OCEANS 11 Multifunction Digital Reverb Congratulations on your purchase of the Electro-Harmonix OCEANS 11 Reverb, the compact digital reverb pedal that does it all. Splash your tone with subtle ambience using classic Hall and Plate, or drench your guitar in surreal soundscapes with Shimmer and Modulation. A newly developed Spring algorithm faithfully emulates the iconic drip of vintage Fender® reverb units. Unique and powerful polyphonic, dynamic, and autotriggering reverbs inspire radical experimentation.
- GETTING STARTED WITH OCEANS 11 1. Plug the supplied EHX9.6DC AC Adapter into the jack at the top of the OCEANS 11. 2. Plug your guitar into the INPUT jack and plug the OUTPUT jack into your amplifier. 3. Turn the 11-position Reverb Type knob to the HALL setting for a classic warm reverb. 4. Set the decay time using the TIME knob, the reverb tone with the TONE knob, and the reverb volume with the FX LVL knob. - CONNECTIONS INPUT Jack – This ¼” jack is the audio input of the OCEANS 11.
TONE Knob – Usually controls the tone or EQ of the reverb signal. As this knob is turned clockwise, the sound of the reverb gets brighter. As you turn TONE counter-clockwise, the sound of the reverb gets darker. Reverb Type Knob – This knob is an 11-position rotary switch that selects which of the OCEANS 11's reverb types is active. See “Descriptions of Reverb Types” on page 4 for details on the reverb types. MODE Button – This button cycles through the available modes of the active reverb type.
- DESCRIPTIONS OF REVERB TYPES HALL – a warm and versatile reverb algorithm modeled after a spacious performance hall. SPRING – a newly developed reverb capturing the iconic drip of a vintage 1962 Fender® 6G15 reverb unit. TIME behaves like DWELL on the Fender® unit, so infinite reverberation is unavailable. PLATE – an emulation of a smooth, bright metal plate reverb commonly found in high-end recording studios during the 1960’s and 70’s.
- MODE BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Each reverb type on the OCEANS 11 has up to three unique modes of operation. Pressing the MODE button cycles through these available modes. The LED color – green, red, or orange – shows the current mode. If the LED does not change color when pressing this button, the active reverb type has only one mode. When you switch reverb types, the OCEANS 11 will recall the last mode you were using in that reverb type. Below is a description of the available modes in each reverb type.
DYNA – The mode button cycles through three dynamic algorithms with non-linear outputs. In Green mode, a Swell algorithm is selected that suppresses note attacks and fades-in their reverb tails. TIME behaves normally and controls the reverb decay. In Red mode, a noise gate is selected that opens the reverb sound for only louder notes. TIME controls the length of time the gate stays open once it’s been triggered.
- FOOTSWITCH FUNCTIONALITY INFINITE REVERB In most reverb types (see the chart on page 8 for which ones), infinite reverb is instantaneously accessible by holding down either the internal footswitch or an external footswitch connected to the INFINITE jack. This makes the active reverb play in the background indefinitely while granting access to a fresh, independently controllable reverb of the same type. For more details, see “Infinite Reverb Functionality” on page 14.
Reverb Type MODE Descriptions LED Color MODE Effect TIME HALL --- Green --- Reverb time SPRING --- Green --- Reverb time PLATE --- Green --- Reverb time REVRS --- Green --- Reverb time Green 1/8 Red 1/4 Orange Dotted 1/8 Green Triangle Red Square Orange Sine Green Chorus Chorus rate Red Flerb Flerb rate Orange Chorus + Flerb Chorus/Flerb mix Green Swell Reverb time Red Gate Hold time Orange Duck Reverb time ECHO TREM MOD DYNA Echo rhythm LFO shape
TONE Secondary TIME Secondary TONE Infinite Reverb? Reverb tone Predelay time Predelay feedback Yes Reverb tone Spring length Preamp drive NO Reverb tone Predelay time Predelay feedback Yes Reverb tone Predelay time Predelay feedback Yes Echo feedback Reverb time Echo tone Yes LFO depth Reverb time Reverb tone Yes Reverb time Reverb tone Yes Swell time --- Yes Release time Threshold NO Release time Threshold Yes Reverb tone Crossfade time between washes Trigger sens
- SECONDARY KNOB FUNCTIONALITY The OCEANS 11 allows you to take even more control over the tone of each reverb by accessing “hidden” parameters through Secondary Knob Mode. Use the secondary knob parameters to fine tune the exact tone you want, or push the OCEANS 11 into wild, unexpected sonic territory. USING SECONDARY KNOB MODE 1. Turn the REVERB TYPE knob to the reverb you would like to edit. Secondary knob functions are available for every reverb. 2. Press and hold the MODE button for 1 second.
ERASING SECONDARY KNOB SETTINGS 1. To erase the secondary knob settings of a particular reverb, press and hold the MODE button. Then, while holding MODE, press and hold the footswitch for 2 seconds. The LED will blink quickly indicating that the secondary knob settings of the current reverb have been reset to the default factory settings. 2. To erase the secondary knob settings of every reverb and restore them all to factory defaults, first unplug the OCEANS 11 from power. Press and hold the MODE button.
clockwise position. The TONE knob controls Predelay feedback. Factory default position is zero, at the fully counter-clockwise position. ECHO – The TIME knob controls the reverb decay time of each echo in every mode. Factory default position is fully counter-clockwise for no reverb. The TONE knob controls the tone damping of the echo in every mode. Factory default position is 12 o’clock. TREM – The TIME knob controls the reverb decay in every mode. Factory default position is 12 o’clock.
position is 2 o’clock for a shift upwards of a perfect fifth. The TONE knob controls the semitone shift interval of the second pitch shifter, over the same range. The factory default position is fully counter-clockwise for a downwards shift of an octave. In red mode (mix edit), the TIME knob controls the volume balance of the unshifted and shifted signals before they enter the reverb.
- INFINITE REVERB FUNCTIONALITY – In most OCEANS 11 reverb types, infinite reverb is accessible. Infinite reverb increases the decay time of the currently-selected reverb to infinite and redirects the musician’s playing to a fresh reverb of the same type. Infinite reverb also disables the MODE button and overrides the TIME and TONE knobs such that they respectively control the TIME and TONE knobs of the fresh reverb.
bypassing the pedal won’t reset the preserved TIME and TONE values. Power-cycling the OCEANS 11, however, will. You can disable/enable the internal footswitch’s infinite reverb functionality. To do so, unplug power from the OCEANS 11, press and hold the footswitch, then plug power back in while holding the footswitch (this will also disable/enable the internal footswitch’s tap tempo control, see “Footswitch Functionality” on page 7).
- WARRANTY INFORMATION Please register online at http://www.ehx.com/product-registration or complete and return the enclosed warranty card within 10 days of purchase. Electro-Harmonix will repair or replace, at its discretion, a product that fails to operate due to defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from date of purchase. This applies only to original purchasers who have bought their product from an authorized ElectroHarmonix retailer.
