I
know it may be confusing, but just relax and let the seek-wah guide
your tempo. When you turn it on, it will probably be playing a pattern
already. Put the leftmost knob in about the middle, and turn a couple
of the other eight knobs to the left.
There's a little notch in each knob so you can tell it's position, and
an LED by each wah control that shows which is active and by it's brightness,
the wah setting. Put the tiny switch in the MIDDLE position. That sets
it to 8 steps. Strum a chord and let it hang, and listen to the tempo
of the unit. Bob your head to the tempo, and strum again... If you want
it to be a little faster turn the leftmost knob (speed) to the LEFT,
and if you want it to be a little slower turn it to the RIGHT. I know,
I know, all the knobs are backwards... that's because when i tried to
make them go forwards they got jumpy at the rightmost position. It just
sounded so much better to have them go the other way. Complain to Alpha
manufacturing. They make 'em. |
Basically,
the seek-wah is sort of a combination of a tremolo and a wah wah pedal.
If you're familiar with seventies synths, it's exactly like an analog
sequencer controlling a mellow bandpass filter. You have a choice between
4, 6, or 8 steps for your wah. The 6 step positions works well with
6/8 or 3/4 time songs. The seek-wah steps through from one wah setting
to another and starts over after it gets to the end of the sequence.
There's a total of 9 knobs, the leftmost being a speed control, and
the other being wah settings, which get brighter when you turn them
to the left. You can set up patterns which accentuate notes in arpeggiated
chords at particular spots... it can be really pretty if you play in
time with the tempo and play repeating patterns, with the same or changing
chords. Rather hypnotic. |
Or,
you can set the thing to do a sort of tremolo echo, with the knobs set
like this: 7:00, 5:00, 8:00, 5:00, 11:00, 5:00, 2:00, 5:00 (these are
o'clock positions, not spinal tap 1-11). Then set the speed control
for a happy tempo. Heck, there's so many things you can set it to do,
like set a tempo that closely matches the tempo of a song you're overdubbing
a part on, sample a nice part on the seek wah, and midi trigger the
sample so that it stays in time with the song perfectly. I know you
can come up with a zillion ways to use it... How do I know? CUZ IT HAS
SO MANY KNOBS! |
Give
me enough knobs, I can control the world. |
SPECS |
Power
Source: 9V dc battery |
Controls: Speed (tempo), eight wah settings for sequencer, eight LED's to indicate which wah setting is in use and it's level, Switch for 4, 6, or 8 total steps, and True Bypass Stomp Switch. |
Each
pedal is hand painted and each circuit is hand assembled, with no two
boxes quite alike. Enjoy. |
ZVEX EFFECTS
P.O. Box 16078
Minneapolis, MN 55416
952-285-9545
