FAQ
The External / Internal
Q. Is the gating effect normal when engaging the green channel?A. Yes. It's intentional and we think it makes for a very unique, interesting fuzz sound and overall playing experience.
Q. Can I fiddle with this trimpot inside my pedal?
A. I would strongly suggest leaving the LFO BIAS trimpot alone. It affects the max speed of the LFO. The MOD BIAS trimpot however controls the amount of self mod. If you feel like it's always a bit too much or too little then get inside and have a fiddle. Anti clockwise - less. Clockwise - more. Going extreme left means no more self mod. Too far right and your affected signal will collapse and disappear. You can simply turn it further left and it'll come back when it's ready.
Q. There is a level jump when I turn on the green channel, is that normal?
A. Yes. It will jump in volume as it boosts the first op amp to infinity turning your signal into a squareish wave. It's the Beauty and the Beast, the Jekyll and Hyde, The External vs. The Internal. Which is which is up to you? ;)
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Falling Man
Q. What's the maximum delay time?A. 2 and a bit seconds. But hear me out, it's not a clean delay at all. As soon as you get to about 340ms you've hit 1% THD and things slowly start to get noisy. When you flick the STUMBLE \\ TRIP switch you skip all the way up to about 1.5 seconds you're looking at perhaps 3-5% THD. But that's kind of the point. If you can embrace the noise, the oddities, the artefacts and the warbles / warps you can use them as part of a piece of the puzzle and I think you'll find it a very interesting creative tool. Sit in that sludgey volcanic pool you just fell into and enjoy the warmth.
Q. My pedal is making a series of strange noises when Stumble \\ Trip is set downwards, is that correct?
A. Yes.
Falling Man is fundamentally breaking a delay chip and taking it to well beyond it's intended capacity and in doing so introduces lots of noise especially at its most extreme settings. The second you flick that S//T switch down, you are taking it to it's extreme settings, no matter where the other controls are set.
With S\\T engaged even without you playing it will generate some noise, clicks and pops. Equally, when the pedal is in 'bypass' it can still generate noise, you need to turn the switch up again and pull back the Fall knob as well as Pace to stop it from making noises.
Q. Why can I still hear noise / delays / strange signal after I bypass the pedal?
A. The pedal is not 'true bypass'. Exactly as per many other delay pedals it uses a 'trails' switching setup meaning that when the pedal is bypassed, trails from the delay will still pass to the output (yes, even when the pedal is in a bypassed state). If the feedback knob is set high enough to self oscillate, or that the Stumble \\ Trip switch is generating noise it will be passing that noise to the output, bypassed or not.
In order to stop this you must switch the Stumble \\ Trip switch to the up position and / or pull down the Pace and Fall knobs to bring to an end the feedback loop or noisy modulation.
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The Lover
Q. There are 4 Trimpots inside The Lover, what adjusts what?A. USER ADJUSTABLE - LOW PASS + HI PASS
LOW PASS (A VEIL)
Low Pass creates a reasonably smooth hi end cut and is by default set to max - Fully Clockwise
HI PASS (LOSS)
Hi Pass cuts out your low end and can be quite aggressive so much so that your signal will disappear entirely when turned full Counter Clockwise. By default is set to about 2 O'clock providing a significant but not silly amount of Low End cut (Hi Pass).
NOT USER ADJUSTABLE - DO NOT TOUCH THEM! - 1st BIAS + 2nd BIAS
1st BIAS
1st Bias controls the bias of the first transistor stage.
2nd BIAS
2nd Bias controls the bias of the second transistor stage.