User Guide

- 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 Electro-
Harmonix retailer. Repaired or replaced units will then be warranted for the unexpired portion of the original
warranty term.
If you should need to return your unit for service within the warranty period, please contact the appropriate
office listed below. Customers outside the regions listed below, please contact EHX Customer Service for
information on warranty repairs at [e-mail] or [phone]. USA and Canadian customers: please
obtain a Return Authorization Number (RA#) from EHX Customer Service before returning your product.
Include with your returned unit: a written description of the problem as well as your name, address,
telephone number, e-mail address, and RA#; and a copy of your receipt clearly showing the purchase date.
United States & Canada
EHX CUSTOMER SERVICE
ELECTRO-HARMONIX
c/o NEW SENSOR CORP.
55-01 2ND STREET
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Europe
JOHN WILLIAMS
ELECTRO-HARMONIX UK
13 CWMDONKIN TERRACE
SWANSEA SA2 0RQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
This warranty gives a purchaser specific legal rights. A purchaser may have even greater rights depending
upon the laws of the jurisdiction within which the product was purchased.
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Email us at [e-mail]
FCC COMPLIANCE
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment under FCC rules.
SUPEREGO
SYNTH ENGINE
Congratulations on your purchase of the Electro-Harmonix SUPEREGO Synth
Engine; a new and unique product that combines elements of sampling, synthesis
and infinite sustain. The Superego allows the musician to freeze sound, gliss between
frozen sounds, layer sounds and place an external effects loop on only the effect. In
addition, the Superego can detect new notes or chords and sustain them
automatically without requiring the musician to step on the footswitch.
WARNING: Your Superego comes equipped with an Electro-Harmonix
9.6DC-200BI power supply (same as used by Boss
®
& Ibanez
®
: 9.6 Volts
DC 200mA). The Superego requires 140mA at 9VDC with a center negative
plug. The Superego does not take batteries. Using the wrong adapter may
damage your unit and void the warranty.
DOUBLE-TAP THE FOOTSWITCH FOR BYPASS IN LATCH OR AUTO MODE
In LATCH and AUTO modes the footswitch must be DOUBLE-TAPPED in order to
enter bypass mode. A single footswitch press in either mode will yield different
results, see the Modes section for more information.
-MODES-
The Superego has three modes: LATCH, MOMENTARY and AUTO. A toggle switch
located in the center of the Superego chooses between the three options.
MOMENTARY mode is not labeled in the artwork; it is the center (or eye) position of
the 3-position toggle switch.
MOMENTARY Mode: When the toggle switch is set to the center position, the
Superego effect is momentary, meaning the effect is only active when the footswitch
is pressed down. Upon releasing the footswitch, the Superego goes into bypass
mode. In order to properly freeze a sound, the sound must be occurring at the
moment you press down on the footswitch. Once you freeze a sound, it will sustain
for as long as you hold down the footswitch. The LED, located between the two
switches, will light while the effect is active. When you release the footswitch the LED
shuts off after the effect has fully decayed. In MOMENTARY mode, the
SPEED/LAYER knob acts as a speed control for the attack and decay time
of the effect. As you turn this knob clockwise, the speed of the effect’s fade-in and
fade-out slow down.
LATCH Mode: When the toggle switch is set to the left position, the Superego is in
LATCH mode. In this mode, press the footswitch once to activate the effect and light
the LED. After you release the footswitch the effect remains active and the sound
sustains indefinitely. In order to bypass the effect in LATCH mode you must
double-tap the footswitch, the LED will shut off to indicate bypass. To properly
freeze a sound in LATCH mode, the sound must be occurring at the moment you
press down on the footswitch. Each time you press down once on the footswitch, a
new sound is frozen.