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Strymon Mobius User Manual

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  • Page 2: Front Panel Controls

    Mobius - User Manual ® Front Panel Controls VALUE: Provides fine SPEED: Provides coarse adjustment of LFO speed adjustment of LFO speed. when the speed is displayed. Scrolls through presets when bank or name is displayed. PUSH to access DEPTH:...
  • Page 3 Mobius - User Manual ® Front Panel Controls Continued TAP LED: Pulses to indicate current LFO rate. Flashes amber to indicate that a tap division is active. A & B LEDS: Green if active. Amber TIP: To find the knob positions of a...

  • Page 4: Rear Panel

    Mobius - User Manual ® Rear Panel INPUTS: OUTPUTS: POWER: High NEVER impedance inputs. LEFT output for plug into voltage Use LEFT input for mono. RIGHT OUT higher than 9VDC. mono. RIGHT IN is used as output 2 Requires at least...
  • Page 5 Mobius - User Manual ® Editing Parameters VALUE DEPTH LEVEL VALUE SPEED SPEED While displaying to enter PARAMS push (param) push (param) FILTER FORMANT FILTER FORMANT hold (global) hold (global) push the turn the BANK, NAME, or menu PHASER VINTAGE TREM...
  • Page 6 ® Common Parameters for set up instructions. Connect a Strymon MultiSwitch for external tap tempo, bank selection, or preset selection. Set the EXP MD global setting to either TAP, BANK, or PRESET. Please refer to the MultiSwitch user manual for detailed setup www.strymon.net/support/multiswitch...
  • Page 7 - User Manual ® Banks and Patches Mobius has 100 banks with A & B patches in each bank. Banks are numbered 0 to 99 on the display. The patches in banks 0-49 are duplicated in banks 50-99 at the factory.
  • Page 8 Allows configuration per preset of the pre/post configuration available via the rear panel toggle switch. When Mobius is used in pre/post configuration, set to “PRE” to place the modulation effect in front of your amp and set to “POST” to place the modulation effect in your amp’s effect loop.
  • Page 9 An expression pedal can control all of the knobs simultaneously. MIDI CLOCK ON/OFF: When set to ON, Mobius will respond to external MIDI clock from the MIDI input. This parameter is saved independently so that only presets with this parameter set to ON will respond to MIDI clock.
  • Page 10 FILTER FORMANT hold (global) PHASER VINTAGE TREM VIBE PATTERN TREM Mobius - User Manual ® ROTARY AUTOSWELL FLANGER DESTROYER Mod Machines: Chorus CHORUS QUADRATURE ® TYPE push (bank/BPM) A full featured Chorus with 5 distinct modes. dBucket, Multi and hold (save) Vibrato all utilize our dBucket variable clock technology for classic analog bucket brigade style chorusing.
  • Page 11 Mobius - User Manual ® Mod Machines: Chorus Continued TIPS & TRICKS: dBCKET mode covers the sounds of the classic analog choruses from the 1970’s. Turn the DEPTH Knob to 12:00 and the MIX parameter at around 80% for the coveted large-box chorus sound.
  • Page 12 (par FILTER FORMANT hold (glo PHASER VINTAGE TREM Mobius - User Manual VIBE PATTERN TREM ® ROTARY AUTOSWELL Mod Machines: Flanger FLANGER DESTROYER CHORUS QUADRATURE TYPE A deep and rich Flanger with a wide pallete of sonic possibilities. Six separate modes cover a variety of flanger sounds.
  • Page 13 Mobius - User Manual ® Mod Machines: Flanger Continued TIPS & TRICKS: SILVER mode creates textured, airy flanging. Turn up the Depth and Regen params to add color to stacatto rhythm parts, or turn back for a mellower chorus-like effect.
  • Page 14 (p FILTER FORMANT hold (g Mobius - User Manual PHASER VINTAGE TREM ® VIBE PATTERN TREM Mod Machines: Rotary ROTARY AUTOSWELL FLANGER DESTROYER A realistic recreation of a rotary speaker cabinet commonly used with CHORUS QUADRATURE tonewheel organs and guitars. Just like an actual rotating speaker...
  • Page 15 VALUE Mobius - User Manual push (param) FILTER FORMANT ® hold (global) PHASER VINTAGE TREM Mod Machines: Vibe VIBE PATTERN TREM ROTARY AUTOSWELL A recreation of the late ‘60s “vibe” circuit which was one of the first FLANGER DESTROYER modulation effects of its time. A staple in classic rock lead guitar of...
  • Page 16 Mobius - User Manual ® VALUE push (param FILTER FORMANT Mod Machines: Phaser hold (global PHASER VINTAGE TREM VIBE PATTERN TREM From the thick and chewy 2, 4 and 6 stage modes, to the rich and swirly 8, 12 and 16 stage modes, the PHASER machine offers a full palette...
  • Page 17 Mobius - User Manual ® Mod Machines: Phaser Continued SPREAD: Determines the offset between the Left and Right channel LFO signals. Listen to the effect it has on the stereo image as you adjust the parameter. Note: Only applies when using the unit in Stereo Configuration.
  • Page 18 Mobius - User Manual ® VALUE Mod Machines: Filter push (param) FILTER FORMANT hold (global) PHASER VINTAGE TREM An LFO synced filter with three filter types, eight LFO waveshapes and VIBE PATTERN TREM variable resonance. Envelope filtering and traditional Wah effects (with an Expression pedal) are available.
  • Page 19 Mobius - User Manual ® Mod Machines: Filter Continued Determines the phase offset between the Left and SPREAD: Right LFO signals. Listen to the effect it has on the stereo image as you adjust the parameter. NOTE: Only applies when using the unit in a stereo configuration.
  • Page 20 Mobius - User Manual ® VALUE Mod Machines: Formant push (param) FILTER FORMANT hold (global) PHASER VINTAGE TREM A special filter type that emulates the human vocal tract. The formant VIBE PATTERN TREM machine also features selectable LFO wafeforms. ROTARY...
  • Page 21 SPEED knob controls how quickly the formants follow the envelope. Connect an expression pedal and select EXPR under the WAVSHP param, and Mobius will blend between the two vowels based on the position of the pedal giving you a vocal Wah experience.
  • Page 22 Mobius - User Manual ® VALUE push (param) FILTER FORMANT hold (global) Mod Machines: Vintage Trem PHASER VINTAGE TREM VIBE PATTERN TREM The Vinage Trem features three classic tremolo sounds from the ‘60s. The distinctly different tremolo circuits in vintage combo amps of the...
  • Page 23 VALUE Mobius - User Manual push (param) ® FILTER FORMANT hold (global) PHASER VINTAGE TREM Mod Machines: Pattern Trem VIBE PATTERN TREM ROTARY AUTOSWELL A pattern-sequenced tremolo with user definable patterns. Up to eight beats can be sequenced, with one to sixteen trem cycles per beat. The...
  • Page 24 Mobius - User Manual ® Mod Machines: Pattern Trem Continued TIPS & TRICKS: Tap the TAP footswitch once to start the pattern sequence from the beginning. This is a powerful performance feature to sync the pattern with specific song cues.
  • Page 25 VALUE SPEE push (param) FILTER FORMANT hold (global) Mobius - User Manual PHASER VINTAGE TREM ® VIBE PATTERN TREM Mod Machines: Autoswell ROTARY AUTOSWELL FLANGER DESTROYER An automatic volume swell effect triggered by the input signal. Various CHORUS QUADRATURE rise times and swell curves are available. A chorus effect can be added ®...
  • Page 26 (param) FILTER FORMANT hold (global) PHASER VINTAGE TREM Mobius - User Manual VIBE PATTERN TREM ® ROTARY AUTOSWELL Mod Machines: Destroyer FLANGER DESTROYER CHORUS QUADRATURE ® An intricate tool to mangle your audio. The speed knob controls TYPE rotational speed of the virtual record for the Vinyl effect.
  • Page 27 Mobius - User Manual ® Mod Machines: Destroyer Continued VINYL: Our dVinyl technology introduces random vinyl dust noise and scratches from a 33 1/3 to 78 rpm record. Effect speed determines the rotational speed of the record. |||||| MIX: Mixes the lo-fi (bit and sample-rate dependent) signal with the full resolution signal.
  • Page 28 (global) PHASER VINTAGE TREM VIBE PATTERN TREM Mobius - User Manual ® ROTARY AUTOSWELL FLANGER DESTROYER Mod Machines: Quadrature CHORUS QUADRATURE ® TYPE The Quadrature machine handles another spectrum of signal push (bank/BPM) corruption featuring Quadrature oscillators. Choose from AM...
  • Page 29 Mobius - User Manual ® Mod Machines: Quadrature Continued TIPS & TRICKS: The DEPTH knob sets the amount of modulation of the shift frequency. With the DEPTH at minimum, the shift frequency is unaltered and set by the SHIFT param. Turning up the DEPTH will modulate the shift frequency.
  • Page 30 Mobius - User Manual ® Globals Menu Global parameters affect Mobius regardless of what patch is currently active. BPM DISPLAY: Configures the display to show BPM in Hz or Beats Per Minute. GLOBAL TAP: Allows the last tapped tempo to affect all presets regardless of the tempo saved in the preset.
  • Page 31 MIDI input are sent to the MIDI output without ANY additional MIDI messages generated by Mobius. When set to MERGE, MIDI messages that arrive at the input and those that are generated by Mobius are merged THRU together to be sent to the MIDI output. When set to...
  • Page 32 Mobius - User Manual ® PRE/POST Setup in an Amplifier’s Effect Loop Set the PRE/POST switch to the down position to use Mobius in a pre/post type setup. STEREO IN/OUT PRE / POST INPUT 2 OUTPUT 2 Amp Input Instrument...
  • Page 33 Mobius - User Manual ® PRE/POST Setup in an Chain of Pedal Effects Set the PRE/POST switch to the down position to use Mobius in a pre/post type setup. STEREO IN/OUT PRE / POST INPUT 2 OUTPUT 2 Amp/Pedals Connect INPUT 2 to your...
  • Page 34 Mobius - User Manual ® MIDI Specification CC# Value Range KNOBS: Type encoder 0-11 Speed 0-127 Depth 0-127 Level 0-127 Param 1 0-127 Param 2 0-127 PARAMETERS: Tap Division Pre/Post Tap Switch Expression Off/On MIDI Clock Off/On CHORUS - Mode...
  • Page 35 Mobius - User Manual ® MIDI Specification Continued CC# Value Range FORMANT - LFO FORMANT - Stereo Spread 115 0-4 VINTAGE TREM - Mode VINTAGE TREM - Pan PATTERN TREM - Waveshape 113 0-6 PATTERN TREM - Beat 1 105 0-17...
  • Page 36 PRESET 01B = MIDI program # 3 PRESET 02A = MIDI program # 4 etc. up to #127... Mobius always powers up in MIDI Patch Bank 0, so if you plan to stay within the first 127 presets (00A-63B), simply send a standard MIDI Program Change message to load a preset.

  • Page 37: Specifications

    • Numerous deep edit parameters on all mod machines • Stereo Input & Output • Pre-post mode for flexible routing, allowing you to place Mobius in two different places in your mono signal chain. • Expression pedal input with selectable simultaneous control over multiple knob parameters •...
  • Page 38 In no event will Strymon be liable for more than the amount of the purchase price, not to exceed the current retail price of the product.