Chapter 1. Product Overview - Xpresense The Wag Owner's Manual

User's Manual
Chapter 1. Product Overview
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of The Wag. WAG stands for Wireless Audio
Gesture. The WAG is a wireless remote controller, in the form of a finger ring, which extends
your control over musical effects units that have expression pedal or MIDI inputs. The complete
system is comprised of the WAG Ring, Base Unit, and Ring Charger.
The WAG was specifically designed with guitarists in mind, to put effects control into their hands
where they could integrate it into their playing technique while freeing them from dancing on
pedals. We have found that this allows the guitarist to use effects in a much more intuitive and
spontaneous manner opening up new vistas of creativity. The WAG may provide many of the
same benefits to other musicians that use effects.
You control your effects through simple hand movements without the need to take your hand
away from the strings - allowing you to integrate effects control into your performance. For
example, by opening and closing your hand slightly, you can use the Ring like an expression
pedal to modulate volume, WAH, or other effect parameters. You can also use the WAG to turn
effects off and on using the MIDI interface.
Generally, the WAG Ring continuously senses the opening and closing of the hand. More
specifically, the WAG Ring has a proximity sensor that detects changes in the space around the
ring band. So, the more CLOSED the hand position, the more flesh surrounds the sensor plate
and the greater the value generated by the sensor. The Wag Ring sends the sensor data to the
Base Unit. The Base Unit converts the sensor data to effects control signals that are sent over the
MIDI and Pedal Output interfaces. The Base Unit settings allow you to configure the sensitivity,
direction of control, zone of control, damping, and other parameters allowing you to customize
the WAG in virtually any manner that you chose to satisfy your creativity while adapting it to
your playing style.
The WAG Ring is powered by an internal, rechargeable, lithium ion battery. A stand alone
charger is provided to charge the Ring battery.
The system operates in the 2,4 GHZ radio band. The system operates over a 40 foot distance.
Four radio channels are provides so that 4 systems can operate in the same space.
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