Noir

Description

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Controls

• Rate – Adjusts the speed of the waveform.
• Volume – Controls the overall pedal volume. Set the knob to 12 o’clock for unity gain with bypass volume. Turn right to increase volume, left to decrease it, down to complete silence.
• Depth – Adjusts the waveform depth. Maximum amplitude at full right, no wave at full left (the pedal can be used as a booster in this position).
• Multiplier – This switch sets the multiplier for tap tempo; it also affects the Rate knob.
• Symmetry – Adjusts waveform symmetry (more details below).
• Waveform – Waveform selection switch.
• Bypass – Effect on/off switch, mode switching, and waveform bank selection.
• Tap tempo – Button for setting the effect tempo. Tap twice so the pedal measures the time between taps and sets the waveform speed accordingly. A single tap resets the waveform phase.

Waveform Banks

The pedal has two waveform banks, 8 waves each.
First bank – classic shapes: ramp, reverse ramp, square, triangle, sine, half-wave, reverse half-wave, random square (sample & hold).

Second bank – experimental waves: double ramp, saw (pulse), square (pulse); double, triple, and quadruple sine, plus random triangle.

To switch banks: double‑tap the bypass switch, then on the third click hold it for one second. The left LED flashes twice, the bank changes, and the right LED changes colour: blue = first bank, red = second bank.

Bypass options

The left button has several functions depending on the tap pattern. All actions start from bypass (effect off):

1.  – Short click – turns the effect on.

2.  – Hold – the effect is active only while you hold the button.

3.  – Click and hold – changes mode. LED colour shows active mode: red = normal tremolo, blue = harmonic tremolo.

4.  – Double‑click and hold – changes waveform bank (right LED: blue = bank 1, red = bank 2).

The pedal remembers the effect state, mode, and selected bank when powered off. When you reconnect power, it returns to that same state.

Multiplier

The Multiplier knob sets the tempo multiplier. At x1 the wave follows tap tempo exactly. Turning the knob selects other durations: half, quarter, quarter triplet, eighth, eighth quintuplet, eighth triplet, eighth septuplet, sixteenth.

Normal and Harmonic Tremolo Modes

Noire works in two tremolo modes.

• Normal tremolo – the dry signal is not processed; only its volume is modulated by an optocoupler.

• Harmonic tremolo – the input signal is split: one part goes through a low‑pass filter, the other through a high‑pass filter. These two parts are volume‑modulated by opposite‑phase waveforms and then summed. When the low‑frequency part gets louder, the high‑frequency part gets quieter, and vice versa. This can recreate the sound of old “brownface” Fender amplifiers or be used as a flexible filter.

Symmetry Control

The Symmetry knob modifies the waveform by narrowing one half and stretching the other. There is a centre detent – fully symmetrical. Turn right to lengthen the first half and shorten the second. Turn left to shorten the first half and lengthen the second.