Source-audio Hot Hand Wah User Manual download pdf (Page 6)

Knobs

EFFECT Knob

The EFFECT knob switches between different types of wah sounds. Note that

AUTO WAH is not impacted by the Hot Hand signal. The VOLUME SWELL setting

allows you to use the Hot Hand for volume swell or tremolo effects. For a

description of each effect, please see page 18.

Calibration (optional)

Your use of Hot Hand will beneﬁt from the unit being calibrated to your play-

ing position and style. In effect, you are telling the control box where your

hand is when it is centered over the strings. Calibration is recommended

when using for the ﬁrst time or when your playing position changes due to

guitar strap changes or when moving from standing to sitting. If you do not

calibrate, the “zero” or center point of the Hot Hand signal may not match the

natural resting position of your hand.

To calibrate, turn the EFFECT knob to the CALIBRATE position and hold your

strumming hand in its normal playing position over the strings. Then, tap

the ON/OFF pedal once. The LEDs will blink for a few seconds. When the LEDs

are off, you are calibrated and ready to go. Please note that the effect will be

muted when the selector is in the calibrate position.

ADVANCED USER NOTES

1) The calibration “zero” point does not necessarily need to be in the middle of your arm stroke.

By setting the zero point higher or lower it is possible to span a different range of the effect.

Also, calibration may be required if the Hot Hand sensor is mounted to some other part of your

body (head, foot, etc.)

2) One calibration setting is typically used across all presets. However, it may desirable to create

a different calibration setting for each preset. When the function selector is turned to calibrate all

the preset LEDs will be lit. If, before depressing the ON/OFF pedal, one hits the SELECT pedal, the

light from the last preset selected turns on. Successive SELECT pedal depressions cycle through

all the preset LEDs. If only one preset LED is lit, then only that preset gets the new calibration data.

The remaining presets are unaffected, even if the last calibrate applied to all presets.

EFFECT

VOLUME SWELL

BAND PASS

LOW PASS

AUTO WAH

CALIBRATE

CLASSIC WAH

MULTI PEAK

EFFECT

VOLUME SWELL

BAND PASS

LOW PASS

AUTO WAH

CALIBRATE

CLASSIC WAH

MULTI PEAK

Features

The Hot Hand Concept

The concept of Hot Hand is to provide a new way to control effects. Our ﬁrst

product, the Hot Hand Motion Controlled Wah Filters, is focused on control-

ling the response of one of more ﬁlter types. Until now, the only way to do

it was with your feet on an expression pedal or with an auto-wah effect.

The downside of the expression pedals in that you’re rooted to one spot on

the stage and there are limits on how fast the pedal can move up and down.

The shortcoming of auto-wah effects is they can only follow the amplitude

envelope of the sound.

With Hot Hand, you’re not glued to your pedals and you have more control

over the wah sound than with previous solutions. Plus, it adds the potential

for additional showmanship in live performances. The movement of your

hand up and down as you play the guitar becomes the expression pedal.

It is worth noting that the Hot Hand sensor can be mounted on any part of the

body that moves. We have experimented with both mounting to shoes as well

as to head bands. The latter is very fun to watch!

The Controls

The Hot Hand Control Box is where all of the effects are created and con-

trolled. The product contains 11 different wah/ﬁlter effects. Some sounds are

classics, others are new, and all have been carefully modeled and created by

real musicians. And by using the PRESETS, you can switch between FOUR of

those sounds without ever bending down to tweak a knob on stage.

Note that the Hot Hand control box uses rotary encoder knobs and LED

rings. This allows you not only see the knob locations in low light situations,

but you can also jump from one preset to the next and see the setting of each

knob quickly.

The product also gives you control over the FREQUENCY of the wah and the

sensitivity of the Hot Hand. These features allow you to make adjustments to

how the Hot Hand interacts with the effect that you have selected.

There are three other features related to external “expression” control. First,

the EXPRESSION IN allows you to control the effects in the Control Box with

an external expression pedal. The EXPRESSION OUT allows you to take the Hot

Hand signal and use it to control other effects boxes that have an Expression

Input feature. Finally, the SENSOR OUT jack allows you to send the Hot Hand

signal to other Source Audio Hot Hand products and control them with a

single motion sensor.

Knobs | 1110 | Features

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Comments to this Manuals

No comments

Source-audio Hot Hand Wah User Manual Page 6

Comments to this Manuals

Related products and manuals for Audio Source-audio Hot Hand Wah