Page 1: Table Of Contents
E N I E Q M A U S E R M A N U A L Rev ‐ A (Oct 2023) EQUALIZER Contents 1 Overview Page 1 ‐ 3 2 Preset System 4 3 Parametric EQ mode 5 ‐ 7 4 Simple EQ mode 7 ‐ 8 5 Pulteq EQ mode 8 6 Combo (dual EQ) Modes 9 ‐ 10 ...
Page 2 3‐band midrange equalizer that emulates the Pultec Midrange EQ processor. Enieqma offers unprecedented equalization capabilities in a pedal format. Versatility Enieqma’s EQ engine can be harnessed not only for general purpose tone shaping, but also for realizing specific tonal effects such as guitar/bass speaker frequency responses, telephone, old radios, wah pedals, etc. To help users get up to speed and quickly tap into the power of Enieqma, we have provided an on‐ board extensive library of ready‐to‐use prototype EQs that covers everything from simple lowpass/highpass ...
Page 3 Controls (common functions) * Twist = press and turn Turn : Select EQ mode Twist: Select filter type Turn : Master Volume Tap : Enter Options menu EQ parameters *Twist: Boost Level Hold : Enter Globals menu Double Tap to activate / deactivate a ParaEq band. EQ mode Tap once to bring an active indicator LEDS ParaEq band into focus. Bypass / Engage Bypass / Engage EQ Booster Inputs and Outputs channel R output TS for 1 channel input standard TS TRS for 2 channel input channel L output Tip = Left standard TS Ring = Right ...
Page 4 MIDI You can use any standard MIDI controller ca‐ pable of sending Program Change (PC), Control Change (CC) messages to remotely change pre‐ sets or to control other functions or parame‐ ters in Enieqma. The MIDI input accepts Type‐ A TRS‐to‐DIN5 pin mapping: SHIELD RING 1/8” (3.5mm) TRS DIN5 ( male ) ‐ looking into the cable TIP current sink  Use the diagram above as your reference when ordering or making your own cable.  Consult the “Midi Implementation Chart” document for PC/CC implementation details. Aux Switches An external switch box can be used to access ...
Page 5 2. Preset System Up to 64 presets can be saved and recalled using the onboard footswitches, an external switchbox, or MIDI. The presets are arranged as a simple linear list: preset 1 to preset 64. The pedal ships with the first twelve preset locations programmed with factory presets. Users can overwrite these with their own presets if so they wish. HOLD Saving a preset 1. Press and hold knob MODE/TYPE and knob GAIN, Release when the screen displays the preset save menu. 2. Turn the MODE/TYPE knob to choose the desired preset location. save ‐cancel :Preset Title ‐ Push the VOLUME/BOOST knob to cancel, or ‐ Push the MODE/TYPE knob to confim the save. Preset 01/ After saving the preset, you can edit the preset title from the Options menu: Options Preset location # Preset limit Preset Title editor HOLD Caling a preset 1. Press and hold the EQ footswitch. ...
Page 6: Preset System
2. Preset System Up to 64 presets can be saved and recalled using the onboard footswitches, an external switchbox, or MIDI. The presets are arranged as a simple linear list: preset 1 to preset 64. The pedal ships with the first twelve preset locations programmed with factory presets. Users can overwrite these with their own presets if so they wish. HOLD Saving a preset 1. Press and hold knob MODE/TYPE and knob GAIN, Release when the screen displays the preset save menu. 2. Turn the MODE/TYPE knob to choose the desired preset location. save ‐cancel :Preset Title ‐ Push the VOLUME/BOOST knob to cancel, or ‐ Push the MODE/TYPE knob to confim the save. Preset 01/ After saving the preset, you can edit the preset title from the Options menu: Options Preset location # Preset limit Preset Title editor HOLD Caling a preset 1. Press and hold the EQ (left‐side) footswitch. ...
Page 7: Parametric Eq Mode 5
3. Parametric EQ Mode The Parametric EQ mode is a 5‐band full‐parametric EQ. Each band has adjustable Gain, Q, Frequency, and Filter Type. GAIN ‐15dB to +15 dB Q 0.1 to 8.0 FILTER TYPE ‐ press and turn FREQ 30 Hz to 16KHz. MASTER VOLUME ‐9 dB to +9dB Double Tap to activate/ deactivate a band. Tap Once to bring an active band into focus. Working with the EQ bands. Double tap on the touch button to active or deactivate a particular band. The LED on the touch button indi‐ cates the state of the band. At any given time, the Gain, Q, and Frequency knobs control a single band. The band that ‘owns’ the control is the ‘focus band’. The breathing white LED tells you which band is currently the focus band. To switch focus to another band: tap once on the touch button that belongs to the target band. A band must already be active to be able to get the focus. Parametric EQ Types. Each band can be configured to be one of 5 filter types:  Lowpass : cuts the high frequency band, while passing the low frequencies intact. Q = 0.5 Q = 1.5 Low Q values gives a more ‘relaxed’ EQ curve, as Q is increased the curve becomes ‘tighter’, and as it’s in‐ creased further resonance starts to appear near the center frequency. For this particular filter type the GAIN parameter is not used, the passband of the filter will stay at 0dB.
Page 8 Parametric EQ Types.  Highpass : cuts the low frequency band, while passing the high frequencies intact. Q = 0.5 Q = 1.5  Low Shelving : cuts or boost the low frequency band. Center frequency, Q, and Gain are adjustable. Boost Boost Cut Cut Q = 0.7 Q = 0.4  High Shelving : cuts or boost the high frequency band. Center frequency, Q, and Gain are adjustable. Boost Boost Cut Cut Q = 0.7 Q = 0.4 ...
Page 9: Simple Eq Mode 7
Parametric EQ Types.  Bell : cuts or boost a specific frequency band. Center frequency, Q, and Gain are adjustable. Boost Boost Cut Cut Q = 1.0 Q = 1.8 4. Simple EQ Mode The Simple EQ mode consists of a class of EQs that are simpler and more straightforward than the Para‐ metric EQ. For this EQ class we have selected 7 types that we think are representative and can cover wide ranging use cases. In general, the Simple EQ mode is great for broad strokes tone shaping that doesn’t re‐ quire precision. In this mode, the knobs are labeled BASS, MIDS, and TREBLE, however FILTER TYPE ‐ press and turn the actual functions depends on the selected filter type. MASTER VOLUME ‐9 dB to +9dB Simple EQ Types. This mode can be configured to be one of 7 filter types:  Tonestack “F” : tone control of Fender* amps with Bass, Mids, and Treble controls. ...
Page 10: Pulteq Eq Mode
Simple EQ Types (continued…)  Wah : Recreation of a typical wah pedal frequency response. Controls: ‐ LOWS : turn this up for more low frequency energy (body). ‐ Q : turn this up for sharper resonance (more squeaky). ‐ FREQ : sets the resonance center frequency (400 Hz to 2200 Hz). Tips: ‐ This filter type can be used as it is to get the half‐cocked wah pedal tone, but even better, you can use an expression pedal + midi controller to sweep the center frequency and turn Enieqma into a wah pedal.  Tilt : Tilt EQ ~ bass is increased/decreased when treble is decreased/increased. Controls: ‐ TILT : sets the low/high tilt. ‐ FREQ : sets the center frequency where the tilt happens.  Scooped Tilt : Similar to the Tilt filter type, with an added mid‐scoop. Controls: ‐ TILT : sets the low/high tilt. ‐ SCOOP : sets the amount of mid scoop. ‐ FREQ : sets the center frequency where the tilt (and scoop) happens. 5. Pulteq EQ Mode The Pulteq EQ mode is an emulation of the classic Pultec* MEQ‐5 Midrange EQ processor. In essence, it is a 3‐band parametric EQ, with frequency ranges restricted to the midrange (200 Hz to 7 KHz) area. The Pulteq EQ mode consists of 3 bands: GAIN ~ 0dB to +10dB (boost only) LOW PEAK FREQ (Hz) ~ 200, 300, 500, 700, 1K. GAIN ~ 0db to –10dB (cut only) MID DIP FREQ (Hz) ~ 200, 300, 500, 700, 1K, 1.5K, 2K, 3K, 4K, 5K, 7K. GAIN ~ 0dB to +10dB (boost only) HIGH PEAK FREQ (Hz) ~ 1.5K, 2K, 3K, 4K, 5K. PEAK‐LO Turn : sets the Gain DIP Twist: sets the Frequency PEAK‐HI ...
Page 11: Combo (Dual Eq) Modes
6. Combo (dual EQ) Modes In addition to the three primary modes, we take the liberty to throw in two extra modes which are combinations of the primary modes. These two dual‐EQ modes are:  SIMPLEQ + PARAEQ ‐ Simple EQ and Parametric EQ run together in series configuration. Simple EQ Parametric EQ  PULTEQ + PARAEQ ‐ Pulteq EQ and Parametric EQ run together in series configuration. ...
Page 12 Dual EQ modes controls At any given time when using the dual‐EQ modes, one of the two modes has possession of the parameter knobs control. We provide a simple way to allow users to go back and forth editing the individual EQ mode. For example, when the [SIMPLEQ + PARAEQ] mode is active... Simple EQ Parametric EQ Simple EQ has control over the parameter knobs. < SIMPLEQ led is breathing > Tap the VOLUME/BOOST knob once to handover parameter control to ParaEQ Simple EQ Parametric EQ Parametric EQ now has control over the parameter knobs. < PARAEQ led is breathing > ...
Page 13: Prototypes
7. Prototypes “Prototypes” is a library of pre‐made EQ settings that you can Options quickly use as it is, or modify as you see fit and save the Prototypes change as user presets. How are Prototypes different from Factory Presets? Prototypes and Factory‐programmed presets both provides ready‐to‐use sound settings. The differences between the two are: 1. Scope Factory presets are ‘system‐wide’ settings, which include EQ, booster, limiter, stereo expander, channel mode settings, etc. Prototypes only concerns strictly on the EQ settings. ...
Page 14 8. Limiter The limiter is an optional processing element that you can use to Options catch any peaks or transients from your signal and regulate them to a specified level, this keeps the output signal from clipping, which Limiter may occur with high EQ gain settings. Parameters: Input Gain: sets the input gain (0dB to +9dB) of the signal coming into the limiter. If you don’t need any volume increase this control should be left at 0dB. Threshold : controls the threshold level at which the limiter action sets in. Higher threshold level results in less limiting, and lower threshold level result in more limiting. Attack : determines how fast the limiter respond to incoming peaks/transients. Lower value gives a tight and fast limiting action, while higher value will let some transients to pass through. This control allows some tradeoff between peaks control and dynamics preserv‐ ...
Page 15 (OFF) ‐ not applicable. (Short Delay) ‐ sets the delay (0 to 20 miiseconds). (Dimensional Expansion) ‐ sets the expansion depth (0 to 100%). ‐ Turn to set the expander Off / On. ‐ Tap to save the changes. Stereo Expander is disabled. Stereo Expander is enabled: ‘Short Delay’ algorithm. Stereo Expander is enabled: ‘Dimensional Expansion algorithm. The stereo expander is useful only with Mono‐In/Stereo‐Out or Dual‐Mono (Stereo‐In/ Stereo‐Out) routing configuration. It should not be used when Stereo‐In/Mono‐Out routing mode is used. Another occasion where the use of stereo expander would be inappropriate is when routing is set to Dual‐Mono, and the two EQ channels are used in a pre‐post equalization setup (see chapter 11, page 16). Changes made to the Limiter and Stereo Expander settings are automatically saved to the current preset.
Page 16: Channel Modes
9. Channel Modes Options EQ‐L Limiter‐L Boost‐L Channel Mode (EQ) Channel Mode (Boost) EQ‐R Limiter‐R Boost‐R Channel Mode (Limiter) The two channels of EQ, limiter, and booster can be configured as Linked (their parameter settings are identical) or as Independent (they can have different parameter settings). ‘L is highlighted, and R is dimmed’ indicates that the ‘L and R highlighted’ indicates that two EQ channels are independent, and channel‐L the two EQ channels are linked. ...
Page 17: 10 Master Volume And Input Level Trim
Copy and Swap When working with two independent EQ channels, there may be times you want to copy the parameter settings of the EQ in one channel to the EQ in other channel, or maybe swap the settings between the two channels. We’ve provided a mechanism to do this quick and easy. PUSH 1. Push the MODE/TYPE knob and the GAIN knob together to enter the copy/swap menu. 2. Turn the MODE/TYPE knob to choose the desired operation, choose < exit > if you want to cancel. 3. Push the MODE/TYPE knob to execute 10. Master Volume and Input Level Trim Master volume control (‐9dB to +9dB) is useful to set the overall output volume, to compensate for changes in volume level due to EQ processing. Each EQ mode has its own volume control, this makes it easy to maintain consistent volume level across different modes. ...
Page 18: 11 Routing Configurations
Out‐L Boost‐L In‐L EQ‐R Limiter‐R Out‐R Boost‐R Dual Mono (Stereo In / Stereo Out) Out‐L In‐L EQ‐L Limiter‐L Boost‐L In‐R EQ‐R Limiter‐R Out‐R Boost‐R This routing configuration can be used in a Pre/Post equalization setup: ENIEQMA In EQ‐L Limiter‐L Boost‐L In‐L Out‐L Pedal to be EQ‐ed Boost‐R Limiter‐R EQ‐R Out Out‐R In‐R Stereo In / Mono Out EQ‐L Limiter‐L Out‐L ...
Page 19: 12 Doing A/B Comparisons
12. Doing A/B Comparisons There are two types of A/B comparisons in Enieqma. Full A/B Comparison This is the usual kind of A/B comparison most people are familiar with. Suppose you’d like to compare two different EQ settings by quickly toggling between the two, here’s what you do: 1. Set the EQ channel mode to Independent (see chapter 9). 2. Put one EQ settings on channel‐L, and the other on the channel‐R. 3. Enter the L/R Comparison scene by holding down the VOLUME / BOOST knob for about 2 seconds. HOLD 4. You can now tap on the BOOST footswitch to toggle between the EQ‐L settings, and EQ‐R settings. The sound that you hear on both output channels are either the EQ‐L sound or the EQ‐R sound. The screen will highlight which EQ channel is currently being solo‐ed. EQ channel‐R is being solo‐ed EQ channel‐L is being solo‐ed When you’re done, you can exit the L/R comparison scene by pressing the VOLUME/BOOST knob button. Partial A/B Comparison In this type of A/B comparison, you’re looking at the change in sound as a single parameter is toggled be‐ tween two distinct values. Here’s an example: 1. Choose an EQ mode, say the Simple EQ: Bass & Treble type. 2. Set one parameter, say the Bass, to a certain value, say 25. 3. Hold down the Bass knob for about 2 seconds, release the hold when “VALUE LATCHED!” appears on the screen. 4. Now adjust the Bass to some other values, say 75. 5. At this point, you can toggle the Bass parameter between 25 and 75 by tapping on the Bass knob button. ...
Page 20: 13 Globals Settings
13. Globals Settings HOLD Press and hold the MODE/TYPE knob button for about 2 seconds to enter the Global Setting menu. If at any moment you wish to exit the menu without saving any changes you can do so by holding down the MODE/TYPE knon button again for about 2 seconds. Globals Routing Mono In / Stereo Out Dual Mono (Stereo In / Stereo Out) Stereo In / Mono Out Top Preset [Preset 2 to Preset 64] Sets the limit of accessible presets. For example, if you choose ‘Presets 4’, then the preset‐change cycle is like this: patch‐1 patch‐2 patch‐3 patch‐4 patch‐1 … This self‐imposed restriction is not applicable when calling a preset via MIDI. PC messages will be able to call any preset number regardless of this setting. Power‐up State Bypassed : Pedal powers up in bypassed state. : Pedal powers up in engaged state. Engaged ...
Page 21 Globals Aux switch (Tip) Aux switch (Ring) Aux switch (Tip+Ring) * Preset Up ‐ increment (scroll up) preset number by 1. * Preset Down ‐ decrement (scroll down) preset number by * Favorite Preset ‐ Call the favorite patch . * Bypass/Engage (global) ‐ Toggle bypass / engage (global). * Bypass/Engage (EQ‐L) ‐ Toggle bypass / engage (EQ channel L only). * Bypass/Engage (EQ‐R) ‐ Toggle bypass / engage (EQ channel R only). * Boost On/Off ‐ Toggle booster on and off. ...
Page 22: 14 Resetting The Pedal
Resetting the pedal will revert the parameters or configurations to factory default settings. There are 2 types of resets which can be performed independently: Factory Reset and Global Settings Reset. Factory Reset Factory Reset reverts all the presets back to factory settings. This operation will overwrite all user presets, but will not affect the saved global settings. Step 1: Begin with the pedal powered down. Step 2: Power up the pedal. While the lights are still blinking, press and hold down the EQ footswitch. Release when the display reads “FACTORY RESET”. Step 3: Press the EQ footswitch to confirm, or the BOOST footswitch to cancel. Global Settings Reset Global Settings Reset reverts the global configurations back to factory settings. This operation will not affect the saved presets. Step 1: Begin with the pedal powered down. Step 2: Power up the pedal. While the lights are still blinking, press and hold down the BOOST foot switch. Release when the display reads “GLOBALS RESET”. Step 3: Press the EQ footswitch to confirm, or the BOOST footswitch to cancel. 16. Firmware Update Firmware updates may be made available for bug fixes and/or feature additions/modifications. You will need to connect your pedal to your computer via USB to perform a firmware update. Before you begin the update, make sure you have the latest version of the EnieqLab editor software in‐ stalled in your computer, and download the latest firmware for the Enieqma pedal on our website. Tips: It’s recommended to first back up your presets before starting the update. The EnieqLab software has the functionality to create a backup: Menu > Backup. Update Procedure: Step 1: Begin with the pedal powered down. Step 2: Power up the pedal. While the lights are still blinking, press and hold down both footswitches Release when the display reads “FIRMWARE UPDATE”. Step 3: Connect the pedal to your computer via USB and start the EnieqLab software. Step 4: Click the ‘Load Firmware File’ button, browse to the location where you placed the downloaded firmware file, and select it. Step 5: Click the ‘Run Update’ button. When the update is complete the pedal will automatically restart and will be ready for use. ...
Page 23 Specifications :  Input impedance : 1 Meg Ohm.  Output impedance : 500 Ohm.  Max input level : +7.23 dBV = 9.45 dBu = 2.3 V RMS = 6.5 Vpp. (EQ set to ‘flat’ curve, input level is set to 0dB, and Boost is OFF)  Max Boost level : +15dB.  SNR : 114 dB typical.  Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 KHz.  AD/DA : 24‐bit, 48 KHz .  Bypass : Buffered.  Input jack : 1/4” TRS (Tip: Left channel, Ring: Right channel).  Output jack : 1/4” TS.  MIDI In/Thru jacks : 1/8” TRS (Type A).  Power source : 9VDC (negative center, 2.1 mm inner diameter)  Current draw : 280 mA.  Dimension : 12 x 12 cm (4.7 x 4.7 inch) Key Features :  2 channel EQ + Boost.  The two processing channels can be linked or configured/run independently.  3 EQ engines (Parametric EQ, Simple EQ, and Pultec Midrange EQ emulation) with the ability to stack ...