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- Page 1 CBA ref 2024 - ONW01 A field guide to Onward...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Overview Setup Getting Started Controls Hidden Options Onward 101 Freeze Glitch Effects Shape Error Routing Customize Ramping External Control Power req: 9V DC Center Negative ~200 mA... -
Page 3: Overview
Each channel captures a sample of your audio that is then run through Onward’s various sections to bring it to life. Onward is a dual effect that moves when you do, using the sounds you play to create rich musical You will find layered accompaniment. -
Page 4: Setup
Hidden Options (pg. 14-19) I / O Customize (pg. 40) Onward can be used in mono, stereo, or mono to Ramping (pg. 42) stereo. The default setting will automatically work for either mono or stereo: External Control (pg. 44) -
Page 5: Getting Started
OCTAVE things moving. Now turn on the Glitch and play ERROR SUSTAIN TEXTURE some more. Leave pauses between phrases to hear what Onward does with your playing. GLITCH TYPE FADE ANIMATE Once you hear something you like, hold down the Glitch footswitch. Now... - Page 6 General Controls Sets the balance between your input signal and Onward (controls both Freeze and Glitch). If ramping is engaged (pg. 42), this knob’s function will change to control the ramping speed. SIZE SIZE Sets the length of the Glitch and the overall timing of Onward’s various parts.
- Page 7 At noon OCTAVE is disabled. TEXTURE TEXTURE Pushes Onward into digital or analog-style distortion to introduce some grit. You will ANIMATE find overdrive on the right half of the knob’s sweep and sample rate reduction on the left.
- Page 8 Shape and Error Controls SHAPE SUSTAIN Determines how long sounds will hold before fading away. Lower settings can be used to create short blips, strange echoes, and synth-like effects. At max the sustain is infinite and will hold until you trigger a resample.
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Page 9: Hidden Options
Hold both footswitches down to adjust the Hidden Options. The LEDs will light green. HOLD SENSITIVITY SENSITIVITY BALANCE DUCK Sets how easy it is to trigger Onward DEPTH with your playing dynamics. Around noon will work best in most cases. SIZE EVEN ERROR USER... - Page 10 Hidden Options continued There are also a couple hidden Hidden Options. < ROUTING > Each toggle gives you the ability to ERROR BLEND isolate its related section, applying Lets you blend in the other two it to only one channel or the other. unselected error types so that you They all work like this: can get a mix of all three.
- Page 11 This preference will be remembered you can! Tap both footswitches GLITCH in the future. twice to put Onward into tap tempo mode, you’ll know you’re there when all LEDs start blinking red. Use the TRAILS left footswitch to tap in your tempo, If you’d like Onward’s effects to...
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Page 12: Onward 101
Onward 101 TOGETHER OR SEPARATE There are a couple simple concepts that make Onward is made of two channels run in parallel. everything else easy to understand. INPUT DYNAMICS Onward is primarily a dynamic effect. FREEZE INPUT AUDIO GLITCH SAMPLE SIZE... -
Page 13: Freeze
It can be used to make droning background ambience, or a supportive harmonizing voice, or to turn your instrument into a synth. Onward will automatically freeze a note whenever you play. INPUT INPUT FREEZE... - Page 14 SIZE OCTAVE OCTAVE SUSTAIN ERROR SUSTAIN TEXTURE Turn Onward into a doomy synth that follows along and fills out the TYPE FADE ANIMATE lower register. As long as OCTAVE is at the minimum position, the This setting will turn any sounds rest is up to you.
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Page 15: Glitch
Glitch When you play again it will resample and Onward’s Glitch channel samples and repeats replace the current phrase. small chunks of audio. It can make dynamic loops, strange echoes, INPUT AUDIO and of course, glitches. Onward will automatically sample a phrase whenever you play. - Page 16 Glitch Ideas TRUE GLITCH AUTO-REPEATER ERROR TYPE SUSTAIN FADE The middle ERROR TYPE makes A classic repeater effect that will it easy to create more natural sample and infinitely loop each sounding glitches that pop in and note you play. A simple and fun out instead of repeating steadily.
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Page 17: Effects
Push things into digital or analog-style distortion. that lets you thin out or darken the sound (pg. 17). Engage wobbly or dreamy movement. ANIMATE The ANIMATE toggle lends Onward a OCTAVE bit of motion and sway. The left The OCTAVE knob blends in a... -
Page 18: Shape
The FADE toggle also controls the crossfade time responsible for the way – how long it takes for new samples to replace Onward moves. old ones. This means you will get fleeting moments of layering at slower FADE settings as Gradual or abrupt. -
Page 19: Error
Error TIMING Manipulates the length of the samples. The Error section gives you three different ways to LEFT introduce randomization and variation. This will not RIGHT only make the Glitch sound ERROR On the Glitch channel this will create rhythmic more organic but it means variation and a pattern-like feeling, while on the the Freeze can also get in... - Page 20 STEREO SPREAD Turning up ERROR is also the key to making Each of the errors are useful in their Onward’s stereo processing come to life. The own way for lending a bit of motion various malfunctions will randomly occur on one and intrigue to a frozen sound.
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Page 21: Routing
Routing Here are a couple ideas to get you started on your Onward's routing abilities are simple to use, but routing journey: they greatly increase the pedal's depth. COMPLEX COUPLE Each of Onward’s three key sections – Error, Shape, and Effects – can be isolated to one This is a special one. -
Page 22: Customize
Customize SIDECHAIN Engages a pumping effect on the Freeze channel. The white-labeled dip switches on top of Onward The Freeze will momentarily dip in volume allow you to engage some alternate behaviors whenever the Glitch resets, creating a linked and set things to your liking. -
Page 23: Ramping
Ramping START Now Onward will steadily shift between digital and analog-style distortion, adding movement and increased nuance to the effect. The position of the knob you’re controlling is important, because it either sets the maximum or minimum point of the range (depending on the SWEEP setting). -
Page 24: External Control
MIDI lets you go deeper and control everything, signal to a ¼" TRS jack. For details on getting MIDI including clock sync, the Hidden Options, and going with Onward, check out the MIDI manual. the dip switches. The MIDI jack can also be used to engage CV and expression are set up the same way as Onward’s... - Page 25 You’re ready. You know everything. Go forward and see what you find. Write us here any time if you have any questions: help@chasebliss.com We’re happy to help. Have fun!
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