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  • Page 1 Comprehensive User Guide Subdecay Studios, Inc. ©2024...
  • Page 2 Introduction | Inputs, Outputs & Control Surface Page 4-5 Controls MIDI clock sync Page 6 Saving Chorus Presets Initiating Synthesizer Mode Page 7-8 Start Up Settings & Factory Reset Page 9 MIDI Implementation (flanger/chorus) Page 10 Synthesizer Mode Page 11 Warranty information. Subdecay Studios, Inc. ©2024...
  • Page 3 INTRODUCTION: The Starlight mkIII Flanger is not your average flanger. Aside from the modulation options and presets, you have access to tone shaping settings that would usually be fixed internally. That will certainly keep things simple, but if you’ve acquired a Subdecay modulation pedal, simple probably wasn’t what you were looking for.
  • Page 4 MIX: Mix from 100% dry to 100% wet. Most flangers don’t have a mix control and are set to a 50/50 mix. MANual: controls resting point of the flanger sweep. Sometimes called frequency on other flanger effects. WARP: Alters each modulation mode in different ways. Subdecay Studios, Inc. ©2024...
  • Page 5 HPF: High pass filter. Turn to the right to cut low frequencies. Does not affect the dry signal. MIDI clock Sync: By default the Starlight mkIII will synchronize the LFO to any incoming MIDI clock. This will change the way the rate control behaves. Instead of smoothly transitioning from slow to fast it will set a ratio for the LFO synchronization.
  • Page 6: Saving A Preset

    Connect this all up and press any note on the keyboard. The synthesizer should start right up. By default the Starlight mkIII is set to MIDI channel 1 as are most MIDI controllers. If it doesn’t work a channel mismatch is the most likely reason. See page 8&9 if you need to change the Starlight’s MIDI channel.
  • Page 7 MIDI note activates synth. Only CC115 activates synth. Set MIDI Channel 1-11. Set MIDI Channel 12-16. EXIT. Changing the MIDI channel or clock input requires and extra step. See the MIDI channel & MIDI clock: next page for details. Subdecay Studios, Inc. ©2024...
  • Page 8: Midi Channel

    SELECT MIDI CHANNEL MIDI clock: By default the Starlight mkIII will sync the LFO to an incoming MIDI clock. This will affect presets as well even if they were created without a MIDI clock present. This may lead to some unwanted behavior, but can be easily disabled.
  • Page 9 Step Triangle Step Ramp Step Saw Step Random Triangle Square LFO mix Triangle Random LFO mix Triangle LFO Infinite Rise Infinite Fall 0-127 Flanger LPF Bypass Effect >0 Engage Effect >0 Toggle bypass (Flip state) >0 Enable Synth Sending MIDI PC messages 0-10 will change the current preset. Any PC messages above 10 will be ignored. Subdecay Studios, Inc. ©2024...
  • Page 10 1. Send a non zero value to CC119 to prepare a patch to be saved. 2. Select a save location by sending a Program Change message from 0 to 63. (64-127 can not be saved to.) 3. Send a non zero value to CC118 to save. Subdecay Studios, Inc. ©2024...
  • Page 11 WARRANT Y Subdecay Studios offers a 3 year limited warranty from the purchase date to the original Warranty: purchaser. This warranty does not cover polar bear attacks, willful destroyment, using your pedal as a hammer, or the neglect of the user. It does not cover the finish, paint or any external superficial damage.