dreadbox DBX-DARK Darkness Stereo Reverb Effect Pedal User Manual
- June 6, 2024
- dreadbox
Table of Contents
STEREO REVERB
DARK NESS
Darkness is the polar opposite of brightness and is understood as a lack of illumination or an absence of visible light. Also Scotus, the primordial Greek god of darkness.
Getting started
Connect your instrument (or audio signal) into the L and R INPUTS, on the
backside. If your instrument or audio is mono (a guitar for example) just
connect it to any of the inputs. Then connect the output of the pedal to your
amp or monitors/mixer. If you only need to use a mono output, you can use any
of the L or R OUTPUT jacks. Finally, use a 9VDC, center negative standard
effect pedal’s power supply with at least 150mA. Darkness is not a True By
Pass effect and requires power in order to allow sound to pass
through it.
Using Darkness
On power-up, the pedal will remember your last setting and will begin with it
by default. To activate the effect, just press the ON footswitch swiftly.
Remember that the controls are set on a JUMP mode, meaning that their value
will not change unless you move them.
The HOLD footswitch will loop the next (after the button is pressed) 150ms of
your current input. If no signal is sent, this will not have anything to loop,
thus the switch will kill the effect. While on hold, no new input is
processed, but you can still use the controls to process the looped sound.
There are 3 control pages :
A. The main controls page includes the actual controls you read on the panel.
B. The secondary controls page, that you can access while holding the ON
footswitch down
C. The GATE controls page, which you can access while holding the HOLD
footswitch down
For a detailed visual view, check the next page.
MAIN PAGE
– Spread: Reverb size
– Mix: Dry / Wet balance
– Decay: Reverb decay time
– Control: It depends on the Mode switch position switch on 1 = Shifter
semitone ( +/-12). 50% is no pitch
switch on 2 = Shifter mix
SECONDARY CONTROLS PACE
– Spread: No Function
– Mix = Reverb filter. Left for Low Pass Right for High Pass
– Decay = LFO depth. No LFO at 50%. Left for Sample and Hold, Right for
Triangle
– Control = LFO rate. The LEO always targets the Spread.
– Mode switch = Tails On/Off. Left is Off. Having the tails On will allow
the Reverb Tail to be audible, even if the effect is turned OFF via the Left
footswitch.
GATE CONTROLS PAGE
– Spread: No Function
– Mix = Threshold. Controls the ease that the gate closes
– Decay = Attack time. After the gate opens, control the time it will
take for the effect to reach the max programmed volume
– Control = Release time. After the gate closes, control the time it will
take for the effect close
– Mode switch = Gate On/Off. Left is Off. Having the Gate Off, the knobs
will have no effect.
SPECIFICATIONS
– CMOS Buffered Bypass
– 9VDC center pin negative supply 150mA at least
-True stereo – All IN/OUT are TS mono jacks
– dimensions: 14x10x5 cm
– weight: 0,525 kg
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