Catalinbread Semaphore Tap Tempo Tremolo Operation Manual

Catalinbread Semaphore Tap Tempo Tremolo Operation Manual

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Operations Manual

You asked for it, and here it is. Over the years we at Catalinbread have listened to customer comments on
our original Semaphore, and have combined everything into the ultimate tremolo pedal, the Semaphore
Tap Tempo Tremolo. This pedal combines a fantastic audio path, with a diverse tremolo that has a
bottomless feature set including 8 di erent waveforms, tap tempo and divide, and expression pedal capa-
bilities. The Semaphore suits both foot tappers and knob twiddlers in its control, making it the last
tremolo you'll ever need.
At the heart of the Semaphore is a lush audio path that incorporates optically controlled JFET gain stages
to sculpt a gorgeous clean boost sound, that is present and alive without being peaky or harsh. We've
quadrupled the number of waveforms, everything is in there from classic square, triangle, and sine waves
to ramping sounds, and a mind-bending random shape. And in conjunction with the Shape contour,
which morphs the waveshape, numerous waveforms are waiting to be unlocked. The Semaphore sounds
fantastic, and the Tap Tempo section is engaging and easy to use. We've even included a control voltage
input to slave the Semaphore to another tap tempo device.
With the original Semaphore we realized that features without bene ts are irrelevant, and bene ts with-
out features lack credibility. The Semaphore Tap tremolo o ers up everything you need in a tremolo, and
nothing you don't.

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Summary of Contents for Catalinbread Semaphore Tap Tempo Tremolo

  • Page 1 Operations Manual You asked for it, and here it is. Over the years we at Catalinbread have listened to customer comments on our original Semaphore, and have combined everything into the ultimate tremolo pedal, the Semaphore Tap Tempo Tremolo. This pedal combines a fantastic audio path, with a diverse tremolo that has a bottomless feature set including 8 di erent waveforms, tap tempo and divide, and expression pedal capa- bilities.
  • Page 2 Layout Overview Top Panel RATE The rate control, controls the speed of the tremolo. On the Semaphore this knob’s characteristics are a ected by the position of the Tap Divide control. If the Tap divide is set at a higher rate, you will notice that the Rate knobs sweep will change as well.
  • Page 3 9V-18V DC Like many of Catalinbread pedals, the Tap Semaphore can be run at either 9 or 18 volts, using a standard DC power supply with negative tip. Running the unit at 18 volts will increase the volume and headroom of the unit.
  • Page 4 The Rate/Tap Section Rate/Tap The Tap Semaphore o ers 4 options for controlling the rate of tremolo, each o ered to provide the best t for the indi- vidual musicians' needs. The Rate control, provides traditional control for the speed of the tremolo.
  • Page 5 The Shape/Waveshape Section The Waveshape and Shape knobs are paired together to determine the form of the tremolo. While the last section explored the rate and tempo of the Semaphore, this section will illustrate the waveshapes that the tremolo is based on, and how you can skew these shapes to create interesting and original waveshapes.

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