Introduction; Brief Description Of Control Elements On The Frontpanel - Schippmann ebbe und flut User Manual

7. INTRODUCTION

Even if studying manuals might not be not part of your favorite pastime, my advice is to read the entire
manual carefully. There are lots of things to explore and even experienced users will need some gui-
dance to get all 'ebbe und flut's' details. Next to that, this manual contains 51 figures that will (hopeful-
ly) enable you to quickly understand even complex functionality. Nevertheless, for some of you there
might totally new topics. I tried to find the best compromise between a simple manual for beginners
and a guidance line for pro-users. Hopefully my task was successful.
The explaining section of this manual contains three parts. Part one explaines consecutively all modu-
les, their functionality and the corresponding controls. Part two features a guidance line, that covers all
functions of the unit in order to get a first feel for each of them, the interaction between modules and
the audible results. Part three gives some tipps and ideas for more advanced use.
There is lots of taking about modules in this manual. A module means an internal section of the unit
with a specific functionality, e.g. an envelope generator, the follower or a filter. We will distinguish bet-
ween audio- and modulation modules.
First of all, we will introduce all control elements and in- and output sockets. An overview over 'ebbe
und flut's' modular structure and its 'ingrediences' will follow straight after.

7.1 Brief description of control elements on the frontpanel

1: [level] Level knob – controls level at the compressor input, supplied from socket (24)
2: [signalflow] 3-way switch – determines signal routing behind the compressor via modules
distortion, filter 1 and filter 2
3: [compression] Compression knob – adjusts compression, threshold and level of the com-
pressor
4: [slow/fast] Compressor switch – selects between two attack/release time presets of the
compressor: slow 40/300 ms – fast 20/150 ms
5: [distortion] Distortion knob – adjusts amount of distortion
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