Summary of Contents for Stanley Audio Blue Nebula
- Page 1 USER MANUAL BLUE NEBULA TAPE ECHO AND GUITAR FX PEDAL Blue Nebula User Guide, Firmware Revision 4 Page | 1...
- Page 2 PREAMP GAIN, CLIP LED, ADJUST: P1, P2, P3 PREAMP LEVEL, EFFECT OUTPUT LEVEL OUTPUT JACK INPUT JACK ‘NEXT PATCH’ ‘PREVIOUS PATCH’ TRUE BYPASS FOOTSWITCH FOOTSWITCH FOOTSWITCH + EFFECT ON LED Blue Nebula User Guide, Firmware Revision 4 Page | 2...
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Page 3: Getting Started
Firmware version currently installed. Firmware updates can be made via the USB port using the Librarian App. When you power up your Blue Nebula there are several options you can use to adjust how the pedal works. While the Welcome message, shown above, is displayed on the LCD you can press one of the... -
Page 4: Manual Mode
MANUAL MODE If you hit the button the Blue Nebula will go into MANUAL MODE. This allows you to use the Blue Nebula as a manual stomp box effect and you can select any of the 16 effects by using the DOWN buttons with the current effect name shown on the top line of the LCD. - Page 5 EDITING A USER PATCH Blue Nebula can store a total of 128 User Patches, numbered from 0 to 127. Each patch can be given a name (up to 16 characters) and can use any of the 16 available effects. Each effect has three parameters which can be set using the parameter knobs P1, P2 and P3 and these settings are stored in the patch.
- Page 6 DOWN buttons. Store When you have finished entering the name press the button again to complete the naming process and select where you wish to store your patch: Blue Nebula User Guide, Firmware Revision 4 Page | 6...
- Page 7 – just as a valve triode does in a vintage tape echo. This control needs to be used carefully in conjunction with the control to ensure that the Blue Nebula’s digital signal processor (DSP) is not driven into clipping indicated by the...
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Page 8: Midi Program Number
Patch numbering. Many sequencer programs have an option to use 1-128 or 0-127 values, so you may be able to set it up to match the Blue Nebula. If not, to select a specific pre-set you would need to send a program change (PC) value one higher than the required pre-set. -
Page 9: Factory Presets
WONDERFUL LAND KON TIKI THE SAVAGE ATLANTIS PEACE PIPE COSY FLINGEL BUNT SHINDIG FOOT TAPPER SLEEPWALK RIDER IN THE SKY CAVATINA ARGENTINA Table 2: Pre-sets for Tunes by ‘The Shadows’ Blue Nebula User Guide, Firmware Revision 4 Page | 9... - Page 10 These are the standard emulations installed in the ‘Revision 4’ Blue Nebula pedals sold by Stanley FX. This replaces the Echomatic-1 Model F Special, which is now in Memory Bank 2.
- Page 11 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Meazzi PA306 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 5 Heads as TVS 1, 3, 5 121, 194, 263, 1, 4, 5 335, 405ms 1, 2, 5 4, 5 Blue Nebula User Guide, Firmware Revision 4 Page | 11...
- Page 12 The RE301 had a number of ‘modes’ with various head combinations selected by a six-way MODE switch. This emulation simulates Mode 5 (Heads 2 and 3 selected) with feedback from both heads. Blue Nebula User Guide, Firmware Revision 4 Page | 12...
- Page 13 1, 2, 4, 5 (Fast) Model Echomatic 1F 1, 2, 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1,2(-22dB), 4, 5 “B” uses x1.4 speed and Head levels typical of Dick Denney studio settings Blue Nebula User Guide, Firmware Revision 4 Page | 13...
- Page 14 Modulation Rate 1 Modulation Rate 2 A Chorus effect with two modulating low frequency oscillators (LFO) Guitar Abbey Rev Level Decay Damping Simulates a famous studio reverb room including a 120ms pre-delay Blue Nebula User Guide, Firmware Revision 4 Page | 14...
- Page 15 Standard User Patches for named tunes. Remember that the Factory supplied settings are only the suggestions of the Blue Nebula design team and that any of the User Patches can be modified to give a sound closer to your ideas. What is correct is that the Playback Head combinations and timings are exactly as the original Vintage Echo Machines.
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