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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. OVERVIEW 11. FX SETUP ENTERING FX SETUP 2. CALIBRATION MODULE ROUTING DUAL BYPASS 3. NAVIGATION & PRIMARY CONTROLS CAPTURE ROUTING CHANGING EFFECTS FILTER STYLES BYPASSING EFFECTS EXPRESSION CONTROL MAPPING CONTROLS FOOT SWITCH CONTROLS 12. COPY/SAVE PRESETS ENTERING THE COPY/SAVE MENU 4.
  • Page 3 In the pages that follow, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about what Chroma Console does and how you can get the most out of it. But first, it might be worth taking a moment to talk about why we made this pedal and what it’s about.

  • Page 4: Overview

    BUTTONS Before you get started, be sure to calibrate Chroma Console to your instrument so that it can match the effects to your signal level and make experimentation easy. We suggest Use the buttons to...

  • Page 5: Calibration

    Chroma Console an idea of the level of signal it should expect to hear most of the time. This measurement doesn’t have to be super precise—it You can choose one of 4 headroom levels (Low, Medium, High, or Very High) just needs to get the general level.

  • Page 6: Navigation & Primary Controls

    Long press CONTROLS PRESETS (pg. 34). BYPASS foot switch Each knob on Chroma Console has two functions: Bypass pedal when using DUAL BYPASS. See DUAL Double tap PRIMARY and SECONDARY controls. PRIMARY controls BYPASS section for more information (pg. 28).

  • Page 7: Character Module

    CHARACTER MODULE EFFECTS DRIVE: Tube-like drive with nothing but sweet spots, ranging from warm preamp to full overdrive. CHARACTER AMOUNT adjusts intensity of overdrive. Shape and articulate your sound with overdrive, compression, SWEETEN: A pleasant preamp that adds EQ, compression, and gentle fuzz, and swell effects.

  • Page 8: Movement Module

    MOVEMENT MODULE PHASER: Vintage-voiced classic phaser effects that range from swirling hypnotic sweeps to pulsing vibrato-like undulation. RATE: sets the phase-shifting frequency. AMOUNT: adjusts the modulation intensity and introduces additional phase MOVEMENT shifting stages (ranging from 2-stage to 12-stage). This allows for many different phase shifting styles across the travel of the knob, so experiment to find the sound you like the best.

  • Page 9: Diffusion Module

    DRIFT: introduces pitch modulation to the reverb. Diffusion’s time-based effects are equal parts vintage gear appreciation and the weirdness you’ve come to expect from Hologram. Each effect has its own unique character when moving the TIME parameter, which can be exploited to great creative effect by automating it with a COLLAGE: Wild, spontaneous looping delay.

  • Page 10: Texture Module

    TEXTURE MODULE SQUASH: A heavy-handed compressor and overdrive that can rein in loud chains of effects, provide subtle polish, or add a pleasing grit to a signal depending on the position of the AMOUNT knob. AMOUNT: introduces more compression and begins to overdrive as the knob approaches 100% clockwise.

  • Page 11: Secondary Controls

    SECONDARY CONTROLS SECONDARY CONTROLS DRIFT ENTERING THE SECONDARY CONTROLS MENU Both MOVEMENT and DIFFUSION modules are equipped with DRIFT controls. To enter the SECONDARY CONTROLS MENU, press the A and B buttons DRIFT parameters are inspired by the captivating eccentricities of vintage simultaneously and release.

  • Page 12: Sensitivity

    SECONDARY CONTROLS SECONDARY CONTROLS SENSITIVITY EFFECT VOL SENSITIVITY fine-tunes the headroom that you set in Calibration for the Each Module has an EFFECT VOL secondary control. This secondary control Character module, allowing you to dial in the your preferred breakup point for adjusts the output volume of its respective module.

  • Page 13: Gesture

    RECORDING KNOB MOVEMENTS CONT. Gesture recording is an exciting feature that allows you to record and loop knob movements of Chroma Console’s Primary Controls. This allows the user While playing back a gesture recording, Module LEDs will oscillate between the to build up complex, evolving sounds easily with simple motions of the knobs.

  • Page 14: Capture

    FX SETUP CAPTURE is an ephemeral sustainer and looper with up to 30 seconds of Chroma Console’s presets can be customized further in the FX SETUP menu. record time. Immediately create soft droning pads or musical looped phrases In the FX SETUP menu, the following settings can be adjusted: with the press of a single footswitch.

  • Page 15: Dual Bypass

    PRE-FX. From the FX SETUP menu, turn the MIX knob to make your selection. An orange menu will indicate that you’ve entered the CAPTURE routing menu. In a blank or default preset, Chroma Console’s BYPASS foot switch is configured to bypass/engage all Modules at once.

  • Page 16: Copy/Save Presets

    Chroma Console is capable of storing up to 80 user presets. FILTER STYLE These user presets save: Chroma Console has 3 distinct filter styles that can be configured on a per- preset basis. • Effects & Module Routing • All primary control settings TILT FILTER - turn left to cut high frequencies;...

  • Page 17: Navigation

    In this example, & C buttons again. A teal animation will be displayed as the pedal saves your BANK A, USER PRESET 3 preset. Chroma Console will return to normal operation once the process is is selected. complete. To cancel the saving process and exit the COPY/SAVE menu, press and hold the BYPASS foot switch.

  • Page 18: Browsing Presets

    BROWSING PRESETS BROWSING PRESETS NAVIGATION You can navigate through the presets and banks two different ways. 1. Turn any module AMOUNT knob to scroll through its corresponding 20 available presets. 2. Tap either foot switch to move the cursor to the desired saving location. A single tap of the left or right foot switch will move the cursor one slot to the left or right, respectively.

  • Page 19: Global Settings

    This setting configures which ENTERING THE GLOBAL SETTINGS MENU Channels 1-4 channel Chroma Console will To enter Chroma Console’s GLOBAL SETTINGS MENU, press all buttons listen to incoming MIDI messages (A, B, C, and D) simultaneously and release. Channels 5-8 on.
  • Page 20 USB. Chroma Console’s clock signals will be output to both DIN and USB When Chroma Console is synced to External Clock sources, its Internal Clock, MIDI. as it is referred to here, is equivalent to the External Clock BPM. See MIDI CLOCK SOURCE for more.
  • Page 21 MIDI clock messages. audition, allowing you to navigate through presets without hearing their effects. DIN MIDI: Chroma Console listens for clock on the MIDI DIN input, and ignores When audition is disabled, the currently-active preset will persist until a new it on USB preset is loaded.

  • Page 22: Global Reset

    GLOBAL SETTINGS INPUTS & OUTPUTS GLOBAL SETTINGS RESET If you want to reset all global settings back to the original factory settings, hold the A, B, C and D buttons until a pulsing orange animation displays. FACTORY RESET A factory reset will clear all User preset banks and reset the global parameters back to the default settings.

  • Page 23: Stereo Inputs/Outputs

    SETTINGS (pg. 36). Output impedence: less than 1kΩ POWER SUPPLY Chroma Console requires a 9 volt DC power supply that can provide at least 500mA continuous current. The pedal uses a standard center negative 2.1mm connection. Use of a power supply that does not meet these specifications could result in...

  • Page 24: Midi Implementation Chart

    MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART MODULE CONTROLS MESSAGE RANGE PRIMARY CONTROLS MESSAGE RANGE TILT DRIVE (0-21) CC# 64 0-127 SWEETEN (22-43) RATE CC# 66 0-127 FUZZ (44-65) CHARACTER MODULE CC# 16 TIME CC# 68 0-127 HOWL (66-87) CC# 70 0-127 SWELL (88-109) OFF (110-127)
  • Page 25 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART USER PRESETS PROGRAM CHANGE BYPASS CONTROLS MESSAGE RANGE BANK A, 1-4 PC# 0-3 BYPASS (0-64) STANDARD BYPASS CC# 91 ENGAGE (65-127) BANK A, 5-8 PC# 4-7 BANK A, 9-12 PC# 8-11 TOTAL BYPASS (0-31) DUAL BYPASS CONTROLS CC# 92 DUAL BYPASS (32-64)

  • Page 26: Warranty

    WARRANTY Hologram Electronics warrants your product to be free from physical defects in material and workmanship for a period of 2 years from the date of the original retail purchase. If you discover a defect covered by this warranty, we will repair or replace the product.

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