and Tremolo with controls for Reverb level, tremolo speed and depth.
Important Power supply Requirements
For quiet operation of the pedal a high quality power supply designed for use in guitar and musical instruments is highly
recommended, it must be of the 9 volt DC variety with a Centre negative plug connection. Recommended power
supply units available include the Boss PSA230-240, and Visual sound 1-spot.
Controls
The Baby Blue Echotapper Tape Echo Emulator pedal has four external adjustable potentiometers, and one eight
position switch for controlling the settings of the effect unit along with an internal level trim control.

Emulation: This eight position switch selects which effect model the pedal will use.
Patch: A dual purpose control in conjunction with the Emulation switch. The first five emulations use this control as a five
position selector using the A-B-C-E-F scale. The remaining three emulations use this control as a standard variable using
the 0-10 scale.
Feedback: This controls the amount echo repeats of the echo emulations and controls the tremolo depth on the
Reverb/Tremolo emulation.
Dry/Wet: Used to control the balance of the dry and effect signals of the echo emulations or the reverb level on the
Reverb/Tremolo emulation.
Drive: The drive mini control can be used to adjust the amount of harmonic content in the signal and in conjunction
with the internal drive trim can be used to balance the signal levels for different guitars and harmonic levels in the signal.
NOTE –This is not an ‘overdrive’ control.
The Table below outlines the emulations and controls.
Program
Emulation
Dry/Wet
Patch
Feedback
1
Meazzi Echomatic I (E1J)
Mix
5 pos Switch
Feedback
2
Meazzi Echomatic I (E1F)
Mix
5 pos Switch
Feedback
3
Meazzi Echomatic I (E1S)
Mix
5 pos Switch
Feedback
4
Meazzi Echomatic II Bank
Mix
5 pos Switch
Feedback
5
Vox LongTom Classic
Mix
5 pos Switch
Feedback
6
Meazzi Echomatic II Classic
Dry/Wet Heads 1,2,3
Dry/Wet head 4
Feedback
7
Roland Model 301 Mode 5
Mix
Varispeed
Feedback
8
Reverb / Tremolo
Reverb
Tremolo Freq
Tremolo Depth
So what exactly do the Emulation and Patch switch combinations do?
There are 8 Emulations to select from as outlined in the table above numbered from 1-8. Emulations 1-5 use the patch
selections A-F from the patch knob which selects different combinations of playback heads. Using Program 1 which is the
Meazzi Echomatic 1 Model J (E1J) the following table shows the delay time of each head, the output level of the heads
and when selecting A-F which heads are being used.
Program 1 –Meazzi Echomatic 1 Model J (E1J)
Heads
Delay (ms)
dB
A
B
C
E
F
1
121
0
y
y
y
y
2
239
0
y
fbk
y
3
330
-2
y
y
y
4
425
-2
y
y
y
y
5
510
-4
y
y +fbk
y +fbk
6
595
-4
y +fbk
y
y
y +fbk
y
Program 2 –Meazzi Echomatic 1 Model F (E1F)
Heads
Delay (ms)
dB
A
B
C
E
F
1
121
0
y
y
2
280
0
y
y
y
3
360
-2
fb
y
fbk
4
420
-2
y
y+fbk
y
y
5
603
-2
y
y +fbk
y+fbk
y

Program 3 –Meazzi Echomatic 1 Model F Special (E1S)
Heads
Delay (ms)
dB
A
B
C
E
F
1
121 (87*)
0
y
Y*
y
y
y
2
280 (180*)
0
Y*
Y*
y
Y*
Y*
3
360
-2
y
4
420
-2
y
y
y+fbk
5b
503
-4
y+fbk
y+fbk
y
y
5
603
-4
y+fbk
y+fbk
Program 4 –Meazzi Echomatic 11 Bank Configurations (E11B)
Patch
A
36-24-36
B
General use
C
General use
E
General use
F
Foottapper, Dance-On
Program 5 –Vox Large (VOXL)
Heads
Delay (ms)
dB
A
B
C
E
F
1
86 (101*)
0
Y*
2
160 (188*)
0
y
Y*
y
3
234 (276*)
0
Y*
4
308 (364*)
-2
y + fbk
y + fbk*
y
5
382
-4
y + fbk
y
y + fbk
6
456
-4
y + fbk
y
y
y
y
7
530
-4
y
8
604
-4
y
The last three patches, 5 to 7 use the Patch knob on a 1-10 scale to control the parameters set out in the tables below.
Program 6 –Meazzi Echomatic 11 Classic Configuration (E11C)
Heads
Delay (ms)
dB
Dry/Wet
Patch
1
106
0
Level
2
204
0
Level
3
285
-2
Level
4
360
-2
Level
Program 7 –Roland 301 Mode 5 Head Configuration (R301)
Heads
Delay (ms)
dB
Patch
Head selection
1
121
0
Varispeed
off
2
232
0
Varispeed
on
3
598
0
Varispeed
on

Program 8 –Tremolo / Reverb (T/Rev)
Dry/Wet
Patch
Feedback
Reverb Level
Tremolo speed
Tremolo Depth
Suggested Song settings (Ver4 software Updated 02/02/2018)
Song
Emulation
Dry/Wet
Patch
Feedback
Apache
E1J
3.6
B
0
F.B.I.
E1J
3.2
C
3.6
Mustang
E1J
3.6
B
3.7
Man of Mystery
E1J
3.5
C
4.5
Frightened City
E1J
3.5
B
3.6
Midnight
E1J
3.6
C
3.6
Quartermasters Stores
E1J
3.5
B
5.1
The Stranger
E1J
3.5
B
5.0
Shadoogie
E2C
2.0
3.6
5.5
Wonderful Land
E2C
2.4
4.8
6.0
Kon Tiki
E2C
2.0
4.0
6.0
The Savage
E2C
2.0
4.0
6.0
Atlantis
E2C
2.3
3.0
5.1
Peace Pipe
E2C
2.0
4.0
6.0
Cosy
E2C
2.0
4.0
6.0
Flingel Bunt
VOX
1.3
E
2.6
Shindig
E2C
1.0
2.5
5.8
Foot tapper
E2C
1.3
2.3
6.0
Sleepwalk
E2C
2.0
4.0
6.0
Rider in the Sky
R301
5.5
2.1
5.6
Cavatina
R301
5.6
5.2
5.1
Don't cry for me Argentina
R301
5.6
6.1
6.1
Gonzales
E1J
2.7
B
3.5

Song
Emulation
Dry/Wet
Patch
Feedback
Theme For Young lovers
E2C
2.0
4.0
6.0
1861
E2C
1.3
2.3
6.0
Adios Muchachos
E2C
2.0
3.6
5.5
36-24-36
E2C
1.8
2.7
5.3
Dance On
E2C
1.3
2.3
6.0
Geronimo
E2C
1.3
2.3
6.0
The Rumble
E2C
1.3
2.3
6.0
The Breeze & I
E2C
2.0
4.0
6.0
Parisienne Walkways
R301
3.6
1.1
4.0
Spring is Nearly Here
E2C
1.6
3.0
5.0
Fandango
E2C
2.1
3.0
5.1
Big Boy
E1J
3.1
C
3.6
Stars Fell on Stockton
E2C
2.0
3.6
5.5
The Lost City
E2C
2.0
3.6
5.5
Its Been a Long Day
E2C
1.0
2.5
5.8
Blue Star
E1S
3.5
A
5.0
Perfidia
E2C
2.0
3.6
5.5