Turn2On WAUBABY MULTI-WAH FX User manual
WAUBABY
MULTI-WAH FX
[RACK EXTENSION]
MANUAL / 2021
FX device by Turn2on Software
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WAUBABY is not just another Wah-Wah effect. It is the
biggest existing collection of known Wah pedal
emulations all in one box. Now it couldn't be easier to
select that special Wah tone you need from 29 Wah
models and 60 frequency modes. This is a collection
of most the popular, most recognised and iconic Wah
pedals also including artist signature pedals with
further expanded range modes for creating your own
ultimate wah tone in the Reason Rack. Now you can
have a big bag of Wah pedals all contained within one
Rack Extension. This is WAUBABY baby.!
Select the frequency range pedal model and sweep it
using the pedal with either frequency knob or even a
foot controller. From narrow and high to subtle and
broad tones everything is possible using the various
Wah pedal models and modes of WAHBABY. !
The Wah pedal shifts a bandpass filter with a resonant
peak creating the sounds of a trumpet mute, or a
human voice like a "Wah-Wah" also known today as
"Wacka-Wacka" on rhythm guitar.
The Wah effects usually work on the guitar mid range
sound. Some pedals have been specially created for
use with Bass guitars. Many keyboardists also use Wah
effects with keys and synthesizers to produce
humanized sounds. WAUBABY includes Wah models
and modes for guitars, bass and also include allows
for frequency range mode tweaking for more effctive
use with various other kinds of incoming signals. !
!
6-BAND EQ helps to control and remove Wah artifacts
from the processed signal. Envelope follower section
measures incoming audio signal level and uses it as a
Frequency modulator.!
The Wah Pedal is a frequency range filter effect, it is
very popular in the world of music since its innovation
in the 1960's as an experimental solution to mid range
boosting of a guitar signal.
WAUBABY is a unique and must-have effect
collection for all fans of Wah. !
Try it now in the Reason Rack.
* All product names, trademarks and registered trademarks, artists names and brands, bands names are the property of their respective owners. All companies,
products and service, artists and bands names, manufacturers names and model designations used are for identification purposes only and are not intended to
infringe on the copyrights of their respective owners. Use of these names, trademarks, brands, artists names does not imply any affiliation or co-operation with
or endorsement by them with Turn2on. These product names, descriptions are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the tonal characteristics of specific
products that were studied during Turn2on sound modeling process and for describing certain types of tones produced with Turn2on algorithms. "Cry Baby"™,
"Dunlop"™ are registered trademarks of Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. Vox® is a registered trademark of Korg Europe Ltd.
The Wah effect has been famously used by artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and many
other musicians in the 50 years since its creation. Its unique sound can be heard in pop and funk, rock, metal
and many more styles. The Wah effect work on the guitar's mid range sound. Some pedals have been specially
created for use with Bass guitars. Many keyboardists also use Wah effects with keys and synthesizers to
produce humanized sounds.
All Wah pedal models in history vary in their frequency ranges, but the main functionality is the same.
WAHBABY as unique collection of Wah models
WAUBABY - is the biggest collection of known existing Wah pedals on the modern market, but also in the
history list of Wah effects. It includes 29 pedal models and 60 various modes, ranging from the first Clyde
McCoy version up to modern signature pedal versions such as Tom Morello or Kirk Hammet and others.
WAUBABY inludes exclusive extra modes with more extensive frequency ranges beyond the guitar signal
limitation. This enables the Wah effect to be used more effectively with various other kinds of incoming signals.
WAUBABY presents the flexibility of the known Wah pedals with the addition of modern possibilities,
including Envelope Follower, Limiter with Maximizer and a 6-band EQ, which helps to control and remove Wah
artifacts from the processed signal.
The Wah pedal's history began in 1965.
The Thomas Organ Company produced a preamp/control module which included an innovational MFB™
section (Mid Range Resonant Boost), used to articulate mid range frequency.
The head engineer of Thomas Organ, found that boost switching between two MFB positions created a Wah-
Wah sound. He hit upon the idea that a remote pedal for controlling this sound would result in a unique effect
for guitars.
By rocking the foot on the pedal the guitarist could sweep the mid-frequency boost simulating the "wow-wow"
effect of a trumpet with a harmonical mute.
The first Wah pedal was designed by the Thomas Organ Company™ and appeared on the market in 1967 as
the "VOX Clyde McCoy Wah-Wah pedal"™. Soon after, the Thomas Organ Company™ dropped the "Clyde
McCoy"™ name from the pedal, and rebranded it as the "V864 Wah-Wah"™.
Later in 1968, Thomas Organ Company™ produced the "Cry Baby"™ and "King Vox Wah"™ pedals which
were identical to the original "Vox Clyde McCoy"™ and "V846 Vox Wah-Wah"™.
The Wah pedal shifts a bandpass filter with a resonant peak creating the sounds of a trumpet mute, or a
human voice like a "Wah-Wah" also known today as "Wacka-Wacka" on rhythm guitar.
The '60s: The wonderful world of Wah
FREQUENCY
Changes bandwidth frequency and gain linked to the frequency.
Moving the pedal boosts a defined range of frequencies and sweeps the
frequency center of this boost to create wah effect.
Frequency parameter is changed by selecting different Wah pedal models
RESONANCE
Amount of the resonant peak at center frequency
SMOOTH TIME
Time smoothing of the Frequency parameter between min/max pedal positions
(0-20ms) for a glue effect for the sweeping
PRE GAIN
Gain level of the incoming unprocessed signal (up to +12 dB)
FREQ RANGE
Selection of 29 different pedal models, with up to 60 frequency modes which work
within defined frequency ranges
WAH CONTROL
WAUBABY THE BIGGEST MULTI-WAH FX
FREQUENCY
CONTROL
PEDAL
VISUALISATION
FREQ CONTROL
RESONANCE
CONTROL
PRE GAIN
CONTROL
SMOOTH
TIME
FREQ RANGE
MODEL SELECTION
RANGE OF PEDAL
SHOW FREQ RANGES
LOGO
PEDAL MODEL
PEDAL MODEL
NAME
ENV.FOLL. ON/OFF
Enable / Disable Envelope follower functionality
ATTACK
Rise time when the incoming audio level increases
RELEASE
Fall time when the incoming audio level decreases
THRESHOLD
Incoming audio signal level for the modulation curve
AMOUNT
Amount of the envelope follower to the Wah Frequency
ENVELOPE FOLLOWER
SECTION
Envelope follower section measures incoming audio signal level and uses it as a Frequency modulator
29 PEDALS
60 MODES
FREQUENCY RANGE MODES
WAUBABY frequency range selector allows selection of 29 different pedal models, with up to 60
frequency modes which work within defined frequency ranges.
FREQUENCY RANGE / PEDAL MODELS & MODES
PEDAL
MODEL
FREQ
MODE
FREQ RANGE
PEDAL / MODE DESCRIPTION
LOGO
FULL NEO
FULL NEO
20 Hz / 25 kHz
Modern variation of the Wah frequncy range. Not
limited to the mid freq. range of the guitar sound
MULTI Q
A
B
C
D
E
F
440 Hz / 2.2 kHz
400 Hz / 1.9 kHz
375 Hz / 1.8 kHz
345 Hz / 1.6 kHz
395 Hz / 1.4 kHz
250 Hz / 1.2 kHz
One of the modern wah pedals, includes 6 modes
of the ultimate wah tones
DIMEBG
A
B
C
D
E
440 Hz / 1.5 kHz
400 Hz / 1.3 kHz
375 Hz / 1.2 kHz
345 Hz / 1.0 kHz
295 Hz / 700 Hz
Signature pedal of Dimebag Darell*. In a period
when Wah pedal use had fallen, Dime used this
effect in his own unique way. Wah pedal was the
most significant element of his sound.
MINI Q
A
B
C
D
270 Hz / 1.3 kHz
320 Hz / 1.65 kHz
360 Hz / 1.84 kHz
420 Hz / 2.1 kHz
Mini version of a very well known and popular
Wah pedal. Include 4 modes.
JNR
HI
MID
LOW
380 Hz / 2.1 kHz
330 Hz / 1.8 kHz
270 Hz / 1.5 kHz
Junior wah effect includes worlds most popular
configurations in 3 modes
MORHELO
AGRESSIVE
EXPRESSIVE
350 Hz / 1.5 kHz
450 Hz / 2.5 kHz
Signature pedal of Tom Morello*, includes
agressive and expressive modes
BADMASS
A
B
C
D
550 Hz / 1.2 kHz
550 Hz / 1.8 kHz
380 Hz / 1.1 kHz
380 Hz / 1.5 kHz
Custom BadMass*.
Dual inductor dynamic palette
BDY-G
BG LOW
BG HIGH
DEEP LOW
DEEP HIGH
290 Hz / 1.5 kHz
390 Hz / 1.9 kHz
250 Hz / 1.3 kHz
330 Hz / 1.6 kHz
Signature pedal of Buddy Guy*.
Two selectable voices: Deep for a big sound and
BG for bell-like tones, with Low and High
frequency ranges
SLSH
LOW
HIGH
CLASSIC
270 Hz / 1.5 kHz
370 Hz / 1.9 kHz
340 Hz / 1.7 kHz
Signature pedals of Slash*.
Huge dynamic range and a wide sweep
Classic pedal of Slash's cutting lead
s
KHAMMET
LOW
HIGH
300 Hz / 1.4 kHz
380 Hz / 1.8 kHz
Signature pedal of Kirk Hammett*.
Own dynamic range
JENDRIKS
HEDRIKS
290 Hz / 1.4 kHz
Signature pedal of Jimi Hendrix*.
Reproduces Jimi's legendary wah tone heard in
"Voodoo Child"
J BNMSA
J BNMSA
310 Hz / 1.51 kHz
Signature pedal of Joe Bonamassa*.
Adds harmonic content and growling
PEDAL
MODEL
FREQ MODE
FREQ RANGE
DESCRIPTION
LOGO
CLD
MCCOY
CLD MCCOY
410 Hz / 2.2 kHz
First commercial Wah effect in history.
Sound of the original wah pedal
PETRUCHI
LOW
HIGH
200 Hz / 1.2 kHz
240 Hz / 1.5 kHz
Signature pedal of John Petrucci*. Include 6-band
EQ tonal control
EVGALLEN
LOW
HIGH
300 Hz / 1.9 kHz
380 Hz / 2.3 kHz
Eddie Van Halen* signature pedal.
Includes wide frequency sweep, increasing low-end
sweep.
G KLRK J
LOW
HIGH
320 Hz / 1.05 kHz
320 Hz / 1.27 kHz
Signature pedal of Gary Clark Jr.*
Lower frequency range and tighter sweep
J CANTRL
LOW
HIGH
390 Hz / 1.7 kHz
390 Hz / 2.07 kHz
Signature pedal of Jerry Cantrell*
BASS Q
BASS Q
180 Hz / 1.8 kHz
Special Wah pedal version with frequency range for
the Bass
U-WAH Q
U-WAH Q
390 Hz / 2.0 kHz
Special edition pedal with own frequency range
CSTM
YELLOW LO
YELLOW HI
RED LOW
RED HIGH
400 Hz / 1.9 kHz
400 Hz / 2.2 kHz
255 Hz / 1.3 kHz
355 Hz / 1.35 kHz
Custom pedal with switching between two inductors
(Yellow and Red) with High and Low frequency
ranges. Modes select narrower and wider bandpass.
O-ZONE Q
O-ZONE Q
380 Hz / 2.0 kHz
Fixed position wah pedal with own frequency range
XOV 748V
XOV 748V
450 Hz / 1.6 kHz
Legendary original rebranded pedal from XOV
ITALY JN
85
ITALY JN 85
300 Hz / 2.1 kHz
Italian version of the Wah pedal from 1985
WILD Z
LOW
HIGH
250 Hz / 1.4 kHz
350 Hz / 2.4 kHz
Signature pedal of Zakk Wylde.*
Lower and Higher variants of frequency range
BDFF
LOW
HIGH
410 Hz / 2.0 kHz
450 Hz / 2.2 kHz
Signature pedal of Billy Duff.*
CB CLSC
CB CLSC
350 Hz / 2.2 kHz
Classic Wah pedal with modern look
GZR BLS
BASS
GZR BLS BASS
400 Hz / 2.0 kHz
Signature pedal of Geezer Buttler.*
CARA
BASS
CARA BASS
194 Hz / 2.0 kHz
Wah pedal for Bass
* All product names, trademarks and registered trademarks, artists names and brands, bands names are the property of their respective owners. All companies, products
and service, artists and bands names, manufacturers names and model designations used are for identification purposes only and are not intended to infringe on the
copyrights of their respective owners. Use of these names, trademarks, brands, artists names does not imply any affiliation or co-operation with or endorsement by them
with Turn2on. These product names, descriptions are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the tonal characteristics of specific products that were studied during
Turn2on sound modeling process and for describing certain types of tones produced with Turn2on algorithms. "Cry Baby"™, "Dunlop"™ are registered trademarks of
Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. Vox® is a registered trademark of Korg Europe Ltd.
LIMITER ON/OFF
Enable / Disable Limiter activity
RELEASE
Set recovery time of the limited signal
BOOSTER
Maximizer level wich boosts (up to +60 dB) and compresses
signal
"6 BAND EQ"
Enable / Disable 6-band equalizer
EQ BANDS
Control the peak level of the frequency bends
(100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 Hz) by reducing or
increasing each band individually to +/-20dB
BYPASS - disable effect
ON - enable effect
OFF - mute incoming signal
SOFT BYPASS
Switches between effect bypass. Fades in and fades out which excludes loud peaks when
enabled or disabled.
BASIC SETTINGS
LIMITER
6-BAND EQ
6-BAND EQ helps to control and remove Wah artifacts from the processed signal
Highly recommended to use as external Expression pedal with WAHBABY Multi-Wah
effect. You can build custom converter from 1/4 Jack Expression pedal -> USB midi,
based on Arduino. Please read manual about custom controller
PEDAL CONTROL
AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT:!
Mono or Stereo connections for audio signals.
CV INPUTS!
Use these CV inputs to control the main parameters by external CV source curves
REAR PANEL
Thanks to all beta-testers,!
Special thanks to !
- MrFigg (Cameron Jeffrey): Beta testing / Audio demo examples / Manual editions"
- Philip Meadows (Despondo): text fixes
WAUBABY!
MULTI-WAH EFFECT
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