User Manual

T
he Envelope sliders have a center-detent; they click into place at the center of their travel. When set to the center-detent, there is no
change to the voices’ envelope: you have an instantaneous Attack and an infinite Decay. As you push the sliders up from the center, the
rate of Decay increases until the notes are barely audible. As you push the slider down from the center, the rate of Attack increases so that
your notes slowly fade-in.
ENVELOPE ON LED Indicates when the Envelope section is in or out of the signal path. When the LED is lit, the Envelope is On
and in the signal path. When the LED is off, the Envelope section is bypassed.
E
NVELOPE
F
ootswitch Toggles the Envelope section ON / OFF.
FILTER FREQUENCY Slider Controls the cutoff or peak frequency of the 2nd-Order lowpass filter. As the FREQUENCY slider is
pushed upward, the cutoff frequency of the filter rises.
FILTER RESONANCE Slider Controls the resonance, Q or peak of the filter. As the RESONANCE slider is pushed upward, the
filter emphasizes the cutoff frequency more, creating an audible peak at the setting of the FREQUENCY slider.
All of the generated voices go through the filter at all times except in Wah Wah mode. If you do not want to hear the effects of the filter,
move the FREQUENCY slider to its top position and the RESONANCE slider down to its bottom position.
Expression Controls
EXP. MODE Switch and LEDs The HOG2 has 7 different Expression modes. Each time you press the EXP. MODE button the
HOG2 selects the next mode in a clockwise rotation. It starts with BEND 1 OCTAVE, ends with FILTER and then cycles back to BEND 1
OCTAVE. Each Expression Mode has it own LED which lights up when the mode is selected. The 7 Expression Mode LEDs form a semi-circle
around the EXPRESSION MODE Switch.
EXP. REVERSE Switch and LED This button reverses the direction of the Expression Mode currently selected. For example
with the EXP. REVERSE LED off, in BEND 1 OCTAVE mode, as you move the expression pedal from heel to toe down, the pitch of the voices
will continuously rise until you hit 1 Octave above. Press the EXP. REVERSE button so its LED lights up. As you move from heel to toe down,
the pitch of the voices will continuously fall until you hit 1 octave below.
EXP. BUTTON Footswitch This momentary footswitch enables you to take advantage of the 7 Expression Modes without
needing an Expression Pedal. Pushing down on the EXP. BUTTON is equivalent to the toe down position of the Expression Pedal. Taking
your foot off of the EXP. BUTTON is equivalent to the heel position of the Expression Pedal.
The 7 Expression Modes are as follows (all descriptions assume you are using an Expression Pedal):
BEND 1 OCTAVE Continuously bends all of the generated voices up to 1 Octave UP (or 1 Octave DOWN with EXP. REVERSE LED
ON). This is similar to using the whammy bar on a guitar or pitch bend wheel on a synthesizer. You can use this effect to obtain intervals
that are between the original note and the octave. For example, you can set the expression pedal to obtain a major 6th interval.
BEND 1 STEP Continuously bends all of the generated voices up to 1 Step UP (or 1 Step DOWN with EXP. REVERSE LED ON).
Same effect as BEND 1 OCTAVE except the range is limited to just 1 step or the major 2nd interval. For example you can bend from an A
note to a B note. This mode is especially nice for producing detuned effects.
VOLUME Continuously varies the volume of the generated voices. As you move the pedal from heel to toe down, the volume will
increase from 0 to 100% (or 100% to 0 with EXP. REVERSE LED ON).
FREEZE + GLISS When in the heel position, you can play your instrument normally. When the toe is down, the HOG2 will freeze
whatever notes you were playing at the time of pushing the Expression pedal down. You can then play over these notes with your DRY
instrument. In between heel and toe down, the HOG2 will slide to the new note you play, from the previous note you played. The speed of
the glissando is determined by the position of the Expression pedal, the closer the Expression pedal is to toe down, the slower the slide
speed will be. For example, if you play an A note and then move the Expression Pedal down to 50%, it will freeze the A note. If you then
play a B note, the HOG will slide up to the B note. This function is similar to portamento on a synthesizer. Freeze + Gliss is a very tricky
mode, it takes some time to master. Though it can be frustrating at first, once you get it, it will open new doors to how you play guitar.
Please note:
Moving the Expression Pedal to the heel position erases the frozen note in memory.
FREEZE + VOLUME Uses the Freeze function described in the Freeze + Gliss section but instead of Glissando, the Expression
Pedal will act like a Volume control for the Freeze function. The further down you push the Expression pedal, the louder the frozen notes
will be. When the Expression Pedal is in the heel position, you will not hear the octaves or harmonics.
Please note:
Moving the Expression Pedal to the full heel position erases the frozen note in memory.