Aurelius - Effect pedal EarthQuaker Devices - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL Aurelius EarthQuaker Devices

3 English 10 Español 18 Français 26 Deutsche 35 Italiano 43 Polskie 51 ČeštinaWelcome, fellow frequency chaser! Kudos to you for referring to the ocial manual of this majestic Device rather than diving into its powers blindly. Or equally likely, traveling down a YouTube pedal demo rabbit hole where you eventually find yourself watching a tutorial on how to make gnocchi from scratch at 3am. We can tell you’re a true tone aficionado, which is why we’re going to be straight with you: you’re about to embark on a magical journey with this mighty Aurelius

pedal in front of you. This is not simply your run of the mill chorus pedal. This compact, beautifully cased wonder is a three-mode chorus with six programmable presets and expression control. Choose from Vibrato Mode, Chorus Mode, and Rotary Mode and manipulate their Width, Rate, and Balance to achieve your ideal sound. Shift seamlessly from one mode to another to cop a blend that is all your own. One simple tap of the Preset (“Save/Recall”) switch and you can summon up to six settings of your choosing at will. Feeling pretty powerful now, aren’t you? Inspired by the 1970s CE-1 Chorus Ensemble pedal, this digital unit has been tirelessly tweaked and fine-tuned to give you an all-encompassing chorus and vibrato experience like nothing else. We even took it way back to the 1940s and the advent of the Leslie speaker to boldly capture the sound of its rotating bae system for the Rotary mode. We studied the way that the horn and the rotor moved on Leslie speakers and emulated the phasing and speeds of the low frequency oscillator, but we exaggerated the hell out of them to make it sonically suitable for guitar, bass or your instrument of choice. And by popular demand, like many of our pedals, we’ve equipped this with an expression control so you can use any TRS expression pedal to manipulate the Width, Rate or Balance. Put it in Vibrato Mode and you’ll have a really subtle chorus with a seasick vibrato and alternate quickly between the two seamlessly. And that’s only one mode. The possibilities are endless. Think about it. This world of chorus in a box will fit on any pedalboard and is so intuitive that you most likely won’t have to refer to this manual ever again. So, if we don’t see you back here, it’s been a pleasure and good luck with the gnocchi. Each and every Aurelius is hand crafted in Akron, Ohio, USA and is inspected by the spirit of speaker innovator Donald Leslie.

3MODE V: CHORUS/VIBRATO

This mode is a familiar traditional chorus type eect that leans towards vibrato with a triangle LFO modulating a short delay line. When the Balance control is turned fully clockwise, the dry signal is removed and the eect becomes a pitch vibrato. WIDTH Controls the amplitude of the LFO and determines how wide the pitch modulation will sweep. RATE Adjusts the speed of the LFO. BALANCE In Mode V, the Balance control adjusts the amount of pitch modulation that is blended in with the dry signal. When the Balance control is turned fully clockwise, the dry signal is removed and the eect becomes a pitch vibrato.

MODE C: CHORUS/FLANGER

Mode C is a blend of chorus and flanger. It has more warmth and slower rates than Mode V and uses a sine wave LFO to modulate the delay line. The Width control plays a major role in this mode and determines which type of modulation is more prominent. WIDTH Controls the amplitude of the LFO and determines how wide the pitch modulation will sweep. Higher Width settings have a more pronounced flanging eect. When the Width control is turned past the center point, feedback is gradually added and makes the flanging eect more prominent. 4RATE Controls the speed of the LFO. BALANCE In Mode C, the Balance control adjusts the level of the modulated signal. Turn clockwise for a more pronounced eect.

MODE R: ROTARY CHORUS

Mode R is a rotary chorus eect modeled after the sound of a Leslie speaker cabinet. This eect combines both amplitude and frequency modulation for a Doppler eect. WIDTH Controls the amplitude of the LFO and determines how wide the pitch modulation will sweep. Lower settings accentuate the lower “woofer” frequencies and higher settings accentuate the upper “horn” frequencies. RATE Controls the speed of the LFO. BALANCE In Mode R, the Balance control adjusts the wet/dry balance of the signal. Turn clockwise for a more pronounced and pulsing sub frequency eect. 5GLOBAL FEATURES Aurelius has two operating modes which are indicated by the color of the Save/Recall switch LED.

In Live Mode, the pedal will operate exactly where the controls are set and any changes will have no eect on the presets unless saved. The Save/Recall switch LED will stay static green.

In Preset Mode, stored presets are selected using the Preset switch, and the physical settings of the controls will be ignored. The Save/Recall switch LED will stay static red. AURELIUS COMES FACTORY SET TO START UP IN LIVE MODE. PRESETS Aurelius has six available preset slots for you to save and recall your favorite settings. The settings for each of the three controls, the Mode switch and the expression jack assignment can be saved and recalled in any of the slots. Saving a preset:

1. Turn the Preset switch to the desired location you wish to save your preset.

2. Dial in the settings you want to save. Remember; expression pedal

assignment and the selected Mode can also be saved!

3. Hold the Save/Recall switch down until the LED flashes between green

and red and then release.

4. Your preset is now saved!

6Recalling a preset: Select the desired preset you wish to use with the Preset selector switch and do one of the two following actions:

1. When the pedal is activated and the eect is in use, hold down the

footswitch for at least 0.75 seconds, and it will switch from Live Mode to Preset Mode. You can switch between Live and Preset mode on the fly! Or:

2. Tap the lighted Save/Recall switch. The switch LED will turn from green to

red, indicating you are now in preset mode. Tap again and the switch LED will turn from red to green indicating you are in live mode. Editing/Overwriting a preset:

1. Once in Preset Mode (the lighted Save/Recall switch LED will be red), make

the desired changes to any of the controls in the selected preset. The Save/ Recall switch LED will begin to flash red, indicating a change has been made to the stored preset. Any controls that are not changed will remain as previously saved.

2. Hold the Save/Recall switch down until the LED flashes between green

and red and then release.

3. The Save/Recall switch LED will return to static red and the previous

preset has been overwritten. Helpful preset tips:

• Dierent EXP assignments can be saved in each preset!

• Presets can be stored and overwritten when Aurelius is in Live Mode or Preset Mode.

• To make changes to an existing preset, you must first be in Preset Mode before making the desired changes.

• There is no undo for preset saving, so make sure you are not overwriting your favorite sound, especially when you are saving presets from Live Mode! 7EXPRESSION CONTROL Use any TRS expression pedal to take control over the Width, Rate or Balance! Aurelius ships with the EXP jack mapped to the Rate. Follow these steps to reassign the EXP functionality:

1. Insert the expression pedal TRS plug into the EXP jack.

2. Place the expression pedal in the toe down position.

3. Turn the panel control on the Aurelius that you wish to put under control

of the expression pedal. It doesn’t matter how far or which direction you turn the control.

4. Put the expression pedal in the heel down position.

5. This control is now assigned to the EXP jack and can be used with an

expression pedal! Helpful expression assignment tips:

• If you turn the control that is assigned to the EXP jack while the expression pedal is plugged in, the panel control will override the expression pedal setting. The expression pedal will reassume control the next time it is used.

• Dierent EXP assignments can be saved in each preset.

TECHNOLOGY This device features Flexi-Switch Technology! This relay-based, true bypass switching style allows you to simultaneously use momentary and latching- style switching. 8• For standard latching operation: Tap the footswitch once to activate the eect and then tap again to bypass.