Mode Descriptions - Electro-Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb Manual

MODE DESCRIPTIONS

GRAIL SPRING – This mode is the Spring setting taken directly from the Holy Grail. The
Cathedral gives you additional control over the Reverb Time and the Tone of the spring
sound; both of these parameters are preset on the Holy Grail. If you would like to set up
your Cathedral's GRAIL SPRING mode to sound exactly like a Holy Grail spring, turn the
REVERB TIME and DAMPING/TONE knobs to 12 o'clock and the FEEDBACK and PRE-DELAY
knobs down to zero (full counter-clockwise). Set the BLEND knob wherever you like for
your ideal wet/dry mix.
ACCU SPRING – Is a new spring reverb model designed specifically for the Cathedral. For
ACCU SPRING mode, we emulated a medium decay, 17" Accutronics spring tank with 6
springs. You can adjust both the Tone of the ACCU SPRING and the Reverb Time to suit
your exact needs.
HALL – uses a smooth and lush sounding reverb algorithm. You can set the Reverb Time
to obtain the exact decay rate that works perfectly for your music. The DAMPING/TONE
knob works as a damping control in HALL mode allowing you to control the sound of the
reverb from both a tonal and spatial perspective.
ROOM – is medium sized room algorithm, similar to HALL mode except meant to produce
a smaller sounding space. The DAMPING knob again will allow you to control the sound of
the reverb from a tonal and spatial perspective.
PLATE – is an emulation of a metal plate reverb commonly found in high end recording
studios during the 1960's and 70's. The Cathedral's Plate reverb is a very smooth, tonally
balanced sounding reverb. Works great on many different instruments and is wonderful on
vocals. The DAMPING knob will again allow you to control the sound of the reverb from a
tonal and spatial perspective.
REVERSE – Reverse Reverb is an emulation of the reverse reverb trick commonly
performed in studios, where a note's reverb fades-in, in reverse of course, before the note
is actually struck. The Cathedral works in real time and cannot create backwards reverb for
a note before it is actually played so the REVERSE reverb in the Cathedral will create
reverse reverb after a note is played. The length of time between playing a note and
hearing the reverse reverb completely fade in is set by the REVERB TIME knob (in addition
to PRE-DELAY). The further you turn REVERB TIME clockwise the longer the note will take
to fade-in. In REVERSE mode, the DAMPING/TONE knob works as a tone control, allowing
you to increase or decrease the high frequency response of your reverb.
GRAIL FLERB – This mode is the Flerb setting taken directly from the Holy Grail. On the
Holy Grail, the rate of modulation and resonance of the flanger block is fixed but the
Cathedral brings out these parameters onto their own knobs. The REVERB TIME knob
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