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Hexaphonic analogue overdrive/distortion with digital controls
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© 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union
SPICETONE®
6APPEAL™
Hexaphonic analogue overdrive/distortion with digital controls

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  • Page 1 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union SPICETONE® 6APPEAL™ Hexaphonic analogue overdrive/distortion with digital controls...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union Quick Start.................................. 4 Overview of Features............................. 5 ................................5 UALITY ............................5 RODUCT IGHLIGHTS ........................5 THER EMARKABLE EATURES ............................6 OLYPHONIC ISTORTION ............................6 NALOGUE UPERIORITY Pots, Knobs and Interface............................ 7 .................................
  • Page 3 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 13PIN I ..............................32 NPUT ................................ 32 NPUT 13PIN O ..............................32 UTPUT ..............................32 UTPUTS ..............................33 UTPUT OOST MIDI I ..........................33 UT AND Guitars and other pedals........................... 34 ............................34...

  • Page 4: Quick Start

    All right, let us enter the world of hexaphony. Connect your guitar's 13pin output to 6Appeal 13pin input. Connect 6Appeal to one, two or even three guitar amps, or a recording device, using standard jack plug cables. Connect the mains. Almost any 9-12VDC centre negative polarity guitar effect adapter will do (at least 300mA).

  • Page 5: Overview Of Features

    Breakout Box (6Appeal can output 6+1 channels from hex pickup to ¼” jacks) MIDI Control In (control 6Appeal with MIDI) MIDI Control Out (use 6Appeal as a MIDI controller for your DAW or MIDI devices) 2 LFOs (sine, triangle, pulse, saw up, saw down, random; can be synced to each other)

  • Page 6: Polyphonic Distortion

    NALOGUE UPERIORITY Our guitarist friends have noticed that 6Appeal feels like a tube amp, especially like a certain classic British amp. Play "God Save the Queen" by the Queen and you get the point. An example of analogue superiority, the pedal is sensitive to picking technique. You can go from...

  • Page 7: Pots, Knobs And Interface

    SAVE LED on the right from ENC lights up red when a preset is changed but not saved. It also blinks green shortly when the preset change is automatically stored (until the next time power 6Appeal off and on), and flashes when you are saving a preset. It also flashes when recalling settings.

  • Page 8: Footswitches

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union If the knob position does not reflect the actual setting, the knob is dark and passive. Turn it until the physical pot knob indicator reaches the autostored or preset setting. The knob lights up green and is now active.

  • Page 9: Presets

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 4 PRESETS 4.1 O VERVIEW OF RESETS By default, 24 PRESET MEMORY SLOTS (12 green, 12 red) are at your disposal. Choose the presets either by rotary encoder (ENC) or the footswitches PREV and NEXT.

  • Page 10: Saving A Preset

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 4.3 S AVING A RESET You can save a Preset to any Preset Memory Slot (24 per Banks) and any Bank (6). Please note that you can enter Save Mode only from Player Mode. You cannot start saving while still in a menu.

  • Page 11: Recall Saved Presets

    We’re all familiar with undo process in computers. The obvious way to revert to saved preset and erase temporary autostore, is to unplug 6Appeal for a couple of seconds. Good news is that there is even easier way. If you want to recall a saved preset, shortly push ENC and FX simultaneously;...
  • Page 12 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union...

  • Page 13: Ppeal Factory Presets

    PPEAL ACTORY RESETS Here’s the list of factory presets in 6Appeal. Note that Preset 24 is global clean preset that is accessible with FX footswitch from Presets 1…23. Presets 1…12 are shown in Clock with green LEDs. Presets 13…24 are shown in Clock with red LEDs.
  • Page 14 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union NB! Besides the official factory set, Preset Bank 6 holds a set of modulation presets. Second half of those are for working with external devices (MIDI Expression Pedal, Roland GR-55 etc).

  • Page 15: Preset Banks

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 5 PRESET BANKS When getting started with 6Appeal, you would probably want to stick with 24 PRESETS that you can browse using PREV and NEXT footswitch or by turning the encoder.

  • Page 16: Menus

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 6 MENUS NB! To save space, we use abbreviations for menu items. For example 0 is mono channel, 16 means strings 1...6. The default startup is in Player Mode, giving you control over essential features (DRIVE, GAIN, TONE, LEVEL, MONO, DRY and the corresponding SPREAD knobs).

  • Page 17: Menu 1. Sound

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union LEVEL is basic output level (volume) pot for hexaphonic drive channels. MONO pot determines how much monophonic signal is mixed in. NB! If you are using a normal monophonic guitar without hex pickups then this is your volume/level knob.
  • Page 18 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union STRING 1 ON/ CLEAN/MUTE Menu 2 Clock 1: On (G) / Clean (Y) / Mute (R) STRING 2 ON/ CLEAN/MUTE Menu 2 Clock 2: On (G) / Clean (Y) / Mute (R)

  • Page 19: Menu 2. Pan

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union FREQUENCY B Menu 1 Pot8 FILTER LEVEL (VOLUME) Menu 1 Pot9 FILTER RESONANCE Menu 1 Pot10 Watch out, if you set the resonance high, the filter can squeal and screech. On the other hand you can get nice jangle or instant feedback paradise with high resonance.

  • Page 20: Menu 3. Sequencer (Seq)

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 6.4 M 3. S (SEQ) EQUENCER Menu 3 (POT03 blinking) controls a 24 step sequencer. The sequence is described in Menu 3 submenus (Clock Position 7 and 8). Both have a submenu of 12 steps.

  • Page 21: Menu And Menu 5. Lfo 1 And Lfo 2

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union SEQ MODULATION MODE Menu 3 Clock 11: Off (D) / Parameter (G) / Pan (Y) / Filter (R) You can turn on sequenced modulation on mono channel: MONO CHANNEL SEQ (0) Menu 3 Clock 12: On (G) / Off (R) In sequencer menu the main POTS change the corresponding sequenced modulation depth.
  • Page 22 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union The controls in these menus are the same, just that they influence a separate LFO. You can use both LFOs at the same time or only one (LFO1) of these. Two LFOs give you a possibility to control diverse groups of parameters at the same time (like main parameters and Pan or Filter parameters), which can give you rather experimental sounds.
  • Page 23 SHAPE 2 Menu 4&5 Clock 8: Off (D) / Rising (G) / Falling (Y) / Random (R) If you have connected a dedicated MIDI controller to 6Appeal’s MidiIn, or have connected other MIDI device and set correct MIDI channels, you can control LFO rate with modulation wheel, breath control or pitch bend.

  • Page 24: Menu 6. Envelope (Env)

    (ENV) NVELOPE Menu 6 “Envelope” (POT06 blinking) let you control 6Appeal parameters with an externally created envelope. We are planning to build a pedal that creates envelopes, but for the time being you probably have to opt for a Roland device.
  • Page 25 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union The Envelope is ADSR type; you can also control it from external MIDI controller by sending Midi CC #31 messages. You can change Envelope time fronts: Linear/Exponential/Logarithmic (Menu 6 Clock 9).

  • Page 26: Menu 7. Midi Controller Setup

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 6.7 M 7. MIDI C ONTROLLER ETUP Menu 7 is reserved for setting up MIDI controller operation, to control external MIDI devices with 6Appeal – see Chapter “MIDI” for more info.

  • Page 27: Menu 10. Global Parameters

    MIDIOut Menu 10 Clock 2 : On (G) / Off (R) You can choose if a MIDI signal coming to MidiIn on 6Appeal, is transferred on to MidiOut on 6Appeal. This is useful in advanced MIDI routing, as we do not have a dedicated MidiThru connector on 6Appeal.
  • Page 28 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union If you send the output to a mixing desk or other device that is happier with hotter signal, there is the OUTPUT BOOST to help you. OUTPUT BOOST Menu 10 Clock 3: 0Off_16Off (D) / 0Off_16On (G) / 0On_16Off (Y) / 0On_16On (R) By default the device starts up in Preset Slot G1.

  • Page 29: Features Explained

    We suggest to turn up the amp first and then turn up 6Appeal's output level. If you really need hotter signal for your mixer or soundcard, add the OUTPUT BOOST from a menu.

  • Page 30: Tone Stack

    You have three types of distortion at your disposal. These are different modifications to a classic- inspired Drive Circuit. People had to make permanent soldering mods to access these. With 6Appeal, you just have to click ENC, choose the first menu and pick a clipping option you like the best.

  • Page 31: Filter Section

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union The SPREAD KNOBS for Player Mode can be set to two different options. TILT means you can apply more effect on lower (turn CCW) or higher strings (CW). SMILE mean that you can adjust the effect by smiley face (CW) or sad face (CCW) curve, applying more or less effect on the mids.

  • Page 32: Modulations (Lfo)

    “LFO1 and LFO2” for details. 7.9 S EQUENCER Spicetone's 6Appeal features a simple but powerful 24 step MODULATION SEQUENCER. You can use it similarly to LFO 1&2. Sequencer is set up in Menu 3 (POT03 blinking). Please refer to Chapter “Menu 3.

  • Page 33: Per String Settings

    7.12B REAKOUT If you want to process the six strings in DAW or any other processor, you can use 6Appeal as a breakout box. Outputs (Ring/Tip) labelled Mono Out 6/5, Right 4/3, Left 2/1 output Strings 1..6 and MonoIn output summed (monophonic) signal from you 13pin guitar.

  • Page 34: Connectivity

    8.3 13PIN O UTPUT 6Appeal has one standard 13pin DIN output. Use this to hook up another 13pin effect pedal or guitar synth. Note that the signal is affected by your sound settings, so it may not be good as a 13pin control signal –...

  • Page 35: Output Boost

    Mono Out for the amp in the middle. If you want to process the six strings in DAW or any other processor, use you can use 6Appeal as a breakout box. Just connect to you analogue/digital converter, sound card or other device that accepts six channels.

  • Page 36: Guitars And Other Pedals

    Probably the most widely used magnetic hex pickup is Roland GK series, either externally mounting or as a kit. Roland GK sounds very good with Spicetone’s hex pedals. Please mind that the GK is normally mounted close to bridge, meaning rather thin sound. To overcome this, turn on our root boost circuit on the hexaphonic channels.

  • Page 37: Other Pedals

    Or any other pedals with 13pin input. Just avoid plugging input to input. We also encourage you to try any conventional effect pedals with 6Appeal's 1/4" jack outputs. It does not have to be a stereo pedal. For example you can try routing higher strings to one output and feeding the sound through delay or reverb pedal.

  • Page 38: Computer Connection

    MIDI. We have successfully tested Apple iPad to USB MIDI interface to 6Appeal MIDI In solution with some third party software. MIDI is a good old standard and all devices that follow it, should work with 6Appeal. To know more, read the next chapter.

  • Page 39: Midi

    11.3P ROGRAM HANGE AND ELECT 6Appeal reacts to Program Change messages as any other Midi equipment – it selects a new preset. The number of presets in 6Appeal is limited to 24 (in each Bank), so if you send any...

  • Page 40: Tempo Sync

    ETTING UP XTERNAL ONTROLLER If you want to control 6Appeal from an external MIDI controller, you have to do, at least, the following: 1. Connect a MIDI cable from your MIDI controller's MidiOut to 6Appeal's MidiIn 2. Set 6Appeal MidiIn channel number (Menu 9, Clock 10), by default it is channel 6 3.

  • Page 41: Using 6A Ppeal As Amidi Controller

    MIDI sync, be aware, that MidiOut channel of the synth and MidiIn channel of 6Appeal have to be different and MidiAll in 6Appeal has to be turned off. If you do not use any other MIDI control than MIDI sync, you may simply turn off MidiIn in 6Appeal.

  • Page 42: Midi Mono Mode

    MIDI gurus to get you on the track. 11.7MIDI M In this mode 6Appeal reads MIDI information from MIDI channels 11 to 16 in a specific way. From channel 11 every Note On message causes Envelope to start for string 1 and every Note Off message causes to stop Envelope (start the Release phase of Envelope).

  • Page 43: Controlling 6A Ppeal With Expression Pedals

    The obvious limitation of this method is that you may control just a single 6Appeal parameter with a single controller. To overcome this limitation we have introduced MIDI control of LFOs:...
  • Page 44 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union In fact, you are not limited to Expression Pedals for controlling 6Appeal. Use any MIDI controller, your DAW software or any software based MIDI controller. Just for a hint, with Lemur iPad...

  • Page 45: Software Update

    HECK OFTWARE ERSION To checking the software version of your 6Appeal, you have to read colour codes in Menu 10 Clock Position 12. SWVERSION Menu 10 Clock 12: Submenu 10.12 of software version SUBMENU 10.12 Global.SWVer (X.Y.Z.) X=Clock 1...3, Y=Clock 4...8, Z=Clock 9...12 On (R/Y/G) / Off (D)

  • Page 46: How To Update

    Please note that software updates are not mandatory. As the updater software is provided by third party (Texas Instruments) and performed by you, Spicetone cannot guarantee that everything goes well. If something goes bad, drop an email to support@spicetone.com, and we will try to find a solution.
  • Page 47 2) Disconnect dc supply cable from 6Appeal 3) Connect 6Appeal to you computer with USB cable. 4) While pressing PREV, ENC, NEXT simultaneously, connect dc supply cable to 6Appeal. Do not confuse with PREV, FX, NEXT! Correct is left and right footswitch + encoder.

  • Page 48: Factory Reset

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 13 FACTORY RESET You can recall global settings. Enter Menu 9 MIDI or Menu 10 "Global" and long press ENC+FX/ESC footswitch until SAVE LED flickers. You can recall Factory Presets to any Bank. Enter Submenu 10.11 (Banks). To recall the factory default, long push ENC and FX simultaneously (ENC slightly earlier and hold both longer than 2 seconds).

  • Page 49: Technical Specifications And Compatibility

    You can use any 9vDC centre negative polarity guitar effect adapter (2.1mm/5.5mm power jack), suitable for your local mains current. Minimal requirement for the power adapter is 300mA. NB! Do not connect 6Appeal to any AC output adapters, as this will result in permanent damage. 14.3C OMPATIBILITY AND ERTIFICATION SPICETONE OÜ, Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, Europe, declare under sole responsibility,...

  • Page 50: Taric

    NVIRONMENTAL ONSCIOUSNESS All the components used in the manufacturing and assembly of the Spicetone's guitar effects comply with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS), meaning that in our guitar effects there are no hazardous materials. Except for the soul of Rock'N'Roll.

  • Page 51: Problems And Questions

    MONO pot, otherwise the monophonic channel is off.  LEDs are lit but strings are muted or only one string can be heard. Check if 6Appeal is set to Breakout Box. If yes, switch it off. BREAKOUT BOX Menu 10 Clock 2: On (G) / Off (R) ...

  • Page 52: Problem Reporting

    LED if it shows the opposite.  You have connected guitar’s monophonic output to 6Appeal, using 1/4” TS cable, but you hear no sound. Turn up MONO POT to hear your monophonic channel. Normally it is turned down, to avoid intermodulation distortion.
  • Page 53 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union * Software version (or tell, which LEDs in which colour appear in submenu Menu 10, Clock 12) * Buying date * Description of the problem...

  • Page 54: Support

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 15.3S UPPORT If you have question on using the device, drop us a line at support@spicetone.com. It’s only three people here but we will do our best to answer quickly. 15.4A...

  • Page 55: Warnings

    Spicetone makes tweaking and modifications available through software updates. DO NOT attempt to install any software that is not provided by Spicetone, as this can void the warranty and kill the device. Please be EXTRA CAREFUL during software updates, as a voltage drop during update can brick the device, meaning permanent damage and loss of warranty.

  • Page 56: Appendix

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 17 APPENDIX 17.1T 1. C ABLE LOCK OSITION ALUES IN ENUS Menu 1 Menu 2 Menu 3 Menu 4 Menu 5 Menu 6 Menu 7 Menu 9 Menu 10...

  • Page 57: Able Ots In Enus

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 17.2T 2. P ABLE OTS IN ENUS Menu 1 Menu 2 Menu 3 Menu 4 Menu 5 Menu 6 Menu 7 Menu 9 Menu 10 Sound Sequencer LFO1...

  • Page 58: Able Utton Values And Combinations

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 17.3T 3. B ABLE UTTON VALUES AND COMBINATIONS Player Mode Save Mode Save2Bank Menu (1-8) Global Menu (9-10) Sub Menu FX_SHORT Toggle FX Set Tempo Exit Save W/O Save...

  • Page 59: Table 4. Midi Cc Messages

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 17.4T 4. MIDI CC M ABLE ESSAGES Controller Change (0xB0 - 0xBF) CC No CC No Group Parameter Comments (dec) (hex) Bank Select Bank Select (MSB) Ignored LFO Control...
  • Page 60 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union SEQ/ENV Control SEQ Start/Stop Value: STOP <= 63 < START ENV Start/Stop Value: STOP <= 63 < START Bank Select Bank Select (LSB) Value from 1 to 6...
  • Page 61 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union ENV Mono/Pan5/FilterReso Depth ENV Dry/Pan6 Depth LFO2 LFO2 Frequency LFO2 Frequency Spread LFO2 Level LFO2 Level Spread LFO2 Drive/Pan1/FreqA Depth LFO2 Gain/Pan2/FreqB Depth LFO2 Tone/Pan3 Depth LFO2 Level/Pan4/FilterVol Depth...

  • Page 62: Table

    © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union 17.5T 5. MIDI N ABLE ESSAGES Note On (0x90 - 0x9F) Note Note Note Group Parameter 0 (R = Red) 1 (G = Green) 2 (Y = Yellow)
  • Page 63 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union Autopan4 AUTOPAN_OFF (0..42) AUTOPAN_ON: L10L5L2R2R5R10 (43..85) AUTOPAN_REV (86..127) Autopan5 AUTOPAN_OFF (0..42) AUTOPAN_ON: L10R5L2R2L5R10 (43..85) AUTOPAN_REV (86..127) Autopan6 AUTOPAN_OFF (0..42) AUTOPAN_ON: MONO (43..85) AUTOPAN_REV (86..127) Spread Spread Type2 PHASE (0..63) FREQ (64..127)
  • Page 64 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union LFO2 Sync w/ SYNC_4X (0..31) SYNC_1X (32..63) SYNC_2X (64..95) SYNC_OFF (96..127) LFO1 LFO2 Mode MODE_FILTER (0..31) MODE_PARAM (32..63) MODE_PAN (64..95) MODE_OFF (96..127) Envel- Ch0 Mod Env OFF (0..63) ON (64..127)
  • Page 65 © 2014 Spicetone OÜ www.spicetone.com Võistluse 9, Tallinn 10132, Estonia, European Union Step 7 STEP_RESET (0..31) STEP_ON (32..63) (STEP_NA) STEP_OFF (96..127) Step 8 STEP_RESET (0..31) STEP_ON (32..63) (STEP_NA) STEP_OFF (96..127) Step 9 STEP_RESET (0..31) STEP_ON (32..63) (STEP_NA) STEP_OFF (96..127) Step 10 STEP_RESET (0..31)

  • Page 66: Flowcharts On How To Use 6A Ppeal

    17.6F LOWCHARTS ON OW TO PPEAL Depend on a person, flowcharts might be a quick and easy introduction to using 6Appeal. You can download a series of flowcharts in one PDF file from www.spicetone.com 6ppeal page (check below the specs).

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