Alexander Pedals was started for two reasons - to make great tones, and to do good. The great tones part you probably have some idea about. As for doing good, Alexander Pedals donates a portion of the profits from every pedal sold to charity, whether you buy from us or our dealers.
We’ve included our favourite echo and delay sounds ranging back over 60 years. We focused on vintage tech like tape echo, analog “bucket brigade” delay, and digital time manipulation. You’ll find a host of familiar sounds in the History Lesson Vol.3 as well as great new tones to help you sculpt your music.
ounds And ontrols History Lesson v3 does a lot of stuff, but that doesn’t mean that it’s hard to use! Generally you can just turn the knobs on the pedal and explore new sounds, but we put a few extra controls on the pedal that we think you can use.
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ounds And ontrols Continued LOFI (lower red) Dirty, low-fidelity tape delay. MOD and RATE adjust the wow and flutter of the tape, while TONE sets the amount of transistor drive applied to the delay signal. MAIN FUNCTIONS ALT FUNCTIONS tIme FeedBacK drIve TAP DIV...
oAdinG And AvinG resets Have you ever spent a lot of time tweaking your gear to get the sounds you really love, only to find that your pedal knobs moved between your practice space and the gig? Or maybe you need a lot of sounds but don’t have a ton of room on your board for multiple pedals? Presets to the rescue! History Lesson v3 and all of our other Neo Series pedals have built-in preset capability.
emPo History Lesson v3 supports setting delay time using Tap Tempo, to allow you to match the delay time to the beat of your music. Tap the left footswitch two or more times to set the tempo of the delay. The pedal will set its delay time based on the most recently used control, so turning the knob will override the tapped tempo and vice-versa.
ettinG edAl Your Neo Series pedal has a few user settings stored in memory. These settings include the TAP DIV function of the MultiJack on the left side of the pedal, LED brightness, and others. TIME FEEDBACK (TONE) To enter setup, power on the pedal and then hold down the center Select button.
xPression edAl History Lesson v3 supports most types of expression pedals for performance control. We recommend the Roland EV-5 and Moog EP-3, but just about any expression pedal that uses a TRS cable should work. The supported expression wiring is SLEEVE = 0V, RING = 3.3V, TIP = 0-3.3V.
ootswitCh History Lesson v3 also supports our Neo Footswitch for preset Select or warp functions. To use the Neo Footswitch, you’ll need to configure the pedal to use its MultiJack for footswitch input. Consult the instructions on page 6, Setting Up Your Pedal. Connect the Neo Footswitch to your History Lesson v3 using the provided TRS cable.
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If you are using another type of MIDI controller, you’ll need an interface box or adapter cable. We support the following interfaces and cables: Alexander Neo Link Alexander Neo MIDI Cable Disaster Area Designs MIDI Box Empress MIDI Box (1 or 2)
midi C ommAnds All of the functions of your Neo Series pedal may be controlled with MIDI messages. The following commands are accepted by History Lesson v3: MIDI Program Change: Load Presets 0-15 0-3 are the Red bank, also accessible by holding the Bypass / Preset footswitch 4-7 are the Green bank 8-11 are the Blue bank 12-15 are the White bank...
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