Cathedral - Instructions - Electro
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1. Connect the output plug from the AC Adapter into the 9V jack at the top of the Cathedral Plug the AC Adapter into a wall outlet Plug your instrument into the MONO Left Input Jack Plug MONO Left Output Jack into the input of your amp Press the BYPASS footswitch so the STATUS LED is on Turn the MODE knob so that the top LED GRAIL SPRING is lit Turn the following knobs to 50 or 12 o clock BLEND REVERB TIME and DAMPING TONE Turn the FEEDBACK and PRE DELAY knobs down to fully counter clockwise This will give you a basic spring reverb sound Turn the BLEND knob to obtain your ideal reverb dry signal mix Changing the tone of the reverb 10 11 Now that you have your basic Spring reverb sound setup turn the DAMPING TONE knob up or down As you turn the TONE knob up clockwise the sound of the reverb will get brighter As you turn the TONE knob down counter clockwise the sound of the reverb will get darker This is true for every reverb mode and even the ECHO mode Changing the reverb time 12 13 14 15 Return the DAMPING TONE knob to the 12 o clock position Turn the REVERB TIME knob clockwise past the 12 o clock position As you turn it further up the reverb time gets longer and longer When you turn the REVERB TIME knob clockwise as far as it will go the reverb time will be infinite meaning the reverb will not decay Now try turning the REVERB TIME knob down below 12 o dock This will yield much sh2. gt 40 0ms eee Stem Pa 2000 mS O d y eee Reverb Time Damping Ai Rodi i e b ess More lt Short Long lt q More Less gt 2000 mS gt Tone Pre Delay Time lt Dry Wet P gt HE lt 4 Darker lt Less More gt lt 0 0mS Short Long Brighter gt 2000 mS gt at Rate Resonance Pre Delay Time GRAIL lt Dry Wet Filter Matrix lt d Less More lt 0 0mS Sow Fest P gt 4 655 More 2000 mS gt FLERB Echo Diffusion Filter Delay Time lt Dry Wet gt lt q Discrete Low Pass lt Less More gt 0 0 mS Reverberant p gt High Pass p gt 2000 mS gt MODE DESCRIPTIONS GRAIL SPRING This mode is the Spring setting taken directly from the Holy Grail The Cathedral gives you additional control over the Reverb Time and the Tone of the spring sound both of these parameters are preset on the Holy Grail If you would like to set up your Cathedral s GRAIL SPRING mode to sound exactly like a Holy Grail spring turn the REVERB TIME and DAMPING TONE knobs to 12 o clock and the FEEDBACK and PRE DELAY knobs down to zero full counter clockwise Set the BLEND knob wherever you like for your ideal wet dry mix ACCU SPRING Is a new spring reverb model designed specifically for the Cathedral For ACCU SPRING mode we emulated a medium decay 17 Accutronics spring tank with 6 springs You can adjust both the Tone of the ACCU SPRING and the Reverb Time to suit your exact needs HALL uses a smooth and
3. knob the knob s new location will supersede the preset s stored value for that knob At this point the PRESET LED will blink rapidly to indicate that a knob has been moved PRESET UNLOAD PROCEDURE A preset can be unloaded to restore the current knob positions so they represent what you hear There are two ways to unload a preset press and release the MODE knob or turn the MODE knob to another mode 12
4. lush sounding reverb algorithm You can set the Reverb Time to obtain the exact decay rate that works perfectly for your music The DAMPING TONE knob works as a damping control in HALL mode allowing you to control the sound of the reverb from both a tonal and spatial perspective ROOM is medium sized room algorithm similar to HALL mode except meant to produce a smaller sounding space The DAMPING knob again will allow you to control the sound of the reverb from a tonal and spatial perspective PLATE is an emulation of a metal plate reverb commonly found in high end recording studios during the 1960 s and 70 s The Cathedral s Plate reverb is a very smooth tonally balanced sounding reverb Works great on many different instruments and is wonderful on vocals The DAMPING knob will again allow you to control the sound of the reverb from a tonal and spatial perspective REVERSE Reverse Reverb is an emulation of the reverse reverb trick commonly performed in studios where a note s reverb fades in in reverse of course before the note is actually struck The Cathedral works in real time and cannot create backwards reverb for a note before it is actually played so the REVERSE reverb in the Cathedral will create reverse reverb after a note is played The length of time between playing a note and hearing the reverse reverb completely fade in is set by the REVERB TIME knob in addition to PRE DELAY The further you turn REVERB TIME dockwise the longe
5. Output Jack If no plug is inserted into the Right Input Jack then the MONO Left Input Jack will also connect to the Right Output Jack MONO L and R INPUT Jacks The Cathedral allows for full stereo input The input jacks are labeled Mono L and R When using the Cathedral with only one input we suggest you use the MONO L input The input impedance presented at each input jack is 2 MO 10 MONO L and R OUTPUT Jacks The Cathedral has true stereo output The output jacks are labeled MONO L and R If using the Cathedral as a mono effect we suggest you use the MONO L input and output The Cathedral can also be used with Mono in and Stereo out Plug your input into the MONO L jack and then connect the MONO L and R Outputs to two separate amps or inputs on a mixing board When you connect the Cathedral in a Mono to Stereo configuration in ECHO mode the delays will bounce or ping pong between the two outputs The first repeat will go out the MONO L Output the second repeat will go out the R Output the third repeat out the MONO L Output and so on When you connect a plug to the R Input the Cathedral will stop the ping pong effect whatever goes into the Right Input will go out the Right Output whatever goes in the Left Input will go out the Left Output 9V Power Jack Plug the output of the Cathedral s supplied AC Adapter into the 9V power jack located at the top of the Cathedral The Cathedral requires 9 9 6VDC at 200mA with a center ne
6. PASS FILTER In the ECHO mode this knob works as both a low pass filter or a high pass filter The left hand or counter clockwise side of the knob controls the amount of Low Pass filtering The further you turn the Filter knob down to its minimum counter clockwise position the lower the cutoff frequency of the low pass filter This means less high frequency response or a large reduction in treble The right hand or clockwise side of the knob controls the amount of High Pass filtering The more you turn the Filter knob up to its maximum clockwise position the higher the cutoff frequency of the high pass filter This means less low frequency response or a greater reduction in bass Each time the echoes repeat more filtering is applied to the echo 8 REVERB KNOB In all modes except GRAIL FLERB and ECHO the function of the REVERB KNOB is to control the length of the reverb decay As you turn the REVERB knob clockwise the reverb time will increase from a very short decay to an infinite decay at the full clockwise setting When the REVERB knob is set to infinite the reverb will not decay adding new notes will make the reverb sound more complex PLEASE NOTE you can enter switch on infinite reverb at any time by pressing and holding the TAP INFINITE FSW In GRAIL FLERB mode the REVERB knob sets the rate of modulation for the flanger block The REVERB knob will actually have two different sets of ranges From full counter dockwise to approximat
7. electro harmonix CATHEDRAL Stereo Reverb Congratulations on your purchase of the Electro Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb The Cathedral is a digital reverb pedal with seven different types of reverb plus digital echo all of which work in true stereo Special Features of the Cathedral Stereo Reverb e Two SPRING modes including the Spring reverb taken from the Holy Grail and a new Accutronics Spring tank emulation Top notch professional HALL ROOM PLATE and REVERSE reverb algorithms GRAIL FLERB mode is the Holy Grail Flerb with greater adjustability ECHO mode makes the Cathedral into a versatile two second digital delay Up to two Seconds of Pre Delay with Feedback allow for reverberant echoes Tap Tempo Footswitch sets the pre delay time with your foot Instantaneous infinite reverb by pressing and holding the TAP FSW Tone controls on the reverbs allow for further refinement of the sound True stereo in and out Ultra low noise and transparent signal path Studio quality A D and D A converters Save and load up to 8 presets 1 preset for each different mode WARNING Use only the US96DC 200BI adapter the Cathedral Stereo Reverb comes supplied with Do not use any other AC adapters Using other AC adapters even those made by Electro Harmonix could cause harm to the unit the adapter or you The Cathedral does not use batteries Quick Start Guide Basic Spring Reverb Setup 1 OY CH P eS 7 8 9
8. ely 11 o clock the knob works in Filter Matrix mode the LFO is disconnected from the flanger and the musician has manual control over the flanger s sweep You can hold the flanger in one spot indefinitely or modulate by turning the knob From 11 o dock to full clockwise the REVERB knob controls the flanger s rate of modulation Turning the clockwise will increase the modulation rate In ECHO mode the REVERB knob sweeps between discrete echoes full counter clockwise position and reverberant ones full clockwise position BLEND KNOB The BLEND knob is a wet dry control for the effect outputs Turning the BLEND knob to its minimum counter clockwise position will yield 100 dry signal with no wet Turning the BLEND knob to its maximum clockwise position will give you 100 wet signal with no dry A mix of wet and dry signals will occur when BLEND is set anywhere in between the extreme settings TAP INFINITE Footswitch The TAP INFINITE footswitch performs two functions tapping in pre delay time or switching on infinite reverb by holding the footswitch TAP Tempo Function In all modes pressing and releasing the TAP INFINTE footswitch briefly two or more times sets the pre delay time or delay time in ECHO mode If the TAP INFINTE footswitch is pressed more than two times the Cathedral will average out the time between taps INFINITE Reverb Function For all modes except ECHO pressing and holding the TAP INFINITE footswitch for more t
9. from one note Each echo then goes into the reverb block producing multiple reverb washes from one note DAMPING TONE KNOB The DAMPING TONE knob controls frequency shaping in all modes except GRAIL FLERB giving the musician the ability to fine tune the sound of their reverb or echoes The knob acts as a damping control for HALL ROOM and PLATE modes a standard tone control for GRAIL SPRING ACCU SPRING and REVERSE modes a low pass or high pass filter in ECHO mode and a resonance control in FLERB mode DAMPING In HALL ROOM and PLATE modes this knob will increase or decrease the amount of the damping applied to the reverb Increased damping reduces high frequency content as well as changing the reverb s special characteristic As you turn this knob clockwise the damping factor applied to the reverb is reduced TONE In GRAIL SPRING ACCU SPRING and REVERSE modes this knob will increase or decrease the treble response of the reverb As you turn the knob clockwise the sound of reverb will get brighter Turning the knob fully counter clockwise will yield a very dark reverb Set to 12 o clock and no filtering is applied to the reverb RESONANCE In GRAIL FLERB mode this knob is a resonance control for the flanger portion of the effect It will control the amount of feedback from the output of the flanger to its input As you turn this knob clockwise the resonance will increase giving you a sharper sounding flanger effect LOWPASS HIGH
10. gative plug The Cathedral accepts Boss style AC Adapters Technical Specifications Sample Rate 46 88 kHz A D and D A Conversion Bit Resolution 24 bits Processed Audio Bit Resolution 32 bits Presets PRESETS The Cathedral can save one preset for each of its 8 modes Each saved preset will pertain directly to the mode you have saved it in For example the sound you save in Grail Spring mode will always be a Grail Spring setting Once a preset is saved the Cathedral will remember the preset after power has been disconnected Saving a preset will save the setting of all 5 of black knobs It will also save a tapped in delay time if that is the current delay time at the moment of saving the preset PRESET SAVE PROCEDURE 1 To save the sound you are currently hearing press and hold down the MODE knob 11 2 You will need to hold down the MODE for 3 seconds Nothing will occur for 2 seconds then all of the mode LEDs will blink for 1 second 3 After the LEDs stop blinking let go of the MODE knob The Preset LED will light up solid 4 Your preset has been saved in the mode that is currently lit PRESET LOAD PROCEDURE 1 To Load a preset you previously saved turn the MODE knob to the mode where the preset was saved 2 Press and release the MODE knob The PRESET LED will light up to indicate that the Preset has loaded Please Note The current knob positions are no longer valid After loading a preset if you move a
11. han 350 mS will Switch on the infinite reverb function Infinite reverb is a reverb wash that does not decay it remains at a constant volume indefinitely While holding down the TAP INFINITE FSW the input signal is disconnected from the input of the reverb block allowing the musician to play over the infinite reverb wash without adding new notes to the reverb INFINITE Repeat Function In ECHO mode pressing and holding the TAP INFINITE footswitch for more than 350 mS will switch on the infinite repeat function The infinite repeat function recydes the audio that is in the delay loop at the time pressing the TAP INFINITE footswitch and loops it continuously for as long as you hold down the footswitch Additionally the input signal is disconnected from the delay block allowing you to play new notes over the repeated loop without adding to the loop BEAT LED The BEAT LED blinks at the same rate as the current pre delay time setting If the pre delay time is below 50 mS the BEAT LED will blink so fast it will look like the LED is lit solid this is normal BYPASS Footswitch STATUS LED The Bypass footswitch toggles the Cathedral between effect mode and bypass mode If the STATUS LED is lit then the Cathedral is in effect mode If the STATUS LED is off then the Cathedral is in bypass mode In Bypass mode the MONO Left Input Jack is connected directly to the MONO Left Output Jack The Right Input Jack is connected directly to the Right
12. he TAP INFINITE Footswitch two or more times The delay time will be set to the average time between taps Filtering the ECHO Repeats 8 Setthe delay time for a long delay 9 Turn the FEEDBACK knob up to 3 o clock so that you hear numerous echoes from one note 10 Now turn DAMPING TONE counter clockwise to approximately 9 o clock 11 When you play a note you will hear that the echoes sound filtered and each echo is more filtered than the previous one The filtering is reducing the high frequencies in your notes filtering out the treble 12 Turn the DAMPING TONE knob clockwise to 2 o clock 13 Now when you play a note each echo will again sound filtered but this time the low frequencies will be filtered Each echo repeat will have less bass than the previous echo Saving a PRESET 1 When you create a reverb space that you like you can save the effect as a preset 2 To save a preset press and hold down the MODE knob You will need to hold down MODE for at least 3 seconds 3 After holding down the MODE knob for 2 seconds all of the MODE LEDs will blink for 1 second After they stop blinking the preset is saved and you can release the MODE knob 4 Upon releasing the MODE knob the PRESET LED will light up to indicate that a preset is currently loaded Loading a Preset 5 6 7 Turn the MODE knob to the mode LED where you saved the preset Press and release the MODE knob The PRESET LED will light Your preset i
13. kwise with this setting you can hear discrete reverb echoes In addition to using the PRE DELAY knob to set delay time you can tap in a delay time using your feet Tap the TAP INFINITE Footswitch two or more times and the delay time will be set to the average time between taps Accessing Infinite Reverb Instantly 14 15 16 17 18 19 Now turn down both the FEEDBACK PRE DELAY knobs back to full counter clockwise Set the REVERB TIME knob to 12 o clock Play a note the reverb should decay after a couple of seconds Now a play another note While sustaining the note press and hold down the TAP INFINITE footswitch You should hear the reverb wash does not decay At this point you can play new notes over the reverb wash without adding to the reverb Release the TAP INFINITE footswitch to allow the reverb to decay Basic Echo with Tap Tempo Use Use the same connections as in the steps above Turn the MODE knob so that the ECHO LED is lit Turn the following knobs to 12 o clock BLEND DAMPING TONE FEEDBACK and PRE DELAY Turn the REVERB TIME knob down to full counter clockwise At this point if you play a note you should hear discrete echoes follow your note instead of reverb You can set the delay time by turning the PRE DELAY knob clockwise for longer delay times counter clockwise for shorter delay times The maximum delay time is 2 Seconds 7 If you prefer you can tap in the delay time To do so tap t
14. orter reverb times Basic Hall Reverb Setup and Pre Delay Use 1 NDAN Use the same connections as in the steps above Turn the MODE knob so that the HALL LED is lit Set BLEND and REVERB TIME to 12 o clock Set the DAMPING TONE knob to the full clockwise position Turn the FEEDBACK and PRE DELAY knobs down to fully counter clockwise A basic HALL sound is now ready for use Adjust the BLEND control for your ideal wet dry mix Using Pre Delay and Feedback 8 10 11 12 13 Now that we have the basic HALL sound setup we can make the reverb sound larger just by increasing the Pre Delay time the time it takes for the reverb wash to begin after you have a played a note Turn the Pre Delay time clockwise to increase the delay time You will hear as you increase the Pre Delay time after playing a note it takes longer for the reverb wash to kick in Having a longer pre delay time can give the listener the impression of a larger space As you turn the PRE DELAY knob past 12 o clock you will notice that the pre delay time gets quite long up to 2 seconds at the maximum setting Leave pre delay set to a longish delay time maybe 2 o clock Now turn the FEEDBACK knob up to about 12 o clock you will hear the reverb wash repeat numerous times In this case the same note is being repeated through the delay block many times each time being fed into the reverb block Try turning the REVERB TIME knob down to full counter cloc
15. r the note will take to fade in In REVERSE mode the DAMPING TONE knob works as a tone control allowing you to increase or decrease the high frequency response of your reverb GRAIL FLERB This mode is the Flerb setting taken directly from the Holy Grail On the Holy Grail the rate of modulation and resonance of the flanger block is fixed but the Cathedral brings out these parameters onto their own knobs The REVERB TIME knob 6 controls the flanger s modulation rate The DAMPING TONE knob controls the flanger s resonance ECHO turns your Cathedral into a digital echo You can tap in the delay time using the TAP INIFINITE footswitch or dial it in using the PRE DELAY knob Set the number of echo repeats by using the FEEDBACK knob The DAMPING TONE control can be used to either low pass or high pass filter the echo repeats The REVERB TIME knob can be used to smear the repeats so that it sounds more like a reverb than an echo effect CONTROLS INDICATORS and 1 O MODE KNOB This is the white knob located in the upper right corner of your Cathedral The MODE knob is a rotary encoder enabling the user to scroll through the 8 Modes of the Cathedral Turn the knob clockwise to progress up through the modes from ECHO to GRAIL SPRING mode Turn the knob counter clockwise to progress down through the modes from GRAIL SPRING to ECHO mode The MODE knob also has a push switch to save and load presets To load a preset turn the MODE knob to
16. s now loaded The knob positions no longer represent the effect you hear MODES The Cathedral Stereo Reverb has 8 modes to choose from Each mode gives the musician a different sonic palette to work with In addition each mode changes the function of some of the Cathedral s knobs In this section we will describe each mode and the functionality of the knobs that change with the mode Use the MODE knob to cyde through the modes Turning the MODE knob Clockwise goes up the LED ladder Turning the MODE knob Counter Clockwise goes down the LED ladder Below is a table displaying the function of each knob as it relates to the selected mode Arrows indicate the function that occurs as the knob is turned to or towards the extreme knob position in that direction You will notice some knobs such as BLEND do not change with the different modes while others such as DAMPING TONE have a different function for nearly every different mode REVERB DAMPING BLEND TIME TONE FEEDBACK PRE DELAY MODE Tone Pre Delay Time oy wee REVEP TITO barker Aun M pe Sen SPRING lt 4 Short Long P gt Brighter D gt 2000 mS gt Tone Pre Delay Time Reverb Ti oy we a E mabe lt 4 Darker Less More 40 0ms Eo hort Long Brighter p gt 2000 mS J gt or acl Reverb Time Damping dus More gt pron ds Y ess More j lt Short Long amp More Less 2000 mS gt 3 Pre Delay Time Reverb Time Damping J 4 Dy Wet gt lt Less More
17. select the desired mode and then give the MODE knob a quick tap push it down then release it To save a preset push down and hold the MODE knob for 3 seconds You will then see all of the mode LEDs blink rapidly Continue to hold down the MODE knob until the LEDs stop blinking At this point the preset is saved and you can release the knob Only one preset is saved per mode and the preset you save is based on the current mode PRE DELAY KNOB In all modes except ECHO mode the PRE DELAY knob sets the pre delay time for the reverb block Pre Delay allows the musician to put a time delay between playing a note and hearing the onset of reverb for that note In ECHO mode the PRE DELAY knob sets the delay time for the echoes The total range pre delay and delay is from 0 to 2 Seconds As you turn the knob clockwise the delay time will increase Please Note the pre delay time for all modes can also be set by the TAP INFINTE footswitch The control that takes precedence is the one that is last touched If you tap in a delay time then turn the PRE DELAY knob the tap time will be erased and the new delay time will be determined by where the PRE DELAY knob is set FEEDBACK KNOB The FEEDBACK knob controls the amount of signal that is sent from the output of the delay block back to the input of the delay block With a delay time long enough to hear discrete echoes turning the FEEDBACK knob clockwise will cause the delay block to produce multiple echoes
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