Stone Deaf FX Noise Reaper User manual

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INSTRUCTION
MANUAL
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Shaw, Oldham
United Kingdom
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Fig Fumb:
Fuzz with noise gate
Kliptonite:
Dual OD / Fuzz
Warp Drive:
noise gate
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Trashy Blonde:
Amp in a box / clean
boost
Syncopy:
Analogue Delay pedal
Tremotron:
pedal with digital
SD30: SD8:
SD50:
Thank you for purchasing the “Noise Reaper”, a professional noisegate
designed for line level instruments, guitar and bass that has evolved from
our noise gate technology within our “Warp Drive and Fig Fumb” high gain
distortion and fuzz pedals. Tried and tested for many years in these
applications with added improvements controlling unwieldy feedback and
signal sources, be sure that this is one of the best noise gates on the market.
The pedal consists of a “Threshold” control knob which enables you to
control how much the gate opens allowing for the dynamics you want to
shine through. The pedal works by taking the input sensitivity of the guitar
input and the noisy signal source and comparing the two which enables you
to gate unwanted noise but still be able to sustain notes if playing lead guitar
sections. The LED indicates if the noise gate is on or off and it has a high
quality soft touch relay based true bypass footswitch / circuit.
The pedal uses a high quality VCA which is the THAT Corporation 2181C for
this application giving transparent ultra low distortion and high dynamic
range to keep your tone sounding absolutely fantastic.
The “Noise Reaper” can operate in “Pedal” mode and “Series FX Loop”
mode. You can use two Noise Reapers for absolute silence should you need
too
.
Must be used with an Isolated power supply to stop ground loops!!!
THD: 0.03%
Dynamic Range: 120dB
Output Noise: 0% or -98dB
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE STILL HEARING HUM FROM YOUR AMPLIFIER IN ANY OF THE
SUGGESTED COMBINATIONS YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCING DC VOLTAGE ON
THE SPEAKER OUTPUT OF YOUR AMPLIFIER WHICH IS A MANUFACTURING FAULT OF
THE AMPLIFIER!

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Send Input
Return Output
Fx Return InputFX Send Output
Amp Input
Guitar Output
Pre-Amp Gating: This conguration is to be used if you want to use the gate in a“SERIES FX
LOOP ONLY” to quieten a high gain or noisey amplier. You can place your delay or
modulation eects between the noise gate’s return output and the amplier’s series fx return
input. Drive pedals can also be placed between the noise gate’s output and the amplier input
but this may result in high frequency oscillation if the amplier’s gain, channel volume, master
volume and any drives pedals are on full volume and gain as it may exceed the dynamanic
range of using just one noisegate in the FX Loop of the amplier.
Loop input
Loop Output
Guitar Input
NG Output
Pedal Mode:
Pedal gating mode is to be used in your guitar pedal chain.
You can do this one of many ways:
1) Place only the noisy pedals in the eects loop of the noise gate and only these pedals will be
gated.
2) Place all noisy pedals (gain pedals for example) in the noise gates fx loop and place modulation
between the noisegates output and the input of the amplier. (this will allow for delay trails)
3) By using 2 noisegates (1 x Amp Series FX Loop and 1 x Pedal Loop) the pedal loop noise gate will
seperately gate the pedal loop before it hits the front of the amplier pre-amp. Without the
secondary noisegate you may get high frequency oscillation as the total gain into the amps input
(Amp pre-amp) may exceed the dynamic range of the noisegate that has been placed in the series
fx loop.
SEE DOUBLE UP ------->
NG Output
Guitar Input
Series FX Loop:
Fx Output
Fx Input
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU WANT
ABSOLUTE SILENCE YOU WILL
NEED 2 x NOISE REAPER’S TO STOP
HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION!
ONE IN THE FX LOOP AND ONE
GATING THE HIGH GAIN PEDAL
LOOP WHEN USING HIGH GAIN
PEDALS AND AMPS COMBINED!
Double Up:
Send Input
Return Output
Fx Return Input
FX Send Output
Amp Input
Guitar Output
NG Output
Guitar Input
Loop Input Loop Output
Guitar Input
Fx Out Fx Input
Guitar Output
Amp input
NG Output